I printed it out and enlarged it.. Don't see any bows or fiddles? Just strips of cane or straw.. The canisters to the right of the sewing machine like contraption looks like a bobbin case.. We think it is either a basket weaving or straw hat making demonstration. I'll bet it was at the county fair and some company was selling the machines, which were set up for people to try and see how 'easy' it was to use them.. I even thought it might be a machine to weave cane bottom chair replacements.? We have done that by hand and it isn't easy.. So much fun to see this bring back memories of what used to be.... Thanks for sharing this. The time period is early 1900's. I have photos of my grandmother in TX wearing dresses like these and they were made around 1915. I got a large laugh with the kid in the middle of the photo peeking out the hole in the backdrop!!! (He wanted in the photo) Sue Scott Fitzgerald wrote: >Hi Trevia > >Here is the response that I sent to TXGEN list: > >Hi Gina, > >To me it looks like a bunch of hand crank water pumps. I am not sure what >the pan thing next to the pump is - maybe a filter or chemical treatment. >Unless I am mistaken it says Bullard Texas which south of Tyler. I also see >the bows and fiddles that Jane mentioned[in another e-mail]. Could it be >something like a barn raising? > >I am going to forward the message to the Smith County list and see if anyone >there has any ideas. > >Scott > > > >>Interesting photo. went to the Handbook of Texas on line to see if there >>might be a clue .... >> >>BULLARD, TEXAS. Bullard, also known as Etna and Hewsville, is on the St. >>Louis Southwestern Railway at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm >>roads 2493, 2137, and 344, twelve miles south of Tyler in extreme southern >>Smith County. >> >> Possible?? *** A movie theater had opened, and a band also provided >>entertainment. **** >> >>And an interesting note: A traveling jail, seven feet in diameter and >>made >>of a barred round tank on wheels, held prisoners until the county sheriff >>could escort them to Tyler. >> >>Trevia Wooster Beverly >>Houston, Texas >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

HI, Very simple. A collection of old well water pumps. We used these type pumps when I was a kid many years ago. BEV. C. Davis -----Original Message----- From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of sue ashby Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:05 PM To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] [TXSMITH] FW: [TXGEN] Old Photo I printed it out and enlarged it.. Don't see any bows or fiddles? Just strips of cane or straw.. The canisters to the right of the sewing machine like contraption looks like a bobbin case.. We think it is either a basket weaving or straw hat making demonstration. I'll bet it was at the county fair and some company was selling the machines, which were set up for people to try and see how 'easy' it was to use them.. I even thought it might be a machine to weave cane bottom chair replacements.? We have done that by hand and it isn't easy.. So much fun to see this bring back memories of what used to be.... Thanks for sharing this. The time period is early 1900's. I have photos of my grandmother in TX wearing dresses like these and they were made around 1915. I got a large laugh with the kid in the middle of the photo peeking out the hole in the backdrop!!! (He wanted in the photo) Sue Scott Fitzgerald wrote: >Hi Trevia > >Here is the response that I sent to TXGEN list: > >Hi Gina, > >To me it looks like a bunch of hand crank water pumps. I am not sure what >the pan thing next to the pump is - maybe a filter or chemical treatment. >Unless I am mistaken it says Bullard Texas which south of Tyler. I also see >the bows and fiddles that Jane mentioned[in another e-mail]. Could it be >something like a barn raising? > >I am going to forward the message to the Smith County list and see if anyone >there has any ideas. > >Scott > > > >>Interesting photo. went to the Handbook of Texas on line to see if there >>might be a clue .... >> >>BULLARD, TEXAS. Bullard, also known as Etna and Hewsville, is on the St. >>Louis Southwestern Railway at the intersection of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm >>roads 2493, 2137, and 344, twelve miles south of Tyler in extreme southern >>Smith County. >> >> Possible?? *** A movie theater had opened, and a band also provided >>entertainment. **** >> >>And an interesting note: A traveling jail, seven feet in diameter and >>made >>of a barred round tank on wheels, held prisoners until the county sheriff >>could escort them to Tyler. >> >>Trevia Wooster Beverly >>Houston, Texas >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message