Exhibitions

The Way Things Were: Texas Settlers and Their Buildings, 1860s–1930s
 

West Side Of The Square, Goliad, Texas. Photograph by Tom Prather.

The Way Things Were: Texas Settlers and Their Buildings, 1860s–1930s looks at the early Texas buildings for information about settlers’s visions of community and progress and their accommodation to the physical demands and economic realities of everyday life.

Exhibition

A pictorial essay on the family and community life of Texas settlers as reflected in old buildings, The Way Things Were: Texas Settlers and Their Buildings, 1860s–1930s has been abridged into a compact display well-suited to schools, libraries, and other cultural institutions. Panel topics include:

• Log houses and dogtrots
• Farm homes and barns
• Country school houses
• Outdoor churches
• Stone churches
• Country stores
• Failed banks
• Towns
• Town square
• Main street
• Symbols of prosperity
• Courthouses

The Way Things Were is an exhibition by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Exhibition Format

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Print Materials

A specified number of print materials are provided with this exhibition at no additional cost. Additional copies of these materials may be obtained for a nominal fee:

• 50 brochures featuring history as revealed through everyday lives
• 10 posters featuring a sepia-toned image of a prosperous home, ca. 1900

Publicity Materials

Press release

The Way Things Were press release

Publicity image

A publicity image is available for promoting this exhibition at your venue. Please contact the exhibitions coordinator to request an electronic file of this image. Please allow 2-3 business days for the exhibitions coordinator to process your request.

Humanities Texas logos

Venues may request a CD with the Humanities Texas logo in a number of electronic file formats for use when developing print and online promotional materials. Logo files are also available for download on the logo page.