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Building Exteriors

Copy photograph of two images. The left image shows the Bell County courthouse in Belton, Texas. The courthouse is a three-storey stone building with a clock tower. A smaller building can be seen in the background. There are two illegible hand-written notes on the photograph, as well as the text, "Bell County Court House, Belton, Tex." The right image shows the Comanche, Texas courthouse, also a three-storey stone building with a clocktower. A horse-drawn buggy can be seen outside the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man and Boy by 1936 Ford Car

Copy negative of two pictures. The picture on the left is of Charley Frank Dennis standing by a 1936 Ford car in a field. In the second picture, he is standing by the car with Wilson Eugene Dennis, and they are saluting. Wilson is wearing an Army uniform, and Charley is wearing Army style clothes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Unidentified Man]

Photograph of an unidentified man. He poses outside by a tree stump in or near Temple, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Favorite Photo Gallery
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Resting Dog]

Photograph of a dog lying down on a bench and looking at the ground.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cottage Gallery
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of an Older Woman Looking to Her Right]

Portrait of an older woman in both light and dark colored clothing with light colored hair looking to her right.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Cottage Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Dark Clothed Woman]

Photograph of a dark clothed woman from the chest and up. She is looking to her right and appears to be biracial.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hillyer
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Librarian at Book Return Counter]

Photograph of Lena Armstrong working at a counter with a "Return Books Here" sign and a row of books sitting on top the counter. Behind her are three bookshelves in a row; one has a clock on it. The back wall has three windows and a bookshelf with a framed portrait on top. Armstrong was director of Belton Library for over 50 years.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lena Armstrong]

Photograph of Lena Armstrong standing in front of a window and behind a rectangle table with a typewriter, a box labeled as Danish Go-Rounds, and papers. Against the back wall is a white two-level display case of artifacts and a hanging piece of artwork. Armstrong was the director of Belton Public Library for over 50 years.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carnegie Library Exterior]

Photograph of the Belton Carnegie Library's two-story exterior and main entrance with a double set of stone and brick columns and peaked roof details. The photo is taken from across the street and shows one occupied vehicle and one unoccupied vehicle out front of the library steps and landscaping. The library is now a local history museum.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lena Armstrong Working with a Damaged Newspaper]

Photograph of Lena Armstrong holding a damaged piece of newspaper above a typewriter on a table at Belton Public Library. An unidentifiable person is standing next to her. Some framed art hang on the opposite wall that includes a door and a window.
Date: 1978
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

[Photograph of Nona Mae McKinley Mitchell and Child]

Photograph of Nona Mae McKinley Mitchell and child in Bell County, Texas. Nona wears a sheer shawl on her head, and looks down at the baby she holds on her lap.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Eddie Lawrence]

Portrait of Eddie Lawrence as a baby wearing a white gown.
Date: [1890..1910]
Creator: The Cottage Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mrs. Laura Worsham]

Photograph of Mrs. Laura Worsham, who lived at the Temple Harvey House as a newlywed, at 98 years old sitting on a couch with a dog next to her.
Date: 1992
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Shady Villa in Salado, Texas]

Photograph of Shady Villa on Main Street in Salado, Texas. The back of the photograph says this is "Main St., Salado, Tex. Shady Villa Shops."
Date: 1987
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Old Davis Mill in Salado, Texas]

Photograph of a crumbling stone building missing the roof and top portions of its walls. The windows are missing glass, and there is a door-shaped opening on the left side of the building. Piles of stones from the building surround the base, while a line of trees is visible in the background. Handwritten text on the back of the photo note the ruins have been previously identified as part of a college, but are actually the ruins of an Old Davis Mill in Salado, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Barton House Range Restaurant]

Photograph of an open gate entrance with a drive leading to a large house with a red tin roof, hidden among a group of trees in the background. A stone sign sits next to a tree just to the right of the entrance, reading "The Range Restaurant." Another sign for the restaurant sits in front of a manicured shrub, with another sign beneath it, reading, "The Barton House." Several cars are parked in the small drive just to the right of the house. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph also identify the house as the Barton House.
Date: September 1999
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of First State Bank in Salado, Texas]

