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- Portrait of Noma Harris
- Photograph of a woman wearing a graduation dress and hat; she is identified as Noma Harris. She is standing in front of a bush and amongst trees. Harris was born February 13, 1910, and died January 1987.
- C. H. Blewett Home
- Copy photograph of one man, woman, boy, and two girls standing outside of the C. H. Blewett House. They are identified as Chapman H. Blewett (1856-), Mattie Skiles Blewett (1855-), John Blewett (1881-), Laura Blewett (1887-), and Jessie Blewett (1896-). Text above the image says "C. H. Blewett home at Richardson, Texas about 1898." Text below the image labels each person.
- Portrait of Reverend William Harris
- Tintype photograph of a portrait of Reverend William Harris. He is wearing a suit and holding a book. He was the father of Nancy Lou Harris Blewett.
- Portrait of Arthur Blewett
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Arthur Chapman Blewett. He is wearing a military uniform. He was born August 5, 1894, and died August 25, 1966.
- Portrait of Charles Blewett
- Photograph of a portrait of Charles Henry Blewett. He is wearing a World War I uniform, and has two medals pinned on the right side of his jacket.
- Reverend E. C. Bramblitt
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Reverend E. C. Bramblitt. He is wearing a jacket and has a long beard.
- [Portrait of Jessie Durham]
- Photograph of a woman identified as Jessie Durham. She is wearing a hair pin, earrings, glasses, and a corsage on her right shoulder.
- [Portrait of a man standing on a brick walkway]
- Photograph of an elderly man standing on a brick sidewalk, and is wearing a hat and suspenders. In the background, there is a corrugated-metal structure.
- Portrait of Jesse M. Harben
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Jesse M. (Jess) Harben. He is wearing a suit and tie, and is the son of Raymond Park Harben. Text below the image says "Jesse M. Harben, Druggist 1910" and "Jesse Monroe Harben."
- Portrait of Jess Harben and Clifford Watson
- Postcard of two men wearing bathing suits; on man is sitting on a log, and the other is standing to his right. They are identified as Jesse Monroe (Jess) Harben and Clifford Watson. In the background, there is a painted beach scene. Text to the right of the image says "Jess Harben[,] Clifford Watson." Jesse Monroe (Jess) Harben lived from December 14, 1888 to October 5, 1973. Clifford Watson live from June 30, 1887 to December 1972.
- Portrait of Doctor R. P. Harben
- Copy photograph of a bust-length portrait of Dr. Raymond P. Harben. He is wearing a suit jacket and tie. He also owned a drug store in Richardson, Texas.
- [Portraits of Sam Harben and Tillie Harben]
- Two photographs of Sam Harben and Tillie Harben. The first photograph features a portrait of Sam Harben, husband of Tillie Harben. He is wearing a suit and patterned tie, and is holding rolled up papers in his hands. He was born September 12, 1878, and died in October 1960. The second photograph features a portrait of Tillie Harben. She is wearing a blouse with a pattern in the center and a skirt. She is posing with two dogs.
- Portrait of Uncle Sam and Aunt Jane
- Photograph of a man and woman identified as Sam P. and Margaret Jane Lucas Harben. They are sitting in chairs in front of an anniversary cake and 50th anniversary flower bouquets. On the left, a half visible calendar says "1950," and is from October. Framed photographs hang on the wall above the bouquets.
- Portrait of Lizzie Mercer and Jessie Blewett 1908
- Photograph of a portrait of two women identified as Lizzie Mercer and Jessie Blewett Harben. They are standing in a wooden barrel with a sign on the front that says "Pure Country 'Lasses $1.50 per. Gal." In the background, there is a wooden building.
- Portrait of Elmo Huffhines, Senior
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Elmo Huffhines, Sr. He is wearing a suit jacket and glasses.
- Portrait of Cecil Clyde Huffhines
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Cecil Clyde Huffhines (September 10, 1885 to June 21, 1970). She is wearing glasses, earrings, three necklaces, and a pin on her right lapel. She was married to Elmo Huffhines Sr. (October 31, 1879 to January 8, 1975) on February 16, 1904. Clyde Huffhines is the daughter of C. C. (Mayor) Huffhines and Sarah (Sally) Chick Huffhines.
- Portrait of John B. Jordan, Fire Chief
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of John B. Jordan, Fire Chief. He is wearing a hat, a tie, and suit jacket. The Richardson Fire Department was organized in 1925, when the first water mains were laid. He moved to Richardson in 1917 and had spent nine years before on the Plano Fire Department.
