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Title: Come To The Sunshine Belt Scenic (TX), Linen PM Feb-19		Title: Sagebrush In Texas Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: The Sagebrush, a wild plant, blooms only following a heavy rain. But it will bloom in any season of the year. The bloom is very beautiful and also had practical purposes, as deer and other wild-life feed on it. Note the Yucca Cactus and Mesquite Trees to the extreme right, and the Windmill, a common sight throughout Texas.

Title: Texas Cowboy Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Texas Marker location entering Texas from Oklahoma on Interstate Highway 35		Title: The New U. S. 80 Between Van Horn And Sierra Blanca, Highway U. S. 80 Scenic (TX), Chrome PM 1959 Jan-31 Description: Highway U. S. 80, "The Broadway of America," is one of the finest coast-to-coast highways of America. This new stretch of road eliminates 37 curves and grade elevations in a distance of 10 miles.

Title: Greetings From Lake Belton Scenic (TX), Chrome unused		Title: Warm Greetings From Lower Rio Grande Valley Scenic (TX), Linen PM 1918 Jan-26 Description: We enjoy warm sunshine, while yu shiver in the ice. Why in H. . . Do you stay when this place is so nice?


Title: Horseback In West Texas Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Horseback riding in Texas is a common sight. It is an all-year around sport. The sports in Texas are to your hearts desire. Fishing, hunting, skiing, swimming and almost any sport there is. Many travelers hurrying across the great state may miss such a sight like this.		Title: Birdseye View Of Lake L. B. J Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: A Birdseye view of Lake L. B. J. Texas, showing the dam, some of the homes and fishing camps.

Title: Cowboy Baby Texas Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Millions of tourist entering Texas each year pass this stone marker and of course the 10 gallon hat and cowboy boots are in style 365 days a year in the Lone Star State		Title: El Rio Grande Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: El Rio Grande, one of the most famous in songs and legends, is also beautiful as well as busiest to travelers from everywhere. Viva el Rio Grande Nuevo Laredo, Mexico is seen in the background.

Title: Greetings From Texas Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Welcome to Texas. The Lone Star State. This is Texas - mighty empire of the Southwest. It sprawls huge across the map, a land of forest and desert, of fertile fields and jagged mountains, of rolling prairies, great sleepy rivers, and wide Gulf beaches. It is a land of superlatives - greatest in production of oil, greatest grower of cotton. In Texas the past and the present meet - booted cowboy riding the range - last of the great ranches - sombreroed Mexican dozing - ancient missions - great trading centers - seaports - skyline and vast distances broken only by tall oil derricks.		Title: Greetings From Texas Gulf Coast Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Beach along the Texas Gulf Coast

Title: Lake Nasworthy And Beautiful Homes Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: These are just a few of the homes built around lake Nasworthy. Lots around the lake can be leased from the city for a very low figure. Practically all the water used in San Angelo comes from Lake Nasworthy. Boating and fishing are enjoyed on the lake year around		Title: Old Swimming Hole Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Texas many lakes, rivers, and streams afford the tourist and vacationer the best in outdoor recreation and entertainment - both winter and summer.

Title: Palm Trees Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Palm Trees. Found in South Texas		Title: Palm Trees Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Found in South Texas

Title: Sunset Lake Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Located between Corpus Christi and Portland, Texas . . . This excellent lake is the scene of speed boat racing and water skiing.		Title: Texas Entrance Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: A familiar sight on all major highways entering Texas

Title: Texas Entrance Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: A familiar sight on all major highways entering Texas		Title: Texas Rangers Scenic (TX), Chrome unused

Title: Texas Red Granite Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Texas red granite has been used in tremendous quantities to build the fishing jetties, breakwaters and sea walls, adding to-the fishing and recreational facilities found up and down the Gulf Coast of Texas.		Title: The State Of Many Miles Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: The sun has riz - The sun has set and here I is in Texas yet. The State of many miles

