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Memorials to Early Texas

Description: Newspaper clippings regarding biography of R.E.B. Baylor, history of Baylor University, and memorial to R.E.B. Baylor, ca. 1900-1920. This clipping shows a picture clay sculpture of Judge R. E. B. Baylor made by Pompeo Coppini and Waldine Amanda Tauche; one of the sculptors is posing with the statue in the photograph. On the back are the words "Strength is given."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Excerpt from Harper's Weekly Magazine]

Description: Excerpt from an issue of Harper's Weekly Magazine that includes part of a text titled, "The Last of the Buffalo" and several plates of illustrations.
Date: July 12, 1890
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"Mode of Catching Wild Horses on the Prairies, Texas"

Description: Picture taken from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion" which shows men on horseback catching wild horses. This document also includes the text description about the engraving.
Date: June 26, 1852
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"George Campbell Childress and Folks"

Description: News article chronicling the life of George Childress, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and commemorating the 100th anniversary of his death
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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