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Historic Plaque, Brooke Smith, Brownwood

Description: Photograph of a historic marker about Brownwood citizen, Brooke Smith. It reads: "One of ten children, Brooke Smith was born in 1853 to Paulina Thilman (Doswell) and John Snelson Smith, Jr. in Hanover County, Virginia. The family moved to Indiana in 1860 and then to Waco, Texas ten years later. There, Brooke became a clerk at Lyons, Cohn & Co. and decided to move west and open his own store in 1876. Partnering with Sol Lyons and Otto Steffens, he opened a general store in Brownwood, then a fron… more
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
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Location: 31.71602500981399 -98.980234
Partner: UNT Libraries

Downtown Van Horn

Description: Photograph of building. Photograph of United Building in Van Horn, TX, most built around 1930. It housed the bank, the water company, the newspaper, and Eugene Rowe's store. The tall section in the back was built in 1908, was the first second story in town and was the first location of the Masonic Lodge.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Clark Hotel Museum

[Board of Trade Building in early Texas City]

Description: A photograph of the Texas City Board of Trade building in the early 1900's. The building is three stories high with Texas City National Bank and Goodson Drugstore on the ground floor at the right of the building. On the front of the building are large letters spelling "BOARD OF TRADE". On the side of the building with the bank and drugstore entrances and the letters "T C E L & W C O". Five automobiles and parked around the building. A number of men dressed in suits and hats are gathered out… more
Date: [1907..1908]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Grant Aids New Library Building]

Description: In September, 1971, a challenge grant from the Andrew Norman Foundation was offered to the Friends of a Public Library in Marshall, Texas for the purpose of building a new library. The $150,000 offer was to be matched by funds raised in Marshall and Harrison County. Following a successful fund drive, the photo shows George Fenn Lewis, president of the Friends, endorsing a balance payment check for $110,000 before presenting it to Dick Brassell, secretary-treasurer of the Friends.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marshall Public Library

Abacus

Description: Wooden abacus with metal rods and wooden beads (60) of three different colors. There are illegible pencil markings on the outer edge of frame.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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