- Portrait of Tom McKamy
- Photograph of a man identified as Thomas (Tom) Franklin McKamy. He is wearing a suit jacket and patterned tie. Text below the photograph says "Tom McKamy[,] First Mayor of Richardson (mayor from 1925-1927 and 1933-1937)."
- Portrait of Tom McKamy
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of a man identified as Thomas Frankin (Tom) McKamy. He is wearing a suit jacket with a pin on the right lapel and a tie. He was born October 9, 1889, and died March 31, 1959.
- John Meade Campbell Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of John Meade Campbell home. The wooden house is two-stories tall, and a covered porch extends the wide of it. Bushes and trees surround the house. The house was built in 1914, and Methodist Richardson Medical Center now occupies the land.
- John Meade Campbell Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of the John Meade home (built in 1914) and surrounding land. To the left of the image, there is a wooden barn and silo beside a pond. To the right and further back, there is a house. Additional information is given on the back of the photograph.
- C. B. Chick Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of C. B. Chick home. The wooden house is two-stories tall with a covered porch that extends the width of it. In the foreground, there is a wooden fence.
- John L. "Butch" Floyd Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of the John L. (Butch) Floyd home. The wooden house has an awning extending from the front. There are two people standing outside the house on the left. The house is located on what is now Spring Valley Road, west of Central Expressway.
- John B. Floyd Home
- Photograph of the L. N. Grissom family posing in front of the John B. Floyd home. Behind the family, there is a man posing beside four mules. The wooden house is two stories tall, and was also known as the Floyd Inn; it was built in 1856 in Breckinridge, the predecessor to Richardson, Texas.
- John B. Floyd Home and Inn
- Photograph of a painting of John B. Floyd Home and Inn. The building is two-stories tall. Depicted on the lawn outside the house, there is a cooking pot on the left and a wagon on the right. A signature is located at the bottom-left of the image. Additional information is given on the back.
- R. P. Harben Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of the R. P. (Raymond) Harben home. The wooden house is two-stories tall with a long, covered porch. There is a windmill on the left, and the house is surrounded by trees. A wooden picket fence surrounds the yard.
- Sam P. Harben Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of the Sam P. Harben house, located on McKinney and Kaufman. The wooden house is two-stories tall, with a covered porch extending the width of the house. Several trees are growing around it. A wire fence surrounds the yard. An embossing on the left side of the image says "'Mann' Farm & Ranch Dallas;" text on the bottom-right of the image says "Sam P. Harben House."
- Samuel Pope Harris Home
- Photograph of a man and woman, identified as Samuel Pope Harris and Paulina Harris, posing on the porch of their home. The man is sitting in a chair, and the woman is standing. The wooden house is two-stories tall, and the porch is covered. Plants surround the house.
- T. C. Hudgins Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of T. C. Hudgins home on the corner of Polk Street and Greenville Avenue in Richardson, Texas. The wooden house is one-story tall with a covered porch in the front. Trees grow in the surround yard. A street sign on the corner says "Polk St."
- Christopher and Martha Huffhines Home
- Photograph of a front-exterior view of the Christopher and Martha Huffhines home. The wooden house is two-stories tall with an awning covering the width of the house. Standing on the steps is a woman and baby identified as Ophelia Huffhines Chick and baby Amy. In the foreground, there is a wooden fence. Amy married Jack D. Rutledge in 1926, and died in June 2005 at 101 years old.
- George W. Huffhines Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of the George W. Huffhines home on 310 Phillips Street. The wooden house is two-stories tall with a wide balcony on the left side. A building behind the house is identified as the smokehouse. A wooden fence surrounds the property. The house was sold to Mrs. Jackson, who later sold it to First Baptist Church.
- George W. Huffhines Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of the George W. Huffhines home on 310 Phillips Street. The wooden house is two-stories tall with a wide balcony on the left side. A wooden fence surrounds the property. Two women standing on the balcony are identified as Mary and Eula Huffhines. Five people on the porch are identified as George W., Minnie, baby Lucille, Geraldine, and Le Ella. To the right, there is a view of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, which was destroyed in a 1909 storm.
- George W. Huffhines Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of the George W. Huffhines home on 310 Phillips Street in Richardson, Texas. The wooden house is two-stories tall, and a staircase leads to a door on the second floor. Plants and bushed grow in front of the house.
- John Huffhines Home
- Photograph of an illustration of an exterior view of the John Huffhines home. There is a chimney drawn on the front of the house. A shed is drawn to the left of the house, and another house is drawn behind it. A picket fence surrounds the property. John Huffhines and his wife, Elizabeth Huffhines, were among Richardson's first settlers.
