Robert Runyon meets W.A. Snake King

These photos were taken from the University of Texas and the Library of Congress's collection of Robert Runyon, former commerical photographer and later mayor of Brownsville. Parts of his collection can be found online at http://runyon.lib.utexas.edu./

These photos show a young William Abraham "Snake" King exibiting some of his snake collection to some of the Fort Brown soilders. The child by his side is my grandfather Joseph King. Also, check out the detail letters on the SNAKE KING wagon.

by steven saul king