Title: West Texas Ranch Rounup Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Welcome Water Hole. Cowboys At Work. Cowboys are best known for their rodeo, motion picture and television roles where they earn thousands of dollars in prizes and salaries. However, back of all this are the original cowboys working on big ranches which provide food for millions. They vary in size from 300,000 to 1,000,000 acres and include SMS, 6666, 3DDD, Pitchfork and Running W. Largest of all is the King Ranch of South Texas.		Title: The Grand Canyon Of Texas Scenic (TX), Linen PM 1947 Aug-29 Description: This is a glimpse of Santa Helena canyon about 30 miles long, one of the three comprising the grand canyon of Texas. Santa Helena is awe inspiring, magnificent, its precipitous walls rising skyward 1500 feet, guarding an unexplored cave with an opening 200 feet in diameter. The other canyons, carved countless centuries ago by the mighty Colorado. are the magical, 4 miles ling, 14 feet high, extremely colorful; and the coquilles or dead horse canyon, 25 miles long with walls over 2000 feet high.

Title: Oldest Texas Ranger Alive Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: Captian John R. Hughes, 84 years old and still active, a veteran of the old Indian wars, is the oldest living member of that famous frontier group, "The Texas Rangers". Captain Hughes lives in El Paso, Texas.		Title: The End Of Guadalupe Range, The Highest Point In Texas Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: This is one of the Mountain Scenes on Jim White Mountain Tours into the Guadalupe Mountains in the vicinity of the Carlsbad Caverns. The roughest and the least inhabited Mountain Region in New Mexico. The Home of Wild Game

Title: Texas Windmill Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Furnishes water for stock and home use on ranches and farms. Some Easterners have asked if they are desert air conditioners		Title: The Old Days Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Texas Oil Fields, Texas Cotton Fields.

Title: Deep In The Heart Of Texas Scenic (TX), Chrome unused		Title: Texas Red Granite Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Texas Red Granite is used extensively as breakwaters to protect the ship channels along the Gulf of Mexico ports. Fishermen fish from both sides of these jetties and bathers find recreation in walking the rocks. Piling are the remains of the railroad used in transporting in rock

Title: U. S. 290 Descending Into Pecos River Valley Scenic (TX), Real Photo unused Description: U. S. 290 Descending into Pecos River Valley. Between Ozona and Fort Stockton, Texas.		Title: The Big Hat And Cowboy Boots Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: THOUSANDS OF TOURIST PASS THESE STONE MARKESR DAILY ENTERING THE LONE STAR STATE OF TEXAS, AND, OF COURSE, THE BIG HAT AND COWBOY BOOTS ARE ALWAYS IN STYLE.

Title: The Texas Welcome Marker Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: These markers are seen by visitors on all highway entrances to the state		Title: Greetings From The Lower Rio Grande Valley Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Water Skiing on the "Arroyo Colorado" The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Motor Boating - Fishing - and Water Skiing - can be enjoyed from the Port of Harlingen, Texas to the Laguno Modre via the Arroyo Colorado. The Valley is one of the nation's finest and most economical vacation sports with its cool summer nights and warm winter days.

Title: Greetings From The Rio Grande Valley Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Green Beans "The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas" Three to five crops are raised annually in this very fertile agricultural area. Green beans are harvested in the winter, while cotton and corn are summer crops. Citrus fruits are harvested from September to April. The major portion of all fields and orchards are watered by use of irrigation supplied by the Rio Grande River.		Title: Hell In TexasS Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: The Devil in Hell we're told, was chained. And a thousan years he there remained. He neither complained nor did he groon, But determined to start a hell of his own. Where he could torment the souls of men, Without being chained in an underground pen. So he asked the Lord if he had on hand Anything left when He made this land. The Lord said, "Yes, I have plenty of land, But I left it down on the Rio Grande. The fact it, old boy, the stuff is real poor, But you're welcome to it and plenty more." So the evil went down to look at the truck Andsaid if he took it as a gift he was stuck, For after exaining it carefully and well He concluded the place was too dry for a hell. So in order to get it off His hand, TheLord promised to water the land, For He had some water or rather some dregs Rather cathartic and smelled like bad eggs. Hence the trade was closed and the deed was given And the Lord went back to His home in Heaven. The Devil said to himsle, "I have all that is needed To make a good hell," and hence he succeeded He began to put thorns all over the trees. And mixed up the sand with millions of fleas. He scattered tarantulas along the roads; Put thorns on cactus and horns on foods He lengthened the horns of the Taxas steers And put an addition to the rabbit's ears. He put a little devil in the broncho steed And poisoned the feet ofthecentipede. Therattlesnake bites you, the scorpion stings, The mosquito delights you with his buzzing wings. Sand-burs cause you to jig and dance, And thosewho sit down will have ants in their pants. The Devil then said that throughout the land He'd arrange to keep up the Devil's own brand, The heat in the summer is one hundred and the, Too hot for the Devil, too hot for the men. And all should be mavericks unless they bore marks and scratches, or bites by the score. Go see for yourself and you can tell Tis a hell of a place he has for a hell.

