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[Joshua Calhoun Howell Remembrance Card]

Description: Remembrance card for Joshua Calhoun Howell of Hill County, Texas. It reads: "In Loving Remembrance of J. C. Howell, Died Jan. 5, 1901. Gone but not forgotten. 'Tis hard to break the tender cord,/When love has bound the heart./'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words:/"We must forever part."/Dearest loved one we must lay thee/In the peaceful grave's embrace,/But thy memory will be cherished/'Til we see thy heavenly face." Below the inscription is an illustration of the Bible.
Date: 1901

[Kageler Family Reunion]

Description: Photograph of the Kageler Family Reunion at the Cameron Park Clubhouse in Waco, Texas. The photo includes four rows of the family members with the smallest children in the front. Text on back includes the names of all the members in attendance.
Date: unknown

[Karem Temple Railroad Car]

Description: Postcard of a railroad car owned by the Karem Temple, a freemason association in Waco, Texas. A picture of camels in the desert is depicted on the center of the railroad car, with a pair of crossed flags to the left of it and a Freemason fez at right. Other illustrations are at the very left and very right of the car.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gildersleeve

[Karl Tostmann and Friends]

Description: Photograph of Karl Tostmann (1882-1964) and friends. Within the photo Tostmann and his friends sitting/kneeling with raising their drinks in one hand. The group is positioned in front of a nature themed background. Handwritten text on back reads "Karl Tostmann 2nd from RT".
Date: unknown
Creator: Marten, Aug.

[Karl Tostmann and Team]

Description: Photograph of Karl Tostmann and his cricket team in Germany. With in the picture Tostmann is identified by a hand drawn circle around him. The whole team is pictured wearing striped shirts and dark colored pants. Two boys are lying on the ground in front of the team with cricket items around them.
Date: 1897

[Keith Park]

Description: Postcard of a color image of Keith Park in Beaumont, Texas, with many rows of trees, several men sitting on benches (left) and a statue in the middle. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Keith Park, Beaumont, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: July 17, 1920

[King's Daughters Hopsital]

Description: Postcard of a color image of the King's Daughters Hospital, a four-story brick building with three rows of large windows on the left and a white balcony and porch on the right, with trees in front of it and a white house on the right side. Printed on front of the postcard: "Main Building, King's Daughters Hospital, Temple, Tex."
Date: March 18, 1914

[Knights of Columbus Hall, Waco]

Description: Postcard of the Knights of Columbus Hall in Waco, Texas, a two-story hip-roofed building with a set of stairs and a portico extending from the entrance of the building. The Knights of Columbus emblem is placed on the portico, under the tiled roof, with gas lamps adjoining on both sides of the portico's pillars. Above the portico is a balcony with short stone corner pillars. Sidewalks and turf adjoin the building.
Date: unknown

[Lake within Sam Houston Park]

Description: Postcard image of a lake within Sam Houston Park in Houston, Texas. On the shoreline surrounding the lake visitors are visible sitting or walking around. Within the lake there is one statue of a woman and to the left in the background a wooden bridge connects a small island of land to the main area of the park. Handwritten text on back is addresses to Mister Johnnie Huffman of Dallas, Texas.
Date: July 18, 1909
Location: None

[Laura Mary Burgess Weyant Album]

Description: Album containing photographs of a mustached man wearing a suit and bow tie, a girl wearing a dark dress, a mustached man wearing a dark suit, and a woman with her hair in a bun. A folder labeled "The Presidents" is attached to the inner back cover. The album is made of brown leather with golden scroll-work and has two metal latches attached to its surface.
Date: 1883~

[Law License Belonging to Thomas Middlebrook Willis]

Description: Photograph of a law license belonging to Thomas Middlebrook Willis. It reads: "Law School of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Know Ye, That we, the Professors of the Law School of Cumberland University, having examined Thos. M. Willis, touching his knowledge of the Law, and being satisfied with his attainments; and further, having before us the proofs required by Statue, that he is a man of good moral character and twenty-one years o… more
Date: January 18, 1883

[The Lawrence House and Family]

Description: Photograph of the Lawrence/Laurence house and family outside Blue Ridge, Texas. The family stands at center, the father holding a child, the mother to his right in a dress, and a young girl in a white gown in front of them. Behind them is their wooden house, with plants and wooden fences adjoining. Notes are written on the front of the picture.
Date: 1904
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