[Dotey-Fullerton House]

Copy print of the front and north side of the Dotey-Fullerton "Little Old House" taken from the corner of Willingham and Buffalo in Cleburne. It is a one-story building with wooden siding and a porch aross the front; a historic marker plaque is hung to the right of the door. There is a white picket fence around the yard and an oval sign hanging from a wooden crossbar near the corner of the yard. More information about the history of the house is printed on the back.
Date: 2017~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Store (open access)

The Store

Book created by the Head family of Johnson County, Texas to document family stories and memories. A note inside indicates some names have been changed as are indicated by *. Head Grocery opened in 1926 and closed in 1970.
Date: March 2006
Creator: Head, Marla Bernstein
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Newspaper Clipping: Ceremony to Honor Veteran of Civil War]

Newspaper clipping of the article "Ceremony to honor veteran of Civil War" with a photo of sixteen people including Levi Marion Head, who is the subject of the newspaper article. The article announces the dedication of a marker honoring Levi Marion Head to be placed in the Buel Cemetery, hosted by Head's great-great-grandson, Benjamin L. Head, the Gen. Richardson Taylor Camp No. 1308 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Shreveport, Lousiana, the Belle Boyd Chapter of the Order of the Confederate Rose, The Lone Star Chapter No. 8, OCR, and the Head family. The article also includes some biographical information about Head's descendants who still live in the Johnson County, Texas.
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: Strickland, Jay
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
One Hundred Years of Godley History: 1883-1983 (open access)

One Hundred Years of Godley History: 1883-1983

Book describing the history of Godley, Texas including various persons important to the founding of the town, businesses, organizations, schools, agricultural activities, and other information about the first 100 years of the town's existence. Name index starts on page 136.
Date: 1983
Creator: Carrell, Ina Mae
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Texas Childhood (open access)

A Texas Childhood

A book chronicling the life of Miriam Brown Keeler.
Date: 1980
Creator: Keeler, Mirian Brown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reflections of the Past, Cleburne and Johnson County (open access)

Reflections of the Past, Cleburne and Johnson County

Book published on behalf of the Bicentennial Committee of Cleburne, Texas documenting the history of the area in honor of the United States bicentennial (1776-1976). It includes annotated photographs of people and places related to Johnson County, Texas.
Date: April 25, 1975
Creator: Bicentennial Committee of Cleburne, Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1910 Grand View Girl's Basketball Team]

Copy photo of the 1910 girl's basketball team from the Grand View High School yearbook. The back row is identified from left to right as Bissibel Crouch, Kate Pierson, Marie Pool, and Mazie Petty. The front row from left to right are Vera, Harbin, Mrs. C.J Rootes, manager, Oscar A. Tarlton, coach, and Ozella Pierson.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1910 Grandview Football Team]

Copy print of a football team portrait from the Grandview Tribune News. They are posing outside in two lines, with six of the boys kneeling in the front and the others standing behind; two of the players in the front are holding a football and a pennant on the ground. The players are identified at the bottom and on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alvarado Downtown]

Copy photo of photograph of downtown Alvarado, Texas. Teams of mules are hitched to three wagons, one of which has iron wheels, and a buckboard. Stores in this colorized image include Will A. Selvidge Grocery, E.T. Reynolds Dry Goods, a jeweler, The Bulletin Printing, W.A. Prestridge Drug Store, Mayfield and Pope Groceries, a Hardware Store, Tobolowsky Dry Goods Store, and several others. A group of men sit outside Mayfield and Pope Groceries. On the second story above some of the businesses are signs noting a Dental Office and a store that sold stoves. Vertical signs above the hardware store advertise dry goods, clothing shoes, hats, and millinery.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Asberry Family Portrait]

Cropped copy print of a cabinet card portrait of the Asberry family posing in front of a decorative background. The parents are seated in the front (James Daniel, left and Mary Scott Richardson, right) and their two daughters -- Estella and Cordelia Reece -- are standing behind them. Additional information is printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Asberry Family Posing with Portraits]

Copy print of Asberry children and siblings posing outside with framed portraits of other family members. At the left side of the image, a young girl (Scottie Mariah) is standing next to a woman who is seated (Mary Mariah Ewing); Mary is holding her baby son (Clyde Earnest), and her older son (John Thomas) is leaning against her left side. In the center of the image, siblings James Scott, Alexander Selman, and Addie Lillian are standing behind individually-framed portraits of James and Mary. Behind them, decorative quilts appear to have been hung over wood siding and a framed family portrait of James Daniel Asberry, his wife Mary Scott Richardson, and their daughters (Estella and Cordelia) is hanging above Mary M. E. Asberry. Additional family information is printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Band Performing at Hamilton's Furniture Store]

