Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: Anderson County Historical Commissionhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/ACHC/browse/?sort=title&fq=untl_decade:1890-18992007-10-14T22:47:15-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission[American Home Bakery]2007-10-14T22:02:50-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29385/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29385/"><img alt="[American Home Bakery]" title="[American Home Bakery]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29385/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a group of people posing outside the American Home Bakery, a two-story wooden building located at the corner of John and Oak streets in Palestine, Texas. There are two horse-drawn delivery wagons outside the building and the horses are being held by boys; several other people, most wearing aprons, are posed outside the entrance behind them.</p>31.762631 -95.633487[American Home Bakery]2007-10-14T22:10:41-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29322/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29322/"><img alt="[American Home Bakery]" title="[American Home Bakery]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29322/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a group of people posing outside the American Home Bakery, a two-story wooden building located at the corner of John and Oak streets in Palestine, Texas. There are two horse-drawn delivery wagons outside the building and the horses are being held by boys; several other people, most wearing aprons, are posed outside the entrance behind them.</p>31.762633 -95.633483[American Home Bakery]2007-06-26T11:50:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25727/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25727/"><img alt="[American Home Bakery]" title="[American Home Bakery]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25727/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a group of people posing outside the American Home Bakery, a two-story wooden building located at the corner of John and Oak streets in Palestine, Texas. There are two horse-drawn delivery wagons outside the building and the horses are being held by boys; several other people, most wearing aprons, are posed outside the entrance behind them.</p>31.762631 -95.633498[The Brownies of Palestine]2007-06-26T09:09:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25774/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25774/"><img alt="[The Brownies of Palestine]" title="[The Brownies of Palestine]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25774/small/"/></a></p><p>A Collage of prominent Palestine businessmen titled "The Brownies of Palestine" "Wish you a Happy New Year". Photos are identified left to right as: F. Hufsmith, D.J. Price, V.F. DuBose, J.W. Cuningham, N.R. Royal, W.M. Lacy, Henry Ash, A. Teah, G.A. Wright, W.P. Siddons, A.R. Howard and W.J. Taylor. A minstrel-style caricature of a Black man is featured on the left as a drummer.</p>[The Brownies of Palestine]2007-06-26T18:05:57-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25586/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25586/"><img alt="[The Brownies of Palestine]" title="[The Brownies of Palestine]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25586/small/"/></a></p><p>A Collage of prominent Palestine businessmen titled "The Brownies of Palestine" "Wish you a Happy New Year". Photos are identified left to right as: F. Hufsmith, D.J. Price, V.F. DuBose, J.W. Cuningham, N.R. Royal, W.M. Lacy, Henry Ash, A. Teah, G.A. Wright, W.P. Siddons, A.R. Howard and W.J. Taylor. A minstrel-style caricature of a Black man is featured on the left as a drummer.</p>[City Officials posing for Photograph]2007-06-26T18:03:20-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25588/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25588/"><img alt="[City Officials posing for Photograph]" title="[City Officials posing for Photograph]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25588/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo of the city employees standing on the steps of an unidentified building in Palestine.</p>[Cotton Wagons on Spring Street - Palestine]2007-10-14T22:09:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29330/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29330/"><img alt="[Cotton Wagons on Spring Street - Palestine]" title="[Cotton Wagons on Spring Street - Palestine]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29330/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo of cotton wagons on Spring Street. Notice the Buckhorn Saloon, Sam Lucas Store and the Star Boarder in the photo.</p>[Drawing of the Interior of the First National Bank in Palestine]2007-10-14T22:10:39-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29324/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29324/"><img alt="[Drawing of the Interior of the First National Bank in Palestine]" title="[Drawing of the Interior of the First National Bank in Palestine]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29324/small/"/></a></p><p>Drawing of the interior of the First National Bank in Palestine. This bank opened for business in 1887, at the corner of Spring and John streets. The original building interior is shown here as it appeared in 1893, about twenty years before it was extensively renovated and modernized. First National Bank served Palestine from this building for over three-quarters of a century, until the bank moved to more spacious quarters occupying the city's central plaza in 1965. The men in the picture from left to right are: Unidentified, Ed Caldwell, L. Gooch, W.P. McMeans, J.D. Grigsby, D. Colley, George Wright, and Ed Steadman.