Blooming Grove, Texas

Photographs

A hundred and twenty-two photographs of Blooming Grove: the original seventeen from the root of an earlier Blooming Grove website's own image folder, plus a hundred and five more from "BG Oldies," a folder of individually named historical photographs inside the same archive -- storefronts, churches, schools, parades, portraits, and a scattering of team and community-night pictures old enough to sit alongside them.

The town, as it was

J. E. Walker Hardware Store, 1910
J. E. Walker Hardware Store, 1910Captioned on the print: "Blooming Grove, Texas."
Hardware store interior, 1912
Hardware store interior, 1912Captioned on the print; the man in the center is named as John Everett Walker.
Group portrait outside a building
Group portrait outside a buildingCaptioned on the print "Campbell, Carpenter, Ferris Sts." -- meaning not confirmed, possibly a photographer's or studio credit. Undated.
School class, June 1927
School class, June 1927Captioned on the print; the rest of the handwriting is not fully legible, so the school and grade are not confirmed.
A woman at the Blooming Grove city limit sign
A woman at the Blooming Grove city limit signUndated. A second export of the same photograph, resized, is not published separately.

The town, as it is now

The water tower and a grain elevator
The water tower and a grain elevatorTwo smaller crops of this same photograph are not published separately.
Blooming Grove Fire Department, Engine 2
Blooming Grove Fire Department, Engine 2Reads "Blooming Grove Fire Dept., Engine-2" on the truck. Found filed in a neighboring Rice, Texas subfolder of the same archive tree; it belongs to Blooming Grove, not Rice, and Rice's own manifest excludes it for that reason.
Peggy's Place -- store, cafe and baithouse
Peggy's Place -- store, cafe and baithouseRoadside sign; the exact location is not confirmed from the photograph alone.

Downtown, building by building

A barbershop, customers in the chairs
A barbershop, customers in the chairsUndated. Which shop is not confirmed.
J. A. King's barbershop
J. A. King's barbershopName as captioned in the source folder's filename.
Barbershop interior, a second shop
Barbershop interior, a second shopWhich shop is not confirmed.
Bank interior, teller windows and staff
Bank interior, teller windows and staff
A butcher shop, meat on display
A butcher shop, meat on display
Byrd's grocery store
Byrd's grocery store
Carroll Brothers Market
Carroll Brothers Market
A domed downtown building
A domed downtown buildingBuilding not identified.
A drugstore
A drugstoreWhich drugstore is not confirmed; a second, named drugstore photograph is published separately below.
Reid's Drugstore
Reid's Drugstore
Furniture store interior
Furniture store interiorFirst of three views of the same store; the store is not named on the print.
Furniture store interior, a second view
Furniture store interior, a second view
Furniture store interior, a third view
Furniture store interior, a third view
A furniture store storefront
A furniture store storefrontWhether this is the same store as the three interior views above is not confirmed.
A gas station, pumps out front
A gas station, pumps out front
George's store
George's storeName as captioned in the source folder's filename.
A grocery store, exterior
A grocery store, exterior
A grocery store, a second store
A grocery store, a second store
Grocery interior, two men behind the counter
Grocery interior, two men behind the counterThe source filename names them as John, Dorsey and George; which name belongs to which man is not confirmed.
The Hill Building
The Hill BuildingName as captioned in the source folder's filename; the business inside is not identified.
Holditch's grocery
Holditch's grocery
A hotel
A hotelWhich hotel is not confirmed.
Jordan-Gillen, exterior
Jordan-Gillen, exteriorFirm name as captioned in the source folder's filename; not otherwise confirmed.
Jordan-Gillen, interior
Jordan-Gillen, interior
A mercantile store
A mercantile store
Saloon interior
Saloon interiorWhich saloon is not confirmed.
A man at a desk in an office
A man at a desk in an officeBusiness and name not confirmed.
Tillman's grocery
Tillman's grocery
The train depot
The train depot
Turk Brothers and Webb
Turk Brothers and WebbFirm name as captioned in the source folder's filename.
The post office
The post office
A cotton gin
A cotton gin
Spires Market, horses and wagons out front
Spires Market, horses and wagons out front
Newspaper delivery boxes on a post
Newspaper delivery boxes on a post
A newspaper office
A newspaper office
The water tower, close up
The water tower, close upConverted from a TIFF scan in the source folder.

Schools and churches

A school group photograph
A school group photographWhich school and what grade are not confirmed.
Carroll schoolhouse, 1928
Carroll schoolhouse, 1928Date as captioned in the source folder's filename.
Christian Church
Christian Church
A horse-drawn wagon parked outside a school
A horse-drawn wagon parked outside a school
Church of Christ
Church of Christ
A school class, 1960
A school class, 1960Year as captioned in the source folder's filename.
Central Texas College
Central Texas CollegeWhether this institution operated in Blooming Grove itself, or the region, is not confirmed from the photograph alone.
An early, one-room schoolhouse
An early, one-room schoolhouse
School faculty, group portrait
School faculty, group portraitNames and year not confirmed.
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
First Methodist ChurchA second, near-identical export of this photograph is not published separately.
The grade school building
The grade school building
The school, side view
The school, side view
Mount Olive Church
Mount Olive Church
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
The school, 1930
The school, 1930Year as captioned in the source folder's filename.
A church building
A church buildingDenomination not confirmed; the source filename abbreviates the name.
Tyree church
Tyree churchCommunity or congregation name as captioned in the source folder's filename, not otherwise confirmed.
The high school, as a postcard image
The high school, as a postcard image
Isbell Hall
Isbell Hall
Girls outside Isbell Hall
Girls outside Isbell HallIdentifiable individuals, undated -- flagged for Bob's judgment, the same call standing on Kerens's school photographs.

