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[Photograph of Small Statue of Girl on Elephant]
Photograph of a small statue of a girl riding side-saddle on a dark-colored elephant, displayed against a dark backdrop. The girl has short dark hair painted on, and is holding the edges of her wide dress out at the level of her eyes with her head tilted slightly to her right. The elephant has its trunk curled up and back towards its head. The statue rests on a square piece of patterned and fringed fabric that lays over a square display stand. There are notes about the location and time at which the photo was taken, written on the back - as well as a decorative border surrounding the edges of the photo on the front.
Date:
1936
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Fisher Lloyd Forrest at a Typewriter]
Photograph of Fisher Lloyd Forrest, a young man wearing a white t-shirt, sitting behind a desk and typing on a typewriter. There are papers pinned to the wall on his right, and there is a box on the shelves behind him that says, "Film Strips."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Harry Lloyd Desmond Standing Next to a Road Sign]
Photograph of Harry Lloyd Desmond - an older man wearing a sports coat, polo, slacks, and a fedora hat - standing on the side of a road next to a wooden city sign that says "Point Blank." In the background are a gas station, a barb-wire fence, and people standing along the road. There is information about the photo on the back and the photo printer's stamps.
Date:
February 1959
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Man in an Old Car]
Photograph of a man sitting in an old car parked facing right in the street. The man is wearing a straw hat, a light-colored polo, and slacks. There are three houses, a large grassy area, and a wooded area in the residential area beyond the car. There is information about the car on the back.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Texas Fair Hall of State and Esplanade Fountain]
Photograph of the front of The Hall of State at the Texas State Fair grounds, taken from across the Esplanade fountain. The Hall of State is a long building with columns all along the front, and a tall, concave curved portion in the center. The fountain has a long pool that is perpendicular to the Hall of State, and is lined with flagpoles bearing flags from different countries. On the left side of the fountain, another building is just barely visible, and surrounding each side of the fountain are small bushes and trees. On the back of the photo, there are notes about the location and date at which the photo was taken.
Date:
1936
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Sculpture at Women's Museum]
Photograph of a sculpture of a woman standing on a tall cactus in front of a Texan-themed mural. The woman is naked and propping and resting her hands on the tops of two branches of the cactus, one of which has a flower on it. The mural has images of the shape of Texas, a yucca plant, and animals. There are handwritten notes about the location and date on the back of the photo.
Date:
1936
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Visiting Dignitaries at State Fair of Texas]
Photograph of a large crowd of people - almost entirely made up of men in suits - standing in front of a building, facing towards the camera. The photograph is blurry and over-exposed, but three flags are just barely visible behind the crowd. Several of the men are wearing light-colored suits and holding hats. One man in particular, has his back to the camera and is shaking hands with someone in the crowd. There is a decorative border around the edge of the front of the photo, and writing on the back indicating that the crowd is at least partially made up of visiting dignitaries.
Date:
1936
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Texas Ranger Station at Pan American Exposition]
Photograph of a long, log cabin with two stone chimneys, an elevated portion in the back left, and three-dimensional letters spelling "Texas Rangers" on the roof. Three people stand on the long front porch, one of whom is looking out at the narrow lawn in front of the cabin. Among the bushes and trees scattered around the lawn, there is a statue of a cowboy, surrounded by a low rail, on the right side of the lawn, and a pathway on the left, leading down from the house to the street. On the street curb, there are two poles supporting a cylindrical metal piece oriented parallel to the ground. There are notes about the photo, which was taken at the Pan American Exposition in Dallas, typewritten on the back.
Date:
1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Class of Dallas School Children]
Photograph of a class of Dallas school children wearing costumes and arranged in two rows in front of a brick building with three windows. The first row of children is sitting on the ground, and the second row is standing with their teacher. There is information about the photo on the back.
Date:
193X
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adults and Children Gather for Country Sporting Event]
Photograph of a group of people posing together for a country sporting event. Older girls and women stand to the left and older boys and men stand to the right behind a fence. Many of them are carrying farming implements. A mixed group of younger children sits by an open gate on the left. A small livestock pen has a boy seated beside it to the right. The heads of two reined horses are visible in the foreground at the bottom of the photo.
Date:
1896%
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carbon Mineral Water Company and Bath House]
Photograph of people standing outside of a wooden building that has "Mineral Water Well No. 1. Bath House" written along its overhang. The crowd is mostly comprised of men wearing suits and hats, though five women can be seen on the porch to the left. Horse-drawn carts flank the structure. "Carbon Mineral Water Co." is written in script on a sign that is suspended from one of the building's gables.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Graduating Class of Gatesville High School, 1929]
Photograph of students from the Gatesville, Texas, graduating class of 1929. The group is arranged with two rows of young women wearing white dresses and standing on either side of young men wearing suits. A third row of young men and women sits below the rest of the group. A brick building stands behind the group, with an arched door appearing to the left and stained glass windows with Christian imagery to the right. The girl on the first row and fourth from the left is identified as Verda Freeman.
