Aerial photograph of a group of metal buildings along the far side of a farm road. The largest building, to the left, has an overhang around the front and side.The smaller brown building to its right is connected to greenhouses on the left and back sides. A stamp on the back of the photo indicate the photo was printed by company called American Images.

Photograph of the Old Murphy Depot located in the back yard of 125 Ridgeview Drive in Murphy, Texas. There is a fence and several small trees in the foreground of the photograph and the building is one-story with small windows on the two visible sides.

Photograph of Noel Nelson, Sr. and Lena Mae Yarborough Nelson at their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Photograph of the remodeled Back home in Collin County, Texas; the note on the back says this was what the house looked like in 1974 prior to its demolition.

Art print of an artist's rendition of the Matlock Home near Murphy, Texas; the house is two stories with windows along the upper and lower floors. The note printed on the reverse side of the picture says this was made "before the house was razed and replaced with a modern brick home." The note further says that Milton Meredith Matlock built it "when he settled on the land just South of the Back Homeplace."

Photograph of members of the Murphy Volunteer Fire Department standing in a row in front of a fire engine.

Photograph of a large group of middle-aged and older men, mostly in casual dress with a few men in suits, sitting and standing in three rows against a large wallpapered wall. A large wooden frame with a picture of a big cat eating a military tank inside sits at the feet of one of the men in the middle of the front row.

Photograph of a large group of middle-aged and older women and ten children sitting and standing in five rows in a courtyard. The brick wall of a tall building on the right is visible, and above the group, a flight of stairs leads up to a second-story of the building. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the location at which and date upon which the photo was taken.

Photograph of members of the Nelson Family Reunion; those present in the picture are arranged in five rows, placed on bleachers in order to get everyone in the photo. Most of the children in the picture are seated in the laps of those on the bottom row.

Photograph of Allen Berryman Toler (center) standing against a Model A Ford truck with an unidentified child behind him and an unidentified man in front of him. There is a note on the back of the photograph that reads: "Berryman Toler in the center with two other men that are unknown. The car is a Model A Ford. The picture was made in the late 1920's."

Photograph of a covered automobile parked in a gravel lot, with a suitcase on the left sideboard. There is a small, dark dog sitting on the suitcase, facing away from the camera. There is a small, one-story house in the background, on the left, and a line of trees in the background to the right.

Photograph of a large, boxy, covered automobile parked on a grassy lawn in a residential area. There are two men sitting in the car, one in the driver's seat with his hands on the steering wheel and one sitting in the passenger seat of the automobile. The front porch of a small house is visible in the background on the left, and there are other houses across the street on the right. A handwritten note at the top of the photo indicates the photo taken in 1913.

Photograph of a baby peeking her head out of a bassinet, with a long light-colored skirt around the edge of the bassinet. The bassinet is sitting in front of a wood screen door to a plain wood house.

Photograph of a man and a woman sitting in metal folding chairs against a wall in a room with blank walls. The brunette woman is wearing a red dress and is holding a gift in her hands, while sitting to the left of a rectangular table, also against the wall. The man is wearing a green shirt with a mustard jacket, and is smiling at the camera. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the man is Jesse Owen and the woman is Jan Owen.

Photograph of a middle-aged man wearing glasses, a white t-shirt, and a tie standing in waist-deep water in a very small room. A young brunette girl wearing a white robe is also standing in the water, with her arms crossed over her chest. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the man is Reverend Joe Hough, and is baptizing a girl named Dorothy Kirkwood.

Photograph of adult men wearing short-sleeve, button-up shirts sitting around a square table playing dominoes. Another man in a red shirt stands against a wall on his left, looking down at the table. In the background, a woman with glasses is visible. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the men are members of Murphy Baptist Church, and give the names of the men.

Photograph of an African man wearing a draped, light-colored robe and pants with a darker pattern. He is also wearing a lop-sided brown and gold hat, and is standing on the front steps of a small, white, wood building. One of the doors behind him, on the right, is open. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the man's name is Ben Adenuusi and he is from Nigeria.

Photograph of an African man wearing glasses and a draped, light-colored robe with a darker pattern on it. He is standing with a Caucasian man, wearing a yellow shirt and brown slacks. The two are standing at the front of a wood-paneled chapel, next to a podium. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the African man's name is Ben Adenuusi.

Photograph of Bertha Smith standing next to her husband outside of a home. There is a note written on the back of the photograph that reads: "Bertha Smith & Husband she is Beecher Smith's sister - Friend of Back Family."

Photograph of a middle-aged woman in a brown gown, sitting on a chair, with two blonde-haired girls wearing short, pastel party dresses sitting on the arms of the chairs. A middle-aged man with glasses in a dark suit is standing behind the chair and to the right. The group is in a living room, in front of the fireplace, and there is a door in the back wall.

Photograph of two men wearing light-colored hunting suits with dark socks, standing in a grassy lawn inside a fence perimeter. The man on the right is wearing a hat, and both men are looking down at the lawn. The photograph has dark spots, obscuring details.

Photograph of an older middle-aged woman with short brown hair, wearing a light brown dress and standing in front of a large wooden podium at the front of a chapel. The woman is also wearing glasses. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the woman's name is Bonnie Eldridge and she attends Murphy Baptist Church.

Photograph of four children sitting and standing for a portrait against a plain background. The boy on the back left has dark hair and is wearing a sweater over a dress shirt, while the dark-haired girl on the back right is wearing a short-sleeve t-shirt dress. The girl in the front left has short dark hair and is wearing a dress with a large collar over a polka-dot, long-sleeve shirt, while the light-haired boy on the front right is wearing a v-neck sweater over a dress shirt.

Photograph of a dark-haired man in a dark suit and a dark-haired woman in a light-colored, high-neck dress, sitting together for a portrait. The woman is holding a baby in a light-colored gown on her lap with her right hand. The couple is sitting in front of a dark, plain background. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph list the three people in the photo, as well as some of their family relations.