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[Portrait of Sarah L. Slaughter Rankin]

Description: Photograph of Sarah L. Slaughter Rankin (Mrs. John M. Rankin) (1818-1886). The portrait shows the sitter in a three-quarter pose from head to waist, and it is mounted on a carte de visite. Her hair is parted and pulled back behind her ears. She is wearing a dark dress with buttons up the front and a lace collar pinned at her neck. The photographer's imprint on the back of the card is: "J. H. Webster, Photograph Galleries, Marshall and Jefferson, Texas." Mrs. Rankin was a teacher in the private … more
Date: 1874/1883
Creator: Webster, John H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Portrait of William A. Polk]

Description: Photograph of William A. Polk, head and shoulders against a light background. He has a moustache and is wearing a light shirt, dark jacket and a bow tie. The photographer's imprint at the bottom of the card is "Texas Photo Company." Written in pencil on the back of the card is the name William A. Polk and the names of other family members. Polk was a bachelor, with no children, and lived in San Augustine, Texas.
Date: [1880..1899]
Creator: Texas Photo Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Portrait of a Woman in a Dress Designed by Frances Bernard Price]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman holding a small book in one hand and holding the hand of a woman standing behind her. The photograph appears to have been cut down from a larger photograph. According to the inscription on the back, she is wearing a dress designed by Frances Bernard Price for the bridesmaids of her cousin Jane Roberts of San Augustine, Texas.
Date: 1886
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Portrait of Charlie McAllister, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Charlie McAllister, taken in a photographer's studio. He is standing next to a faux bois rustic chair with his hand on a large imitation rock in front of a scenic backdrop. He is wearing high button shoes, short pants with matching jacket, white shirt with large rounded collar and large bow tie. Imitation grass is on the floor by his feet. The photographer's imprint on the bottom of the card: " Cabinet Portrait, Wm. Brown, Marshall, Texas." Written on the back: "Charlie McAllister… more
Date: 1888
Creator: Brown, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Portrait of Mary McAlister at Age 8, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Mary McAlister, at eight years old, taken in a photographer's studio. She is standing next to a faux bois rustic chair with her hand on an imitation stone balustrade in front of a scenic backdrop. She is wearing high button shoes, a dress with a low waist, long sleeves, gathered skirt, white collar, and what appears to be a large imitation flower at the collar. Her hair is pulled back from her face but is loose down her back, and there are two small curls on her forehead. The phot… more
Date: 1888
Creator: Brown, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Daily Messenger Subscription Receipt]

Description: Subscription receipt to A. S. Fields for 50 cents to pay for one month of the newspaper "The Daily Messenger" beginning June 1, 1892, signed by T. A. Ardis. An accompanying note by the dealer from whom the receipt was purchased states that A. S. Fields was a longtime Harrison County Clerk. Printed at the top left of the form: W. A. Adair, Proprietor. The receipt is a printed form with blanks for names and dates, which have been completed in pencil.
Date: 1892
Creator: Daily Messenger (Marshall, Texas)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Hand-drawn map by Mary McAllister, School Assignment]

Description: Hand-drawn map on card stock showing Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. It was drawn by Mary McAllister in Marshall, Texas, for a school assignment. She signed it in the lower left corner and dated it May 5, 1893. Written in pencil in a different hand on the right side of the map is the grade 99 1/2. McAllister was born in June 1889 and would have been 12 years old when she drew the map. On the other side of the card is lithographed: "From M. A. Fine Merchant Tailoring, Sample No." with th… more
Date: 1893
Creator: McAllister, Mary.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Report of deportment, attendance, scholarship and examination grades of Mary McAllister]

Description: Report card of the City Public Schools of Marshall, Texas, for Mary McAllister, eighth grade, High School Department. Signed by J. B. Madden, Teacher. Marks are given for attendance, conduct, reading, writing, arithmetic, etymology, geography, grammar, Latin, algebra, and physiology. Mrs. G. L. McAllister signed as parent. The form was printed by "Jennings Printer Marshall."
Date: 1894/1895
Creator: Marshall, Texas. City Public Schools.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Portrait of Mary McAllister, 1897]

