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[Chessher Hotel]

Description: Copy negative of Mrs. Melvina Chessher standing in front of the Chessher Hotel, the first in Jacksonville. She used the hotel to support herself after her husband was killed in the Civil War.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dewey Boys]

Description: Copy negative of a troop of the Jacksonville "Dewey Boys" of the Boy Scouts of America, holding rifles. The boys in the front row, kneeling, are Joe Henry Hodges, Miller Devereux, Ruben Sory, Frank Fuller, Lee Caperton, Hubert Chessher, and Spurgeon Byrd. The boys in the back row, standing, are Charley Otts, Stewart Hawkins, Allen Templeton, Tracy Bolton, Robert Bolton, Morris Hodges, Ross Boles, and Cecil Byrd. Behind the back row, a girl, Lottie Dee Collins, holds an American flag, which disp… more
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dialville Business Section]

Description: Copy negative of a building in the business section of Dialville during winter. Men and children stand in front of the entrance to the building, near a leafless tree. At the side of the building, a person is sitting on the curb near an electric pole. From left to right, C. W. Benge and Mart Waggoner are standing, Dr. J. W. Moore is sitting, and C. D. Jarratt and J. D. Harris also stand. Also pictured, in no order, are John L. Slover, Prentiss Slover, Waymon Rhodes and A. M. Halbert.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dialville Elementary School]

Description: Copy negative of a front view of the Dialville Elementary School, a two-story building with a chimney and many windows. This building was used by both elementary and high school students until the construction of Dialville High School.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dialville Elementary School]

Description: Copy negative of the Dialville Elementary School, a two-story building with a chimney and many windows. This building was used by both elementary and high school students until the construction of Dialville High School.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dialville High School Basketball Champions]

Description: Copy negative of the 1925 Dialville High School basketball team. Seven men sit on a bench, the middle with a basketball reading "DHS" balanced between his legs. From left to right, they are Foster Grisham, Joe Halbert, Leon Halbert, Clarence Moore, Homer Smith, Hobart Durrett, and Coach Joab Moore.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dialville High School Basketball Team, 1914-15]

Description: Copy negative of the 1914-15 Dialville High School basketball team. Five boys stand in a row, the middle with a basketball balanced between his feet. From left to right, they are Opie Payne, Howard McKnight, W. J. Moore, Pearl Sides, and Lee Frances. This team won the first Cherokee County basketball championship.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dialville Home]

Description: Copy negative of the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore in Dialville. Mrs. Moore and sons Clarence and Woodrow sit on the porch to the right of the house, and a fence stands in front of it.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dorm Room, Cumberland University]

Description: Copy negative of a college dormitory room, labeled "Cell No. 10, Cumberland University, Cumberland, Tenn." A dresser is placed in the corner of the room. Many knick-knacks are strewn throughout. To the left, pillows have been placed in a window seat.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Dr. Frank B. Burress]

Description: Copy negative of Dr. Frank B. Burress, pastor of Central Baptist Church, standing on the first step of the church's education building. He is dressed in attire appropriate for 1872, including a top hat, for Jacksonville's Centennial Celebration in 1972. He is holding an umbrella in one hand and his Bible in the other.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Early Jacksonville Leaders]

Description: Copy negative of three men standing in a row. They are M. L. "Bud" Earle, who was mayor of Jacksonville several times, mapped the city, and was a grocer, historian, and insurance man; William McKinney, a merchant; and J. L. Brown, a merchant, historian, and civic and church leader. They are standing in front of shrub. All three wear hats.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Ferry]

Description: Copy negative of four people and a child standing next to a river. An early automobile is parked on a ferry. From left to right, the people are an unknown ferry operator, Elizabeth Brown, J. L. Brown, Mrs. J. L. Brown (nee Jewel Newton), and Allen Spraggins.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[First Presbyterian Church]

Description: Copy negative of the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville. It was built of hand-made cement blocks. Two pillars frame the entrance, and the building has a dome. In the left background, houses are visible.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[First Presbyterian Church Orchestra]

Description: Copy negative of the First Presbyterian Church orchestra outside the entrance of the church. A piano and the pianist, Jewel Newton Brown, occupy the center of the photograph, and three members of the orchestra are seated on either side of it. On the left, a woman holding a violin is seated between a man holding a violin and a man holding a clarinet. A woman sits to the immediate right of the piano. Next to her is a man holding a horn, and the man next to him holds an upright bass. A baritone ho… more
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[First School Bus in New Summerfield]

Description: Copy negative of a group of students holding their books in front of a new school bus, which was built on a Model T Ford chassis by the men of the community of New Summerfield. Elmer "Johnny" Liles was the bus driver. In the back row, left to right, stand Alta Smith, Ruth Glen Brown, Macie Carby, Dollie Tomerlin, Gladys Darby, Loleta Garrett, Beatrice Brown, Myrtle Tomerlin, Lorene Liles, Ona Clark, Elsie Mae Waldrup, Nellie Roebuck, and Birdie Waldrup. In the center row are Ruth Manion, Elnora… more
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[First Shipment of Tomatoes]

Description: Copy negative of the first carload of tomatoes shipped from Jacksonville. A man sits on a loaded cart, and a line of men stand in front of a sign. It reads, "First Car Fancy Texas Tomatoes, from Love & Jarratt, Jacksonville, TX, to Wilson Prod. Co., Pittsburg, PA."
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[First United Methodist Church, Jacksonville]

Description: Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. The church was made of hand-cast cement blocks, and the three-story tall windows were made of glass made in Italy. The church had a dome with ventilating openings in the tower due to lack of air conditioning.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

[Gallatin School Classes, 1925]

Description: Copy negative of the 7th and 8th grade classes of Gallatin School in 1925. In the top row, left to right, are two unknown persons, Lula Woodard, Cora Jeff Jenkins, Stella Fay Ridge, Edith Dudley, Reba Turney, Loleta Morrow, Dalla Mae Day, Murtle Dudley, Effie Garner, and Vivian Parson. In the second row, left to right, are J. T. Jones, Leroy Dudley, Preston Hendrick, Haskell Jenkins, Louise Mauritzen (teacher), Clint Day, Thelma Glidden, Evie Underwood, Lucille Ferrell, and Letha Bell Smith. In… more
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
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