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[Locke Home, Version 1]
Photograph of the Locke home, with two women and a dog seated on the front porch. Inscription in ink on the back states: "Locke Home, Fannin & Grove, demolished 1956." Version one shows slightly more of the right side of the house than Version two, and it is printed darker. The house is a one-story side-gable house of wood siding, two chimneys, and four slender square columns supporting ornate scroll-sawn decorative brackets. Two ferns are on stands on the porch, and a picket fence and two trees are in front of the house. The figure in back is Sarah Dycke Locke, and the figure in front may be Katie McAllister. Part of the bottom board of the mount has broken off.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Locke Home, Version 2]
Photograph of the Locke home, with two women and a dog seated on the front porch. Version two shows slightly more of the left side of the house than Version one, and it is printed lighter. The house is a one-story side-gable house of wood siding, two chimneys, and four slender square columns supporting ornate scroll-sawn decorative brackets. Two ferns are on stands on the porch, and a picket fence and two trees are in front of the house. The figure in back is Sarah Dycke Locke, and the figure in front may be Katie McAllister.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marion Sims McCutchan Sr. Family Album ca. 1900-1915]
Photograph album of the Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. family, missing its cover. The photos are pasted on the gray paper pages. Photographs include interior and exterior shots of the family home at 2105 Rosborough Springs Road, Marshall, Texas, and the barn. Most of the photos show the three sons of the family, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 1903, Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr., born 1905, and Kenneth Shannon McCutchan, born 1912, but a few photos also include their parents Sims, Sr. and Mary.
Date:
1900/1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marshall Post Office Employees]
Photograph of the Marshall, Texas post office employees posed on the front steps of the post office. Of the seventeen men, five are seated on the steps and twelve are standing. Some are wearing suits and jackets, others in white shirts and ties. Two have mail delivery bags over their shoulders and one bag is resting on the pavement. Cast iron storefront columns are visible in the background as well as the framework supporting the sidewalk awning. Handwritten at the bottom of the photograph is the the caption: "Pop", Sims McCutchan, Sr. Marshall Post Office Employers [sic] 19. Mr. McCutchan is identified in the photograph by the word "Pop" written above his head and an arrow pointing to him. Edges of the mount board have been broken off.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Officers of Eureka No. 2, Knights of Pythias, Marshall, Texas]
Photograph of the officers of the Marshall, Texas Knights of Pythias, Eureka No. 2 taken by Parker-Corti. It was taken inside the lodge building. Seven men are seated and four are standing behind them. Five of those seated are wearing robes and regalia, and the others are wearing suits and ties. The windows in the lodge room have dark wood Venetian blinds. Painted on an arched window without blinds, above the central window, are the words "Eureka Lodge No. 2, K. of P." (The letters are backward to be read from the exterior of the building.) The man in the center is seated on a large, throne-like, high-backed chair. Two decorative armorial shields are mounted on either side of the central window. The man on the far left is holding a sword over his shoulder. On the lower right is printed "Photo by Parker-Corti, Marshall, Tx. "
Date:
1900~
Creator:
Parker-Corti
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Mary McAllister, 1897]
Cabinet card photograph of Mary McAllister, three-quarters view, head and shoulders. She is wearing a light colored dress or blouse with high neck and flowers pinned next to the collar. Her hair is pulled back. Born in 1880, she was 17 years old when this photograph was taken. [Although the date 1917 is written on the bottom of the mount card, another copy of this photograph in the family collection bears the date June 21, 1897.] The photographers' imprint at the bottom of the card and on the back is Bruce & Corti, Marshall, Texas.
Date:
1897
Creator:
Bruce & Corti
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Report of deportment, attendance, scholarship and examination grades of Mary McAllister]
Report card of the City Public Schools of Marshall, Texas, for Mary McAllister, eighth grade, High School Department. Signed by J. B. Madden, Teacher. Marks are given for attendance, conduct, reading, writing, arithmetic, etymology, geography, grammar, Latin, algebra, and physiology. Mrs. G. L. McAllister signed as parent. The form was printed by "Jennings Printer Marshall."
