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Band Students

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band standing together on a street in Del Rio Texas. Some of the students are in uniform, but most of the girls aren't. There are buildings lining the street, a bus behind them, and the location is written at the top left of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Copy of Deed of Exchange from Ira H. Evans to New York and Texas Land Company, Limited]

Description: Copy of a deed of exchange from Ira H. Evans to New York and Texas Land Company, Limited certifying the transfer of lands in Crockett, Hemphill, and Val Verde Counties, Texas. The document includes a list of the relevant properties and a note signed by a representative of the Southwest Abstract Company stating this is an accurate copy of the deed from Ira H. Evans to the New York and Texas Land Company Limited in the deed records of Val Verde County, Texas.
Date: November 14, 1939
Creator: Southwest Abstract Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - March 30, 1944]

Description: A letter addressed to the State Director of Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS, Del Rio, Texas dated March 30, 1944. Carswell advises of the resignation of the chairman and another board member and of an insufficient number of induction or preinduction calls for the area. The clerk advised of her inability to get the board to classify and reclassify a sufficient number of men who could be called. Carswell explains that the board members operate ranches many miles outs… more
Date: March 30, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men on Porch and Horses

Description: Copy negative of a group of men including Judge Roy Bean and Jersey Lilly. A description on the image reads "Judge Roy bean, the 'Law West of the Pecos,' holding court at the old town of Langtry, Texas, in 1900, trying a horse thief. This building was courthouse and saloon. No other peace officers in the locality at that time."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men with Bicycles Outside Building

Description: Copy negative of a group of men with two bicycles and a baby standing outside the Jersey Lilly Saloon. The bearded man at front center is Judge Roy Bean. There are signs on the front of the building advertising beer and the judge.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men with Horses Outside Building

Description: Copy negative of a horse thief's trial held at the Jersey Lilly Saloon by Judge Roy Bean. The court proceedings are taking place on the porch of the saloon, with one man sitting on a barrel. There are men on horses on the left. A horse and a man on a donkey are on the right. There are signs on the front of the building. A paragraph at the bottom explains more about the scene.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Postcard of Community

Description: Copy negative of two postcard pictures. The first is of the Texas State Capitol building in Austin, Texas at nighttime, with a statue, trees, and landscaping in front. The second picture is of a small building in Langtry, Texas with signs reading "Judge Roy Bean," "Notary Public," "Justice of the Peace," "Law West of the Pecos," "Jersey Lilly," and "Ice Beer." There are four men on horseback on the left, one on the right, and four men on the porch. There is a note about Judge Roy Bean at the to… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Val Verde Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Val Verde County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:355,555] (8000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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