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[Starr Home, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Starr Family home, also called Maplecroft, that was built by Frank Starr in 1871 on West Travis St., Marshall, Texas. It is a two-story, side gable, house, with wood siding and one central dormer with two arched windows. A white picket fence with a decorative wood gate and gateposts stands in front. A one story porch with simple square posts spans the facade.
Date: 193X
Creator: Barnes, Julian, 1904-1985
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Invitation to the Joint Session of the Literary Societies of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, Huntsville, Texas, May 26, 1900]

Description: The three pages of this invitation and program are tied into a folded cover of linen paper. The front cover has intertwined raised initials, S, H, N, I (for Sam Houston Normal Institute), and above them is printed an image in red and blue ink of a Texas flag with the initials S.H.N.I. flying from the top of the flag pole. The first page within the cover is the printed invitation to the Joint Session of the Literary Societies of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, held in Memorial Hall, Huntsville… more
Date: 1900
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Menu: Gables Café, Marshall, Texas

Description: Menu for the Gables Café in Marshall, Texas. It consists of one sheet of textured gray paper folded in half. The type is printed in green ink. The cover includes the name, its location, "Highways 43 and 59, South," that it was adjacent to the Burnett, Henderson, and Bel-Air Motels, that it provided room service to those motels at no additional cost, and that it was open from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight. On the interior, in addition to providing food items and prices, it identifies "your hosts" … more
Date: 195X
Creator: Gables Café
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Program: 1920 performance of the play Ye Village Skewl of Long Ago in Marshall, Texas]

Description: Program for the performance of the play "Ye Village Skewl of Long Ago," presented by the Parent-teachers' Association of South Marshall School, April 30, 1920 at 8:15 P.M. Advertisements for local business above and below the cast listings.
Date: 1920
Creator: Parent-teachers' Association, South Marshall School
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Program: Dediction Program, Marshall, Texas Post Office, April 21, 1962]

Description: One-page program for the dedication of the new Marshall, Texas, post office building, which was held on April 2, 1962. The front lists the program and the speakers. The back lists all the post office personnel and also gives a short history of Marshall's post office beginning in 1841.
Date: unknown
Creator: Marshall, Texas Post Office
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Amaryllis Beatty Garden Club, Marshall, Texas, Program and List of Members for 1940-1941]

Description: Handmade booklet tied with string on the left side. The cover is of dark green, heavy, textured paper with the title and an image of a flower printed on the front. Written in ink at the top of the cover is the name Mrs. Sims McCutchan. The sixteen pages within the cover are typewritten and list the club's officers, members, and dates and subjects of the year's meetings.
Date: 1940
Creator: Amaryllis Beatty Garden Club, Marshall, Texas
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Menu: Elsberry Café]

Description: Menu for the Elsberry Café, Marshall, Texas. It consists of a cover, glossy black on one side, with gray letters printed on it. The list of offerings of the menu was printed with black ink on cream paper that was glued onto the back of the cover. On the cover, under the title of the menu, is the phrase "Just Good Food" and "Open 24 Hours." The location is given as 407 Pinecrest Drive East, Marshall, Texas. Inside the menu the hosts are identified as Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Elsberry. Categories liste… more
Date: 195X
Creator: Elsberry Cafe
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Letter from Lewis McCutchan to Mary McAllister McCutchan and Marion Sims McCutchan - June 28, 1922]

Description: Letter from Lewis McCutchan to his parents Mary and Marion Sims McCutchan discussing his work at the Harrison County Y.M.C.A. Camp for Boys, Taylor's Island, Karnack, Texas. He describes his duties, including being in charge of the cook's tent and dining hall. He mentioned that they went for a motor boat ride, and that it was his first. He comments on the boys' opinions of him as being strict, and his opinion that many of the boys had had very little discipline at home. The letter is written on… more
Date: June 28, 1922
Creator: Lewis McCutchan
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Smith Steel Casting Co., Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color halftone postcard showing an interior view of the Smith Steel Casting Co., Marshall, Texas. The view shows two large crucibles being tilted to pour molten metal into a smaller container of a mold. Several workers are on the foundry floor assisting with the process. Printed in the lower left corner of the image is the logo of an "S" within a diamond shape. Printed in the message section is a form reply for receipt of an order. Printed between the message and address sections is: "Bob Burn… more
Date: 197X
Creator: Smith Steel Casting Co.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Scene at Hynson's Springs, Six Miles West of Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white halftone postcard of a scene with two young women at Hynson's Springs, near Marshall, Texas. One of the young women stands at the bottom of the spring house and is holding up what appears to be a long-handled dipper, while the other woman is seated on the top of the spring house and is reaching down toward the dipper. The spring house is a brick, stone, and possibly concrete structure with arches at the bottom where the water comes out. It is located in a depression in a wooded … more
Date: August 31, 1910
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Scene on North Square - Marshall, Texas

Description: Photo-postcard of the northeast corner of the Harrison County Courthouse square in Marshall, Texas, ca. 1952. Recknagel Drug Store is in the left foreground and the trees next to the courthouse are on the right. The courthouse is not visible. Hotel Marshall is visible, as well as Home Furniture Co. and Kariel Clo. Co. on the east side of the square, and electric fans are visible in a few of their second floor windows. The street and most of the parking spaces are empty. A street light is on th… more
Date: December 12, 1952
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Saint Marie's Academy, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard from around 1911 showing St. Mary's Academy, Marshall, Texas. The view shows a side entrance facing the street and part of the main entrance on the left. It is a three-story brick building on a raised basement of stone. Printed on the top of the image in black is the title, "St. Marie's [sic] Academy, Marshall, Texas." The postmark on the back of the card is dated Dec. 21, 1911, and the card is addressed to Mrs. Ida Swartz in Reading, Pa. Printed on the left edge… more
Date: December 21, 1911
Creator: Townsend, Mrs. [?]
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Postcard of Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Marshall, Texas]