Date:
1929
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Custer Cox and Schoolchildren]
Photograph of a group of boys and girls of various ages standing with Custer Cox in front of the door of a schoolhouse. The group is arranged in three rows, with younger children standing in the front and middle rows and older children standing on either side of Custer Cox in the back row. Cox is wearing a suit with a boutonniere and stiff white collar. The children in the front row are barefoot. A handwritten note on the reverse side of the mat says "Custer might be teacher."
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bain Allen and Bud Henderson in the Buckhorn Saloon]
Photograph of elderly men Bain Allen and Bud Henderson behind a counter at the Buckhorn Saloon in Gatesville, Texas. The ceiling is covered with deer antlers. Cattle horns and animal heads are mounted above an arched window behind the counter. Assorted firearms hang from the wall over antique photographs on the left side of the wall.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
Bond, Joyce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Milner Filling Out Paperwork]
Photograph of John Milner, a clerk for Coryell County, Texas. He is filling out paperwork on a ledger that sits on a desk. He wears a white shirt, striped bow tie, and slacks.
Date:
1892~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1899 Graduating Class of Gatesville, Texas]
Photograph of several rows of people expanding outward from the doorway of the Coryell County courthouse. The young men and women are the graduating class of students from Gatesville, Texas, from 1899. The women primarily wear skirts and white blouses, while the men wear dark slacks and jackets.
Date:
1899~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Milner and Charles Mounce in the Coryell County Clerk's Office]
Photograph of three men inside of the Coryell County Clerk's office. A bearded elderly man stands with John Milner behind a desk. The bearded man wears a dark hat and suit, while Milner wears an unbuttoned vest and bow tie. Charles Mounce sits at a desk to the right while wearing a dark vest and necktie. A calendar hanging from a cork board on the wall shows the month of November in 1922.
Date:
November 1922
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Patrick Potts' Tin Shop]
Photograph of five men inside of Patrick Potts' Tin Shop in Gatesville, Texas. Potts is wearing a hat and apron while standing behind a workbench to the left. The workbench has a hammer and pieces of cut tin resting on it. Four men are located to the right beside a space heater. The rightmost man wearing a coat and cap is identified as Grady Logan, and the second man from the right is Hubert Berry. Tin cylinders hang from racks on either side of the shop.
Date:
1920~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interior of Arnold's Drug Store]
Photograph of the interior of Arnold's Drug Store in Gatesville, Texas. The left side of the store features a display case with jewelry, the right side has a soda fountain and a display case with tobacco goods, and the back area has a refrigerator with cold goods. A portly, balding man leans on a counter to the left. A man wearing a suit, hat, and eyeglasses sits on a stool behind a woman named Vera. Two men wearing white shirts and striped ties stand behind the soda fountain on the right. The men are identified as Mr. Arnold, Doctor John T. Brown, and Howard Franks.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lone Star Brass Band]
Photograph of members of the Lone Star brass band posing together with their instruments. The thirteen white men are arranged in three rows, with six standing in the background, five kneeling in the middle, and two sitting in front. A bass drum to the right has the words "Carbon Band" written along its rim and "Lone" written above a star. A United States flag hangs in the background to the left. The leftmost man in the back row is identified as Custer Cox.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gatesville Camp Fire Girls
Photograph of a group of girls that are members of Camp Fire Girls of America posing on rugs in front of an ornate backdrop. They are wearing Native American-style women's gowns, beads, and headbands. The girls are identified from the top left as Margaret Bishop, Louise Raby, Willie Rae Brashear, Virginia Brown, Doris Davison, Ruth Wells, Anita Stewart, Margaret Powell, camp counselor Alice Boyer, Eloise Colgin, Julia Bishop, Zelia McClinton, and Grace West.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Early Physicians of Coryell County, Texas]
Photograph of a group of physicians wearing suits, vests, and ties. The men are arranged in front of a backdrop painted to resemble an ornate archway. A fur rug lies below them. Five of the men sit on a tasseled chaise longue. The man sitting in the center is identified as O. G. Gilder, and the man at the right end is E. B. Baker. The standing man is Andrew Graves.
Date:
1898~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lions Club of Gatesville Sponsored USO Shelter]
Photograph of a group of suited men standing underneath a small wooden shelter that is located beside an oak tree. A sign stating "Sponsored by Lions Club of Gatesville" appears on top of the shelter, while "USO No. 1 Servicemen's Pick-Up Shelter" is painted on its side. A Presbyterian church is visible in the background.
Date:
February 1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Students of Purmela Circa 1920]
Photograph of a group of young people from the Purmela School in Purmela, Texas. The students range in age from younger children to older teenagers. Three rows stand in front of five windows on a brick building, while a group of younger children sits below them. The fourth person on the first row is Homer Freeman and the seventh is Herman Maxwell. The second person the second row is Vella Freeman, the fifteenth is Joe Maxwell, and the nineteenth is Thurman Maxwell. The fourth girl on the foremost row is Ellen Freeman.
Date:
[1920..1924]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History