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[Article for Westbank Picayune]

Description: Photocopy of an article written for Westbank Picayune by Dona Price. The article goes into the addition of a grocery store to the Westbank area and what a big change that was to the community, considering that the closest grocery store that they had was miles away.
Date: July 7, 1996
Creator: Price, Donna
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Birdseye View of Temple]

Description: Postcard of a color image of Temple from above featuring a neighborhood with several rows of houses on the left and a two-story red and white house on the right side; there are several trees in the foreground and on the left side of the street and more houses in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Bird's-Eye View, Temple, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: January 7, 1909
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Boys Standing in Stream]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified young men and two boys, members of the Palm family, standing up to their ankles in a stream in a canyon with grass and shrubs on the sides and rocky hills visible in the background. The two young men wearing shirts and hats are standing with their arms around the younger boys in front of them. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.
Date: 1912-09-07/1912-09-08
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Central High School in Waco]

Description: Postcard of Waco Central High School, a large, two-story brick building with three rows of windows, with a row of trees in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco, Texas. High School." There is a handwritten note on the front of the postcard: "Mrs. R. B. H. Our new address is 1418 S. 7th St. Waco. Think you would write. Don't seem like the same old town without you." There is also a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: October 7, 1907
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cotton Yard in Waco]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of several rows of cotton bales and men with horses and carriages in a cotton yard in Waco; there are factories and other buildings featuring advertisements and some trees in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco, Texas. Cotton Yard." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: October 7, 1914
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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