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Palo Pinto School

Photograph of a group of young girls and a schoolmistress standing in front of the Palo Pinto School. The school's walls are made of uneven stones. Two windows appear behind the girls, with two broken windowpanes on the left window. The reverse side of the photo's mat contains a list of names of those present.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Palo Pinto School]

Photograph of the two-story brick Palo Pinto school. Two rows of windows appear on the front of the building to the right, while the side of the building has four blank rectangular sections.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People in Front of C. E. Turner's Pharmacy]

Photograph of a group of people in front of Charles E. Turner's pharmacy in Mineral Wells, Texas. Three men and a young boy are sitting on a curb in front of the establishment, while four other males of various ages stand on the sidewalk under the building's awning. Charles Turner is sitting in a chair on the street.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Posing Atop Donkeys at Lover's Retreat]

Photograph of a group of people posing on donkeys at a rocky location in Palo Pinto County, Texas, known as Lover's Retreat. Two pairs of men and women are positioned from the left, with a young man named Bert Turner to the right. The second pair is Hugh Collins and his wife.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Standing Outside of Palo Pinto School]

Photograph of a group of people standing before the two-story Palo Pinto School and an attached building. The clapboard building has several unevenly spaced windows. Two chimneys can be seen on the roof. An early model of automobile is parked on the right side.
Date: 1911~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men Sitting Behind a Chuck Wagon]

Copy photograph of a group of men sitting on the ground behind a chuck wagon that is laden with boxes. Cattle graze in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Palo Pinto's Main Street Storefronts and Post Office]

Copy photograph of people loitering in front of storefronts on Main Street of Palo Pinto, Texas. The clapboard building on the left is the local post office. To the right is a brick pharmacy building and a grocery store.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Prairie School]

Copy photograph of a group of people posing together in rows. Younger children are positioned in the lower rows, while adults stand in the background.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Hopkins Family]

Photograph of the Hopkins family posing together in front of a wooden building that is identified as Jesse Hayes' place. Two pairs of men and women stand behind a group of children and an elderly woman. Both men wear dark cowboy hats, though the man on the left wear suspenders while the man on the right wears a jacket. Both women are wearing white dresses. The elderly woman seated to the left is wearing a dark dress and holds a handkerchief in her right hand. Eight young children of various ages stand together in front of the adults.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Union Hill School]

Copy photograph of people posing in front of the wooden Union Hill School. Young children and women stand in front of a group of men.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Police Officer with Prisoner

Photograph of a uniformed police officer holding the arm of a man wearing a hat and jacket. They are standing in front of an open door which contains a barred cell.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postmaster William Cleveland in the Palo Pinto Post Office]

Photograph of William L. Cleveland, the postmaster of Palo Pinto, Texas, standing inside of the Palo Pinto Post Office. The mustached man wears dark clothes and looks toward the camera while holding a letter. Papers jut out of shelves on both sides of Cleveland. A rolltop desk in the right foreground is covered with papers. "Palo Pinto Post Office 1918 W. L. Cleveland, Postmaster" is handwritten on a slip of paper attached to the bottom of the photo.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

River Bridge Between Graford and Palo Pinto

Photograph of nine people standing in front of a bridge that crosses the Brazos River between Graford and Palo Pinto, Texas. Four of the middle aged or older men stand to the left, while three more kneel in front of them. Two women wearing dresses and head scarfs stand in front of a tree to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rocks of Lovers' Retreat]

Photograph of rocks hanging over still water at Lovers' Retreat in Mineral Wells, Texas. Two men can be seen standing on rocks to the right, while two indistinct figures appear in the water.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rocks on Lovers' Retreat

Photograph of rocks hanging over still water at Lovers' Retreat in Mineral Wells, Texas. Taken from within a grotto, the overhanging rocks are in shadow while the rocks in the distance are not.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Santo First National Bank - 1926

Photograph of two suited men standing by the teller windows of the Santo First National Bank in Santo, Texas.
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Santo High School - 1935

Photograph of Santo High School, a single-story brick building with an arched entryway and false front. A row of windows span between the central entrance and two flanking doorways.
Date: 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Section of Palo Pinto School Under Construction]

Photograph of the two-story wooden section of the Palo Pinto school. A plume of smoke exits a second-story window to the right. The roof is nothing but exposed beams. Two men can be seen working within the beams on the right side of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sheriff John Hittson of Palo Pinto County, Texas]

Drawing of John Hittson, the first sheriff of Palo Pinto County, Texas. He is depicted with a dark jacket and has greying hair and a beard.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Snowy Street in Palo Pinto, Texas]

Photograph of a snowy street in Palo Pinto, Texas. A car parked beside a row of storefronts is partially covered by snow.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students of Nellie Hittson's School]

Photograph of a group of boys and girls of various ages posing against the side of a wooden building. They are arranged in three vague rows, with taller youths standing in the back, younger children standing in the middle, and a group of young boys sitting in the front. Each child has a number handwritten over their chest. These numbers correspond to a partial list of names on the reverse side of the photo's mat.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tent City in Grant Town, Texas]

Photograph of a crowd standing outdoors around a stand featuring a three men reading a paper next to a figure dressed as Uncle Sam. Vehicles are visible in the background to the left, while a two-story brick building painted with "Hurst & McCorkle, Ford Authorized Sales & Service" along its corners.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas & Pacific Railroad Depot in Gordon, Texas]

Photograph of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Depot in Gordon Texas with "Gordon" written over a set of double doors. The paint is peeling off of the doors. A small round sign that reads "Texas Power Lines" appears above the doors.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Men in a Saloon]

Photograph of three men inside of a saloon. Two men wearing hats lean against a bar covered with glasses filled with alcohol. A younger man sits in a chair in front of the others. A striped keg with "Grand Prize St. Louis 1904" written on its side stands to the left.
Date: 1904~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History