First on the Ground

ID: 1145 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: E. C. Blomeyer
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First on the Ground

E. C. Blomeyer snapped this shot of an early telephone booth of the Texas Telephone Company circa 1918, the same year he became president of the company.

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By Geoff Hunt
Edward Charles “E. C.” Blomeyer’s time in Texas was brief but well documented. From telephone poles to animals, floods to parades, and much more, the amateur shutterbug committed many views of early 1900s Texas to film. During his time in Waco,…