Title: Texas A Paradise Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: By the Author of "Hell in Texas" The lord said he wished to show To His erring children have below That He had plenty in His Store For those who knocked at heaven's door, And hence would give to some right land Samples of blessings from His right hand; And if you think there's Cause to doubt it, Just Listen to how God reasoned about it. These gifts I can't give to the States in the East The weather's too damp for both man and beast, And the Northern States I consider together, I make a mistake when I put up their weather, For in blizzard and cyclones, tornadoes and cold, no one can enjoy good gifts, I am told. Tis too cold, hence westward I shall go to the land Where th fig and th orange trees groww For here it is true is a beautiful land, But then here's the fogs, the dust and sand; And those wo enjoy these gifts as they must Can't do it in the sand and the fogs and the dust. At last reaching Texas, a State of some size He decided to give her His capital prize; He opened wide His bountiful hand. He dispersed His blessing all over the land, And hecne we enjoy as these blessings of ours Ten months in the year of the most beautiful flowers; And nights most delighful, fanned by th breeze, The comes sweeping across her from over the seas; And Italy's skies with our own won't compare; Nor is her land more fertile nor ladies more fair And the grasses that grow on the range of ours Are kept beautifully green by thesesweet supper showers. And as we know, to enjoy our wealth, We ust first scure the blessing of health. Thence we declare to the sick in each clime That health yiou can have, if you come here in time And now to our friends in the East, North and West We want you to come here and with us be blest. For God never intended that we all aloe should enjoy all these blessings that he has bestown.		Title: Down In Texas Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: We're down here in old Texas, Where you never have the blues, Where the bandits steal the jitneys And the Marshals steal the booze; Where the buildings horn the skyline. Where the populace is boost, Where they shoot men just for pastime. Where you get up in the morning In a world of snow and sleet And you come home in the evening Suffocoting in the heat; Where the jitneys whiz about you And the street cars barely creep; where the burglars pick your pockets While you "lay me down to sleep;" Where the bulldogs all have rabies, And the rabbits they have fleas; Where the big girls, like the wee ones, Wear their dresses to their knees; Where you whisk out in the morning Just to give your health a chance; Say "Howdy" to some fellow who Shoots big holes in your pants; where wise owls are afraid to hoot And birds don't dare to sing. For it's hell down here in Texas, Where they all shoot on the wing. Where the chickens never roost, where teh stickup men are wary and the bullets fall like hail; Where each pocket has a pistol and each pistol's good for jail; Where they always hang to jury. Wheere they never hang a man If you call a man a liar, you Get home the best you can;

Title: A Typical Texas Oil Field Scenic (TX), Linen unused		Title: The Falls At Harding Ranch Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: Northwest Texas, noted for range cattle, oil, natural gas, and wheat, also abounds with scenic and outing parks of which the one pictured in representative.

Title: A Texan's Map Of The United States Scenic (TX), Linen unused		Title: Texas Map Multiview Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: Texas is as large as the combined area of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. It is 17 1/2 times as large as Massachusetts. Its greatest length is about 903 miles; greatest breadth 864 miles (about as far as from New York to Chicago); area 265,896 sq. miles.

