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[Helen Moore and Essie Monday riding horses in Taviche, Mexico]

[Helen Moore and Essie Monday riding horses in Taviche, Mexico]

Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: Two women in white riding clothes sit on horseback in front of a one-story building near a third horse which is saddled but has no rider. The woman on the far left is Helen Moore. On the back of the photograph is written: "Taviche Mexico Dr. Monday's home Essie Monday Helen Moore 1910".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: A portrait of Helen Moore, probably during her debutante days. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder formal gown. The photograph is a profile of her left side. On the back of the photograph is written: "Helen Moore.'
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Description: A formal portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore at age 25. She has styled her hair up on top of her head, and wears a formal dress with a pocket watch pinned to the left breast and a high-necked blouse. She is seated in the portrait and is looking to her right. On the back of the photograph is written: "Sepha (Helen) Moore 1906."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[Helen Edmunds Moore at the driving of the first pile for the Texas Sugar Refinery in 1923]

[Helen Edmunds Moore at the driving of the first pile for the Texas Sugar Refinery in 1923]

Date: 1923-03-13
Creator: unknown
Description: A woman, who appears to be Helen Edmunds Moore, stands with her arms around two other young women near a large beam. In the background is a tower structure and a long, one-story commercial building. On the back of the photograph is written: "Taken when first pile was driven for the Texas Sugar Refinery - March 13, '23." In the lower right hand corner of the photograph is written the number "17.".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

Date: 1928 - 1936
Creator: Naschke
Description: A formal portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore, sitting in an upholstered chair with arms. Mrs. Moore holds an open book in her hand, and wears a single strand of pearls, a brooch and a bar pin, over a pleated skirt ensemble. She is wearing a short hairstyle. On the bottom of the photograph is written: "To my dear friend Mary - Mrs. H. B. Moore "Indian". From other photographs and the style of the clothes Mrs. Moore is wearing, it appears that this portrait was taken during the period of her service with the Texas Legislature (1928-1936).
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[A portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore]

[A portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore]

Date: 1897 - 1906
Creator: unknown
Description: A formal portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore. Her hair is cut short and falls in soft waves. She is wearing a sheer black dress with a scalloped lace neckline. Based on other photographs, she appears to be in her teens or early twenties.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

Date: 1928 - 1936
Creator: unknown
Description: A formal portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore. Mrs. Moore wears a strand of pearls and earrings with a dark dress. She has a corsage on her left shoulder. Her hair is cut short. Based on other photographs in the collection, this portrait was probably taken while she served in the Texas Legislature (1928-1936).
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[The Texas House of Representatives Appropriation Committee in 1935]

[The Texas House of Representatives Appropriation Committee in 1935]

Date: 1935-03
Creator: unknown
Description: A group photograph of the Texas House of Representatives Appropriations Committee of the 44th Legislature in 1936. Seventeen men and one woman (Helen Edmunds Moore) are gathered around tables with documents in front of them. On the back of the photograph is written: "Lenard - Chairman, Clayton - V. [Chairman], Aiken, Atchison, Bergman, Butler, Dickison, dunlap of Hays Co., Dunlap [of] Kleburg [Co.], Good, Graves, Hyder, McKee, Moore, Roberts, Settle, Stinson, Stovall, Tilllery, Word Appropriations Committe of House of Representatives 44th Legislature 1936 - (Jan 1933 to Jan. 1937)."
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[The Moore family home]

[The Moore family home]

Date: c. 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: A frontal view of the home of Col. Hugh B. Moore and Helen Edmunds Moore in Texas City. The home is a two-story brick home. Four large sets of windows open onto a second-story porch. Five large brick pillars and a large front porch are visible on the ground level. A trimmed hedge with a gate fronts the house. Large flowering trees are visible in the side yard at the right, and a large palm tree and another smaller tree and some bushes are visible in the front yard. Two automobiles are parked along the curb in front.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
[Helen Edmunds Moore with a double horned goat]

[Helen Edmunds Moore with a double horned goat]

Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: Helen Edmunds Moore, dressed in a longsleeved white blouse and long dark skirt, is holding a white goat on a rope as she walks down a hillside. On the back of the photograph is written: "Taviche Mx. 1910 Helen Moore double horned goat." Stamped on the back of the photograph is "Morris-Carter Photo Supply Co. 9119 P. O. St. Galveston, Tex".
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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