It looks like old water pumps to me, too; but ones that have been made into musical instruments. I sent a copy of the picture to Colleen Fitzpatrick, author of Forensic Genealogy, to see if she knew what they might be. She didn't, but is forwarding it to someone else who might know. Debbie McCoy On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Joan Davis <jdavis@hsc.edu> wrote: > HI, Very simple. A collection of old water pumps. We use to use these type > pumps many years ago when I was a kid. BEV. C. Davis > > -----Original Message----- > From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Scott Fitzgerald > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:25 AM > To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com; txsmith@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] [TXSMITH] FW: [TXGEN] Old Photo > > 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 >