[McDaniel Home, Abilene]

Photograph of the first home of Lavinia Parker McDaniel and George W. McDaniel in Abilene, Texas. This Victorian-era home, located at 774 Butternut, was built with lumber from the lumberyard of Robert Henry Parker, Lavinia Parker's father. The house has two stories, though the front is obscured by tall bushes and trees. A dormer emerges from the central hip roof which forms two gable ends in the front and one on each side of the house (one visible, at left). The house has two chimneys, and is bordered by a white picket fence. Members of the McDaniel family stand in front of the house, with the women standing behind the fence, a man in a vest and hat standing near the fence's gate, and four children standing or sitting on the dirt road.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Thanksgiving Portrait, Dr. Wickliff Curtis's Home]

Photograph of a Thanksgiving gathering at the Curtises (Dr. Wickliff Curtis and Mrs. Cress / Mrs. D Curtis) in 1898, arranged in four rows on the front steps of the family home. Names are listed on the back of the photograph. Top row, from left to right: Jim Goff, Oscar Bell, Ertha Cowden, George Lee, Hy Estes, Joe Brown, Bert Rawlins, John Draper. Second row from top: Frank Roses, Mollie Cornwell, Lilly Cowden, Proffessor Robert Ewing Rankin; third row, second from botom: Miss Birdie Shackleford (principal), Lizzie Garrett, Ada Estes, Hallie Cowden, Frankie Divers, Vannie Driver. Bottom row: Ella Waddell, Mary Lou Reed, Mollie Draper, Carlie Mooney, Effie Edwards, Minnie McGonagill.
Date: November 24, 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History