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[School Report Card and Class Roster] (open access)

[School Report Card and Class Roster]

School report card and class roster, including grades for arithmetic, reading, spelling, and writing. The students listed are Alice Hammer, Ella Hammer, Granville Twity, Roy Thompson, Melvin Tarver, Gay Tarver, Ora Parker, Flora Parker, Roy Parker, Elma Parker, Sam Crownover, Charlie Moore, Eva Moore, Willie Click, Lewis Click, Ralph Hollis, Floyd Clutter, Frank Click, Henry Apple, Frank Hollis, and Lillie Apple.
Date: [1900..1901]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Rayburn Sisters]

Portrait of sisters Lucinda, Kate, and Medibel Rayburn wearing dresses with high, lace collars.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Hope Guthrie studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Walker and Lawrence Families]

Photograph of the Walker and Lawrence families standing in front of a white two-story house. The second woman from the right is Sarah Lister Walker, with Lizzie Walker on her right, and Stephen Decatur Lawrence in the back, left of center.
Date: [1900..1910]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Horse and Buggy]

Photograph of two horses hitched to a buggy, with one man sitting in the buggy and another standing next to it.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Isabelle Florence Vanturff]

Portrait of Isabelle Florence Vanturff, daughter of J. H. Florence and Kitty Best Florence, at about 18 years old.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of School Children]

Photograph of a group of school children outside of the old Mesquite School.
Date: [1900..1910]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of John and Janie Walker]

Portrait of John and Janie Walker, both wearing dark clothes with white bow ties.
Date: [1900..1910]
Creator: Williams Gallery
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Matti Easley]

Portrait of a woman wearing a white dress with a high collar. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mrs. Steve Lawrence, Mesquite. From Mathi Easley, Henderson, Tex."
Date: [1900..1910]
Creator: Wisdom
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Children]

Portrait of five children, two girls standing and one sitting in the front with two boys standing behind them.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Lizzie Walker]

Portrait of Lizzie Walker wearing a dress with a white bow.
Date: [1900..1917]
Creator: Smith
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Girls and Chickens]

Photograph of a yard with chickens and two young girls, Garnet and Opal Lawrence.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Lawrence House]

Photograph of a woman and five children sitting in chairs in front of the Lawrence house, a white, two-story house in Mesquite, Texas.
Date: [1900..1910]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Hillsboro, Texas]

Photograph of a street in Hillsboro, Texas with businesses on both sides and wagons driving on it.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tintype Portrait of a Boy]

Tintype portrait of a young boy wearing a suit and standing next to a wooden chair.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil W. Shepherd]

Portrait of Virgil W. Shepherd, wearing a tuxedo and holding a bowler hat, and his wife, Maggie L. Shepherd, wearing a dress and a feathered hat.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Williams Art Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1900 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1900

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 14, 1900
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Democrat. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1900 (open access)

Texas Democrat. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1900

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 6, 1900
Creator: Watson, Daniel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The People's Era (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1900 (open access)

The People's Era (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1900

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 11, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Lloyd O'dell]

Portrait of Lloyd O'dell as a baby, sitting in a wicker chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo offers more details on him: "Son of Dr. and Mrs. O'dell. The latter was a sister of Mrs. Nichols, living, at past 90, on Carroll St., Denton, Texas. Lloyd O'dell died in Ark. some years ago and was buried in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Denton."
Date: 1900~
Creator: Williams Art Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Walker Brothers Livery Stable]

Photograph of Walker Brothers Livery Stable in Garland, Texas. In front of the stable are six people and two horses.
Date: [1900..1915]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a House]

Photograph of a single story frame house with attached porch, surrounded by a white picket fence.
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of J. A. Allen and Mother's Residences]

Postcard of two homes with picket fences on a dirt road. A note on the front of the postcard says "J. A. Allen and Mother's Residences, Mesquite, Texas."
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tintype Portrait of a Group]

Tintype portrait of a group of adults in dark clothes, with the woman on the back left identified as Lizzie Walker.
Date: [1900..1910]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Virginia Catherine Longley]

Postcard of Virginia Catherine Longely (Mrs. Hugh Lawrence) carrying a handbag and wearing gloves, a hat, and a feather-trimmed coat.
Date: [1900..1915]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History