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- Bathing Pool, Bath house and Pavillion
- Artist rendering of the bathing pool, bath house and pavillion that opened for operation in 1910. The drawing features large buildings, a fresh water pool and the tree lined stream.
- [Citizens National Bank]
- Photograph of the Everett Building in Longview, Texas. The original Everett Building was constructed in 1910 as the Citizens National Bank and originally housed a number of businesses, including M. L. Cunningham, Lawyer and Notary Public; A. J. Stewart, Dentist; and Drs. Northcutt and Markham, Physicians and Surgeons. It now houses the Gregg County Historical Museum on Fredonia Street.
- [Ditching Between Pools Below California Dam]
- Photograph of men ditching between pools at the California Dam during a drought.
- [First Baptist Church of Longview]
- Photograph of the First Baptist Church congregation in Longview, Texas. The men, women and children in the photograph are standing in front of the church, located at the corner of South Fredonia and South Street. They are dressed in suits, hats and dresses. The pastor, Reverend J. E. Hughes, is standing left of center in a long, black coat.
- [Frank Goldstein Store and City Meat Market]
- Photograph of the corner of Cotton and Fredonia Streets in Longview, Texas. The Frank Goldstein Store, the City Meat Market, and a furniture store are pictured in the photograph. The Rembert Theatre and the Rembert Building are pictured to the right of the Frank Goldstein Store. There is a crowd of people standing in the street, and a freshly slaughtered cow is being delivered to the meat market.
- [Frank T. Rembert Postcard]
- Photographic postcard of Frank T. Rembert, a telegrapher from Copiah County, Mississippi. Mr. Rembert moved to Longview, Texas in 1877. Mr. Rembert is wearing a suit and a hat, and he is sitting in a wicker chair.
- [Hallsville High School Graduating Class]
- Photograph of the 1910 graduating class of Hallsville High School in Hallsville, Texas. From left to right, top to bottom, the students pictured are: Top row: Grady Hall, Jim Shoults, Sam Hall, Mossie Green, Professor L. K. Smith, Winnie Woodall, Fannie Sisk, Mary Prothro, Josie Rutland, Blakeley Ethridge. Second row: Willie Audrey, Perry Black, Sam Hall, John Nelson, Ollie Hays, Dolly Buchanan, Luna Coleman, Pearl Sisk, Lurlie Morrison, Jessie Quillen, Warren Watson, Fred Averett, John L. Bass, Aubrey Buchanan, George Shuford. Bottom row: Essie Bolding, Minnie Quillen, Bonnie Kate Bell, Madie Price, Florence Black.
- [Kelly Plow Company Truck]
- Photograph of a Kelly Plow Company truck in Longview, Texas. The company was founded in 1852 in Jefferson, Texas. G. A. Kelly later brought his company to Longview in 1882. Three employees are pictured standing next to the Kelly Plow Company truck, advertising and selling equipment.
- [Lone Star School]
- Photograph of a rural class and teacher. Class stands in front of school building. Two doors are visible on building. Girls are wearing hair bows and dresses. Teacher and most of the boys are wearing coats and ties. One boy is wearing overalls and one boy is wearing a buttoned, collared shirt with neck tie. Class names are identified as best as possible by Jack Britain. Top row, from left to right: Lennie Underwood, Mona B. Britain, Virgie Morgan, Rosana Francisco, Gene Allen (Teacher), Gracie Morgan, Bertha Francisco, Margaret Francisco, Evie Mosaly. Second row (girls from left): Ola Clower, Emma Clower, Fern Francisco, Mattie Combs, Bernice Combs, Norma (Noma) Bremman. Second row (boys to right): Johnny Mosaly, Walter Combs, Claude Francisco, Walter Francisco, Charlie Green, Bill Mosaly. Bottom row: Eunice Britain, unidentified first name Francisco, Tinny Frisbie, Earl Combs, Jack Britain, Herschel Green, Roy Haley, Henry Haley.
- [Longview Cannibals Baseball Team]
- Photographic postcard of the Longview Cannibals Baseball Team in Longview, Texas. The team members are pictured in their uniforms. From left to right, the team members pictured are: R.A. (Bob) McLain, Jose Munden, Perry Bass, Sr., Frank Whitelock, Arthur Buchanan, Will Wellborne, John Hoffman, Tully Spear, unknown, unknown, unknown.
- Portrait of Doctor R. P. Harben
- Copy photograph of a bust-length portrait of Dr. Raymond P. Harben. He is wearing a suit jacket and tie. He also owned a drug store in Richardson, Texas.
- Portrait of Jesse M. Harben
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Jesse M. (Jess) Harben. He is wearing a suit and tie, and is the son of Raymond Park Harben. Text below the image says "Jesse M. Harben, Druggist 1910" and "Jesse Monroe Harben."
- [Portrait of Nannie Mae]
- Photograph of a young woman named "Nannie Mae Bramlett" as noted on the back of the photograph. She is wearing a white dress with a flower along the neckline, and her hair is tied up in a bun. The photograph is matted in a light brown mat.
