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Women enjoy a spring day and pick wildflowers in Breckenridge, Texas in 1935.

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Reveling in the Beauty of a Field of Wildflowers near Breckenridge in 1935

By Traces of Texas
February 25, 2021

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: The Panhandle in 1939

By Traces of Texas
February 18, 2021

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Prince’s Drive-in

By Traces of Texas
February 11, 2021

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A man in a short cowboy hat, shirt and tie leans his arm against the passenger door of a Buick Roadster

History

Corpus Christi’s First Hispanic Police Officer and His 1936 Buick Roadmaster

By Traces of Texas
January 28, 2021

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: A Gulf Filling Station in Colorado City

By Traces of Texas
January 21, 2021

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: A North Texas Trail Ride

By Traces of Texas
January 14, 2021

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Café de la Rosa in San Antonio

By Traces of Texas
January 7, 2021
A sepia-tone photograph of a man on a motorcycle and a woman behind him. The motorcycle is loaded down with letters and packges.

History

A Motorcycle Mail Carrier
in the Texas Panhandle, Circa 1912

By Jac Darsnek and Traces of Texas
December 24, 2020
Elvis Presley sitting at a table at Little Shamrock Cafe in Cleveland.

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Elvis at the Little Shamrock Cafe

By Traces of Texas
December 17, 2020
Texas Rangers find moonshine stills near Mexia during Prohibition.

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Texas Rangers Find Illegal Moonshine Stills

By Traces of Texas
November 26, 2020

History

The Infinite Bling of Neiman Marcus, a Dallas Tradition for 113 Years

By Traces of Texas
November 26, 2020
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Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Rebuilding the Anderson Gift Store in Marfa

By Traces of Texas
November 19, 2020

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Oakland Heights Mansion in Comanche

By Traces of Texas
November 12, 2020

History

The Carrasco Sisters Teenage Musical Duo of 1920s Canutillo

By Jac Darsnek and Traces of Texas
October 29, 2020
plinky-topperwein-aims-pistol

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Plinky Toepperwein Takes Her Shot

By Traces of Texas
October 8, 2020

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: A Store in Westphalia

By Traces of Texas
October 1, 2020

History

A Not Completely Serious 19th-Century Portrait

By Traces of Texas
September 24, 2020
Freedman's first vote in Palestine, Texas

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Freedmen’s First Vote in 1866

By Traces of Texas
September 17, 2020

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: A Marine in Corpus Christi

By Traces of Texas
September 10, 2020
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Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Sweet Treats in Skidmore

By Traces of Texas
August 27, 2020

With a Gift and a Grin, Amos Milburn Helped Invent Rock ‘n’ Roll

By Traces of Texas
August 27, 2020
family-poses-dogtrot-house

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: An East Texas Dogtrot House

By Traces of Texas
August 20, 2020
Mission Espada, San Antonio

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: The First Mission in Texas

By Traces of Texas
July 30, 2020

History

Get Your Chickens! A Vintage Vendor at Weatherford’s First Monday Market

By Traces of Texas
July 30, 2020
In black and white, people stand in front of the first public school in Eddy Texas

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: The First Public School in Eddy

By Traces of Texas
July 23, 2020
Three people paddle a canoe in the Guadalupe River near Kerville Texas

History

A Peaceful Day on the Guadalupe River in Kerrville in 1910

By Traces of Texas
June 25, 2020
Men fish off of a rock jetty in Corpus Christi Texas

History

A 1939 Photograph Captures Fishermen on a Corpus Christi Pier

By Traces of Texas
May 28, 2020

History

Governor Coke Stevenson Takes the Davis Mountain Scenic Loop in 1958

By Traces of Texas
April 30, 2020
Visitors at Santa Elena Canyon on the Rio Grande

History

Sightseers have been marveling at Big Bend’s signature canyon for more than 100 years

By Traces of Texas
March 26, 2020

Wildflower Photo Contest Winner: Spangled Up In Bluebonnets, 1954-Style

By Traces of Texas
February 27, 2020

History

An April 1943 Day on the San Augustine Square

By Traces of Texas
January 30, 2020

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