Date:
1894/1895
Creator:
Marshall, Texas. City Public Schools.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hand-drawn map by Mary McAllister, School Assignment]
Hand-drawn map on card stock showing Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. It was drawn by Mary McAllister in Marshall, Texas, for a school assignment. She signed it in the lower left corner and dated it May 5, 1893. Written in pencil in a different hand on the right side of the map is the grade 99 1/2. McAllister was born in June 1889 and would have been 12 years old when she drew the map. On the other side of the card is lithographed: "From M. A. Fine Merchant Tailoring, Sample No." with the number 2959 stamped next. Printed below that are names of different types of clothing with blank lines where the cost of constructing them in the sample fabric could have been filled in. Mary McAllister has written her name twice in pencil on that side of the card, and some additional letters are written on the top, possibly by her. The upper left and lower right corners of the card have been broken off.
Date:
1893
Creator:
McAllister, Mary.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Daily Messenger Subscription Receipt]
Subscription receipt to A. S. Fields for 50 cents to pay for one month of the newspaper "The Daily Messenger" beginning June 1, 1892, signed by T. A. Ardis. An accompanying note by the dealer from whom the receipt was purchased states that A. S. Fields was a longtime Harrison County Clerk. Printed at the top left of the form: W. A. Adair, Proprietor. The receipt is a printed form with blanks for names and dates, which have been completed in pencil.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Daily Messenger (Marshall, Texas)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Charlie McAllister, Marshall, Texas]
Photograph of Charlie McAllister, taken in a photographer's studio. He is standing next to a faux bois rustic chair with his hand on a large imitation rock in front of a scenic backdrop. He is wearing high button shoes, short pants with matching jacket, white shirt with large rounded collar and large bow tie. Imitation grass is on the floor by his feet. The photographer's imprint on the bottom of the card: " Cabinet Portrait, Wm. Brown, Marshall, Texas." Written on the back: "Charlie McAllister."
Date:
1888
Creator:
Brown, William
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Mary McAlister at Age 8, Marshall, Texas]
Photograph of Mary McAlister, at eight years old, taken in a photographer's studio. She is standing next to a faux bois rustic chair with her hand on an imitation stone balustrade in front of a scenic backdrop. She is wearing high button shoes, a dress with a low waist, long sleeves, gathered skirt, white collar, and what appears to be a large imitation flower at the collar. Her hair is pulled back from her face but is loose down her back, and there are two small curls on her forehead. The photographer's imprint on the bottom of the card: " Cabinet Portrait, Wm. Brown, Marshall, Texas." Written on the back: "Mary McAlister, age 8."
Date:
1888
Creator:
Brown, William
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a Woman in a Dress Designed by Frances Bernard Price]
Photograph of an unidentified woman holding a small book in one hand and holding the hand of a woman standing behind her. The photograph appears to have been cut down from a larger photograph. According to the inscription on the back, she is wearing a dress designed by Frances Bernard Price for the bridesmaids of her cousin Jane Roberts of San Augustine, Texas.
Date:
1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of William A. Polk]
Photograph of William A. Polk, head and shoulders against a light background. He has a moustache and is wearing a light shirt, dark jacket and a bow tie. The photographer's imprint at the bottom of the card is "Texas Photo Company." Written in pencil on the back of the card is the name William A. Polk and the names of other family members. Polk was a bachelor, with no children, and lived in San Augustine, Texas.
Date:
[1880..1899]
Creator:
Texas Photo Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Sarah L. Slaughter Rankin]
Photograph of Sarah L. Slaughter Rankin (Mrs. John M. Rankin) (1818-1886). The portrait shows the sitter in a three-quarter pose from head to waist, and it is mounted on a carte de visite. Her hair is parted and pulled back behind her ears. She is wearing a dark dress with buttons up the front and a lace collar pinned at her neck. The photographer's imprint on the back of the card is: "J. H. Webster, Photograph Galleries, Marshall and Jefferson, Texas." Mrs. Rankin was a teacher in the private school run by her husband in San Augustine, Texas, in 1837 and 1838.
Date:
1874/1883
Creator:
Webster, John H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History