[Oil Derrick]

Copy negative of a group of people standing in front of the base of a wooden oil derrick, with a car parked on the far right. Lorene Jones stands in the middle of the group, and a tall man with a hat, Dr. P. E. Jones, the owner of the farm, stands next to her.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Methodist Church, 1874]

Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. Drawing shows a small building with a steeple to the left.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. Frank B. Burress]

Copy negative of Dr. Frank B. Burress, pastor of Central Baptist Church, standing on the first step of the church's education building. He is dressed in attire appropriate for 1872, including a top hat, for Jacksonville's Centennial Celebration in 1972. He is holding an umbrella in one hand and his Bible in the other.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Sweet Union Baptist Church]

Copy negative of the Old Sweet Union Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist congregations for African Americans in Jacksonville.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[May Day Program]

Copy negative of a May Day celebration at the Alexander Collegiate Institute. Students stand and kneel in front of a building on campus. A pole can be seen in the background. To the left, men stand with their instruments.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dorm Room, Cumberland University]

Copy negative of a college dormitory room, labeled "Cell No. 10, Cumberland University, Cumberland, Tenn." A dresser is placed in the corner of the room. Many knick-knacks are strewn throughout. To the left, pillows have been placed in a window seat.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dialville High School Basketball Team, 1914-15]

Copy negative of the 1914-15 Dialville High School basketball team. Five boys stand in a row, the middle with a basketball balanced between his feet. From left to right, they are Opie Payne, Howard McKnight, W. J. Moore, Pearl Sides, and Lee Frances. This team won the first Cherokee County basketball championship.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jacksonville High Football Game]

Copy negative of a Jacksonville High School football game against an unknown team in 1922, in an old park. Most of the players wear only thigh pads and leather helmets, although some have shoulder pads as well. The stands are full of people. Girls in white make up the Jacksonville High School pep squad are seated strategically to make a "J" letter on the stands. On the fence behind the stands, advertisements for First National Bank and the Byrd Bros. of Jacksonville are visible. Teams play on a field on which yard lines have been mowed and marked with raw lime.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Last School Class of Gent, District 31]

Copy negative of the last school class of Gent. In the top row are, left to right, Ernest Bolton, Charlie "Red" Mullinex, Cassie Brunson, Gussie Hill, Bernice Williams, Amy Mullinex, Alma Benge, Dora Fletcher, Nora Bolton, Nell Starkey, Myrtle Harris, and John Watson (teacher). In row two stands John Gay, Jess Gay, Desmond Sherman, Millard Ezelle, Joe Bailey Mullinex, Uda Russell, Molly Hill, Gladys Harris, Dan Benge, Kate Williams, Maybell Gay, Willie Hill, and Jess Hill. In the third row stand John Fletcher, Reagan Sherman, Edgar Sherman, Carnie Musick, Essie Fletcher, Lizzie Gay, Edward Brunson, and Alma Russell. In the bottom row stands Joe Bob Brunson, Evan Bay Bolton, Oliver Beard, Fred Ezelle, Fred Mullinex, Clint Benge, Dewey Musick, "Bub" Sherman, New Harris, Wesley Garner, and William Garner. A dog lies at the center of the bottom row.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Dr. J. C. Jones]

Copy negative of a portrait of Dr. J. C. Jones, the father of Dr. P. E. Jones.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[May Day Program]

Copy negative of a May Day celebration at the Alexander Collegiate Institute. A large group of girls and boys stand and kneel on campus.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First School Bus in New Summerfield]

