[First School Bus in New Summerfield]

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Copy negative of a group of students holding their books in front of a new school bus, which was built on a Model T Ford chassis by the men of the community of New Summerfield. Elmer "Johnny" Liles was the bus driver. In the back row, left to right, stand Alta Smith, Ruth Glen Brown, Macie Carby, Dollie Tomerlin, Gladys Darby, Loleta Garrett, Beatrice Brown, Myrtle Tomerlin, Lorene Liles, Ona Clark, Elsie Mae Waldrup, Nellie Roebuck, and Birdie Waldrup. In the center row are Ruth Manion, Elnora Liles, Katherine Waldrup, and Maxie Clark. In the bottom row, kneeling, are Eula … continued below

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.

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Cherokee County Historical Society December 5, 1987.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Cherokee County Historical Commission Photograph Collection and was provided by the Cherokee County Historical Commission to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 351 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Copy negative of a group of students holding their books in front of a new school bus, which was built on a Model T Ford chassis by the men of the community of New Summerfield. Elmer "Johnny" Liles was the bus driver. In the back row, left to right, stand Alta Smith, Ruth Glen Brown, Macie Carby, Dollie Tomerlin, Gladys Darby, Loleta Garrett, Beatrice Brown, Myrtle Tomerlin, Lorene Liles, Ona Clark, Elsie Mae Waldrup, Nellie Roebuck, and Birdie Waldrup. In the center row are Ruth Manion, Elnora Liles, Katherine Waldrup, and Maxie Clark. In the bottom row, kneeling, are Eula Galloway, Annie Brown, Newman Darby, Nelson Chisolm, Cecil Clark, Earl Brown, Horace Smith, Ralph Liles, Cloyd Waldrup, Clyde Brown, Odell Chisolm, Armen Darby, and Elvin Clark.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.

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Cherokee County Historical Commission Photograph Collection

Photographs depicting people, families, and businesses in Rusk, Jacksonville, and surrounding towns in Cherokee County.

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  • December 5, 1987

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  • Nov. 19, 2013, 1:02 p.m.

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Cherokee County Historical Society. [First School Bus in New Summerfield], photograph, December 5, 1987; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth354248/: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission.

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