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[Mr. and Mrs. Bascom Giles with Two Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Effie Dean Giles and Mr. James Bascom Giles, Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas, sitting on the front steps of a large home with two young men in uniform. The soldier on the left has been identified as James "Jim" B. Giles Jr and the soldier on the right is Rogan Banton Giles.
Date: August 3, 1945
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Confederate Monument at Texas State Capitol]

Description: Photograph of the Confederate Monument on the Texas Capitol grounds. A view of three of the "five bronze figures on a gray granite base representing the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Navy, headed by the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis" (From Texas State Preservation Board). The monument reads: "Confederate Dead."
Date: January 1, 1945
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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