1/7/2013 Daily Image: Fort Worth Cowgirl Museum Nestled amid such Fort Worth attractions as the Kimbell Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum, the Amon Carter Museum, the Museum of Science and History, and the Will Rogers Memorial Center, the Cowgirl Museum is the newest of the “must see” locations in the Cultural District. The current exhibit…
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1/6/2013 Daily Image: Mardi Gras Remnant Outside the Tremont House (an amazing hotel you should at least visit) in Galveston is this vivid remnant from the 1984 Mardi Gras. There were several of these constructed for the 1984 celebration, but this is the only one that remains. Illuminated for your enjoyment 365 days a year, this…
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2/5/2013 Daily Image: Frisco Jail and Grain Elevators A view of the “pillbox” jail against the backdrop of Frisco’s historic grain elevators. Total interior space of the original jail is only about 120 square feet. Imagine being locked in here during a Texas summer.. Frisco Jail and Grain Elevators Original Frisco Jail in foreground Frisco,…
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1/31/2013 Daily Image: River Walk Umbrellas II Giving credit where credit is due, a photography student of mine produced an image like this (only better) during a class I was teaching in Cedar Hill. That’s what gave me the idea to find the right vantage point for this shot. River Walk Umbrellas II San Antonio…
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1/29/2013 Daily Image: Texas Star While staying with some friends at Possum Kingdom Lake for the Fourth of July weekend, I went out for a sunrise walk in search of interesting images. I found this stamped steel Texas star lying in the gravel, having fallen from the tree on which it normally hung. The dappled…
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1/27/2013 Daily Image: Tower of the Americas At 750 feet tall, the Tower of the Americas is 86 feet taller than it’s more famous contemporary, the Seattle Space Needle. The restaurant at the top continuously rotates 360 degrees to offer one of the best views of San Antonio. Designed by San Antonio architect O’Neil Ford…
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1/25/2013 Daily Image: Through a Green Fence Hot, parched, dry and cracked, the drought-ravaged landscape of a North Texas prairie as seen through a green iron fence. Through a Green Fence Prosper, Texas Find this on page 135 of Texas As I See It Order your signed / personalized copy of Texas As I See…
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1/24/2013 Daily Image: Refinery Stack One of the refinery stacks in Big Spring, Texas after some artistic license has been taken with the processing. Whatever the smell is between crude oil and gasoline, Big Spring reeks of it – enough to make your eyes water. Having been an architectural photographer (and an AIA member) for…
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Rest In Peace Frontier Red Hill Cemetery Van Zandt County Copyright 2008 Warren Paul Harris all rights reserved Slated for inclusion in a future edition of Texas As I See It. Order your personalized copy of Volume I in this series on our website: http://www.texasasiseeit.net/
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Pilot Point, was originally constructed in 1896 in a classic Germanic style. This bank building was used in the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde, but now houses a small art gallery. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was closed during the Great Depression, so the notorious duo actually never robbed…
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