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[Photograph of Three Lowry Sisters]

Description: Copy negative of the three Lowry sisters: Nancy Jane, Martha Sophronia, and Mary Adeline, circa 1900. They are posing together in front of a backdrop; two of the sisters are sitting on a wicker bench and one is standing behind.
Date: May 10, 1965
Creator: Buckingham
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Portrait of the Spies Women]

Description: Portrait of the women of the Spies family: Mary, Emma, Katie, Bertha, Augusta, Emilie, Anna, Louise, and Grandma Spies. The names of the women are written on the photograph.
Date: August 10, 1908
Creator: Braunig, Henry J.
Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Lizzie Smith]

Description: Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The light orange ticket bears the signature and photograph of Lizzie Smith. In the photo, Smith wears a dark dress and eyeglasses and stands in front of a painted lake scene. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from eight to twenty-three, and the first three have been marked with a hole punch. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.
Date: October 10, 1949
Creator: State Fair of Texas
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 1, August 10, 1946

Description: Weekly magazine containing Texas-related news and information: "Each week, Texas Week will present for you, through text and pictures, a concise summary of the significant news in the nation's greatest state. Included will be the most important news of state and local governments, business, industry and labor, agriculture and ranching, oil, books and the arts, religion, education and other vital phases of the state's political, economic, cultural and spiritual life" (p. 4, vol. 1, no. 1).
Date: August 10, 1946
Creator: Texas Week, Inc.
Partner: Private Collection of the Raymond B. Holbrook Family
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