Morrison's Country Music

Photograph of seven men playing instruments, performing on a stage at Morrison Hay Barn opening night.
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sacred Heart Academy Music Hall

Photograph of Sacred Heart Academy Music Hall. The building is three stories high and has three windows on each level. On the third floor middle window is a statue of a man. There is a porch on the first and second level. In the foreground is a wrought iron fence. Behind the fence there are plants and other shrubbery. On the bottom of the photograph, "Sacred Heart Academy Hallettsville Texas" is written.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Morrison's Hay Barn

Photograph of country music entertainer at Morrison's Hay Barn, playing a piano. A second person holding a guitar is partially visible on the right.
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House Band of Morrison's Hay Barn in Shepherd, Texas]

Photograph of seven men playing instruments on a stage in a barn in Shepherd, Texas.
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Singing on the Opening Night of Johnny Morrison's Hay Barn]

Photograph of a woman singing at a microphone in front of a band on a stage somewhere in Texas.
Date: May 31, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Singing Group Performing at Johnny Morrison's Hay Barn]

Photograph of Singing group performing the opening of Johnny Morrison's Hay Barn in Texas. A man playing the drums is visible to the right, and a woman playing a piano is visible to the left.
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Woman with Instruments]

Photograph of a young boy holding a book, a man playing the violin, and a woman holding a guitar.
Date: unknown
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Young Percussionists]

Photograph of a group of children in band uniforms. They are holding various percussion instruments. On the back row, three boys are wearing suits, and one girl is wearing a dress. The group is posing on stairs in front of a doorway.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Methodist Church Choir]

Photograph of the Floresville, Texas Methodist Church choir in the choir loft behind the pulpit. A woman sits at a piano to the left.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Junior Marching Band]

Photograph of a group of children in band uniforms. They are holding various percussion instruments. On the back row, three boys are wearing suits, and one girl is wearing a dress. The group is posing on stairs in front of a doorway.
Date: 1931
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Light Crust Dough Boys at Perk's Steak House

Photograph of the Light Crust Dough Boys, a country-music band, performing at Perk's Steak House. The six band members are arranged in front of a restaurant counter and holding instruments that include a guitar, violin, keyboard, banjo, and string bass. R. B. Boyett, proprietor, is visible behind the bar, along with coffee pots, and various other objects; there are unoccupied dining tables in front of the band members.
Date: January 9, 1960
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[St. Philip's College Choir and Community Participants]

Photograph of the St. Philip's College choir and community participants during a Christmas performance. Choir members are standing on a stage with a banner above them reading "St. Philip's College Tigers". Band members are standing on the auditorium floor and holding their instruments.
Date: 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnny and Eunice Morrison at Morrison's Hay Barn Grand Opening

Photograph of Johnny and Eunice Morrison at Morrison's Hay Barn Grand Opening.
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lorraine Calvin]

Photograph of Lorraine Calvin of Longview, Texas. Lorraine is sitting down, holding a violin. She is wearing a lace dress and a pearl necklace. She was a prominent musician in Longview.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Morrison Hay Barn

Photograph of performance Morrison Hay Barn
Date: 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Morrison Hay Barn

Photograph of two female singers, dressed in costume and singing at Morrison Hay Barn performance.
Date: 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eunice Morrison Singing at Opening Night of Johnny Morrison's Hay Barn]

Photograph of a woman singing into a microphone on a stage in front of a man playing the drums somewhere in Texas.
Date: May 31, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Morrison Hay Barn

Photograph of unknown performers at the Morrison Hay Barn.
Date: 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Morrison Hay Barn

Photograph of Johnny Morrison and country music performers at Morrison Hay Barn
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harvard Bailes Sitting at a Table in KVLB radio station]

Photograph of Harvard Bailes, owner of KVLB radio station in Cleveland that opened in 1954. He holds a piece of paper in his hands, and there is a piano in the background. The radio Call Letters were a tribute to his wife Verna Louise Bailes.
Date: 1954
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnny and Eunice Morrison

Photograph of Johnny and Eunice Morrison standing on a stage in front of microphones during a performance at the grand opening of the Morrison's Hay Barn.
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Morrison's Hay Barn

Photograph of a large band playing at Morrison's Barn near Shepherd, Texas. Johnny Morrison at microphone center stage in front of his house band on Opening night May 30, 1964. Son Kent, daughter Sandra & wife Eunice are on the left. There is a man on a pedal steel guitar in the far right of the image, a man playing piano on the far left, several guitarists, singers, and others in the background. The stage is bordered by wood panels across the top and bottom.
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sandra and Kent Morrison performing at Morrison's Hay Barn]

Photograph of Sandra and Kent Morrison performing at Morrison's Hay Barn
Date: 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Morrison Hay Barn

Photograph of Johnny Morrison with his house band at Morrison's Hay Barn.
Date: May 30, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History