Description: Cabinet card photograph of Mary McAllister, three-quarters view, head and shoulders. She is wearing a light colored dress or blouse with high neck and flowers pinned next to the collar. Her hair is pulled back. Born in 1880, she was 17 years old when this photograph was taken. [Although the date 1917 is written on the bottom of the mount card, another copy of this photograph in the family collection bears the date June 21, 1897.] The photographers' imprint at the bottom of the card and on the b… more
Date: 1897
Creator: Bruce & Corti
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Eureka No. 2 K. of P. Degree Team

Description: Group photograph of the Marshall, Texas Eureka No. 2 Knights of Pythias Degree Team in costume, taken inside their lodge building. Windows with Venetian blinds are visible behind the group and decorative knights' shields hang on the wall. Three men are sitting in the center front, two holding swords in front of them and twenty men stand behind them. The title "Eureka No. 2 K. of P. Degree Team" is printed in the center of the bottom of the print. On the lower right is printed "Photo by Parker-C… more
Date: 1900/1910
Creator: Parker-Corti
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Invitation to the Joint Session of the Literary Societies of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, Huntsville, Texas, May 26, 1900]

Description: The three pages of this invitation and program are tied into a folded cover of linen paper. The front cover has intertwined raised initials, S, H, N, I (for Sam Houston Normal Institute), and above them is printed an image in red and blue ink of a Texas flag with the initials S.H.N.I. flying from the top of the flag pole. The first page within the cover is the printed invitation to the Joint Session of the Literary Societies of the Sam Houston Normal Institute, held in Memorial Hall, Huntsville… more
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Locke Home, Version 1]

Description: Photograph of the Locke home, with two women and a dog seated on the front porch. Inscription in ink on the back states: "Locke Home, Fannin & Grove, demolished 1956." Version one shows slightly more of the right side of the house than Version two, and it is printed darker. The house is a one-story side-gable house of wood siding, two chimneys, and four slender square columns supporting ornate scroll-sawn decorative brackets. Two ferns are on stands on the porch, and a picket fence and two tre… more
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Locke Home, Version 2]

Description: Photograph of the Locke home, with two women and a dog seated on the front porch. Version two shows slightly more of the left side of the house than Version one, and it is printed lighter. The house is a one-story side-gable house of wood siding, two chimneys, and four slender square columns supporting ornate scroll-sawn decorative brackets. Two ferns are on stands on the porch, and a picket fence and two trees are in front of the house. The figure in back is Sarah Dycke Locke, and the figure… more
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Marion Sims McCutchan Sr. Family Album ca. 1900-1915]

Description: Photograph album of the Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. family, missing its cover. The photos are pasted on the gray paper pages. Photographs include interior and exterior shots of the family home at 2105 Rosborough Springs Road, Marshall, Texas, and the barn. Most of the photos show the three sons of the family, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 1903, Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr., born 1905, and Kenneth Shannon McCutchan, born 1912, but a few photos also include their parents Sims, Sr. and Mary.
Date: 1900/1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Marshall Post Office Employees]

Description: Photograph of the Marshall, Texas post office employees posed on the front steps of the post office. Of the seventeen men, five are seated on the steps and twelve are standing. Some are wearing suits and jackets, others in white shirts and ties. Two have mail delivery bags over their shoulders and one bag is resting on the pavement. Cast iron storefront columns are visible in the background as well as the framework supporting the sidewalk awning. Handwritten at the bottom of the photograph is t… more
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Officers of Eureka No. 2, Knights of Pythias, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the officers of the Marshall, Texas Knights of Pythias, Eureka No. 2 taken by Parker-Corti. It was taken inside the lodge building. Seven men are seated and four are standing behind them. Five of those seated are wearing robes and regalia, and the others are wearing suits and ties. The windows in the lodge room have dark wood Venetian blinds. Painted on an arched window without blinds, above the central window, are the words "Eureka Lodge No. 2, K. of P." (The letters are backward… more
Date: 1900~
Creator: Parker-Corti
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Portrait of Marion Sims McCutchan Sr. and infant son (view 1)]