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing the Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Texas. One side of the card was completely blank for the message and the other side was divided in half, with the image of the mill on the left half and the address space on the right half. Th view shows the grain elevator in the background with lower industrial buildings in front of it and train cars and railroad tracks running parallel to the buildings. Printed above the image is: "Home of 'A-Corn' Feeds." Printed be… more
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: Tatum, Mrs. C. G.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Scene on Cold Water Creek, Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard showing ice and snow on Cold Water Creek, Marshall, Texas. The creek is in the foreground and ice covers the bushes and trees along its banks. Printed on the top of the image is the title, "Scene on Cold Water Creek, Marshall, Texas" and the code 12242. Printed on the back to the left of the message section is the Curt Teich logo of the intertwined letters C T and Co, with Chicago beneath. The postmark on the back is dated Mar 15, 1911, and the card is addressed … more
Date: March 15, 1911
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Fly'N Fish, Beers Field - Caddo Lake, 4800 Ft. N. S. Hard Surfaced

Description: Color halftone postcard showing the Fly 'N Fish motel and airport on Caddo Lake, near Marshall, Texas. Two small planes are parked on the runway in front of the motel. One-story wings for the rooms extend on either side of a two-story height front-gable building that housed a dining room and dance floor. Printed on the top of the image: "The Fly 'N Fish, Beers Field - Caddo Lake, 4800 Ft., N. S. Hard Surfaced." Printed between the message and address sections is: "Pub. by Brogan Adv. Co., Tyler… more
Date: April 6, 1956
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Tex.

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard of the First Presbyterian Church, located at 310 N. Fulton St., in Marshall, Texas, photographed around 1907. The main building was constructed in 1884 in an English Arts and Crafts parish church style. The main gable-roofed structure has a picturesque tower entrance porch projecting on the right. Decorative shingles can be seen on the mid-level of the entrance tower and in the ends of the gables, and turned wood elements decorate the entrance porch. Bushes and tr… more
Date: July 18, 1908
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Court House, Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard showing the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas. The Confederate monument stands in front of the courthouse and a tree is on either side of the courthouse. Printed in red in the upper left portion of the image is the number 8390 and the title "Court House, Marshall, Texas." The sender wrote part of her message across the top of the image. Printed along the left edge of the message space on the back is: "Mathewson Drug Co., Publishers, Marshall, Texas." T… more
Date: 1910
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, located at 414 N. Washington Ave., in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1940s. The building was constructed in 1932. The view is taken from the southwest and shows the facade and the south side of the building. The two-story brick building with raised basement has two entrances on either side of a central section with a front facing gable roof. Stairs lead to each entry on the main level. The central portion has stained-… more
Date: September 29, 1942
Creator: King, Nell
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Courthouse Square, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color halftone postcard showing the Harrison County courthouse and square in Marshall, Texas, viewed from the southeast. The Confederate monument stands in front of the courthouse. Four double rows of automobiles are parked in the paved area in front of the courthouse. Printed at the bottom of the message section is: "Pub. by Eastex Photo Supply, Marshall, Texas." Printed between the message and address section is: "Dextone, Made Direct from Kodachrome and Ansco Color By Dexter Press, Pearl Ri… more
Date: February 8, 1955
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Court House, Marshall, Tex.

Description: Postcard of the Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas. A small tree stands in the foreground. The top right corner of the image bears a postmark from Dallas, Texas, dated June 27, 1908. The courthouse was designed by architects J. Riely Gordon and Cornelius Grandbery Lancaster in 1899 and completed in 1901. Printed along the left edge of the message space: "Published by Novelty Post Card Co., Kansas City, Mo."
Date: 1908
Creator: Jones, W. D.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

High School, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing the high school building in Marshall, Texas. The view shows the facade of the two-story brick building. Stairs lead to entrance doors on either side of a projecting hipped roof central section with a tower on top of the roof. Printed in the border to the right of the image is the title, "High School, Marshall, Tex." and "Published by Mathewson Drug Co." Printed on the lower left corner of the message sections is the Curt Teich Co. logo of the intertw… more
Date: May 1, 1907
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Henderson's Garage, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing Henderson's Garage in Marshall, Texas, located on the south side of the square, west of the city hall. The service bays were inserted into an older one-story brick masonry building. The two open bays have a sign above them saying "Auto Repair Shop" and a smaller sign between them saying "Gasoline 10 cents." The third bay is closed with a bench in front of it, and the fourth bay has the sign "Accessories" above it. Above all four bays a projecting corrug… more
Date: ~1915
Creator: Burk [?], Ernest
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Interior of Jenkins Crystal Palace Drug Store, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing the interior of the Jenkins Crystal Palace Drug Store in Marshall, Texas. The view shows an octagonal floor display case in the foreground and display case counters along both sides with shelves behind them. There appears to be a narrow balcony at a mezzanine level at the back. Garlands of large paper flowers decorate the sides of the room and the central hanging light fixtures. The stock is arranged in an ornamental decorative manner and includes a lar… more
Date: [1907..1915]
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum
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