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[Portrait of Audra Lou and Paul]

Description: Photograph of Audra Lou, four years old, and Paul, aged four months. Paul is seated in a wicker couch with a long white gown, while Audra stands at left in a gray dress with a flower brooch and bows in her hair, resting a small bouquet of flowers in her left hand on Paul's gown.
Date: unknown
Creator: Nichols, C. W.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[First Presbyterian Church Orchestra]

Description: Copy negative of the First Presbyterian Church orchestra outside the entrance of the church. A piano and the pianist, Jewel Newton Brown, occupy the center of the photograph, and three members of the orchestra are seated on either side of it. On the left, a woman holding a violin is seated between a man holding a violin and a man holding a clarinet. A woman sits to the immediate right of the piano. Next to her is a man holding a horn, and the man next to him holds an upright bass. A baritone ho… more
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Jacksonville Orchestra]

Description: Copy negative of an early Jacksonville Orchestra, in the home of W. A. Newton. Pictures hang on the walls; one of them is of Zelvin Newton. This photograph is behind the seated guitarist. A piano is behind the orchestra, on the right of the room. Several orchestra members hold guitars or banjos. On the left, Mr. W. A. Newton stands while Mrs. W. A. Newton is seated in front of him. In no order, the rest of the orchestra consists of Walter Newton, George "Pete" Newton, Mozell Newton, Janie May N… more
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Golden Anniversary Song]

Description: Copy negative of the lyrics to Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary song, entitled "Jacksonville's Big Jubilee," written by Reverend J. D. Aldredge.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Jacksonville Citizen]

Description: Copy negative of a group of early Jacksonville citizens. They are all older men, including, in no order, Dr. Rather, Col. Murchison, W. T. Morros, Columbus Emanuel, Dr. John B. Fuller, Jake Love --- Ferguson, Cal S. Bolton, W. A. Brown, Rev. J. M. Mills, Dr. J. M. Brittain, C. L. Nunnally, M. M. Wadsworth, --- Block, Capt. H. L. Morris, N. M. Fain, A. D. Davis --- Montgomery, and J. M. "Jim" Brown.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Nan Travis Hospital]

Description: Copy negative of the Nan Travis Hospital, a three-story building with a basement and stairs leading to the entrance, in 1925. A car is parked on the far left, and the intersection of S. Ragsdale and Nacogdoches Sts. is in the foreground. Houses can be seen in the background.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Celebrities at Golden Anniversary]

Description: Copy negative of Jacksonville celebrities standing in front of an official automobile, decked out in American flags, which would lead the Golden Anniversary parade. John C. Box, district Congressman; Charles C. Bando; M. L. "Bud" Earle, former mayor; Tol Smith; and T. E. Acker, then mayor, stand next to the car. Many of these men helped to plan the event.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Awaiting the Train]

Description: Copy negative of citizens of Jacksonville awaiting the arrival of President William Howard Taft by train at the I. & G. N. railroad station. The mayor, M. L. "Bud" Earle, stands second from the right. With him are Civil War veterans, many of whom wear ribbon badges.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[First United Methodist Church, Jacksonville]

Description: Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. The church was made of hand-cast cement blocks, and the three-story tall windows were made of glass made in Italy. The church had a dome with ventilating openings in the tower due to lack of air conditioning.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Jacksonville City Park]

Description: Copy negative of the Jacksonville City Park. To the left, a bandstand has been erected, and a pick-up made from a Model T Ford is parked in front of it. Across the sidewalk from the park stands the First Methodist Church, and an old O. K. Cleaners plant.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Early Jacksonville Business District]

Description: Copy negative of Jacksonville's business district prior to 1917. The long building to the left was the Spear House and then the Pearl Hotel. The tall building in the center foreground was the first home of the First National Bank. A windmill and water tank can be seen on the far right. The Union Baptist Church is on the left, while the Benson Chapel Methodist is on the right. At the far upper right is the Ragsdale home. The building in front of the hotel was the first home of the International … more
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Jacksonville "Wets" Rally]

Description: Copy negative of a Jacksonville "Wets" Rally. The rally, which put forth the benefit of saloons and liquor sales, occurred before a local vote to outlaw saloons and liquor in Jacksonville. The "wets" lost. It was held in front of B. B. Cannon's Dry Goods and Grocery store.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Rally, Jacksonville]

Description: Copy negative of a Jacksonville "Wets" Rally. Men stand in front of a hardware store. Some of them hold signs, while others sit on wheelbarrows.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Board of Aldermen, 1885]

Description: Copy negative of the Jacksonville Board of Aldermen from 1885. Underneath the portrait is a list of the aldermen. Clockwise, they are H. L. Morris, George Tilley, John Allen Templeton, John H. Bolton, J. L. Douglas, and William Henry Sory. Mayor R. H. Small is pictured in the center.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Trestle Building]

Description: Copy negative of a trestle building for Texas and New Orleans Railroad off W. Larissa St. in Jacksonville.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Goodson Family]

Description: Copy negative of the Goodson family. The children on the steps in the first row are Joy Milstead, Inez Milstead, Marie Henderson, Maxine Caveness, Billy Wayne Henderson, and Rayford Milstead. Those in the second row are Hershall and Marguerite Goodson, Ella Mae and Jacob Watson Goodson, Curtis and Lois Goodson, and Willie and Allie Inez Milstead. The people on the top step are Alvin Milstead, Alma Spraggins, Pearl Henderson, and Jesse Bruce Goodson.
Date: November 18, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Parade Float, 1940]

Description: Copy negative of the Humble Oil & Refining Co. parade float in 1940. Claude Wilson, left, and Roy Forrest and George Turner on the right, mount horses beside the float. The building in the background is the East Side Elementary School, where the parade began.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Gober Brothers]

Description: Copy negative of the Gober brothers, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gaines Gober. All of them were involved in business, on Kickapoo St. in Jacksonville. From left to right, they are George Gober, Tom Gober, W. S. "Bill" Gober, Fred Gober, and Hansford Gober.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Parade Float in Tomato Festival Parade]

Description: Copy negative of a parade float during the 1940 Tomato Festival Parade. The float is being escorted by horsemen wearing helmets. Men and women sit on the hoods of parked cars, and the Texas State Bank building can be seen in the background. To the right of the bank building is the Palace Theater, where spectators stand on top of the marquee. One person is sitting on the roof of the building. More spectators sit on the roof of Gillespie's Variety Store. The building in the right foreground house… more
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Liberty Hotel]

Description: Copy negative of the Liberty Hotel decorated for the Jacksonville National Tomato Festival in the late 1930s. Cars are parked on either side of the street, and a group of unidentified people ascend the stairs to the entrance.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Street Scene at Golden Anniversary Celebration]

Description: Copy negative of a street scene during Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary Celebration of 1922. The photo was taken from the second story of J. L. Douglas's Dry Goods Store. The Templeton-Brashear Department Store can be seen at the corner across from the place the photo was taken. To the left of the intersection is Couch & Slaton Tailor Shop, and at the far left is the Heidelberg Hotel. Flags have been placed on the wires connecting the electrical poles.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Queen Jerry Peacock]

Description: Copy negative of Jerry Peacock on the Queen's Throne in Ragsdale Park during the 1937 Jacksonville National Tomato Festival.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission
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