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If you would like to add old photos of towns, schools or courthouses, please send them to the County Coordinator.  Also, e-mail me if you can provide dates to any of these photos.  Click on thumbnail for a larger image.

St. Anthony's Catholic School, D'Hanis in 1900. (Photo courtesy of Richard Hood)
Haass School, southwest of Castroville.  Anton Weiss was born in 1910 and Olga Conrad was born in 1913. The picture was taken in 1920 or 1921. (photo courtesy of Dennis Dooley)
Haass School, southwest of Castroville (photo courtesy of Dennis Dooley)
 Hondo High School Football Team 1931-32 (photo courtesy of Margaret Simpson)
Hondo High School Owls 1934 (photo courtesy of Margaret Simpson)
Hondo High School Pep Squad 1933 (photo courtesy of Margaret Simpson)
Hondo High School Seniors 1933-34 (photo courtesy of Margaret Simpson)
Postcard of the Post Office in Hondo, the back reads: "Post Office--Hondo, Texas PRINTED EXCLUSIVELY FOR WINDROW DRUG" (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the Public School in Hondo (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of a Cotton Scene in Hondo (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the First Methodist Church in Hondo (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the First Baptist Church in Hondo (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the St. Louis Catholic Church in Castroville (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the O. M. I. Seminary in Castroville (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the Lutheran Church in Castroville (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the pump house at the LaCoste railroad water house (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of a Guest house at the Landmark Inn in Castroville (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the bridge over the Hondo Creek (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of the Castroville bridge (courtesy of James & DorisMenke)
Postcard of Hondo from the air (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard with two scenes of Hondo, the back reads: "Street Scene--Hondo, Texas PRINTED EXCLUSIVELY FOR WINDROW DRUG" (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Postcard of Hondo street scene (courtesy of James & Doris Menke)
Ruins of St. Dominic Catholic Church and Cemetery, D'Hanis. (photo courtesy of Janine Schott Modgling)
Boys & girls class in front of the old school house at Moye in Castroville.  Date: probably circa 1910.  Can you identify anyone?  Carrie Brieden and her sister, Alice, are known.  (photo courtesy of Janine Schott Modgling)
Boys class in front of the old school house in Castroville.  Date unknown.  Can you identify anyone?  (photo courtesy of Janine Schott Modgling)
Commercial buildings in 100 block E North Front Street (later 17th Street).  Hondo Mercantile Company on left corner of Bandera Ave. (later Ave. M)  (photo courtesy of Jeff Colunga)
Texaco Service Station on Hwy 90 west, Hondo. Owner: Candelario Colunga Jr. (photo courtesy of Jeff Colunga)
Old Kieffer-Wernette-Tondre store in Castroville.  The second floor was a dance hall in 1907 and was called the Wernette Opera House.  Photo taken probably 1910 - 1915.  (photo courtesy of Janine Schott Modgling)
Old street in Castroville near September Square looking to the north where it runs along the Medina River to Koenig Park. (photo courtesy of Janine Schott Modgling)

Camp of the 14th Cavalry at Hondo, on hike from Del Rio to Ft. Sam Houston
(photo courtesy of John Avant whose father, Doyle, was a Lt. with the group sometime in World War I)
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Devine, Texas (photo courtesy of Betsy Lang or Karl Bourgeois)

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Yancey school building (photo courtesy of Betsy Lang or Karl Bourgeois)

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Armstrong Hotel, Hondo, Texas [circa 1912] (photo courtesy of Betsy Lang or Karl Bourgeois)

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Devine Elementary School, 1926 (photo courtesy of Betsy Lang or Karl Bourgeois)

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Devine Elementary School back (photo courtesy of Betsy Lang or Karl Bourgeois)

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Natalia School-mid 1930's (Della Mae Nixon) (photo courtesy of Betsy Lang or Karl Bourgeois)

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Natalia School back (photo courtesy of Betsy Lang or Karl Bourgeois)

TXGenWeb, Medina County - Old Photos of Towns, Schools updated on 11/05/2013

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