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Rust in Pieces
Texas’ Largest Outdoor Museum
For those who find beauty in unusual places, or those who remember amber-winged fairy hood ornaments and pin-up girls encased in plastic steering wheel knobs, here’s our ode to bullet-ridden sheet metal. We casually present: Rust in Pieces.

The Texas Silhouette

The Cowboy Silhouette

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SAN ANTONIO

Five Buildings of San Antonio 4-1-08
The Star, the Pig, the Dealership, the Icehouse and the Chinese Grocery
Photos by Mel Brown, Sarah Reveley and Jacinto Guevara

VINTAGE PHOTOS

Tyler, Texas

ROUTE 66
Resurrecting the Ghosts of Route 66 by Noel Kerns

Part I: Oklahoma City to Shamrock, Texas 2-3-08

Part II: Shamrock to Amarillo, Texas 2-14-08

Part III: Route 66 from Amarillo, Texas to Endee, NM 3-3-08

ARCHITECTURE

Kress Buildings Across Texas & America 3-3-08
by Johnny Stucco
Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels & Ken Rudine

STATE PARKS

Goliad State Park 2-11-09
Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels

MURALS

Bar Art by Brewster Hudspeth 2-11-08
Saloon paintings, made with varying degrees of talent have never been fully addressed by critics. Don’t worry, there’s no lecture here – just a sampling of what now passes for art in and around drinking establishments.

SPECIAL FEATURE

Prairie Precisionism 1-1-08
or How Geometry is done in Texas
By Brewster Hudspeth

SIGNS

Silly Signage 12-22-07
Sarah Reveley & TE photos

Special Subject

Rust in Pieces 12-19-07
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson, Stephen Michaels, Jeff Jenson, Sarah Reveley and Raoul Hashimoto

STATUES

Eagle Eyes of Texas - Series One Photo Essay 12-5-07
Mike Price and TE Photos

Eagle Eyes of Texas - Series Two Photo Essay 12-8-07
Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson, Mike Price, Bill Sontag & Brian Garner

Cadillac Ranch Text and photos by M.M. Harris 12-15-07

Tom Jones at the Cadillac Ranch Photo Essay 12-15-07

Union Soldier Statue and Memorial
Or What’s a soldier like you doing in a state like this? 9-21-07
Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Texas
Photos courtesy Mike Price

Coastal Birds of Texas 12-18-07
A Photo Essay by Ken Rudine

VINTAGE PHOTOS

Carbon 12-13-07

THEATRES

Billy B. Smith Theater Photo Collection; Series Ten Photo Essay 12-10-07
Ten Texas Theaters

SPECIAL SUBJECT

Victorian Secrets Photo essay 12-10-07
Painted Ladies, Gingerbread and Carpenter Gothic in Texas.
Mike Price and TE Photos

COURTHOUSES

DeWitt County Courthouse Photos Terry Jeanson 11-28-07

DeWitt County Courthouse: Clockwork, Bell & Architectural Details Photo Essay TE Photos 11-28-07

PRESERVATION

Zedler's Mills 11-20-07
Photos Courtesy Justin Parson, Sarah Reveley, and Chia-Wei Wang

THEN AND NOW

Glenrio Texas Longhorn Cafe Photos courtesy Bob Worley 12-5-07

D'Hanis San Antony's School 12-14-07

Amarillo - Polk Street 12-15-07

Tomball Depot 11-15-07

Elissa: A Girl of Many Ports
Texas’ "Official" Tall Ship
by Luke Warm 11-12-07
Photos courtesy Ken Rudine

VINTAGE PHOTOS

Gallery of Forgotten Texas Bridges: Series Two 12-9-07
The Beauchamp Collection -
Ten bridge postcards circa 1910

Gallery of Forgotten Texas Bridges: Series One 11-13-07
The Beauchamp Collection -
Ten bridge postcards circa 1910

The Texas Flood of 1935 11-7-07

Tuleta 11-3-07

Marion 10-31-07

Milford 10-19-07 Texas' first icehouse?

Hedley 10-12-07

San Diego 10-5-07

Lodi Oil Camp, c.1920s 9-1-07

Texas Ghost Towns by Night 10-14-07
The Nocturnal Photography of Noel Kerns

Cherokee County Courthouse Murals by Terry Jeanson 9-26-07

Although all three buildings provided the same basic needs of the motorist, separately, they could be prime examples of “Modest,” “Utilitarian” and “Grandiose” gas stations. 9-13-07

Humble Station, San Antonio, 1938 Photo Courtesy Mel Brown

Sinclair Station, Snyder, circa 1950 Photo Courtesy Mike Price

Conoco Station, Shamrock, 1935 Photo CourtesyTerry Jeanson

Saratoga Ghost Road by Ken Rudine 9-9-07
Two miles north of Saratoga off FM787 is the beginning of Bragg Road which travels north to FM1293. It is the Ghost Road where the Saratoga Mystery Light has appeared....