[Freight Station in Cisco, Texas]

Two photographs of a freight station building in Eastland County, Texas. The first photograph shows the north and east sides of the building, which is a narrow, single-story building with a tall gabled roof and extended eaves with brackets. The second image shows the same angle from farther east, at the corner of W. 3rd Street and Conrad Hilton Ave.; part of another building and parked cars are visible in front of the station. Handwritten text below the images says, "T&P Eastland Texas Freight Station at Eastland, Texas Apr 26th 1982."
Date: April 26, 1982
Creator: Watson, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Depot and Town of Ranger, Texas]

Two photographs taken in Ranger, Texas; the top image is of the train station, viewed from the train tracks. The station is a long, single-story brick building; a three-story brick building is visible behind the station, to the right. The lower image shows a main street in Ranger with various buildings and strorefronts lining either side of the street and several cars on the road. Handwritten text below the image says, "Top Photo - T&P Station at Ranger, Texas Apr 26th 1982 (looking west). Bottom Photo - Town of Ranger (looking north from east end of station)."
Date: April 26, 1982
Creator: Watson, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Depot in Ranger, Texas]

Photograph of a train station in Ranger, Texas, viewed from the train tracks. The station is a long, single-story brick building; a three-story brick building is visible behind the station, to the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "T&P Station at Ranger, Texas Apr 26th 1982 (looking west)."
Date: April 26, 1982
Creator: Watson, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

25th Wedding Anniversary

Copy negative of Scott Lavette and Menvil Mae Buchanan Seastrunk. The married couple is celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. They are standing behind a table filled with serving plates and dishes, punch, a wedding cake complete with bride and groom on top, and other sweet snacks. They are standing in front of windows with floral curtains. Scott and Menvil are wearing a suit and dress respectively.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for United States Torpedo Company] (open access)

[Advertisement for United States Torpedo Company]

Advertisement for the United States Torpedo Company, including the local agent's name, Jack Rapp, the phone numbers for their locations and prices.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States Torpedo Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baby Pictures

Copy negative of two photographs. The first and second both show young children sitting on wicker furniture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baby Pictures

Copy negative of two children sitting on wicker furniture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baptism in Lake

Copy negative of a baptism taking place in a lake in Dothan, Texas. Nancy Boles Buchanan, Hubert Henry Buchanan, W. M. Andrew Buchanan, and Elder Hamp Richards are pictured.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boy with Dog

1 copy negative of a young boy and a dog.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Budget for a Railroad From Roby, Texas to Brownwood, Texas] (open access)

[Budget for a Railroad From Roby, Texas to Brownwood, Texas]

Document listing the costs of construction and the proposed earnings for a railroad from Roby to Brownwood, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
C. U. Connlee Well No. 2 Sec. 4 Block 4. Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company Survey, Eastland County. Texas. (open access)

C. U. Connlee Well No. 2 Sec. 4 Block 4. Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company Survey, Eastland County. Texas.

Document discussing an oil well which the United States Torpedo Company's representative, Jack Rapp, was hired to shoot with nitroglycerine, and the events and aftermath of shooting the well. It also lists the names and roles of the people working on the well.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cause No. 11551: Plaintiff's Petition] (open access)

Cause No. 11551: Plaintiff's Petition]

Document in cause no. 11551, Tomlinson, Paschall & Colvin vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, detailing the complaints of Mollie Lee Tomlinson, W. R. Tomlinson, Crigler Paschall, and J. D. Colvin against the Independent Torpedo Company. The plaintiffs seek recourse for damage to their oil well in Erath County, Texas by the shooting done by the Independent Torpedo Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chastain & Judkins
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 11687: Agreement to Accept Testimony of John Thompson] (open access)

[Cause No. 11687: Agreement to Accept Testimony of John Thompson]

Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon, Jr. et al. vs. United States Torpedo Company, stating the attorneys of the plaintiffs and defendant agree that the testimony of John Thompson, taken by L. D. Hillyer, is admissible in the cause.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 11687: Notice of Deposition of L. D. Hillyer] (open access)

[Cause No. 11687: Notice of Deposition of L. D. Hillyer]

Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon, Jr. et al. vs. United States Torpedo Company, providing notice to the plaintiff about the deposition of L. D. Hillyer. The notice includes the questions posed to Hillyer which discuss Hillyer's transcript of John Thompson's testimony.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 11687: Plaintiff's Supplemental Petition] (open access)

[Cause No. 11687: Plaintiff's Supplemental Petition]

Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon, Jr. et al. vs. United States Torpedo Company, stating that the United States Torpedo Company is liable for negligence.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children by Car

Copy negative of two pictures of children in front of a car with trees in the background.. In the first picture, boys, from left to right Quinman Hurley, Maurice Hefner Cummings, Jay Frank Cummings, and Ed Hurley are posing by the car. In the second picture, girls and baby, from left to right Delores Hurley, Warren Price Smith, Polly Cummings, Matilda Cummings, and Verna Nelle Young are posing on the running board of the car.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children on Horse

1 copy negative of four children on a horse. L to R: Caude Travis Curtis Travis, Scott Lavette Seastrunk and Annie Mae Seastrunk.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children Playing on Porch; Children Playing on Porch

1 copy negative of 2 images. The first is a picture of two children, Ed and Quinman Hurley, pausing from playing on a house porch to take a picture. The children have a bike and a wheeled horse with them. The second is of Quinman Hurley, dressed in a jacket and winter hat, riding his wheeled horse on the porch of a house.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Notice] (open access)

[Clipping: Notice]

Newspaper clipping providing notice that Mrs. Bobbie Terry, guardian of the estate of Norma Terry, Leone Terry, Shuler Terry, Eunice Terry, and Lee Edwin Terry, is seeking the court's permission to lease the oil and gas interests of her minor wards to L. G. Tinsley. There are some notes written on the clipping reading, "52 acre tract," 52/ 26000 (500 [..]) 260/ 00," and "R. [..] R[..]"
Date: [..1918-12-18]
Creator: McEntire & Jones
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Couple by House; House Exterior

Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Menvil Mae Buchanan Seastrunk and Scott Lavette Seastrunk standing together in front of the porch of a house, holding a horse collar between them. The second picture is of just the house and a tree behind it.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deposit Slip: Perry Sayles, December 31, 193u] (open access)

[Deposit Slip: Perry Sayles, December 31, 193u]

Form documenting deposits made by Perry Sayles, trustee at the Exchange National Bank in Eastland, Texas for $196.65.
Date: 193X-12-31
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Diagram of J. T. Carruth Survey in Comanche County, Texas]

Diagram of the J. T. Carruth Survey in Comanche County, Texas, showing property lines and county border. On the back of the paper, there's a note, "P.S. Please pardon the misnomer 'Sales.'"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eight People and Watermelon Feast

Copy negative of Tut Tabor and family sitting on the ground near a fence eating watermelon, in Humbletown in Cisco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Exterior Farm House

Copy negative of the Mayes Family home in Eastland, TX. Mrs. B. F. Mayes sits out on the porch with her two children. The house has two porches, a chimney, and a fence that surrounds it. Potted plants sit underneath a window.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History