[Canning Kitchen]

Copy negative of the Petty family summer canning kitchen. There is a canner in the background, and apples to be canned in the front. Canned fruit is on the table beside the children. None of the people in the photograph have been identified.
Date: November 18, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jacksonville Main Street, 1926]

Copy negative of Jacksonville's main street looking south from S. Main and Commerce Streets intersection in 1926. The building on the left is the First National Bank Building. The Whitaker Drug Store, the Palace Barber Shop, the three-story Templeton Building, Bounds and Pearson Dry Goods, Thad Ray Dry Goods, Bando's Candy Kitchen, Toggery Shoppe, Robertson Plumbing Co., Wenatchee Hotel and Cafe, and the Texas Bank and Trust stand on the same side. On the right side of the street are L. E. Frank Dry Goods, Western Union, George L. Barber Grocery, M. L. Earle Insurance, the Jacksonville City Band Hall housed in the same building as the Barber's Grocery, Deason Grocery, M System Grocery on the corner in the Devereux building, and the Opera House and dance studio on the second story of the Devereux building. The trees on the right are in City Park.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cherokee County History (open access)

Cherokee County History

This volume discusses the history of Cherokee County including its communities, geography, and major events. The statement on the dedication page says: "This book is the story of Cherokee County from its earliest days through its founding and development and the achievements of its people to the present -- its rich heritage from its founders, its lasting contributions to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America. This book highlights Cherokee County's place in time" (p. iv). Index starts on page 707.
Date: 2001
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Commission (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History