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A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879.

Description: Illustrated history of Texas, organized into ten sections: [1] General Description of the Country, [2] Texas Under Spanish Domination, 1695--1820, [3] Colonization Under Mexican Domination, 1820--1834, [4] The Revolution, [5] The Republic, From 1837 to 1846, [6] Texas as a State, from 1847 to 1878, [7] Indians, [8] Biographies, [9] History -- Counties, and [10] Miscellaneous Items.
Date: 1879
Creator: Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894
Partner: UNT Libraries

[A man ministering to a young boy in a hospital bed]

Description: The photograph shows a man ministering to a young boy in a hospital bed. Another boy is lying in a bed in rear left background. A number "19" is on the wall above the bed of the first young man. Text below the photograph reads: "Another scene in the hospital of the American Orphan Asylum, showing reconcentrado boys dying of starvation, in the last stages, beyond relief, with protruding bones. Pictures like this explain the war now being waged against the tyranny which produces such piteous frui… more
Date: [1900..1920]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Fourteen women and three men in the Mamie Davis George Prayer Chapel]

Description: Photograph of a group of fourteen women and three men in the Mamie Davis George Prayer Chapel taken during the dedication of the chapel. George, who is wearing a dark dress and hat, is seated in the metal folding chair in the center of the photograph. The chapel was adjacent to the Polly Ryon Memorial Hospital and the building was once the Calvary Episcopal Church. [This photograph is similar to 2000.018.008 except two of the women in the front row have removed their eyeglasses and the woman o… more
Date: 1960
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Fourteen women and three men in the Mamie Davis George Prayer Chapel]

Description: Photograph of a group of fourteen women and three men in the Mamie Davis George Prayer Chapel taken during the dedication of the chapel. George, who is wearing a dark dress and hat, is seated in the metal folding chair in the center of the photograph. The chapel was adjacent to the Polly Ryon Memorial Hospital and the building was once the Calvary Episcopal Church. [This photograph is similar to 2000.018.009 except two of the women in the front row have removed their eyeglasses and the woman o… more
Date: 1960
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[501 N. Queen]

Description: Photograph of the front and side of the Sacred Heart Church Rectory, located at 501 N. Queen in Palestine, Texas. It is a white, two-story house with brick veneer and a tiled roof; the front porch has subdued, classically-inspired ornamentation.
Date: June 1991
Creator: Hardy, Heck, Moore
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[501 N. Queen]

Description: Photograph of the front and side of the Sacred Heart Church Rectory, located at 501 N. Queen in Palestine, Texas. It is a white, two-story house with brick veneer and a tiled roof; the front porch has subdued, classically-inspired ornamentation.
Date: June 1991
Creator: Hardy, Heck, Moore
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[418 N. Tennessee]

Description: Photograph of the front of St. Mary's Academy, located on the 500 Block N. Tennessee in Palestine, Texas. It is a two-story brick building with an H-shaped plan and Gothic Revival-style features. There is a pointed-arch opening over the entrance with a tower above.
Date: June 1991
Creator: Hardy, Heck, Moore
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[418 N. Tennessee]

Description: Photograph of one corner of the St. Mary's Academy complex located on the 500 Block N. Tennessee in Palestine, Texas. The brick building has several segments and a portion of the tower over the front entrance is visible in the background.
Date: June 1991
Creator: Hardy, Heck, Moore
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[418 N. Tennessee]

Description: Photograph of the front entrance of St. Mary's Academy, located on the 500 Block of N. Tennessee Avenue in Palestine, Texas. The building is made of brick with tall windows and has a stone tower above the entrance. There is also a stone arch over the door.
Date: June 1991
Creator: Hardy, Heck, Moore
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Rectory at Freeport]

Description: (back of photo) The Rectory at Freeport. The Church which was torn down was on the vacant lot next to it. The concrete box like house in the rear is the town calaboose. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: unknown
Partner: Palestine Public Library

1963 Easter Sunday Presbyterian children

Description: Photograph of children. Photograph of eight children from the Van Horn Presbyterian Church of Van Horn, TX on Easter Sunday, April 14, 1963. Front row-Biff Bell, ? Wychel, Ann Sourmore, Mildred Noron. Back row-Betty McMorris, ? McMorris, Barbara Noron, Kim Bell.
Date: April 14, 1963
Partner: Clark Hotel Museum
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