Title: Hell In Texas Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: By the Author of "Texas a Paradise" The Devil in Hell we're told was chained, And a thousand years he there remained, He neither complained nor did he groan, But determined to start a hell of his own. Where he could torment the souls of men, Without being chained in a prison pen, so he asked the Lord if he had on hand Anything left when he made this land. The Lord said, "Yes, I have plenty on hand, But I left down on the Rio Grande The fact is 'old boy' the stuff is so poor I don't think you can use it in hell any more." But the Devil went down to look at the truck And said if he took it as a gift he was stuck, For after examining it carefully and well. He concluded the place was too dry for a hell. So in order to get it off His hand The Lord promised the Devil to water the land, For He had some water or rather some dregs, A regular cathartic and smelled like bad eggs. Hence the trade was closed and the deed was given, And the Lord went back to his home in heaven The Devil said to himself "I have all that is needed, To make a good hell," and hence he proceeded. He began to put thorns all over the trees, And mixed up the sands with milions of fleas. He scattered tarantulas along the roads; Put thorns on cactus and horns on toads. He lengthened the horns of the Texas steers, And put an addition to the rabbit's ears; He put a little devil in the broncho steed And poisoned the feet of the centipede. The rattlesnake bits you, hte scorpipn stings, The mosquito delights you with his buzzing wings. The sandburs prevail and so do the ants And those who sit down need half soles on their pants. The Devil then said that throughout the land He'd arrange to keep up the Devil's own brand, And all shoudl be Mavericks unless they bore, Marks or scratches of bits and thorns by the score. The heat in the summper is one hundred and ten. Too hot for the Devil and too hot for men; The wild Boar roams through the black chaparral; 'Tis a hell of a place that he has for a hell.		Title: View In Goose Creek Oil Field Scenic (TX), Linen PM 1947 Description: New city hall completed in 1940, this new building located on the corner of North Potomac and East Franklin Streets, was designed to take care of the needs of a growing city.

Title: Pecos High Bridge Scenic (TX) PM 1924		Title: Round Up Time In Texas Scenic (TX), Linen PM 1942 Description: White faced Herefords for which Texas is famous. Texas leads the nation in production of beef cattle. From this State comes a great part of the prize winners at all livestock shows. The Longhorns are almost a curiosity today, they have given way to fine stock breeds: Herefords, Short Horns, Polled Durhams and Swensons.

Title: Texas Bluebonnets State Flower Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: Bluebonnets in Bloom Texas State Flower		Title: A Field of Blue Bonnets, The Texas State Flower Scenic (TX), White Border PM 1933 Description: Blue Bonnet is the state flower of Texas and blooms in the Spring. When in bloom it is one of the most beautiful sights to be seen a gorgeous field of blue

Title: Blue Bonnets, The, Texas State Flower Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: Blue Bonnet is the state flower of Texas and blooms in the Spring. When in bloom it is one of the most beautiful sights to be seen, a gorgeous field of blue		Title: Texas Bluebonnets Scenic (TX) unused

Title: A Lonely Place Without You Scenic (TX) unused Description: The Lone Star State. Today, Texans ride off into the sunset, not on horseback, but in pick-up trucks. Texas' 266,807 square smiles offers a variety of landscapes and many spectacular sunsets		Title: The Lone Star State Scenic (TX) unused

Title: Autumn Scene in Central Texas And Louisiana Scenic (TX) unused Description: We're Relaxing in Central Texas		Title: Autumn Scene in Central Texas And Louisiana Scenic (TX) unused Description: We're Relaxing in Central Texas

Title: Texas Cowboy Scenic (TX) unused		Title: Texas Entrance Scenic (TX) unused

Title: Prize horses on a Texas ranch Scenic (TX) PM 1968		Title: Greeting from Texas Scenic (TX) unused

Title: Greeting from Texas Scenic (TX) unused		Title: Rio Grande Beauty Scenic (TX) unused

Title: Welcome To Texas The Lone Star State Scenic (TX) PM 1968 Description: The Lone Star State This is Texas-mighty empire of the Southwest. It sprawis huge across the map, a land of forest and desert, of fertile fields and jagged mountians, of rolling prairies, great sleepy rivers, and wide Gulf beaches. It is a land of superlatives - greatest in production of oil, greatest grower of cotton. In Texas the past and the present meet - booted cowboy riding the range - last of the great ranches - sombreroed Mexican dozing - ancient missions - great trading centers - seaports - skyline and vast distances broken only by tall oil derricks		Title: Howdy From The Lone Star State Scenic (TX) unused Description: Where everything is big

Title: A West Texas Ocean of Wheat at Twilight - Wheat Field Scenic (TX) unused		Title: Texas Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: Texas is as large as the combined area of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. It is 17 1/2 times as large as Massachusetts. Its greatest length is about 903 miles; greatest breadth 864 miles (about as far as from New York to Chicago) area 265,896 sq. miles.

