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[Ernest Linwood Reid Jr.]

[Ernest Linwood Reid Jr.]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of infant Ernest Linwood Reid Jr.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Two Children]

[Two Children]

Date: unknown
Creator: Bolton Milchell
Description: Photograph of Lyda and Jim Brooks. Lyda Brooks is shown standing while Jim brooks is seated on a small bench.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Two Y oung Boys]

[Two Y oung Boys]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Ernest and William Mac M. Reid. One boy kneels as another is shown seated.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Young child with rose]

[Young child with rose]

Date: unknown
Creator: Schrenk
Description: Photograph of young Ernest Linwood Reid Jr. Reid is shown seated holding a rose.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Santa and Child]

[Santa and Child]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Embossed color postcard depicting Santa Claus and a small child. He holds a sack in his hands and the child holds fruit and gifts in its hands. Correspondence on the back reads, " Dear Baby, A Merry X'mas & Happy New Year to Your Mud, Daddy & yourself. From Big Erloo, Erloo, and Baby Dorothy." It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 528 Mill St. Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Dec 23, 1908.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
[Two Little Boys]

[Two Little Boys]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of two little boys. Written in pencil beneath the photo, "Frederick Lawrence, William [ ]". Correspondence on the back reads, "Dear Little Girlie, I send you a picture of your little cousins. Wish you could come to see them & your old Aunty would like to snatch you up & give you a few kisses. Bring Mama & Aunt Rosa to see me - Aunty. The picture doesn't do the children justice". The card is not addressed or postmarked.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
The Morning Wash

The Morning Wash

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Postcard depicting a child standing on a stool bending over a lavatory, or wash basin. Correspondence on the back reads, "Will mail this at Monett and you will know I am thus far safe. Wish I had my baby with me but she wouldn't enjoy it. It is wet and cool, rained several times. [ ] Rose" It is addressed to Mrs. E.A. Dill, Oklahoma City, Okla., P.O. Box 838. It is postmarked Danville, Aug 21, 1908.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Thine Own Wish I Wish Thee

Thine Own Wish I Wish Thee

Date: 1907
Creator: Clapsaddle, Ellen H.
Description: A Merry Christmas embossed color postcard depicting Santa Claus talking to a small child on the telephone. Written on the car is the phrase, "Thine Own Wish I Wish Thee". Correspondence on the back reads, "Hurry, Hurry, Hurry. Auntie can't hardly wait to see her baby - why don't you answer any cards. Bye Bye Auntie". It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 417 High street, Oklahoma City, Okla. It is postmarked Paris, Texas on Dec 18, 1908.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
A Merry Christmas

A Merry Christmas

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Embossed color Christmas postcard depicting two children leaning out a window watching some birds eating seeds on a snowy window box. There is a small Christmas tree in the box beside the birds. Holly and bells decorate the card's edges. Correspondence on the back reads, "Do you want to see Auntie, if so run put your clean dress in your trunk and run get on the choo choo, and Auntie will be at the depot in Paris to meet you. Can't come to Wister, Auntie." It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 517 High Street, Oklahoma City, Okla. It is postmarked Paris, Texas on Dec 18, 1808.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
[Older woman in rocking chair]

[Older woman in rocking chair]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: An older woman in a white dress is sitting in a rocking chair; behind her, on the porch of a house, there is a young boy. In the background, there appears to be a garden. Par of the Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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