Clark Hotel Images in the Portal of Texas History

Several years ago, our Texas Mountain Trail organization wrote a grant that digitized the photograph collection of Van Horn's Clark Hotel Museum.

Maggie Jackson, Photograph, 1940; digital image,
(http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14053/ ),
University of North Texas Libraries,
The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Clark Hotel Museum, Van Horn, Texas.
Click on the photo for a closer view!

This is one of those images of everyday life from the 1940s, and we're not sure about the location or the event, but it is clear that cake was served!  We like to wonder about the gentleman who put his hat on the post.

You can see a closer view by clicking on the photo above, or following this link to the Portal: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14053/m1/1/sizes/

To view other images of Van Horn's history at the Portal to Texas History, click HERE.