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[Drawing of Cowboy Shooting a Man's Feet]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of a cowboy standing in front of the doors of a saloon and shooting at the feet of a man wearing stereotypically tourist clothes. The text above the drawing reads "Howdy From Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "I'm Learning a New Dance Called 'The Texas Twist'!!"
Date: unknown
Partner: Old City Park

[Drawing of Tourists in Dallas]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of an old man and woman wearing tourist clothes, hats, and sunglasses, surrounded by well-dressed people. The text above the drawing reads "Hello from Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "Wonder how they knew we were tourists?"
Date: unknown
Partner: Old City Park

Early Schreiner Institute Football Game

Description: Photograph of a Schreiner Institute football game in play. Photo still of a ball pass. Does not appear to take place on school quad area where mid-1920s games were held. However, based on the background and appearance of bleachers this may be on Schreiner campus in the late 1920s.
Date: 192X
Partner: Schreiner University

[Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Marshall]

Description: Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Marshall is a traditionally African-American congregation which was established in 1867 as a Methodist Episcopal Church ( as the denomination was named then). The congregation has contributed at least three bishops to Methodism. The building shown was constructed in 1958, following other structures. The sanctuary is in the right wing, joined to an education-administration wing at left whose entrance is marked by a bell tower with cross atop. The church is… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Elderly Couple on a Porch]

Description: Photograph of an elderly man and woman, who are identified as Uncle Georgius and Aunt Lucy according to a handwritten note on the back. They are seated on the porch steps of an unidentified house. Behind them is a screen door.
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Elizabeth Johnson Falls]

Description: A photograph of a woman identified by Myrtle Falls as Elizabeth Johnson Falls. Accompanying text indicated that this individual may also be Alice (Hunt) Hind. The woman is seated, and is wearing a striped dress tied at the neck with a light-colored ribbon. She is a relative of Jett (Johnny, Jetty) Falls.
Date: unknown
Partner: Euless Public Library
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