Copy print of a photograph of First State Bank in Salado, Texas; the image shows the bank and an old automobile parked in front of the front door. The back of the photograph has text that reads: "Picture #4 The Conservative Society of Historic Salado; To Mrs. John A. Barton, Jr.; 1st State Bank of Salado; from the collection of Salado Village Voice."
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Copy Print of a Photo of First State Bank]

Copy print of a photograph of the original First State Bank, operational from 1910 to 1919; the back of the photo says reads: "copied from photo owned by Byron Bunker." Also included is a note explaining the history of the bank and why the bank went out of business, becoming a "Grain Grinding Mill."
Date: 1981
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Thomas Arnold School Ruins]

Photograph of the crumbling wall of a stone building, with piles of rocks surrounding the base of the wall. The stone wall has four windows with no glass, one of which (on the far left) has crumbled away, leaving a gaping hole. Scrub brush surrounds the wall on the right side, and a field is visible in the distant background beyond the right side of the wall. Handwritten notes and a white rectangular sticker on the back of the photo name Elizabeth Street Mosley, and indicate the photo was taken after a fire in 1924.
Date: [1924..]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Salado High School 1941 Baseball Team]

Photograph of a group of fourteen teenage boys and an adult man (wearing a shirt, slacks, and tie) arranged in two rows, the first row sitting on a long bench and the second row standing. Most of the boys are wearing light-colored, long-sleeve shirts, high-waist baggy pants cinched at the knee, and small dark caps, although one boy is wearing long baggy pants and a shirt with the number "50" printed on the front. Most of the boys are wearing small dark caps on their heads, and some are holding baseball gloves. The group is outside on a lawn, in front of the corner of a brick building and some small trees. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph indicate the names of those pictured, from left to right as: C. W. Baker, J. C. Warrrick, Everett Baker, Kenneth Townsend, Albert Pustejovsky, Leroy Magill, William Ingram, Henry L. Graves (the coach), William Street, J. D. Hinsley, J. D. Nixon, R. L. England, John Fox, R. B. Hutchinson, and John King Robinson.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Anderson House on Main Street]

Photograph of two-story house with medium-colored wood siding and a small, second-story balcony supported by square columns on the front porch. There are four windows on each floor, as well as a door leading to the balcony and a door on the front porch (both with small glass windows). A small metal fence borders the narrow front yard, and is partially covered on the left by vines and bushes. Two large trees sit in the front yard, on the left and right sides of the front path respectively, along with Texas Historical Marker on the right. Handwritten notes and a sticker on the back indicate the house is located on Main Street in Salado, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Friedrick, Egon
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Copy Print of Photograph of People on Salado Tablerock]

Photocopy of a photograph of two women, three men, and a young girl standing on top of a crack in a large flat rock. The women are wearing bonnets, light-colored blouses, and dark skirts; the men are wearing dark suits and brimmed hats; and the small girl (who is standing apart from the rest) is wearing a short, light-colored dress and bonnet. The top branches of a tree are visible behind the rock on the left. There is a gap between the edge of the rock and the ground, creating a small overhang with bushes and large tree branches underneath. The photocopy shows a frame around the photograph and has handwritten notes at the bottom indicating when and where the photo was taken.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Copy Print of Portrait of Louisa Adeline Cox Barton]

Photographic portrait of a woman in a dark, long-sleeved dress sitting on a chair to the left of a small table covered with a floral tablecloth on it. Her dress has a lace, high-neck collar, a tapered waist, and a broach at her neck. The woman is resting her left hand on the table. She is sitting in front of a blank, medium-colored backdrop. A sticker on the back of the photograph gives more information about the portrait's subject, Louisa Adeline Cox Barton, including the dates of her birth and death, the name of her husband, Dr. Welborn Barton, and how she and her husband met.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History