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[A Cuban dry-goods store]

Description: The photograph shows the interior of a store. Two men are behind the shelf lined counter, while one man is leaning against a showcase on far left. Text below the photograph reads: "The interior of a Cuban dry-goods store, with the proprietor in the foreground, with his clerks in their regular attire. All the clerks in Havana are similarly dressed - or , rather, undressed."
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A family of six sitting around a long table]

Description: This photograph shows a family of six sitting around a long table in a very large dining room. Text below the photo reads: "Typical dining room of well-to-do Cubans. They are drinking coffee at six o'clock A. M. Oilcloth covers the table in place of linen. It is easier to wash, and Spaniards are ease-loving."
Date: [1900..1925]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Four young children on the back of a donkey]

Description: The photograph shows four young children on the back of a donkey. There is a young man standing behind the donkey and two people standing near a building on the left. Text below photo reads: "Boys are boys the world over and in all colors and languages. These youngsters are having a fine time with the donkey, who does not enjoy the situation half so much, and whose "business end" longs for employment."
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Frances Lee Baker as an infant, reclining on a floral coverlet]

Description: Photograph of an infant reclining on a floral coverlet. Writing on the back of the photograph identifies the infant as: "Frances Lee Baker Age six months". In this studio portrait, Francis is wearing a white one piece outfit with lace trim. She has a bracelet on her left wrist and a ring on a finger of her left hand. The photograph has been cropped into an oval and mounted on a dark gray matte. The matte has an embossed line that borders the perimeter of the photograph. Written in gold on the m… more
Date: 1900
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Gold Cougar metal pin]

Description: Gold covered metal pin. Cougar at top standing on a rectangular pin that states: "T.B.A.FT. WORTH, 1908" Plaque hangs underneath that states: "T.___'S BANKERS ASSOCIAT__N. (handwritten) J.H.P. Davis J.H.P. Davis and Co. Richmond, Texas (typed) Fort Worth, June 4, 5 and ___ 19__" Old Object Term: Commemorative pin, banker
Date: 1908
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Gold metal two tiered pin that is connected by small chains]

Description: Gold metal two tiered pin that is connected by small chains. At top is a cougar on top of a banner that states: "FT. WORTH MARCH 16-19, 1909". On circle under banner it states: "MKB". On second tier it states: "33RD ANNUAL CONVENTION C.R.A. OF T. MEMBER". Old Object Term: Commemorative pin, livestock
Date: [1909-03-16..1909-03-19]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Gold two tiered pin connected by small chains]

Description: Gold two tiered pin connected by small chains. Top tier is an image of a cougar with a banner underneath that states: "FT. WORTH MARCH 16-19 1909" A small circle is directly below and has initials "MKB" in center. Second tier is a small plaque that states: "33RD ANNUAL CONVENTION C.R.A. OF T. MEMBER". Image of a man on horseback with a herd of cattle in background. A small red and white striped ribbon is attached behind pin. Old Object Term: Commemorative pin, livestock
Date: [1909-03-16..1909-03-19]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A group of men on horseback, a few men are standing]

Description: Photograph that was possibly brought back from Cuba by J.H.P. Davis. This photo was found with others that he brought from Cuba. The photograph shows several men on horseback. There are four men standing (two near right center, and two on far right) near the group who are not on horses. One man wearing dark pants, long sleeved shirt, suspenders, and a hat is holding reins to a horse in the foreground. There is a fence and trees in the background. The photograph is mounted on a gray cardboard su… more
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[The interior of a Havana home]

Description: The photograph shows the interior of a home. The room shown is a parlor with several pieces of sitting furniture. Text below photo reads: "A typical Havana parlor in the residence of a family of the better class. The frame of the furniture is of solid mahogany, which is a native wood in common use."
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[J.H.P. Davis wearing a dark suit]

Description: Portrait of J.H.P. Davis. Davis, who has graying hair and mustache, is wearing a dark three piece suit with a white rounded collar shirt. A watch fob is visible at his vest. The portrait is cut into an oval and mounted onto a gray wood-patterned matte. The matte has a thick dark gray border that frames the perimeter of the image. Back of photograph in pencil reads: Davis 3 x 4 [line] oval. Image dimensions are: 8.7 cm x 12.6 cm.
Date: [1900..1910]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A large group of men and women around a man and a woman dancing]

Description: The photograph shows a large group of men and women around a couple that is dancing in the center. There is a thatch roofed building in the background. Text below the photograph reads: "This is a typical Sunday morning scene in one of the side streets of Havana, and indicates a negro dance - "up and down and all chassee." Negroes are children of sun and fun."
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A large group of men standing around a couple]

Description: The photo shows a large group of men and one woman standing near the entrance of a large brick building. Text below the photo reads: "The most talked of couple in Havana - General Arola and Elsa Tobin. The senorita is the daughter of the Spanish army in Cuba, and was recently married to the general, who is what we would call the mayor of the city, and old enough to be her father."
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A large group of people at a picnic]

Description: The photograph shows a large group of people at a picnic. Text below the portrait reads: "Last photograph of Joaquin Ruiz, who was shot by the Cubans when he went out under Spanish instructions to offer the insurgents autonomy. At a picnic, the Monday preceding his death, this picture was taken. He stands with a cross on his hat."
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A large group of people standing outside a store]

Description: The photograph shows a large group of people standing near the porch of a white wooden building. There is a cart pulled by an ox with a man standing to the side of it in right foreground; two oxen pulling a load of timber in left center foreground. Text below photo reads: "Here is a typical country store, on the coast near Havana. Merchandise is drawn on an ox-sled, wheels being seldom used when runners will answer the purpose. Bad roads explain this preference." Written in pencil on left side … more
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Leather ribbon with fringed bottom edge]

Description: Leather ribbon with fringed bottom edge. Leather pin at top states: "MEMBER". Ribbon states: "9th Annual MEETING TEXAS LIVE STOCK ASS'N (In center image of longhorn with "TEXAS" typed on side) SAN ANTONIO, JAN. 22-24, 1900" Old Object Term: Commemorative ribbon, livestock
Date: [1900-01-22..1900-01-24]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A man milking a cow in a street]

Description: The photo shows a man milking a cow in a street. Text below the photo reads: "In Havana, as elsewhere, milk dealers are suspected of watering the milk. This dealer avoids suspicion by milking his cow in the presence of his customer."
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A man ministering to a young boy in a hospital bed]

Description: The photograph shows a man ministering to a young boy in a hospital bed. Another boy is lying in a bed in rear left background. A number "19" is on the wall above the bed of the first young man. Text below the photograph reads: "Another scene in the hospital of the American Orphan Asylum, showing reconcentrado boys dying of starvation, in the last stages, beyond relief, with protruding bones. Pictures like this explain the war now being waged against the tyranny which produces such piteous frui… more
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A man sitting in a chair with three children around him]

Description: The photograph shows an African-American man sitting in a chair with three African-American children around him. There is a stucco house in the background. Text below the photo reads: "Relics of plantation life. The oldest negroes guard the children and discipline them. The sign of office is a key. This old negro has locked disobedient children in the house."
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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