Photographs

Rice as a small camera caught it, mostly on one afternoon in March 2009.

The town

100 East Calhoun — 100 East CalhounVintage Collectibles and Antiques.

Downtown storefronts

Rice Police Department — Rice Police DepartmentDowntown storefronts behind.

United States Post Office

Rice Water Supply

Rice Volunteer Fire Department, Station 2

Ranch House Cafe

The Bottle Shop

Full service garage, oil, lube and tune

Masterbuilt Custom Cabinets

Casita travel trailers

I-45 Sales — I-45 SalesBuy, sell, trade.

Sea-Doo and Can-Am dealer floor

Interstate Travel Center

Phillips 66, on the highway

Churches, and the markers

First Baptist Church, Rice

Brick church with bell tower

The same building, from the other side

Texas Historical Commission marker — Texas Historical Commission markerHaynie Memorial Methodist Church, chartered 1874, present building 1908.

Texas Historical Commission marker — Texas Historical Commission markerRice, founded when the Houston and Texas Central was routed through in 1872; incorporated 1912.

A river baptism — A river baptismUndated; from the folder behind an earlier Rice website. No names are recorded with the print.

The schools

Rice Elementary School

Rice High School

Rice High School

Rice High School marquee — Rice High School marqueeReads WED. 3-4-09.

The athletic field

"A TEA Exemplary School" — "A TEA Exemplary School"Banner on the school building.

Homes

House on the corner

House with a wraparound porch

Craftsman bungalow

Craftsman bungalow

Craftsman bungalow

Brick homes on the street

A newer street

And the country around it

Greenhouses

Greenhouses, from the rise

A barn, and the fields

These are frames from two folders of source photographs -- most dated March 2009 -- kept behind an earlier Rice, Texas website's composite montage graphics. They are republished here as individual photographs rather than as the collages they were built into.