- A1999-030.0051
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Government dipping vat on U.S. Highway 83. Cattle must be dipped before they can legally be brought across the Rio Grande. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0052
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Gas compressing plant in Zapata County. The gas is carried by pipeline to the nearest gas refining plant. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0053
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Cowboys burning thorns from prickly pears for cattle feed. Photo from King Ranch Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0054
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Vaqueros working a calf on a marking table. The marking table reduces the effort of handling calves, replacing the process of roping, throwing, and tying calves to be marked and branded. Photo from King Ranch Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0055
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Bob Kleberg running W Saddle, 1989. Mexican American saddlemakers on the King Ranch have been turning out quality saddles since 1865. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0056
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Vaquero in his chaps taking a water break in the corral. King Ranch Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0057
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Modern vaqueros with horses in a trailer attached to a pickup. Photo by Joe S. Graham |
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- A1999-030.0058
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Roundup by helicopter in South Texas. Assisted by mounted cowboys, helicopters quickly work large pastures. John E. Conner Museum photo. |
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- A1999-030.0059
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Branding cattle in corrals in the 1920s. Photo from King Ranch Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0060
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Men loading cattle on a train at Norias in Kenedy County. Ca 1913. After the end of the open range period, cattle were driven to shipping pens along the railroads, then shipped to markets throughout the United States. Photo from King Ranch Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0061
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Steer about to enter a dipping vat on the Norias division of the King Ranch in the early 1900s. Photo from King Ranch Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0062
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Cattle being dipped at the Norias Division of the King Ranch in the early 1900s. Photo from King Ranch Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0063
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Monkey, the foundation Sire of the Santa Gertrudis breed. Ca 1913. Photo from King Ranch Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0064
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Two story stone building, “Dueña’s Palace” at El Randado headquarters. Ca 1830. The Garcias raised their family in this large house before 1930. From 1930 to 1947 it housed a cotton gin. In 1967 it was torn down and the blocks used to build a fence around the home of Sarita Kenedy East. Photo from de la Garza Family Archives.
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0065
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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“Jacal de lena” (Jacal cut out of mesquite) headquarters, El Randado. Ca 1930. "Vaqucros" and their families lived in these houses until the 1950s. Photo from de la Garza family archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0066
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Interior of the San Rafael chapel at the headquarters of el Randado, completed in 1836. benches and confessional are handcarved wood. The fourteen stations of the cross, frosted chromolithographs and other religious images were provided by the "duena" and subsequent families. Photo taken in 1991. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0067
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Statute of the archangel San Rafael. Ca 1850. Dona Andrea Garcia sent to Paris, France for this statue of her favorite Saint. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0068
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Iron fence around crypt of the Garcia family members of the Randado Ranch in Jim Hogg County. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0069
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Three gravesites in the cemetery of the vaqueros and their families n El Randado Ranch. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0070
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Storehouse at El Randado. A square stone structure built ca 1840. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0071
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Earthen “prensa (dam) at Randado Ranch in Jim Hogg County. Built ca 1830. The dam was made by hand, using rawhide "mecapales" and "guaripas" to haul earth from in front of the dam to scatter it along the top. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0072
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Water tank of “sillares” at Randado. Built in late 1800’s. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0073
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Electric pump and pressure tank at Randado. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0074
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Cypress tank on tall supports at Randado built ca 1940. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0075
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Modern windmill at Randado in front of modern ranch buildings. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0076
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Earthen dam at Rancho La Union near San Ygnacio in Zapata County. Built in 1850s by laborers under the supervision of Jose' Maria and Manuel Maria Uribe. Thirty feet high and about 300 feet long, it provided water for livestock on the Martinez Ranch, where even the oldest people do not recall it ever drying up. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0077
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Frank Graham, foreman on the Alta Vista Ranch, with his horse. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0078
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Ala Vista Ranch vaqueros. L-R: Gonzalo Santos, Acario Castillo, Jose Dominguez, Gilberto Dominguez, Martin de Anda, Fran Graham (ranch foreman) Rito Martinez, David lee Henry (foreman on the Alto Colorado Ranch), Mariano Martinez, and Rolando Silguero. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0079
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Modern cowboy working cattle on the Alta Vista Ranch. Photo from W.W. Jones Family Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0080
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Three mounted Vaqueros driving a herd of cattle to the corrals on the Alta Vista Ranch. Photo from the W.W. Jones Family Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0081
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Cowboys leading cattle onto one of the first pickups with a stock trailer at Alta Vista Ranch. Ca 1950. Photo from W.W. Jones Family Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0082
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Saddle horse loaded on a modern goose-neck trailer on the Alta vista Ranch. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0083
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Alta Vista Ranch cowboy’s pickups and autos. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
- A1999-030.0084
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Three hunters on the Alta Vista Ranch with six stags.Photo from W.W. Jones Family Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0085
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Windmill, part of the 1980s watering system on Alta Vista Ranch. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0086
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Dirt tank, part of the 1980s watering system on the Alta Vista Ranch. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0087
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Alta Vista Ranch vaqueros branding calves in the corrals in the 1950s. Photo from the W.W. Jones Family Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0088
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Alta Vista Ranch vaqueros rounding up cattle in the 1950s. Photo from the W.W. Jones Family Archives
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0089
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Close ups of cowboys making horsehair ropes. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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- A1999-030.0090
- Collection: Joe Stanley Graham Jr. Collection
- Location: A1999-030 STA Photo File
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Close ups of cowboys making horsehair ropes. Photo by Joe Graham
photos found in book El Rancho in South Texas |
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