- [Portrait of Nannie Mae]
- Photograph of a young woman named "Mrs. Clem Hammond," as noted on the back of the photograph. She has wavy brown hair, and she is wearing a white dress with dark collar. The photograph is matted in a light brown mat with an embossed floral border.
- Richardson High School Class 1910
- Copy photograph of Richardson High School class of 1910; they are posing in two rows. The six young women and three young men are identified as Alice Dalton, Vonnie Wallis, A. E. Grugett (teacher), Naomi Watson, C. R. Chick, Fannie White, Ruth Greer, Chloe Wallis, and Virgil Huffhines.
- Richardson High School Classroom 1910
- Photograph of seventeen students and one teacher at Richardson High School. The students are all sitting in desks, and the teacher is standing in the back of the classroom. Text on the bottom-right of the photograph says "Miss Ruth Greer 639 Devonshire Richardson, Texas AD. 5-5370;" text below the image says "Richardson High School Classroom 1910." The people are identified on the back of the image.
- A.W. Murray Furniture Store
- Photograph of single-story, brick building. Furniture can be seen in the front of the builg as well as part of awagon on the left end.
- Wright Hotel
- Photograph of The Wright Hotel at the corner of Travis and Houston that was owned and operated by "Grandpa Wright." Built in 1905 on the site where Farmer's State Bank was located at a later date in downtown Cleveland
- [Young Men of Longview]
- Photograph of six young men of Longview, Texas, nicknamed "the Big Six." From left to right, the young men pictured are Buck Howard, Clarence Oden, Sidney Smith, June Bivins, Rush Moore and Everett Bussey. The photograph is mounted on tan cardboard.
- [White Rock Creek Reservoir Sluice]
- Photograph of the White Rock Creek Reservoir Sluice. In the photograph, individuals stand in what appears to be a wire covered bridge. Handwritten note at bottom of photograph: "White Rock Creek Reservoir sluice. Reinforcement phase before concrete is poured. 6-15-10"
- [White Rock Reservoir Sluice Box]
- Photograph of the sluice box at White Rock Reservoir. A pile of wood is visible in front of the box. A handwritten note on the photograph reads: "White Rock Reservoir south end of sluice box after forms had been removed 6-24-10."
- Hallettsville VFD Celebration Committee
- Portrait of the Hallettsville Volunteer Fire Department Celebration Committee. The members are sitting or standing around a table, and many of them have something to drink. According to the accompanying article, the seated members are (left to right) H. J. Braunig, John E. Buss, H. J. Heye, Richard Waltersdorf, and Charles Pillar, and the standing members are (left to right) Willie J. Miller, Richard J. Strauss, Otto von Rosenberg, and Mauritz Nau. Written in the center of the photograph is "June 27, 1910 Celebration Com." On the right side is written "Final Report." The article states that "President Pillar appointed committee to see if celebration could be had in June or July at the Park Verein," and that on June 24, 1910 "The firemen met and reported all preparations for the big celebration were perfected and letters were received that large delegations would be here from Yoakum, Shiner, Gonzales, El Campo, Nordheim, Yorktown, Eagle Lake, and other towns."
- [Excavation Well]
- Photograph of men working on excavating a well. The photograph was taken from above. Rock and rubble dominate the landscape.
- [Citizens National Bank]
- Photograph of the inside of Citizens National Bank in Longview, Texas. There are three men standing inside the bank lobby, and there is one man standing behind the teller's window.
- A City Plan for Dallas
- Report of the Park Board in Dallas, Texas, including the text of the proposed city plan, called the "Kessler Plan." The plan describes suggested changes to the city including building levees; creating a belt railroad; building a union station; creating freight terminals; organizing a civic center; eliminating railroad grade crossings in downtown districts; extending roads in downtown areas; building parks, parkways, and boulevards; and adding playgrounds throughout the city. The text includes accompanying drawings and illustrations. The fiscal report of the Park Board is included at the end of the book.
- [City Plan for Turtle Creek Partway]
- City plan for the development of Turtle Creek Partway.
- [City Plan for Viaducts Across Trinity River Bottoms]
- City plan for viaducts across the bottoms of the Trinity River.
- [City Plans for Grade Eliminations]
- City plan of grade eliminations in Dallas, Texas.
- The Daedalian, Yearbook of the College of Industrial Arts, 1911
- Yearbook for the College of Industrial Arts in Denton, Texas, includes photos of and information about the college, student body, faculty and organizations.
- [Emancipation Day for the Mules]
- Photograph of "Emancipation Day for the Mules" in Longview, Texas, as noted on the trolley banner on the front of the photograph. There are men, women and children gathered in and around one of the trolley cars.
- Farmer's Cotton Gin
- Photograph of large metal building with water tower to the right and a wind mill to the rear. Bales of cotton are on the loading deck with men two men standing behind the bales. Label on photo states: "Farmers Cotton Gin, Poth , Texas - 1911, The first bales of cotton ginned".
