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[Aberdeen School]

Photograph of a class from the Aberdeen School posing outdoors. The students are lined up in three rows, and a teacher is standing on the right side.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Abreu Troupe Performing at the Mendota Carnival

Photograph of the Abreu family acrobats performing on a stage situated between large storefronts at the Mendota Carnival. One member of the troupe is balancing two more members on his shoulders while a large crowd surrounds the stage.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children in front of car on bridge]

Photograph of two small children standing at the front of a car on a wooden bridge. They are leaning together and looking towards the camera. There is another person sitting in the car behind the wheel. Notes on the back of the photograph describe the location of the scene and state that Rube Sherwood is the mother of the children pictured.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City Drug Store]

Photograph of the City Drug Store and the South side of the square in Wellington, Texas. There are three men and one small boy standing in front of the drug store. The building on the left side of the photograph is a lunchroom.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cotton gin in Wellington]

Photograph of a cotton yard at the Wellington Cotton Gin. There are numerous bales of cotton in a field, and five men are pictured standing and sitting on top of them. The men are all wearing hats and facing towards the camera, and one man on the far right side of the photograph is smiling and pointing. There are houses in the distant background. An accompanying note states that Lonzo Cartwright was the cotton gin manager.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Curtner Drug Store]

Photograph of the inside of the Curtner Drug Store. Two people are looking at products in a glass display in the center of the store. Three other men are standing behind the counters in the background. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that the man on the left with the dark cup is Ruel Curtner, and the man on the right with the dark hat is "Papa" Curtner.
Date: 1910/1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas City Park Board Annual Report: 1914-1915 (open access)

Dallas City Park Board Annual Report: 1914-1915

Annual report for 1914-1915 compiled by the Park Board regarding the park system in Dallas, Texas. The report includes overarching reviews of the system's status and future plans as well as commentaries on each individual park. Near the end of the report, there are financial statistics showing the amounts spent by the park funds on maintenance for each of the parks as well as sketched maps of selected parks. There are also facts about "Dallas, the City of the Hour."
Date: 1915
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Board.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dodson School]

Photograph of a group of students from the Dodson School. They are pictured outside near the wall of a building, and are lined up in four rows. An accompanying note identifies the students; in the back row is O. D. Thorn, Carrol Jones, Buddy Wynn, Merlin Carter, Ralph Brannum, Clarence Talley, Fred Scott, Teacher Vaughn, Leona Rodgers (white bonnet), Cap Berry (behind Leona), Floy Wynn (left side of Cap), Alf Wynn, Belle Hunt, and Otis Royal. In the second row is Jewel Nipper, Blanch Futch, Ruth Royal, Sue Rodgers, Vrigie Trout, Margie Trout, Susie Trout, and Ruth Gardner. in the third row Alonzo McDowell, Ralph Cherry, and Ruby Roedocker. In the fourth row is Goldwyn Millner, Bryan Ellis, Carl Weaver, Jack Deahl, Arlin Baker, Elliot Wynn, Forrest Jones, and Jack Broyles.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dodsonville School]

Photograph of a group of students from the Dodsonville School. They are pictured outdoors near the wall of a building, and are lined up in seven rows. The younger children are seated in the first two rows.
Date: 1915/1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Early Cleveland School]

Copy negative of an early school in Cleveland, Texas. A large group of people is standing in front of the building facing towards the camera. There are two people in the background in the doorway of the school.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exhibit of Dodsonville agricultural products]

Photograph of a display of agricultural products from Dodsonville. The exhibit is indoors and is full of many different varieties of plants and vegetables, including watermelons, potatoes, and corn.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family group posing indoors]

Photograph of a family group posing indoors. An elderly woman is seated in a chair with one girl and two boys behind her. The individuals are identified by handwriting on the back of the photograph as Lenore Sherwood, Mrs. Ermie Sherwood, Hugh Sherwood, and Mrs. Mary E. Hannah.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fleet Pruden holding horse reins]

Framed postcard of a child identified as Fleet Pruden holding a horse by the reins. Writing on the back of the photograph states that the horse was called "Mack" and was two years old. There is a barn and a windmill in the background.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flour mill]

Photograph of the exterior of a flour mill. It is identified as the Home Queen and Pride of Wellington flour, opened in 1916. Handwriting on the back of the photograph describes the history of the mill.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fresno School photograph]

Photograph of a group of young women outside of Fresno School. They are playfully posing under benches and smiling towards the camera. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reveals that one of the women is Alma Crawley.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group in front of small house]

Photograph of three women standing in front of a small, portable house. One woman is looking towards the camera and holding a suitcase, and the other two are looking towards the ground. Handwriting on the back of the photograph describes the scene and states that it is from the Gaye Eeds Glenn collection.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group standing outdoors]

Photograph of two men and three women standing outdoors. The men are wearing nice suits and hats, and the women are wearing light-colored dresses and large-brimmed hats. They are standing on a slope in front of a large bush.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Horses and buggy]

Postcard of two horses behind a fence that are attached to a buggy. There is a man, identified as Ernest Sherwood, and a woman seated inside the buggy. There is a short note on the back of the postcard.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hospital above drug store]

Postcard of a small hospital on the East side of the Square in Wellington, Texas. It is located above the Hardy O'Neil Drug Company store. There are other stores on both sides of the hospital.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kelly School Photograph]

Photograph of a group of students at the Kelly School. There are young children in the front of the group, and older students standing behind them. The children are identified in each row in writing on the back of the photograph.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Large group posing outdoors]

Photograph of a large group of adults and children at a quilting at the house of Mrs. S. C. Somerville. There are multiple rows of people standing and sitting between two trees in front of the house. Notes on the back of the photograph identify the individuals as Mrs. Lackey, Betty Cocke, Mamie Swafford, Mrs. T. T. Fain, Mrs. Nunn, Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Foster Brown, Mrs. L. T. Alexander, J. L. Alexander, Emma Richards, Mamie Anderson, Mrs. Leach, Mrs. Walter Dobbs, Maude Singley, Mrs. Sam Prichard, Mrs. John Anderson, Mary Somerville, Mary Stall, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Winnie Fain, Mrs. Swafford, Mrs. Jake Owens, Mrs. J. Longings, Mrs. Myers, Edith Longings, Walter Somerville, Otis Somerville, Lois Sherwood, Mrs. S. C. Somerville, Clint Richards, Lee Smith, and Linnie Richards.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man proposing to a woman]

Photograph of a young man proposing to a woman. He is wearing a dark suit and kneeling on one knee. The woman is wearing a long black skirt and a hat, and holding the man's hand. They are pictured on a rocky hill.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men standing on porch]

Photograph of a group of seven men standing on a porch. They are all wearing hats, and three on the left side of the photograph are also wearing full suits. The man on the far right is holding a dog over his leg. Handwriting above each person identifies them, from left to right, as Joe Jones, J. J. Calloway, Papa Couch, P. W. Meyer, C. B. Jones, George Lee, and Henry Singley.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mother and children]

Photograph of a woman standing next to a child and holding a baby. The woman and child are both wearing dresses, and they are posing in front of a black car.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History