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[Men and women kneeling around a stone]

[Men and women kneeling around a stone]

Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic print of nine men and women kneeling around a stone with "D. Rugeley" painted on it in white. Another women is standing partially out of the frame at the left. According to a paper taped to the back of the image, the picture was probably taken at the site where John DeForest Rugeley was killed (Sept. 1862) at Woodbury, TN during the Civil War. Rugeley was in Co. B of Terry's Texas Rangers and was from Matagorda County. Rugeley's sister Minnie married Col. Philip E. Peareson and moved to Richmond in 1867. See paper on back of photo for additional family information. Substrate has been cropped close to image at bottom, right, and top sides. Substrate at left side is missing several large pieces. An 8.5 cm x 5.5 cm triangle is missing from the image at the center top. Upper right corner of image is missing. 4 cm semi-circular area is missing from image near bottom of right edge. Small triangular area is missing from image at bottom left.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Life and career of Senator Robert Love Taylor(Our Bob)

Life and career of Senator Robert Love Taylor(Our Bob)

Date: 1913
Creator: Taylor, James Patton
Description: by his three surviving brothers, James P. Taylor, Alf A. Taylor, Hugh L. Taylor; illustrated with many interesting pictures of the great orator, from the age of fifteen to the age of sixty years, also with views of "Happy valley", made famous by his lectures and speeches.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Kids in Front of Tobacco Barn

Kids in Front of Tobacco Barn

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy negative of two young boys standing in front of a tractor piled high with tobacco. The tractor is at the open entrance to a tobacco barn.
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Enochs, M.S.

Enochs, M.S.

Date: unknown
Creator: W.G. and A.J. Thuss
Description: Studio photograph M.S. Enoch. He is wearing a dark suit with a vest, high collar and plaid cravat. His hair is parted in the center and slicked down. On the bottom of the mat are the words, "Thuss, 230 N. Cherry St., Nashville, Tenn."
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Memphis Club, Memphis, Tenn.]

[Memphis Club, Memphis, Tenn.]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Postcard with an image of the Memphis Club in Memphis, Tennessee. Handwritten on the front of the postcard is, "Just arrived in Little Rock." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosie Louise Dill, 206 E. 5th St., Oklahoma City, Okla. It is postmarked Little Rock, Ark on Mar 4, 1907.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
[Woman sitting in chair, holding a fan]

[Woman sitting in chair, holding a fan]

Date: unknown
Creator: Richards
Description: Photograph mounted on cardboard substrate of a woman with a fan in her left hand (in her lap) sitting in a chair. Woman has on a dress with lace at collar and shoulders. She is wearing a hat with flowers. Background has wildflowers to right of photo and grass in background. Bottom of photo reads: Richards. Winchester, Tenn.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Portrait of an older woman wearing a dark dress with puffed out sleeves]

[Portrait of an older woman wearing a dark dress with puffed out sleeves]

Date: unknown
Creator: Patterson, J.S.
Description: Photograph mounted on cardboard substrate with gold writing and trim of a woman in a dark colored dress. Dress has puffed sleeves and shiny buttons down the front. Bottom of photo reads: J.S. Patterson, West Side Square, Pulaski, Tenn.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Portrait of an older woman wearing a cape with a brooch at the collar]

[Portrait of an older woman wearing a cape with a brooch at the collar]

Date: unknown
Creator: Williams
Description: Photograph of a woman wearing dark clothing. Her dress, with many fabric covered buttons down the center, has a cape with a brooch at the collar. Bottom right corner of photo reads: Winchester, Tenn. Bottom left corner is broken (piece missing) where perhaps the photographer's name was written. Back of photo reads: R.B. Williams, Photographer, Winchester, Tenn.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Portrait of a woman wearing a dark dress with flowers attached to it]

[Portrait of a woman wearing a dark dress with flowers attached to it]

Date: unknown
Creator: Williams
Description: Photograph mounted on substrate has bronze colored outer border and inner oval of a woman. Woman has beaded choker and brooch at collar. Flowers in center. Bottom of photo reads: Williams, Winchester, Tenn. Back of photo: R. B. Williams, Photographer. Winchester, Tenn.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Portrait of a Young Man]

[Portrait of a Young Man]

Date: unknown
Creator: Williams, R.B.
Description: Photograph of young man. Has top button of jacket buttoned, and the remaining seen unbuttoned. White collar at neck. Back of photo pink with black writing: R.B. Williams, Photographer, Winchester, Tenn. Framed in scroll-type frame surrounded by flowers. Photo has marks (more prominent on left edge) where print has peeled away.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
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