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Clay County Abstract Company

Description: Interior of the Clay County Abstract Company around 1925. Employees stand behind their work tables. Typewriters are on the tables, a phone hangs on the wall, and electric lights hang from the ceiling. Written on the back of the photograph, "Clay County Abstract Company, my daddy's [Volney Lefevre] office during the oil boom that started in Burkburnett. Business was good. He made a mint of money and paid off all his business debt. by Lois V. Lefevre Malone"
Date: 1925~

Halsell Band

Description: Halsell Band standing with their instruments by Halsell Church in Halsell, TX. Drum says "Halsell Concert Band". Pictured are (l to r) Jess Arnold, Unknown. Unknown, Arthur Short, Perry Whitehead, Luther Denney, Ace Short, Bunk Whitmire. Seated on right, Ott Forester.
Date: 1925~

Henrietta Chamber of Commerce

Description: Henrietta Chamber of Commerce with (front row) Volney LeFevre, W.W. King, T.K. Howard, Bradd Staggs, Lee Ham, (back row) Jim Alcorn, C.S. McKinney, R.C. Green, Frank Moore, F.F. Green, A.H. Bevering, J.T. Petro, Obenchain, and Judge J.P. Williams standing in front of City Hall.
Date: January 1927

Henrietta Cafe

Description: Interior of Henrietta Cafe arounf 1920 with tables, chairs, barstools, tiled floor, and owners Cora and Charlie Capps. Inscription on back of photo states, "Brother & sisters ran this Henrietta cafe. May have been in the St. Elmo Hotel or where the Clay County Sherriff's Department is now located. They operated cafes at both locations. Pictured are Cora and Charlie Capps. Lou Capps also assisted. Great Aunts and Uncles to Jerry Payne."
Date: 1920~

Corral

Description: Photograph of cowboys on horseback riding into a corral at the J. H. Dunn ranch where cattle are milling in a group. There are low wooden troughs full of hay inside the corral, to the right, and a large barn outside the corral to the left, as well as other buildings visible in the background.
Date: 1925~

Pitching Hay

Description: Photograph of men and cattle in a field on the Sanzenbacher Ranch. Cecil Mullins is standing on the top of a hay wain filled with hay, holding a pitchfork of hay aloft. Two men on horseback in the front of the image are identified as Henry Sanzenbacher (right) and Uncle Henry Carle Sanzenbacher on the light horse (left). Cattle are grazing in the background.
Date: 1923~
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