Copy negative of a group of students holding their books in front of a new school bus, which was built on a Model T Ford chassis by the men of the community of New Summerfield. Elmer "Johnny" Liles was the bus driver. In the back row, left to right, stand Alta Smith, Ruth Glen Brown, Macie Carby, Dollie Tomerlin, Gladys Darby, Loleta Garrett, Beatrice Brown, Myrtle Tomerlin, Lorene Liles, Ona Clark, Elsie Mae Waldrup, Nellie Roebuck, and Birdie Waldrup. In the center row are Ruth Manion, Elnora Liles, Katherine Waldrup, and Maxie Clark. In the bottom row, kneeling, are Eula Galloway, Annie Brown, Newman Darby, Nelson Chisolm, Cecil Clark, Earl Brown, Horace Smith, Ralph Liles, Cloyd Waldrup, Clyde Brown, Odell Chisolm, Armen Darby, and Elvin Clark.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Business District]

Copy negative of a street scene in Jacksonville's business district. Stores on the right side of the street are, from front to back, Ragsdale Brothers General Mdse., John H. Bolton Drug Store, J. L. Brown Department Store, Brown & Dixon Dry Goods, Gragard Bros. & Co. Hardware, and First State Bank. The large building on the far right is a cotton mill, and the Cotton Belt Railroad station is opposite it.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freight Baggage Transfer Service]

Copy negative of a freight baggage transfer service in Jacksonville. Jess Spraggins sits on a cart, looking up at Charles Walker, a carpenter-contractor, and J. G. "Jim" Swink. Two mules are hitched to the wagon.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Steam Engine at Ponta]

Copy negative of a man holding tools standing in front a steam engine at Jerry Liles' sawmill in Ponta.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Central Baptist Church]

Copy negative of the Central Baptist Church building in Jacksonville.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Thomas Green Bays]

Copy negative of Thomas Green Bays, an early Jacksonville resident, sitting in a chair and holding a cane.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Melvina Chessher's 90th Birthday]

Copy negative of Melvina Chessher and her children gathered for her 90th birthday. From left to right, A. J. "Andy" Chessher, son; Melvina Chessher; Mrs. Gus "Miss Kate" Caperton, daughter; and Dr. John Chessher, son, stand on the porch of the original Chessher hotel building.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jacksonville City Hall]

Copy negative of Jacksonville City Hall. Several cars are parked on either side of the building.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dialville Home]

Copy negative of an elaborate home belonging to Mr. and Mrs. N. A. "Jack" Slover in Dialville. A white picket fence surrounds the yard, and Mrs. Slover and unidentified children stand on the porch.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Last School Class of Gent, District 31]

Copy negative of the last school class of Gent. In the top row are, left to right, Ernest Bolton, Charlie "Red" Mullinex, Cassie Brunson, Gussie Hill, Bernice Williams, Amy Mullinex, Alma Benge, Dora Fletcher, Nora Bolton, Nell Starkey, Myrtle Harris, and John Watson (teacher). In row two stands John Gay, Jess Gay, Desmond Sherman, Millard Ezelle, Joe Bailey Mullinex, Uda Russell, Molly Hill, Gladys Harris, Dan Benge, Kate Williams, Maybell Gay, Willie Hill, and Jess Hill. In the third row stand John Fletcher, Reagan Sherman, Edgar Sherman, Carnie Musick, Essie Fletcher, Lizzie Gay, Edward Brunson, and Alma Russell. In the bottom row stands Joe Bob Brunson, Evan Bay Bolton, Oliver Beard, Fred Ezelle, Fred Mullinex, Clint Benge, Dewey Musick, "Bub" Sherman, New Harris, Wesley Garner, and William Garner. A dog lies at the center of the bottom row.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Williamson Funeral Home Hearse]

Copy negative of a Williamson Funeral Home hearse, a Meteor on a Cadillac chassis. A casket sits in front of the hearse, and flowers are visible in front of it.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Presbyterian Church]

Copy negative of the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville. It was built of hand-made cement blocks. Two pillars frame the entrance, and the building has a dome. In the left background, houses are visible.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Business District, Jacksonville]

Copy negative of a street in the business district of Jacksonville. To the left, people sit on a wagon bed, and stand in the streets. There is a building in the background.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History