Parade day

A parade float
A parade float
A parade passes downtown
A parade passes downtown
The parade, a second view
The parade, a second view
The parade, a third view
The parade, a third view
The parade, a fourth view
The parade, a fourth view
The parade, a fifth view
The parade, a fifth view
The parade, a sixth view
The parade, a sixth view
The parade, a seventh view
The parade, a seventh viewWhich parade, and what year, is not confirmed for any of the eight parade photographs above; they read as the same event.

Friday nights

Blooming Grove Lions players before an inflatable mascot tunnel
Blooming Grove Lions players before an inflatable mascot tunnelCredited "clp" in the corner.
Blooming Grove Lions players celebrate on the sideline
Blooming Grove Lions players celebrate on the sidelineCredited "clp" in the corner.
Blooming Grove Lions volleyball team
Blooming Grove Lions volleyball team
Two Blooming Grove Lions cheerleaders
Two Blooming Grove Lions cheerleadersBackground removed by whoever built the original site graphic. Identifiable individuals -- flagged for Bob's judgment, the same call Kerens's school and sports photographs are waiting on.
Football team, 1933
Football team, 1933Year as captioned in the source folder's filename. Identifiable individuals -- flagged for Bob's judgment.
Football practice
Football practiceUndated. Identifiable individuals -- flagged for Bob's judgment.
A group of lettermen
A group of lettermenUndated. Identifiable individuals -- flagged for Bob's judgment.
Girls basketball team
Girls basketball teamUndated. Identifiable individuals -- flagged for Bob's judgment.
Girls basketball team, a second squad
Girls basketball team, a second squadUndated. Identifiable individuals -- flagged for Bob's judgment.
Girls basketball team, a third squad
Girls basketball team, a third squadUndated. Identifiable individuals -- flagged for Bob's judgment.
Boys playing hockey on a frozen pond
Boys playing hockey on a frozen pondIce on a pond is unusual for this part of Texas; whether this was made locally is not confirmed.
Pond hockey, a second view
Pond hockey, a second viewSame note as above -- locality not confirmed.
A rodeo
A rodeoUndated; which rodeo grounds is not confirmed.
The rodeo, a second view
The rodeo, a second viewConverted from a TIFF scan in the source folder.

Independence Day

A man sells American flags at a Fourth of July event
A man sells American flags at a Fourth of July eventNo name given; his sign reads "American Flags $5."
A woman in patriotic dress at a Fourth of July event
A woman in patriotic dress at a Fourth of July event

Around town

A Victorian home behind an ornate iron fence
A Victorian home behind an ornate iron fence
The same home, further down the fence line
The same home, further down the fence line
A horse-drawn wagon outside Spires's store
A horse-drawn wagon outside Spires's store
A crowd gathers on the downtown street
A crowd gathers on the downtown street
An ice-delivery wagon
An ice-delivery wagon
A covered wagon
A covered wagon
Heflin's mule team
Heflin's mule team
A downtown street corner
A downtown street corner
The cotton yard, 1900
The cotton yard, 1900Date as captioned in the source folder's filename.
Picking cotton in a field
Picking cotton in a fieldIdentifiable individuals -- flagged for Bob's judgment.

Faces of Blooming Grove

A visit to Blooming Grove, said to be by Harry Truman
A visit to Blooming Grove, said to be by Harry TrumanLabeled as Truman in the source archive; not independently confirmed here. Flagged for Bob to verify before this claim is repeated in public copy.
The Huffstutler family
The Huffstutler familyName as captioned in the source folder's filename.
The Huffstutlers, a second photograph
The Huffstutlers, a second photograph
A group portrait, said to be from the Forgey studio
A group portrait, said to be from the Forgey studioConverted from a TIFF scan in the source folder; studio name not independently confirmed.
Mel Deason beside a railroad caboose
Mel Deason beside a railroad cabooseName as captioned in the source folder's filename.
A women's social club, group portrait
A women's social club, group portrait
A crowd gathered at a pavilion or grandstand
A crowd gathered at a pavilion or grandstand
Portrait of a woman
Portrait of a womanName not recorded. From a Blooming Grove Historical Society photograph album.
Portrait of a woman, a second photograph
Portrait of a woman, a second photographName not recorded.
Portrait of a woman, a third photograph
Portrait of a woman, a third photographName not recorded.
A man holding a baby
A man holding a babyNames not recorded.
Children, portrait
Children, portraitNames not recorded. Identifiable children -- flagged for Bob's judgment, the reason a similar portrait was pulled from Frost's gallery.
A group of teenagers, portrait
A group of teenagers, portraitNames not recorded.
Children in front of a building
Children in front of a buildingNames and building not recorded. Identifiable children -- flagged for Bob's judgment.
A man posed beside automobiles
A man posed beside automobilesName not recorded.
A woman, tintype-style portrait
A woman, tintype-style portraitName not recorded.
A serviceman, portrait
A serviceman, portraitName and service not recorded.
A young man, portrait
A young man, portraitName not recorded.
A young man, a second portrait
A young man, a second portraitName not recorded.
Veterans, group portrait
Veterans, group portraitNames and conflict not recorded.
Servicemen, group portrait
Servicemen, group portraitNames and service not recorded.
Women, group portrait
Women, group portraitNames not recorded.

The original seventeen come from the root of "01 BG WEB," a folder inside Blooming Grove's own archive material, plus one fire truck photograph recovered from a neighboring town's subfolder in the same archive tree. The hundred and five added here come from "BG Oldies," a subfolder of the same archive: eighty-one from its own root and twenty-four more from a "BGHS" subfolder inside it, whose long numeric filenames read as saved from a Facebook photo album, apparently the Blooming Grove Historical Society's own.