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[Street Scene of Spur, Texas]

[Street Scene of Spur, Texas]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of several people and horse drawn carriages in the middle of a street, under a "Welcome" banner. There are several stores and businesses visible in the background. Printed on the lower part of the photograph is, "Spur, Tex, The Magic City".
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
[Mrs. R.K. (Mildred) Blackshear, Jr.]

[Mrs. R.K. (Mildred) Blackshear, Jr.]

Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
Description: Mrs. R.K. (Mildred) Blackshear, Jr. - Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Holding Partner: Palestine Public Library
[The First Train to Spur, Texas]

[The First Train to Spur, Texas]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the first train to come to Spur, Texas.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Cowboys Scooping Water from a River

Cowboys Scooping Water from a River

Date: unknown
Creator: Frank Reeves
Description: A cowboy on a horse sits atop a horse on a hill overlooking a large herd of grazing cattle.
Holding Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum
[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham]

[Letters of Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham]

Date: 1918
Creator: Cunningham, Thomas McHutchin
Description: The Rev. Dr. Thomas McHutchin Cunningham (March 22, 1887 - March 3, 1979) wrote these letters to family members from April 14, 1918 to November 28, 1927. The letters detail his life as a minister in Texas and other locations. The letters are written from Stamford, Spur, Eliasville, Sherman, Gainesville, Orange, Boston (Mass.), Richmond (Va.), and Knoxville (Tn.). The letters detail church news, family life, and travel on the S.S. Leviaton in 1927 to visit London, Paris, and Jerusalem.
Holding Partner: Other