Copy print of a four-man band performing Hamilton's Furniture Store in Cleburne, identified as Ronald McRuiz seated at the drums (left) and Al Stricklin standing behind him, Bill Thacker seated at a piano (center), and Jesse Mears playing a fiddle next to a microphone (right). Thacker is facing away from the piano keyboard, clapping, with Stricklin. Unidentified persons afer visible behind the band. Additional information about the group is printed on the back.
Date: 197X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bractcher and Hicks Groceries and Bakery]

Copy photo of the interior of Bratcher and Hicks Grocery and Bakery. Located at 115 N. Main Street, Cleburne, Texas. Manager, Jack Hughes, is shown standing behind the counter wearing a dark colored hat and shirt with a white apron over it. Many products can be seen lining the walls including soap, Shinola, Pet Milk, and Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buster Brown Visits Grand View, Texas]

Copy photo of Buster Brown and his dog Tige visiting Grandview Texas. Buster Brown is addressing the crowd while Tige sits on a nearby chair.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cleburne First Baptist Church]

Copy print of the First Baptist Church at Caddo and Willingham streets in Cleburne, Texas, situated between smaller buildings. The church is a two-story brick building with decorative windows and embellishments. The side facing the street includes a square tower at the right corner and a hexagonal tower at the left corner. More information about the church is printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction Work on North Caddo Street in Cleburne, Texas]

Photograph of several men digging trenches in North Caddo Street in Cleburne, Texas. The street is lined with stores and businesses including "Caddo Electric," "W.J. Layland Plumbing,"and "Hazlett Garage." On the left a Carnegie Library can be seen.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Criner Street, Grand View]

Copy photo looking east along Criner Street in Grand View, Texas from the early 1900s. The street is lined with businesses and other buildings, and there are a number of horse-drawn wagons parked or driving along the street, as well as people standing near wagons or along the sides of the road.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Doctors Robert and Larkin Harris]

Cropped copy-print a photograph taken inside the medical office of brothers Robert L. and Larkin L. Harris. Near the center of the image, one brother is seated in front of a desk situated in a corner of the room and the other brother is facing him, seated in a rocking chair to the right. The room has patterned wallpaper, decorative rugs on the floor, and additional furniture around the edges of the image. Other information about the Harrises and the location are printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ewing Family Portrait]

Copy print of an Ewing family portrait including James Henry (left), Mariah Sprague (right), on either side of their daughter, Mary Mariah. They are seated in front of a decorative backdrop and Mary is leaning against her father's leg. Family information is printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[F. D. Pinion & Son Gin]

Copy print of a photograph taken near the F.D. Pinion & Son Gin in Grand View, Texas, where multiple wagons are parked outside the building. Additional information about Pinion and the location is printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
first fifty (open access)

first fifty

Souvenir pamphlet documenting the history of the First State Bank in Rio Vista, Texas along with photos of the bank and portraits of all the employees.
Date: 1970
Creator: First State Bank
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First State Bank Holiday Card]

Copy-print of a holiday card produced by First State Bank in Rio Vista, Texas. The outside of the card includes two photographs of the employees, lined up outside the bank (with the text, "Greetings from the folks at Texas' largest Country Bank") and organized more informally at a company cookout, standing around or seated on bales of hay, in front of a small herd of cows with men on horseback (with the text, "Western View from our coffee bar window"). The inside of the card includes signatures from all of the employees and text for Thanksgiving and the holiday season with small illustrations of a turkey and holly leaves.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grand View Collegiate Institute]

Copy print of a photograph outside the Grand View Collegiate Institute, a two-story building with a square tower near the center. A large number of children and adults are standing on the grounds outside the school. Additional information about the location is printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group at Hamilton's Furniture Store]

Copy print of five men posing together at Hamilton's Furniture Store in Cleburne, identified as Randy Hamilton (the owner) in the center, with musicians Al Stricklin and Ronald McRuiz at left, and Jesse Mears and Leon Rausch at right. Mears is holding a fiddle under his right arm and a bow in his hand; Rausch has a guitar slung across his chest and under his right arm. Additional information about the group is printed on the back.
Date: 197X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History