Title: Bienvenidos The Lower Rio Grande Valley Scenic (TX), Chrome unused Description: The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Scenes like the one featured of this Mission are frequent along the roads and highways leading in and out of the Valley. Warm Winters, cool summers, with plenty of fruit, flowers, and sunshine bring vacationers from near and far. The Valley is only three hours drive from fabulous and romantic Monterrey, Mexico.		Title: Hell In Texas Scenic (TX), Linen PM 1950 Description: The Devil in Hell, we're told, was chained, And a thousand years he there remained. He neither complained nor did he groan, But determined to start a hell of his own. Where he could torment the souls of men, Without being chained in an underground pen. So he asked the Lord if he had on hand Anything left when He made this land. The Lord said, "Yes, I have plenty of land. But I left it down on the Rio Grande. The fact is, old boy, the stuff is real poor, But you're welcome to it and plenty more." So the Devil went down to look at the truck And said if he took it as a gift he was stuck, For after examining it carefully and well He concluded the place was too dry for a hell. So in order to get it off His hand, The Lord promised to water the land, For He had some water or rather some dregs. Rather cathartic and smelld like bad eggs. Hence the trade was closed and the deed was given And the Lord went back to His home in Heaven. The Devil said to himself, "I have all that is needed To make a good hell," and hence he succeeded. He began to put thorns all over the trees And mixed up the sand with millions of fleas. He scattered tarantulas along the roads; Put thorns on cactus and horns on toads. He lengthened the horns of the Texas steers. And put an addition to the rabbit's ears. He put a little devil in the broancho steed And poisoned the feet of the centipede. The rattlesnkae bites you, the scorpion stings, The mosquito delights you with his buzzing wings. Sand-burs cause you to jig and dance, And those who sit down will have ants in their pants. The Devil then said that throughout the land He'd arrange to keep up the Devil's own brand, The heat in the summer in one hundred and ten, Too hot for the Devil, too hot for the men. And all should be mavericks unless they bore. Marks and scatches, or bites by the score. Go see for yourself and you can tell "Tis a hell of a place he has for a hell.

Title: Texas A Paradise Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: By the Author of "Hell in Texas". The Lord said he wished to show To His erring children here below That He had plenty in His Store For those who knocked at Heaven's door, And hence would give to some bright land Samples of blessings from His right hand; And if you thin there's Cause to doubt it, Just listen to how God reasoned about it. These gifts I can't give to the States in the East The Weather's too damp for both man and beast, And the Northern States I consider together, I made a mistake when I put up their weather, for in blizzards and cyclones, tornadoes and cold, No one can enjoy good gifts, I am told. 'Tis too cold, hence westward I shall go to the land where the fig and the orange trees grow For here it is true is a beautiful land, But then here's the fogs, the dust and sand; And those who enjoy these gifts as they must Can't do it in the sand and the fogs and the dust, At last reaching Texas, a State of some size He decided to give her His capital prize: He opened wide his bountiful hand, He dispersed His blessing all over the land, And hence we enjoy as these blessings of ours Ten months in the year the most beautiful flowers; And nights most delightful, fanned by the breeze, That comes sweeping across her from over the seas; And Italy's skies with our own won't compare; Nor is her land more fertile nor ladies more fair And the grasses that grow on the range of ours Are kept beautifully green by these sweet summer showers, And as we know, to enjoy our wealth, We must first secure the blessing of health. Thence we declare to the sick in each clime That health you can have, if you come here in time And now to our friends in the East, North and West We want you to come here and with us be blest. For god never intended that we all alone should enjoy all these blessings that He has bestown.		Title: Bluebonnets-The State Flower of Texas Scenic (TX), Linen unused Description: Blue Bonnet is the state flower of Texas and blooms in the Spring. When in bloom, it is one of the most beautiful sights to be seen, a gorgeous field of blue

Title: U. S. 90 between Sanderson and Del Rio Scenic (TX) unused Description: Rugged desert country in background		Title: Greetings from Texas Scenic (TX) unused

Title: Texas State Capitol Texas State Flag Blue Bonnets Scenic (TX) PM 1940

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