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[Portrait of Minnie Alice Nichols]

Portrait of young Minnie Alice Nichols in a light-colored dress. Appears to be about four years of age. Text on the back says: "...born May 21, 1879 Coryell Co. died Jan. 28, 1970 McLennan Co."
Date: October 1883
Creator: Academy of Art
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlie Anders, Joe Anders, John Baker, George Baker, Albert George, and Earl McFarland]

Tintype image of six boys identified (from copy in George Family Archives) as: Charlie Anders, Joe Anders, John Baker, George Baker, Albert George, and Earl McFarland. Three boys in the front row are seated (the two on the left are wearing dark jackets and hats, all three are not wearing shoes.) The three boys in back row are standing (boy in center is wearing a dark vest, striped shirt, light hat).
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Main Street Looking Northwest, 1883

Photograph of the intersection of Second & Main Street in Taylor, 1883. Visible on right corner is First National Bank, which would become Taylor National Bank. The roads are dirt and mud, with horse-drawn wagons and carts. Early department stores and dry good stores are on the west side of Main Street running north.
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J.E. Dyer Store on Morton Street in Richmond, Texas]

Original print of J.E.Dyer Store on Morton Street in Richmond, Texas. Two story building. Men are standing in the foreground. A boy is sitting on the hitching post. These men were possibly jurors in Fort Bend County.
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pearl U. McComas]

Pearl U. McComas, about 1883. Pearl was the daughter of Arthur McComas and Kate Hale McComas of Paris.
Date: 1883~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reunion of the Veterans of the Battle of San Jacinto]

Photograph of several men gathered for the veteran reunion of the Battle of San Jacinto of 1836. Behind the men are several buildings and horse drawn carriages. This photo was taken at the Texas Veterans Association annual convention in Belton in 1883.
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Law License Belonging to Thomas Middlebrook Willis]

Photograph of a law license belonging to Thomas Middlebrook Willis. It reads: "Law School of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Know Ye, That we, the Professors of the Law School of Cumberland University, having examined Thos. M. Willis, touching his knowledge of the Law, and being satisfied with his attainments; and further, having before us the proofs required by Statue, that he is a man of good moral character and twenty-one years of age; Now, therefore, we, by the authority in us vested, do grant the said Thos. M. Willis, License to Practise Law in all the Courts of the State of Tennessee. Given under our hands, and the Soul of the University, at Lebanon, this 18th day of January 1883." Thomas Middlebrook Willis returned to Texas and opened his practice of law in Abilene, TX.
Date: January 18, 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Richmond School Children , ca. 1883-1885.]

Photographic portrait of Richmond School Children , ca. 1883-1885. Photo shows man, two women, and 46 children. Photo is darkened and yellowed. It is mounted on a tan cardboard matte. Matte has all four corners broken off, with break at bottom left cutting across the image. Image is also torn along right edge near the bottom. Identifications were originally written in pencil on back of matte. Those that were dark enough to decipher were copied over in blue pen. Identifications are as follows, left to right, top to bottom: Fannie Lamar, Mary Kohan, Carrol Bar___, Mattie Bull, P_____ Dyer, Phil McGee, See Dyer, Walter McGowan, Jimmy Dyer, B_____ Davis, Bassett Blakely, Mary Kochan, __allie Ryon, Bille Dyan (Ryon?), Miss Julie Norwood, Mrs. Norwood, Mr. _______, Tonie Wessendorff, John Baker, Joe _______, _______,________, _______, ________, Nettie ________ [Laurie Winston], Kate _________, Howard Dyer, Will Andrus, Lizzie McGee, Pearlie Winston, Jennie Jones, Annie Sommerville, Lida Beker, Birdie Winston, Leila ________, Alex Davis, Charlie ______, Mildred ______, Mildred Davis, Minnie Mahue, Lillie Rambeau, Mamie Davis, Winnie Warford, Alli________, ________, ________, _______, _______, ______.
Date: 1883/1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Newton Calvin Holman Leaving for Cattle Drive]

Photograph of Newton Calvin Holman, who is 18 years old at the time, on his horse setting out on a cattle drive. Holman was later the mayor of Taylor.
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Unknown men]

Portrait of a group of unknown men. The men are posing in front of a back drop with a set that looks like a house next to them. All of the men are wearing suits and hats, and many of them are holding cigars. "Fey & Braunig Cuero, Texas" is written in the lower left corner, and "May 20, 1883" is written in the lower right corner.
Date: May 20, 1883
Creator: Fey & Braunig
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Joseph Alexander Kemp]

Photograph of Joseph Alexander Kemp (July 31, 1861-November 16, 1930). Kemp was a prominent member of early Wichita Falls society. The photograph may be a photo from the Board of Commerce & Industry.
Date: 1883
Creator: Lester Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as Baby]

Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as a baby wearing a white gown. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo say "Little Bulah - who died when a baby." and "My little sister. I.C.M."
Date: 1883
Creator: Kirk
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as Baby]

Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as a baby wearing a white dress. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Bulah Caldwell died when a baby - 1883. M.O.B. & J.L. Caldwell."
Date: 1883
Creator: Abbot, D. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Phoebe Winchester Hensley]

Portrait of Phoebe Winchester Hensley (1863-1940), a woman with dark hair wearing a white dress with a dark collar.
Date: August 1883
Creator: McClellan, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carrie E. Secrest (Jeffries)]

Photograph of Carrie E. Secrest (Jeffries), born February 15, 1865. This photo was taken when Carrie was 18 years old. She is the daughter of Felix G. & Martha Ann Secrest. Information was written on the back of the photo in blue ink. Carrie is wearing a dress with dark colors and insets of lighter colors with stripe. The dress has a jacket with dark trim. She is wearing a scarf with fringe at bottom and tied at the neckline. Carrie has a hat with light and dark colors and feathers on right. She has very long wavy hair that is braided into braid thrown over her right shoulder. She is seated in an upholstered chair and has her left arm resting on a tasseled arm of chair.
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bernard Hale and Zula Hale]

Photograph of Bernard Hale and Zula Hale wearing long white dresses. "Two Little Geese Zula & Bernard (cousins)" is written on the back.
Date: 1883~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Drury Mill and Dam

Photograph of the Drury Mill and Dam built in 1883, near Caldwell, Kansas.
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1883 December 17.

Land Grant for 160 acres in Montague County.
Date: December 17, 1883
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History