[Summerfield Teachers]

Copy negative of four teachers, Luterie Maris, Ila Maris, Vera Rawlinson, and Mr. Rawlinson, standing in a row.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girls' Dormitory at Alexander Collegiate Institute]

Copy negative of the Girls' Dormitory, later Smith Hall, at the Alexander Collegiate Institute and the dirt road in front of it. The institute later became Alexander College and is now Lon Morris College. Turrets stand on either side of the building.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street Scene at Golden Anniversary Celebration]

Copy negative of a street scene during Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary Celebration of 1922. The photo was taken from the second story of J. L. Douglas's Dry Goods Store. The Templeton-Brashear Department Store can be seen at the corner across from the place the photo was taken. To the left of the intersection is Couch & Slaton Tailor Shop, and at the far left is the Heidelberg Hotel. Flags have been placed on the wires connecting the electrical poles.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jacksonville High School Near Completion]

Copy negative of Jacksonville High School nearing completion in preparation for the fall session in 1927. Shrubs are visible in front of the building.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outside Ragsdale Bros. Gen'l Merchandise]

Copy negative of a group of men and children standing outside Ragsdale Bros. Gen'l Merchandise firm. Beauregard Ragsdale stands behind the children on the left. The boy standing with his finger in his mouth is Bascom "Pete" Brittain. On the right of the post stands John Ragsdale. To the left of the opposite post is A. N. "Nimrod" Ragsdale. The man to the left of A. N. Ragsdale, holding a cane, is believed to be Dr. J. M. Brittain. The rest of the men in the picture are unidentified.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Melvina Chessher]

Copy negative of a portrait of an older Melvina Chessher, operator of the first hotel in Jacksonville, seated in a wooden chair. The photograph was taken in the early 1930s.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Templeton Building]

Copy negative of the Templeton Building. A sign on the building reads: "J. L. Dean, Shoes & Men's Furnishings, 'The Store of Quality'." Merchandise is on display on the sidewalk in front of the building. On the side of the building, a sign advertises Coca-Cola for 5ยข a bottle.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Shipment of Tomatoes]

Copy negative of the first carload of tomatoes shipped from Jacksonville. A man sits on a loaded cart, and a line of men stand in front of a sign. It reads, "First Car Fancy Texas Tomatoes, from Love & Jarratt, Jacksonville, TX, to Wilson Prod. Co., Pittsburg, PA."
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gallatin School Classes, 1925]

Copy negative of the 7th and 8th grade classes of Gallatin School in 1925. In the top row, left to right, are two unknown persons, Lula Woodard, Cora Jeff Jenkins, Stella Fay Ridge, Edith Dudley, Reba Turney, Loleta Morrow, Dalla Mae Day, Murtle Dudley, Effie Garner, and Vivian Parson. In the second row, left to right, are J. T. Jones, Leroy Dudley, Preston Hendrick, Haskell Jenkins, Louise Mauritzen (teacher), Clint Day, Thelma Glidden, Evie Underwood, Lucille Ferrell, and Letha Bell Smith. In the third row, left to right, are Cullen Barnett, Alton Martin, Clifford Lane, Lois Jenkins, Joe Ottis Rogers, Mildred Jones, Opal Beard, and Woodrow Smith Wallace. In the fourth row, left to right, are Gaynell Smith, Eunice Upton, Annie Pearl Morrow, Leora Jenkins, Kate Day, Fanie Lou Fling, Madie Barnes (teacher). In the bottom row, left to right, are Willie Baggett, Faye Hattaway, Julia Welborn, Clarence Bridges, Buddy Williams, Dixon Hopper, Layton Bates, Bruce Thompson, Buster Herrington, Earl Jenkins, Marvin Evans, J. V. Woods, and Ima Bates.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street Scene, Jacksonville]

Copy negative of a Jacksonville street scene. A lamppost is visible in the foreground, and many Model T Fords are parked in front of businesses on both sides of the street.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Summerfield Basketball Team]

Copy negative of the Summerfield basketball team. Five boys sit in a row, the middle holding a basketball that reads "S Field High." Behind these five, two more boys kneel. In no order, they are Elmer Liles, Weaver Heath, Carl Dickson, Bernice Underwood, Vester Richson, Silas Davis, and Armon Darby.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jacksonville Main Street, 1926]

Copy negative of Jacksonville's main street looking south from S. Main and Commerce Streets intersection in 1926. The building on the left is the First National Bank Building. The Whitaker Drug Store, the Palace Barber Shop, the three-story Templeton Building, Bounds and Pearson Dry Goods, Thad Ray Dry Goods, Bando's Candy Kitchen, Toggery Shoppe, Robertson Plumbing Co., Wenatchee Hotel and Cafe, and the Texas Bank and Trust stand on the same side. On the right side of the street are L. E. Frank Dry Goods, Western Union, George L. Barber Grocery, M. L. Earle Insurance, the Jacksonville City Band Hall housed in the same building as the Barber's Grocery, Deason Grocery, M System Grocery on the corner in the Devereux building, and the Opera House and dance studio on the second story of the Devereux building. The trees on the right are in City Park.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dialville High School Basketball Champions]

Copy negative of the 1925 Dialville High School basketball team. Seven men sit on a bench, the middle with a basketball reading "DHS" balanced between his legs. From left to right, they are Foster Grisham, Joe Halbert, Leon Halbert, Clarence Moore, Homer Smith, Hobart Durrett, and Coach Joab Moore.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. L. Brown Department Store]

Copy negative of the interior of J. L. Brown Department Store in Jacksonville. Owner J. L. Brown stands to the left. The store features pressed tin ceilings, skylights, and marble based show cases. Extensive stock of merchandise is visible in the foreground.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Early Jacksonville Leaders]

Copy negative of three men standing in a row. They are M. L. "Bud" Earle, who was mayor of Jacksonville several times, mapped the city, and was a grocer, historian, and insurance man; William McKinney, a merchant; and J. L. Brown, a merchant, historian, and civic and church leader. They are standing in front of shrub. All three wear hats.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jacksonville Main Street, 1890]

Copy negative of Jacksonville's main street looking south from S. Main and Commerce Streets intersection in 1890.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alan L. Bean, Astronaut]

Copy negative of astronaut Alan L. Bean presenting a photo of Apollo 12 on the Moon on the occasion of Jacksonville's Centennial Celebration in 1972. Standing, left to right, are Theron Ragsdale, Alan L. Bean, Mrs. Alan L. Bean (Sue Ragsdale), Mrs. Frank W. Ebaugh, and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. "Ned" Ragsdale.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[May Day]

Copy negative of a May Day celebration at the Alexander Collegiate Institute. A large group of girls and boys stand in front of a building, believed to be Smith Hall. Model T Fords can be seen in the background.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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