Lens on the Texas Frontier

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments n o฀collector฀spends฀a฀lifetime฀making฀acquisitions฀ without฀interacting฀with฀fellow฀collectors฀or฀with฀collectors฀ who฀also฀are฀dealers.฀Although฀I฀found฀many฀of฀the฀photographs ฀in฀my฀collection฀on฀my฀own,฀a฀good฀number฀of฀ them฀came฀from฀others฀who฀had฀similar฀collecting฀interests .฀Over฀the฀years฀I฀met฀many฀photography฀collectors฀at฀book฀ fairs฀and฀antique,฀Civil฀War,฀and฀photography฀shows.฀Transactions฀ frequently฀were฀made฀at฀these฀venues,฀wherein฀we฀collectors฀would฀ become฀temporary฀vendors฀offering฀our฀photographic฀wares฀to฀ other฀collectors. ฀ Often,฀I฀would฀meet฀with฀a฀collector฀in฀his฀or฀her฀home฀and฀ spend฀countless฀hours฀examining฀material฀and฀trying฀to฀work฀out฀ some฀type฀of฀purchase฀or฀perhaps฀even฀a฀trade.฀Sometimes฀I฀purchased ฀directly฀from฀sale฀or฀auction฀catalogs.฀In฀the฀pre-computer฀ days฀of฀collecting฀photographs,฀collectors฀exchanged฀photocopies฀ and฀worked฀out฀deals฀based฀on฀how฀the฀photocopies฀appeared.฀ Computers฀and฀the฀ability฀to฀send฀color฀scans฀changed฀the฀way฀ collectors฀operate,฀and฀today฀the฀idea฀of฀sending฀somebody฀a฀ photo฀ copy฀seems฀archaic. ฀ I฀met฀many฀kindred฀spirits฀along฀the฀way,฀and฀I฀want฀to฀thank฀ the฀following฀individuals,฀many฀of฀them฀collectors,฀who฀helped฀me฀ build฀my฀collection฀or฀who฀assisted฀me฀in฀other฀important฀ways.฀ In฀alphabetical฀order,฀they฀are฀George฀V.฀Allen,฀Steven฀Anaya,฀ John฀Anderson,฀Ken฀Appollo,฀Charles฀“Lucky”฀Attal,฀Paul฀and฀ Judy฀Banner,฀Don฀Beardslee,฀Brian฀Bennett,฀Cindy฀Boeke,฀Brian฀ Boeve,฀Richard฀E.฀Buck,฀Martin฀L.฀Callahan,฀Richard฀F.฀Carlile,฀ Odis฀Clark,฀Donna฀J.฀Coates,฀James฀Cooley,฀Wes฀Cowan,฀John฀ S.฀Craig,฀Jim฀Crain,฀Ana฀L.฀Cristan,฀Rex฀Cumby,฀Henry฀Deeks,฀ William฀G.฀“Bill”฀Eloe,฀Roy฀Flukinger,฀Greg฀Gibbs,฀Bryan฀and฀ Page฀Ginns,฀David฀Grossblatt,฀Steve฀Guglielmi,฀Larry฀฀ Gottheim,฀ David฀Haynes,฀H.฀L.฀“Sonny”฀Hill฀Jr.,฀Roger฀D.฀Hunt,฀Bruce฀ Jackson,฀Thomas฀R.฀Kailbourn,฀Dennis฀Keesee,฀Tommy฀Knox,฀ Cliff฀and฀Michele฀Krainik,฀Robert฀Krick,฀Bobby฀Krick,฀Jo฀Ann฀ and฀Jeffrey฀N.฀Kraus,฀Robert฀L.฀Laury,฀Dennis฀Lessard,฀Cliff฀ Logan,฀Michael฀McAfee,฀R.฀G.฀“Bob”฀McCubbin,฀John฀McWilliams ,฀Roy฀Mantle,฀Dr.฀Russell฀L.฀Martin,฀Carl฀Mautz,฀฀Dr.฀John฀ Miller฀Morris,฀Steve฀Mullinax,฀Tom฀Munnerlyn,฀Philip฀Nathanson ,฀Howard฀Norton,฀Russell฀Norton,฀Ronn฀Palm,฀Peter฀E.฀ Palmquist,฀Dr.฀T.฀Michael฀Parrish,฀Herb฀Peck฀Jr.,฀Anne฀฀ Peterson,฀ Roger฀Pinckney,฀Eric฀D.฀Rivenbark,฀Tom฀Rogers,฀Dr.฀Jeremy฀ Rowe,฀Richard฀Rydell,฀John฀Saddy,฀Dr.฀Gianfranco฀Spellman,฀Dr.฀ William฀“Bill”฀Schultz,฀William฀L.฀Schaeffer,฀Robin฀Stanford,฀ Jim฀Synnott,฀Roger฀Synnott,฀Dorothy฀Sloan,฀Larry฀Strayer,฀Steve฀ Taylor,฀T.฀K.฀“Tex”฀Treadwell,฀Jane฀Turano-Thompson,฀Dr.฀Jerry฀ D.฀Thompson,฀Steve฀Turner,฀William฀A.฀“Bill”฀Turner,฀Ronnie฀ and฀Emily฀Townes,฀Dr.฀Ron฀Tyler,฀Darnelle฀Vanghel,฀David฀W.฀ Vaughan,฀Len฀Walle,฀Dr.฀George฀Ward,฀Dennis฀Waters,฀Larry฀ Williford,฀Sue฀and฀George฀S.฀Whiteley฀IV,฀Allan฀and฀Hilary฀ Weiner,฀and฀Bill฀Young. ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ Lawrence฀T.฀Jones฀III ...