- John Huffhines Home
- Photograph of a rear-exterior view of the John Huffhines home. The wooden house is two-stories tall. There is a wooden shed and a doghouse in front of the house. There are two statues of people and other various objects in the yard. A label on the top-right of the mat says "Ruth Greer [/] 639 Devonshire R 5 [/] Richardson Texas 75080."
- Alvin Ragsdale Home
- Photograph of an exterior view of the Alvin Ragsdale home, built in the 1920s; its location is now Beltline and 75 Central Expressway. The brick house is one-story tall, and has an enclosed porch with brick arches on the left. On the right, there is a chimney with decorative brick patterns on it. Plants and shrubs are growing in front of the house.
- Pearl Richardson Home
- Photograph of three houses, the house on the left is identified as Pearl Richardson's home. A woman identified as Mrs. Sara Jane Longmire, Pearl Richardson's mother, is standing beside the porch. In the foreground, there is a wooden bridge and piles of pipes in front of each house; they would be used for the sewer system in the alley.
- Jacob Routh Residence
- Photograph of an exterior view of the Jacob Routh home on Renner Road. The wooden house is two-stories tall with columns on the front that extend to the roof. There is a covered porch and chimney on the left side. Construction of the house began in 1860, but because of the Civil War, it was not finished until 1871. It was vandalized and burned in 1965.
- Portrait of Gary Slagel
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of a man identified as Gary Slagel. He is wearing glasses, a striped tie, and a suit jacket. Slagel served as Mayor of Richardson, Texas from May 1991 to 2007; he was then re-elected in 2009.
- Portrait of Martha Ritter
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Martha Ritter. She is wearing a striped blouse and glasses. She was Justice of the Peace, Dallas County Precinct 3, Place 2, since January 1989; Mayor of Richardson, Texas, 1973-1983 [Mayor: April 1983 - April 1987]; Chairman of Richardson Chamber of Commerce, 2002; Richardson Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, 1995; Richardson Central Rotary Citizen of the Year, 1990; Richardson Y. W. C. A. Woman of Achievement Award; and North Central Texas Council of Governments Linda Keithley Award for Women in Public Management, 1987.
- Portrait of Dorothy Putnam
- Photograph of a bust-length portrait of a woman identified as Dorothy Rippy Putnam. She is wearing glasses, a necklace, and a blouse with an applique bow on the left shoulder. Putnam was born March 28, 1916, and died January 16, 2002. She married Saville Putnam.
- Richardson Oil Well
- Photograph of a group of men gathered around an oil well. The well extends above the photograph, and pipes lead away from it to the right.
- Steam Tractor with Crew
- Photograph of a steam-powered tractor in a field. One man is sitting behind it, one man is sitting on a back wheel, two men are standing on machinery behind the tractor, and one man is standing on the ground.
- [Map of] City of Richardson, Texas
- Map of Richardson, Texas. The town boundaries are marked as well as the streets, land divisions, and creeks. Scale 1:1,200.
- [Map of] Richardson, Texas. Water System.
- Map showing the town of Richardson, Texas' water system. The streets are marked as well as the land divisions, survey lines, corporation lines, and the tracks for the Houston & Texas Central Railroad. The pipe line layout is marked in red. Scale 1:2,400.
- [Map of] Richardson, Texas. Sewer System.
- Map showing the town of Richardson, Texas' water system. The streets are marked as well as the land divisions, survey lines, corporation lines, and the tracks for the Houston & Texas Central Railroad. Sewer lines are marked in red. Scale 1:2,400.
- [Map of] Richardson, Dallas County
- Map showing the town of Richardson, Texas in Dallas County. The town boundaries are marked as well as the streets, land divisions, the tracks for the Houston & Texas Central Railroad, and a creek that fall within the town. Scale 1:2,400.
- [Map of] City of Richardson, Texas
- Map of Richardson, Texas. The town boundaries are marked as well as the streets, land divisions, and creeks. Scale 1:1,200.
- Richardson, Texas Area Map
- Map of Richardson, Texas and the surrounding areas. Streets are marked as well as schools of all levels, several government buildings, and selected businesses. An alphabetical list of street names is on the reverse, along with advertisements from Richardson-area businesses.
- Richardson City Hall
- Photograph of an exterior view of Richardson City Hall on Main Street, east of Greenville Avenue, in Richardson, Texas. There are large panes of glass on the front of the building; text above the glass says "City Hall." Trees and shrubs are growing along the building. In the foreground, there is a street.