Description: Photograph of Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. sitting in a wicker rocking chair holding his infant son. Although a later inscription in ink on the back of the photograph identifies the baby as Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr. born 1/11/1905, it is more likely to be the first born son, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 4/1/1903. The baby is wearing a long christening gown, and the father is wearing a suit, vest, and tie. Visible in the background are a wood arm chair with a vertical slat back, patterned wallpap… more
Date: 1903
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Portrait of Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. and infant son (view 2)]

Description: Photograph of Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. sitting in a wicker rocking chair holding his infant son. The baby is probably McCutchan's the first born son, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 4/1/1903. The baby is wearing a long christening gown, and the father is wearing a suit, vest, and tie. Visible in the background are a wood arm chair with a vertical slat back, patterned wallpaper, fireplace with mantlepiece with pictures and ornaments on it and faced with gathered cloth. On the hearth is a framed … more
Date: 1903
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Four Generations, Dykes, McAllisters, and McCutchans]

Description: Photographic portrait of four adults and two children. Standing left to right are Clinton Dyke and Mary McAllister McCutchan, seated on left is Sarah Dyke holding her great grandson Marion Sims McCutchan Jr., seated on right is Katie McAllister holding her grandson Lewis McCutchan. Later inscription in ink on back reads: "4 generations, L to R standing Uncle Clinton, Mother (Mary), seated Great Grandmother Dyke holding Sims McCutchan Jr., Grandmother McAllister holding Lewis McCutchan." The pho… more
Date: 1905
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Looking West on Austin St., Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard showing Austin St., Marshall, Texas, looking west from the courthouse square. A few pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks and a few wagon are parked in front of buildings. The ladies are wearing long skirts and wide brimmed hats. Commercial buildings line both sides of the street. A few of the buildings have sidewalk canopies. Printed on the top of the card in black ink is the title "Looking West on Austin Street, Marshall, Texas." There is no postmark or messa… more
Date: [1905..1915]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Burning Oil Well, Scene Near Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard showing a burning oil well near Marshall, Texas. Orange flames with black smoke fill much of the image with trees and sky visible on the left. The foreground looks like water with a log in front of it. Printed on the top of the image is the title, "Burning Oil Well, Scene near Marshall, Texas." Printed on the back to the left of the message section is the number 16466. There is no postmark or message on the back.
Date: [1907..1915]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Capitol Hotel, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing the three-story Capitol Hotel in Marshall, Texas. The view shows the facade and one side, a three-story building to its left and part of the gallery of a building across the street. The Capitol Hotel has a balcony across the full facade on the second story level, and a shorter balcony in front of the three central windows at the third-story level, and a cast iron bracketed cornice at the top. Printed at the bottom below the image in black ink is the … more
Date: [1907..1915]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Catholic Church and St. Mary's Academy, Marshall, Tex.

Description: Sepia postcard showing the Catholic Church and St. Mary's Academy, Marshall, Texas. An unpaved road is in the foreground. Behind a picket fence stands St. Mary's Academy on the right, a two story wood building with two-story porches along both visible sides. The church building stands to the left of that, a Gothic revival building with a steeply-pitched gable roof and a bell tower and entrance porch projecting from the facade. The church is faced with vertical wood siding. On top of the bell to… more
Date: [1907..1915]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Hotel Ginocchio, Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard of the Ginocchio Hotel, Marshall, Texas, 705 N. Washington Ave. The view is from the northeast, showing the north side of the building and part of the east side. Corbelled bricks mark the top of the second floor. Square towers mark the corners of the building A shed roof supported by poles covers the sidewalk on the north and east sides of the building, and windows and doors are visible beneath it. There are several brick chimneys. The two-story brick, gable-roof… more
Date: [1907..1915]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum
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