High School, Coleman, Texas

Postcard featuring a tinted image of Coleman High School. The brick building has three floors and a central belfry. The top two floors are tinted pink.
Date: 1883~
Creator: Bradford & Co.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Court House and Jail, Coleman, Texas

Postcard of the courthouse and jail of Coleman, Texas. The image has been colorized, with the roof of the courthouse building tinted pink.
Date: 1883~
Creator: Bradford and Co.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Public Library of Coleman, Texas]

Postcard featuring the public library of Coleman, Texas. The colorized image shows the building behind trees and a wrought iron fence.
Date: 1905~
Creator: Bradford and Company
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Walter McClellan Woodward]

Photograph of Walter M. Woodward standing in front of a painted backdrop. He wears a polo shirt tucked into patterned pants. The pants are tucked into dark socks.
Date: unknown
Creator: Martin Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Bar Association Board of Directors, August 1936]

Photograph of members of the Texas Bar Association posing on the porch of Walter C. Woodward. The men in the back row are H. C. Pipkin of Amarillo, D. A. Frank of Dallas, James L. Shepherd of Houston, and Mr. Mays of Sweetwater. The men sitting in the front row are John C. Townes of Houston, Walter C. Woodward of Coleman, and Henry P. Burney of San Antonio. The reverse side of the photo has a typed message by Walter Woodward.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Martin's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Public Library of Coleman, Texas]

Postcard of the public library of Coleman, Texas. The image shows the building behind trees and a wrought iron fence.
Date: 1905~
Creator: Moore
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coleman in 1882

Photograph of the main street in Coleman, Texas, in 1882. A row of businesses can be seen behind several people and their animal-drawn wagons.
Date: 1882
Creator: Moore's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newsom Index Ledger] (open access)

[Newsom Index Ledger]

Ledger with handwritten and alphabetically indexed names. Each name is accompanied by the pages that the related account appears on in the accompanying accounting ledger.
Date: [1897..1898]
Creator: Newsom, W. H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newson Accounting Ledger, 1897] (open access)

[Newson Accounting Ledger, 1897]

Ledger of the W. H. Newsom Company in Coleman, Texas, listing purchases and payments by individuals from 1897 to 1898. The ledger is bound in leather and cloth.
Date: 1897
Creator: Newsom, W. H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Walter C. Woodward's Texas Law License] (open access)

[Walter C. Woodward's Texas Law License]

License to practice law in Texas issued to Walter C. Woodward in Coleman, Texas. Much of the document is handwritten. A golden seal for the District Court of Coleman County appears on the bottom left.
Date: February 16, 1903
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Walter M. Woodward at Approximately Sixth Months of Age]

Photograph of infant Walter M. Woodward sitting in a portrait studio. He is wearing a white dress and shoes.
Date: 1918~
Creator: Thompson Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newsom Cash Ledger, 1897] (open access)

[Newsom Cash Ledger, 1897]

Ledger listing cash payments to and from the W. H. Newsom and Company in 1898.
Date: January 1, 1897
Creator: W. H. Newsom and Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Walter Woodward Cattle Brand Registration] (open access)

[Walter Woodward Cattle Brand Registration]

Text that verifies the registration of a cattle brand to Walter Woodward. It describes the brand as "L 7" on the animals' hips.
Date: December 7, 1938
Creator: West, Ora
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Looking in a Mirror]

Photograph of a woman looking into a mirror. She wears a dress, holds a brush, and has hair that comes down to her legs. The reverse side of the photo reads "Sister Dec. 31st, 1893 Coleman."
Date: December 31, 1893
Creator: Wright Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[African American Family Sitting on Porch Steps]

Photograph of an African American couple sitting on a porch on either side of a young boy. The man on the right holds a newspaper and wears a hat. the notation on the back side of the photo reads: "Negros living in our back yard - about 1919"
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children Sitting on Front Steps of a Building]

Photograph of several children sitting on the front steps of a building. Handwriting on the reverse side of the photo reads, "Mac's third birthday party." The children are identified from the top left as Robert Sedwich, Frank Allen, Ima Baker, Christine Shields, Camille Stobaugh, Velma McCord, Bernice Gaines, Mac Woodward, James Dibrell, Nancy Jim Golson, Hellene Strong, Burke, Leoni Shield, and Hugh Lee Gober, Jr. Elizabeth Henson can be seen standing behind support beam to the right. An elderly woman, Louisa McClellan, sits behind Elizabeth Henson.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Commercial Avenue, Looking North, Coleman, Texas

Postcard featuring Commercial Avenue looking north towards the Coleman Courthouse. A mule team is in the center of the street and wagons are in front of stores on either side of the road.
Date: 1883~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Women on a Front Porch]

Photograph of five women standing behind the railing of a front porch. They are identified as Lottie Dibrell Wooldridge, Pebble Dumas, Ema Shield, Mildred McClellan Woodward, and Leila McClellan Johnston.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Women on a Front Porch]

Photograph of four women in front of a front porch. They wear white dresses and have their hair arranged in rounded pompadours. They are identified as Mildred McClellan Woodward, Flora Melton, Alla Hubbard, and Eva Belle Flint.
Date: 190X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

H6 South Ward Coleman 1929

Photograph of 35 children and their teacher in H6 South Ward in Coleman, Texas. Each individual is pictured in a small square photograph. These photos are arranged in five rows.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jesse Owen Woodward's Family Reunion]

Photograph of the Woodward family at a reunion. Two rows of family members stand behind a third row that sits on the front steps of a house. Family members are identified on the reverse side of the image.
Date: 1925~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Judge and Mrs. Jo. O. Woodward and family

Photograph of Judge Jesse Owen and Francis Woodward and their family sitting on the front steps of a house. They are identified from the left as Walter C. Woodward, Fannie Dillard Woodward, Jesse Owen Woodward, Willie Woodward Baker, Mable W. Henson, Garland Woodward, Nadine Woodward Howell, and Miss Jessie Woodward.
Date: 1925~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mac Woodward and Bernice Gaines in Tom Thumb wedding

Postcard featuring Walter M. Woodward standing with Bernice Gaines in front of a painted backdrop. Woodward wears a child's tuxedo and Gaines wears a child-sized wedding dress.
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo and Newspaper Clipping of Frances Lou McClellan]

Photograph of toddler-age Frances Lou McClellan pushing a toy buggy that contains a doll and flowers. The reverse side of the photo mat has an attached newspaper clipping that uses the same image. The clipping states that she won a prize from a doll buggy parade.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History