BRUCEVILLE PICTURES
| A panoramic view of downtown Bruceville, ca1920, showing the businesses that were located along the old boardwalk. Click on the following link to see identifications for the buildings shown in the photo. Business Ids Photo
taken by Fred Gildersleeve, a well-known commercial artist from Waco
area, who specialized in taking pictures of local interest during this
time period. |
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| Photo
of downtown Bruceville, taken along MKT railroad tracks. In the
foreground, to the left, can be seen the MKT Railroad Depot. To the
left of the tracks, in the background of the photo, can be seen the
meat market & ice house, and also the farm storage building that
sat next to the railroad tracks. Photo taken by Fred Gildersleeve, a well-known commercial artist from Waco area, who specialized in taking pictures of local interest during this time period. |
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| View
of Bruceville, looking southward (toward Temple). To the right of the
tracks can be seen the meat market & ice house, and also the farm
storage building visible in previous photo. Photo taken by Fred Gildersleeve, a well-known commercial artist from Waco area, who specialized in taking pictures of local interest during this time period. |
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| Photo
shows the route of the old Temple-Waco highway that went thru
Bruceville. Because of the dangers of crossing the railroad, this route
would later be changed to a more northerly route thru Bruceville and a
railroad overpass would be built over the highway to allow vehicular
traffic to pass underneath the railroad tracks. Note: This picture was taken looking west into downtown Bruceville, with railroad depot and bank visible in the background. |
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| Photo of the interior of the Bruceville, Texas drugstore and post office, run by Mr. Elvis Bandy, who can be seen in this photo. The drugstore and post office occupied the southern portion of the large, red brick building in downtown Bruceville. The drugstore faced out east, towards the Temple-Waco highway which ran thru downtown, with the postoffice at the back of the drugstore. This brick building also contained the Bruceville bank, run by Mr. Nolan Taylor. The bank occcupied the northern portion of the building, and faced out north. Running along the back half of the entire building, with its entrance facing out north, was a grocery store run by Mr. Britt Edwards. |
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| This
panoramic view of downtown Bruceville was taken shortly after Highway
81 was straightened, around 1935. This new stretch of highway
completely bypassed downtown Bruceville. Note: This photo was taken from the side of the overpass over the MKT railroad, alongside Highway 81, looking west and northwest into Bruceville. |
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| Bruceville Train Wreck August 1935. |
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| A second photo taken of the aftermath of the August 1935 train wreck at Bruceville, Texas. |
