Excursion party posing in front of white wooden frame house and barn.

Excursion party posing in front of Charles Volz's home.

Excursion party posing in front of field next to a home

Henrietta Chamber of Commerce with (front row) Volney LeFevre, W.W. King, T.K. Howard, Bradd Staggs, Lee Ham, (back row) Jim Alcorn, C.S. McKinney, R.C. Green, Frank Moore, F.F. Green, A.H. Bevering, J.T. Petro, Obenchain, and Judge J.P. Williams standing in front of City Hall.

County Agent's Office with (l to r) Edwina Holman, Peggy Tate, Dorsey Eaton, Maurine Carpenter, Essie Mae Coody, Captain M.S. Duncan, and Ralph Garrett seated around a table on January 33, 1938.

An aerial view of several construction sites in Texas City. At the bottom left, the foundation of a large building is in place and several men are walking within the building perimeters. At the bottom right the concrete walls and internal supports of another building have been built. About mid-picture the first floor of a large industrial building has been completed. A line of automobiles are parked along a wide dirt road between the construction sites. These sites appear to be refinery buildings and lines of pipelines, and power poles, surrounded by security fencing can be seen. In the background are scattered houses. On the back of the photograph in pencil is written :"1-13-34." Taped to the back of the photograph is a label reading "Donated to Texas City Historical Committee by American Oil Company Sept. 15, 1971"

Excursion party posing in front of the Shary house

Excursion party posing in front of house.

Excursion party posing in front of palm trees

Casa de Palmas hotel, and nearby houses on Main Street in McAllen, Texas.

Excursion party posing in front of Shary house. Peter Bentsen labeled

Conventioners standing in front of Shary House and Clubhouse by Shary Lake. Cars lined up in the background. Shary Boulevard is paved.

Photograph of seven adults. Photograph of Van Horn, TX citizens at Sesquicentennial Capsule Burial at Courthouse lawn, January 1987. Back row: Lewis Rogers, School Superintendent, Judge John Conoly, Hospital Administrator Ed Norris. Front row: Mayor Okey Lucas, Comm. Ch. Noble Smith, Capsule Ch. Ray Shotwell, Comm.Co-Ch. Edward Billingsley, President, V.H. Bank

Photograph of bride. Photograph of Laura Harriett Toolen Dameron on her wedding day, 1/25/1947, in Van Horn,TX

Plat of the 'two Laredos' (Laredo, Texas and New Laredo, Mexico) from January 1881. The map appears to be a cadastral map with numbered (and lettered) lots in both cities, likely showing ownership. Some streets are labeled as well as Fort McIntosh (noted as a "U.S. Military Reservation") in Laredo and the Campo de Marte in Nuevo Laredo.

Postcard featuring a photograph of the front of Hotel Iturbide on Calle Zaragoza in Monterrey, Mexico with mountains in the background as well as people and automobiles in the street. It was sent to Rochester, Minnesota with this handwritten text: "Sun. P. M. Dear Matt: arrived here yesterday (Saty.) leaving right now, the weather has been unusually cold. Laredo, on the border, had 2" snow the Mexican kids sure were having fun with it. So long, Mel"

Postcard of Hamilton Hotel in before the top floors were added and before the cyclone of 1906 that destroyed the balconies. On the back of the postcard there is a letter addressed to Mrs. J. J. Duffy (Aunt Katie) from Alex discussing current news and relatives.

View of Laredo, Texas in the early 1900. Looking Northwest from the top of the Federal Building. Postcard sent from Roberto in Laredo to Sra. Laura G. de Arriaga in Plazuela de Tepito, Mexico on January 21, 1909.

(Back of photo) Alfred Morris Jr., Thelma (wife) and Ben (son) Jan 18, 1962 Ben will be 2 years old. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Photograph of the front and north side of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home), visible on the right side of the image. The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.