Texas Historic photos, documents, and people

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Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval Air Base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan; Corpus Christi, Texas

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Five year old Sam is up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell papers. Beaumont, like most other Texas towns, is overrun with boys such as these. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

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Five year old Sam is up at 5:00 A.M. daily to sell papers. Beaumont, like most other Texas towns, is overrun with boys such as these. Location: Beaumont, Texas.

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Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Sheets of pure copper, which had been formed by electrolysis in huge tanks, being melted now and cast into ingots

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Millie. Four year old cotton picker on farm near Houston. Picks about wight i.e., eight pounds a day, regularly. See #3598. Location: Houston vicinity, Texas.

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Eight year old newsie. Many youngsters get up early to sell papers. One ten year old starts out at 3 A.M. every day and goes to school. Location: Waco, Texas.

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El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks in which sheets of pure copper are formed. The sheets are later melted and cast into ingots

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El Paso, Texas, Phelps Dodge refining company. Electrolytic tanks in which sheets of pure copper are formed. The sheets are later melted and cast into ingots

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Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma, used to do office work. Removing paper from pilot's window(?), Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas