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[Adults and Children Gather for Country Sporting Event]
Photograph of a group of people posing together for a country sporting event. Older girls and women stand to the left and older boys and men stand to the right behind a fence. Many of them are carrying farming implements. A mixed group of younger children sits by an open gate on the left. A small livestock pen has a boy seated beside it to the right. The heads of two reined horses are visible in the foreground at the bottom of the photo.
Date:
1896%
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carbon Mineral Water Company and Bath House]
Photograph of people standing outside of a wooden building that has "Mineral Water Well No. 1. Bath House" written along its overhang. The crowd is mostly comprised of men wearing suits and hats, though five women can be seen on the porch to the left. Horse-drawn carts flank the structure. "Carbon Mineral Water Co." is written in script on a sign that is suspended from one of the building's gables.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Graduating Class of Gatesville High School, 1929]
Photograph of students from the Gatesville, Texas, graduating class of 1929. The group is arranged with two rows of young women wearing white dresses and standing on either side of young men wearing suits. A third row of young men and women sits below the rest of the group. A brick building stands behind the group, with an arched door appearing to the left and stained glass windows with Christian imagery to the right. The girl on the first row and fourth from the left is identified as Verda Freeman.
Date:
1929
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Confederate Tax Receipt from H. Maxwell]
Confederate tax receipt for taxes received from H. Maxwell for the year 1963.
Date:
April 12, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Estimate of Cotton, Sugar, Molasses, Tobacco and Bacon Tithes, Due by Henry Maxwell for 1863
Estimate of agricultural taxes due by Henry Maxwell to the state of Texas. Maxwell owed 240 pounds of bacon valued at $240.
Date:
April 13, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Estimate of Bacon Tithe, Due by Polly Maxwell for 1864
Estimate of agricultural taxes due by Henry Maxwell to the state of Texas in the form of bacon. Maxwell owed 120 pounds of bacon valued at $120.
Date:
March 20, 1865
Creator:
Coldwell, F. M.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Custer Cox and Schoolchildren]
Photograph of a group of boys and girls of various ages standing with Custer Cox in front of the door of a schoolhouse. The group is arranged in three rows, with younger children standing in the front and middle rows and older children standing on either side of Custer Cox in the back row. Cox is wearing a suit with a boutonniere and stiff white collar. The children in the front row are barefoot. A handwritten note on the reverse side of the mat says "Custer might be teacher."
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bain Allen and Bud Henderson in the Buckhorn Saloon]
Photograph of elderly men Bain Allen and Bud Henderson behind a counter at the Buckhorn Saloon in Gatesville, Texas. The ceiling is covered with deer antlers. Cattle horns and animal heads are mounted above an arched window behind the counter. Assorted firearms hang from the wall over antique photographs on the left side of the wall.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
Bond, Joyce
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Milner Filling Out Paperwork]
Photograph of John Milner, a clerk for Coryell County, Texas. He is filling out paperwork on a ledger that sits on a desk. He wears a white shirt, striped bow tie, and slacks.
Date:
1892~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed from Richard Sparks to Henry Maxwell, April 3, 1856]
Deed in which Richard Sparks sells property to Henry Maxwell for one hundred dollars. The borders of the property are described.
Date:
July 25, 1853
Creator:
Sparks, Richard
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed from Henry Maxwell and Others to Hannah Maxwell, March 6, 1858]
Deed in which Hannah Maxwell equally distributes of 447 and 193 acres of land left by her late husband to his descendants.
Date:
March 6, 1858
Creator:
Maxwell, Hannah
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1899 Graduating Class of Gatesville, Texas]
Photograph of several rows of people expanding outward from the doorway of the Coryell County courthouse. The young men and women are the graduating class of students from Gatesville, Texas, from 1899. The women primarily wear skirts and white blouses, while the men wear dark slacks and jackets.
Date:
1899~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Milner and Charles Mounce in the Coryell County Clerk's Office]
Photograph of three men inside of the Coryell County Clerk's office. A bearded elderly man stands with John Milner behind a desk. The bearded man wears a dark hat and suit, while Milner wears an unbuttoned vest and bow tie. Charles Mounce sits at a desk to the right while wearing a dark vest and necktie. A calendar hanging from a cork board on the wall shows the month of November in 1922.
Date:
November 1922
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Patrick Potts' Tin Shop]
Photograph of five men inside of Patrick Potts' Tin Shop in Gatesville, Texas. Potts is wearing a hat and apron while standing behind a workbench to the left. The workbench has a hammer and pieces of cut tin resting on it. Four men are located to the right beside a space heater. The rightmost man wearing a coat and cap is identified as Grady Logan, and the second man from the right is Hubert Berry. Tin cylinders hang from racks on either side of the shop.
Date:
1920~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bond from John Pugh to Henry Maxwell, 1861]
Bond describing a debt owed by John Pugh, Edward Pugh, John Wood, and Elizabeth Pugh, to Henry Maxwell in the amount of $1,015 and due by March 1, 1861.
Date:
November 14, 1860
Creator:
Pugh, John H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. C. Walsh to Mary Maxwell, September 10, 1879]
Letter from W. C. Walsh to Mary Maxwell requesting real estate documents for review.
Date:
September 10, 1879
Creator:
Walsh, W. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Collin County, Texas, School Tax Receipt, 1872]
Receipt for Collin County, Texas, school taxes received from J. N. McCreary, as agent for H. Maxwell in the amount of eleven dollars and eighty-eight cents.
Date:
July 30, 1872
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bond from R. T. Foster and J. A. Formwatt to R. S. Maxwell, July 6, 1872]
Bond describing a debt owed by R. T. Foster J. A. Formwatt to Henry Maxwell in the amount of $1,500 and due by September 1, 1875. Seven blue ten cent stamps and one red five cent stamp are glued to the bottom of the note.
Date:
July 6, 1872
Creator:
Foster, R. T. & Formwatt, J. A.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interior of Arnold's Drug Store]
Photograph of the interior of Arnold's Drug Store in Gatesville, Texas. The left side of the store features a display case with jewelry, the right side has a soda fountain and a display case with tobacco goods, and the back area has a refrigerator with cold goods. A portly, balding man leans on a counter to the left. A man wearing a suit, hat, and eyeglasses sits on a stool behind a woman named Vera. Two men wearing white shirts and striped ties stand behind the soda fountain on the right. The men are identified as Mr. Arnold, Doctor John T. Brown, and Howard Franks.
Date:
1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lone Star Brass Band]
Photograph of members of the Lone Star brass band posing together with their instruments. The thirteen white men are arranged in three rows, with six standing in the background, five kneeling in the middle, and two sitting in front. A bass drum to the right has the words "Carbon Band" written along its rim and "Lone" written above a star. A United States flag hangs in the background to the left. The leftmost man in the back row is identified as Custer Cox.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gatesville Camp Fire Girls
Photograph of a group of girls that are members of Camp Fire Girls of America posing on rugs in front of an ornate backdrop. They are wearing Native American-style women's gowns, beads, and headbands. The girls are identified from the top left as Margaret Bishop, Louise Raby, Willie Rae Brashear, Virginia Brown, Doris Davison, Ruth Wells, Anita Stewart, Margaret Powell, camp counselor Alice Boyer, Eloise Colgin, Julia Bishop, Zelia McClinton, and Grace West.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note Claim from Henry Maxwell Against Martin Harrick, February 21, 1863]
Promissory note claim from Henry Maxwell against Martin Harrick for $300 plus three years of twelve percent interest. The original agreement between Maxwell and Harrick is pasted onto the top of the letter describing the claim.
Date:
October 31, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed from Hannah Maxwell to Henry Maxwell, March 6, 1858]
Deed in which Hannah Maxwell transfers ten and one-half acres of land to Henry Maxwell for ten dollars. The borders are described in the text.
Date:
March 6, 1858
Creator:
Maxwell, Hannah
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photographic Portrait of Thurman and Herman Maxwell]
Postcard featuring twin infants Thurman and Herman Maxwell, children of Franklin Lee and Nancy Maxwell. They are sitting on a chair with spiral metalwork on its back and legs. The twins are wearing white dresses and bonnets. "Twins" has been written over their heads in red ink, and a T and H have been written on their heads. The reverse side of the postcard has the infants' names written in blue marker, and a handwritten note that reads "To grandma and uncle Ben."
Date:
1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History