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[James Stephen Hogg]

Photograph of James Stephen Hogg and a fellow employee in Longview, Texas. The couple is pictured inside the first newspaper print shop in Longview, which was founded by Hogg. He later became the first native-born son of Texas to be voted Governor of the State of Texas. There is a decorative foil border framing the photograph.
Date: 1871
Creator: Culpepper, Cody B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Magnolia Place Hotel]

Photograph of the Magnolia Place Hotel in Longview, Texas. There is a sign above the second floor balcony that reads, "Magnolia Place." There are several people and children standing outside the hotel and on the balcony.
Date: 1872
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Longview]

Photograph of downtown Longview, Texas in its early years. There are many unidentified brick buildings pictured in the photograph. There are horse-drawn carriages parked throughout the downtown area, and there are people walking in the street.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Men of Longview]

Photograph of a young men standing against a picket fence in Longview, Texas. From left to right, the men pictured are Jerre Turner, Dan Gans, Hardy Cook, Joe Boring and June Bivins.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroad Engine 154]

Photograph of Longview, Texas railroad workers posing next to Engine Number 154. From left to right, the men pictured are: J. W. Kinney, Switchman; Dee Moore, Longview Switch Engine; B. C. Todd, Sr., Fireman; W. J. Padon, Engineer; and Joe Still, Engine Foreman.
Date: 1870~
Creator: Culpepper, Cody
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Longview Sawmill Workers]

Photograph of the Longview Sawmill workers in Longview, Texas. The mill was located on Mobberly Street. There is a tan border around the exterior of the photograph.
Date: 1879
Creator: Culpepper, Cody
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroads in Longview]

Photograph of four railroad workers posing next to a train in Longview, Texas. The engine is a 4-4-0 locomotive with the initials for Houston and Great Northern Railroad Company (H & G N R Co. #2) on the tender car and San Jacinto on the cab.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Longview Club Saloon]

Photograph of the Club Saloon in Longview, Texas. There are many unidentified men standing outside the saloon. The photograph is mounted on grey cardboard, and it is torn on three edges.
Date: 1875
Creator: Culpepper's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws. (open access)

Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws.

Patent for improvements in the construction of machines for filing saws. Description of the construction and illustrations are attached.
Date: August 19, 1879
Creator: Basom, Ransford W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Game-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Game-Tables.

Patent for a "new and improved Gaming-Table..." [line 5] including illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Macy, Edwin M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition. (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.

Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Allison, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Measuring Packaged Fabrics (open access)

Improvement in Measuring Packaged Fabrics

Patent for an improved device to measure textiles and other similar fabrics, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1877
Creator: Bond, Virgil A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers. (open access)

Improvement in Road-Scrapers.

Patent for a new improvement in the construction of road-scrapers to make them more facilitating, faster, and with less animal power required.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Tate, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses

Patent for new cotton and hay presses with new bailing designs, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1877
Creator: Methvin, Boling J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gregg County

Map of the Piney Woods region covering Gregg County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 1874
Creator: Cousins, R. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History