- Farmers Cotton Gin
- Photograph of large gin building. Baling equipment and three men are in the front of loading dock. Several men are standing on the loading dock. A water tower can be seen on the right side of the building and a windmill is visible in the background.
- [J. E. Canfield on a Camping Trip]
- Photograph of J. E. Canfield sitting in a chair in front of a line of trees while on a camping trip.
- [Lawrence Family]
- Photograph of Dr. Charles W. Lawrence and his grandson, W. Lawrence Rogers. The family members are riding in a car with their dog, Rastus, near Bodie Park in Longview, Texas. Part of City Hall is visible to the right of the photograph, and the Texas and Pacific Passenger and Freight Depot is pictured on the left side of the photograph. The Confederate Monument is pictured directly behind the car.
- [Longview High School Graduating Class]
- Photograph of the 1910-1911 graduating class of Longview High School in Longview, Texas. From left to right, top to bottom, the students pictured are: Top row: Lewis Hurst, Frank Brown, Laurence Rogers Preston Allison, Kennard Mottley. Second row: Everett Bussey, Gus Smith, Clarence Oden, Ingram Bruce, Elizabeth Kennard, Nannie Smith, unknown, Maurine Stuart, Trulah Christian, Maud Hart, Rosa Moore, Alice Mae Nicholson. Third row: Russell Hurst, Edwin Booth, Joe Kuntz, Howard Henderson, Rob Roy Stegall. Bottom row: unknown, unknown, June Bivins, Harold Copeland, Ild Berry, Lenore Young, Maggie Lynn Brown, Marie Johnson, Lorena Howe, Sadie Melton, Sally Jarrett, unknown.
- [Longview School Fourth Graders]
- Photograph of the fourth grade students at Longview School in Longview, Texas. The unidentified students are pictured with their teacher, Miss Jessie Northcutt, outside of a brick building. Miss Northcutt is standing in the center of the photograph. The photograph is mounted on grey cardboard.
- [Mule-drawn Trolley]
- Photograph of O. H. Methvin Jr.'s mule-drawn trolley in Longview, Texas. The trolley system was Longview's earliest public transportation until the introduction of the electric trolley in 1911.
- [Students at Fairview School]
- Photograph of the Fairview School students of the 1911-1912 school year in front of a building in Cleveland, Texas. Several of them are identified as Jim Ray, Lloyd Rawls, Fletchard Bell, Burton Hill, principal Wynne Seale, Ella Bell, Earl Morse, Ester Phillips, teacher Bessie Burris, Pearl English, Pansy Henson, Clarabel McKenzie, Agnes Hill, Stella Hearn, Isabel Phillips, Lucille Gentry, Iley Ray, Violet Henson, and Betty Wright.
- [Longview Confederate Monument Unveiling]
- Photographic postcard of the unveiling of the Confederate Monument at Bodie Park in Longview, Texas. There is a crowd of people gathered around the monument, and there are unidentified buildings in the background.
- Central Rexall Drug Store
- Photograph of the front of the I. D. Flores Drug Store. A wagon drawn by a single horse is in front of the store. Sitting on the seat of the wagon is Benjamin A. Quintanilla; holding the horse is Eligio P. Castro; and standing by the hitching post is I. D. Flores.
- I. D. Flores Drug Store
- Interior of I. D. Flores Drug Story in Floresville, Texas. Identified in the photo is druggist I. D. Flores,Sr. and Benjamin A. Quintanilla.
- Floresville High School
- Photograph of large three story, brick school building with trees in foreground.
- Main Street, 1912
- Photograph of seven cars parked in a line on Main Street in Richardson, Texas. Some cars have people sitting in them, and some have American flags attached. In the background, there are several buildings.
- [Portrait of T. T. Felder]
- Photograph of a baby identified as T. T. Felder. He is posing in left-side profile with a typewriter.
- [Portraits of A. A. Hornsy]
- Two photographs of a man identified as A. A. Hornsby. He is holding a brass horn.
- [Portraits of Theo Gresecke]
- Photographs of a man identified as Theo Gresecke. He is wearing a feather headdress and clothing with fringe.
- [Blinn Tennis Club]
- Photograph of four young men identified as Blinn Tennis Club. Three of the men are sitting, and one man is standing. They are all holding tennis rackets.
- [Catholic Convent]
- Photograph of a Catholic convent. The convent is a two-story building with two crosses on top.
- The Daedalian, Yearbook of the College of Industrial Arts, 1913
- Yearbook for the College of Industrial Arts in Denton, Texas, includes photos of and information about the college, student body, faculty and organizations.
- [Freeman-Fram Marriage Certificate]
- Printed marriage certificate (called a "Ketubah" in Hebrew) for Nathan Freeman of Waco, Texas, and Etta Rebecca Fram of Dallas, Texas. The couple were married on January 19, 1913, by Rev. Abraham Fram, Etta's father and the cantor at Dallas' Sheareth Israel Congregation. The Hebrew quotation at the top of the document translates as: "The voice of joy; the voice of happiness; the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride." There is an illustration of a marriage ceremony at the top of the certificate in blue ink.