Traces of Texas

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

February 25, 2021

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

February 11, 2021

Traces of Texas reader Patrick Kominczak kindly sent in this 1950s photo of his mother-in-law and her co-workers at Prince’s Drive-in on Main Street in Houston.

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

January 28, 2021

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

January 21, 2021

A Gulf filling station in Colorado City circa 1932. These early gravity-fed gas pumps with a clear cylinder on the top were called visible gas pumps.

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

January 14, 2021

Every week, Traces of Texas shares one of his vintage photo finds with us.
Taken in Mineral Wells, this photo captures participants in an East Mountain trail ride on June 11, 1901.

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

January 7, 2021

Jovita de la Rosa Ortiz, third from right, and her parents Magdaleno and Francisca behind the counter of their café, Café de la Rosa, in San Antonio, circa 1945.

A Motorcycle Mail Carrier
in the Texas Panhandle, Circa 1912

December 24, 2020

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

December 17, 2020

Every week, Traces of Texas shares one of his vintage photo finds with us.
“James Hefley kindly shared this remarkable photo of Elvis eating breakfast at the Little Shamrock Cafe in Cleveland, Texas, on September 12, 1957.

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

November 26, 2020

Texas Rangers with illegal moonshine stills found near Mexia. Freddie Pryor found this undated photo among his grandmother’s things after she died.

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

November 26, 2020

The founders of Neiman Marcus first considered investing in Atlanta’s upstart Coca-Cola Co. before deciding to open a specialty store in downtown Dallas in 1907, according to family lore.

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Rebuilding the Anderson Gift Store in Marfa

November 19, 2020

Gail Smith sent in this photograph of her grandfather, W.A. Oatman, rebuilding the Anderson Gift Store after a 1920 fire in downtown Marfa.

The Carrasco Sisters Teenage Musical Duo of 1920s Canutillo

October 29, 2020

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

October 8, 2020

San Antonio’s Plinky Toepperwein was one of the greatest shooters of all time.
Famed female shooter Annie Oakley once told Plinky, “Mrs.

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: A Store in Westphalia

October 1, 2020

Traces of Texas reader Kathy Thornton kindly sent in this fantastic early 1940s image of a store in Westphalia.

A Not Completely Serious 19th-Century Portrait

September 24, 2020

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

September 17, 2020

An important historical event: the first Anderson County Courthouse on the day of the Freedmen’s First Vote in 1866.

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

September 10, 2020

Marine and his … girlfriend? friend? friend of little sister, who is just out of view? 

Traces of Texas’ Throwback Thursday: Sweet Treats in Skidmore

August 27, 2020

Traces of Texas reader Angie Bownds shared this remarkable 1910 photo of Galloway’s “Little Gem Confectionery & Ice Cream Parlor” on 4th Street between Sullivan and Patricio in Skidmore.

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

August 27, 2020

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

August 20, 2020

Traces of Texas reader Kyle Terry submitted this fascinating photo of the L.D. Heath family in 1905.

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

July 30, 2020

Traces of Texas shared this photo of Mission San Francisco de la Espada in San Antonio, 1936. 

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

July 30, 2020

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

July 23, 2020

People gathered outside the first public school in Eddy, Texas.  The school was built in 1885.

A Peaceful Day on the Guadalupe River in Kerrville in 1910

June 25, 2020

A 1939 Photograph Captures Fishermen on a Corpus Christi Pier

May 28, 2020

Governor Coke Stevenson Takes the Davis Mountain Scenic Loop in 1958

April 30, 2020

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

March 26, 2020