Clay Barbee of Amarillo, TX, came into the Museum's Library & Archives Center to find a print of a certain panoramic photograph of Texon, his home town. (Texon was a town built in West Texas around the Santa Rita No. 1 and No. 2. The town offered a movie theater, a golf course, and even a baseball field with semi-professional team!)
While reviewing the database for the particular photo, he saw some images of kids he knew while growing up in Texon. He easily identified 15 young men and women from his past! One of them was Mr. Barbee himself as a young lad. It's amazing what the mind remembers after time.
Above: Clay Barbee as a young boy. His shirt was red with horses on it.
While Mr. Barbee left without his photograph, his memory certainly helped the Library & Archives Center! I've updated the catalogue information on those individual photographs with names that were not included before. I promised Mr. Barbee I would do some investigating to find the photograph he wants!
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