</p>[I&GN Railroad Immigrants Home]2007-10-14T22:47:15-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29368/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29368/"><img alt="[I&GN Railroad Immigrants Home]" title="[I&GN Railroad Immigrants Home]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29368/small/"/></a></p><p>The International and Great Northern Railroad Immigrants Home. Built to give people moving to this part of Texas a place to live until their house was built. A play on the part of the railroad to encourage settlers to immigrate to Texas right after the railroad was built in the late 1880's and early 1890's.</p>[Hathcock Sanitarium]2007-10-14T22:12:59-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29308/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29308/"><img alt="[Hathcock Sanitarium]" title="[Hathcock Sanitarium]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29308/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo of the Hathcock Sanitarium</p>[John H. Reagan]2007-10-14T22:21:39-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29247/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29247/"><img alt="[John H. Reagan]" title="[John H. Reagan]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29247/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo of John Henniger Reagan at home in his study at Fort Houston.</p>[Lois and Lelia Broyles Near Broyles House]2007-10-14T22:28:00-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29205/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29205/"><img alt="[Lois and Lelia Broyles Near Broyles House]" title="[Lois and Lelia Broyles Near Broyles House]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29205/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Lois and Lelia Broyles in a horse-drawn buggy in front of the Broyles Home, located at 1305 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. The home is a 2 ½-story frame house with Queen Anne-style architecture; this picture was taken soon after this house was built.</p>31.748658 -95.628463[Palestine Calender Club - 1896]2007-10-14T22:05:48-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29358/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29358/"><img alt="[Palestine Calender Club - 1896]" title="[Palestine Calender Club - 1896]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29358/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Palestine Calender Club Calender, which was printed in 1896. The calender has photos of the following people, who were prominent businessmen in Palestine at the time:
January - Frank Hufsmith
February - Henry Ash
March - A. Teah
April - W.J. Taylor
May - D.J. Price
June - J.W. Cuningham
July - V.F. DuBose
August - A.R. Howard
September - N.R. Royall
October - E.C. Manson
November - W.M. Lacy
December - Geo. A. Wright</p>[Palestine Fire Department Band]2007-10-14T22:40:38-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29146/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29146/"><img alt="[Palestine Fire Department Band]" title="[Palestine Fire Department Band]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29146/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo of the Palestine Fire Department Band taken in the Old-town section of Palestine. Photo was taken around the courthouse square around 1890-1900. You can see Carneys Sample Room in the background.</p>[Palestine Fire Department Band]2007-06-26T14:46:57-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25677/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25677/"><img alt="[Palestine Fire Department Band]" title="[Palestine Fire Department Band]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25677/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo of the Palestine Fire Department Band taken in the Old-town section of Palestine. Photo was taken around the courthouse square around 1890-1900. You can see Carneys Sample Room in the background.</p>[The People of Palestine]2007-10-14T22:07:37-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29347/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29347/"><img alt="[The People of Palestine]" title="[The People of Palestine]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29347/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of people who either all belonged to a particular church in Palestine, or maybe who all attended the Second or Third Ward Schools.</p>[Soldier in Spanish American War Uniform]2007-06-26T08:48:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25795/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25795/"><img alt="[Soldier in Spanish American War Uniform]" title="[Soldier in Spanish American War Uniform]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25795/small/"/></a></p><p>The man in this photograph has been tentatively identified as having been a soldier during the Spanish American war. On the back of the photograph it reads "Property of J.F. Grigsby - 408 So. Sycamore Street, Palestine Texas". The photo is now owned by the Anderson County Historical Commission.</p>[Spring Street - Palestine]2007-10-14T22:34:02-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29179/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29179/"><img alt="[Spring Street - Palestine]" title="[Spring Street - Palestine]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29179/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo of Spring Street looking west.</p>[Temple Opera House]2007-06-26T11:28:14-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25732/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25732/"><img alt="[Temple Opera House]" title="[Temple Opera House]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25732/small/"/></a></p><p>Photo of the Temple Opera House which was located on the corner of Avenue A and Oak Street in downtown Palestine. As per the 1898-1899 city directory, the manager was a man named W.E. Swift. The building has since been destroyed.</p>