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Clay County Historical Society
14
Midland Historical Society
11
Dallas Municipal Archives
9
McMurry University Library
8
Denton Public Library
7
Danish Heritage Preservation Society
6
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
6
Abilene Christian University Library
4
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
4
George Ranch Historical Park
4
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Rescuing Texas History, 2006
15
Abilene Library Consortium
13
Rescuing Texas History, 2010
13
Rescuing Texas History, 2022
11
Dallas Water Utilities Records, 1882-1990 - Photographic Materials Series
9
From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History
7
Jack North Abilene History Collection
7
Texas Cultures Online
7
Rescuing Texas History, 2014
6
T. B. Willis Collection
6
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[Tom Thumb Wedding, First Methodist Midland]
Photograph of a Tom Thumb wedding under the First Methodist Church in Midland, held on the steps of the Midland County Courthouse. A boy in a tuxedo and a girl in a bridal gown stand on the courtyard steps, flocked by "bridesmaids" holding bouquets of flowers. Tom Thumb weddings were held as fundraisers for churches, imitating the famed dwarf performer General Tom Thumb's wedding and party in the 19th century.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Quien Sabe Ranch Headquarters]
Photograph of the headquarters of the Quien Sabe Ranch, a two-story ranch house with a large gable roof, a porch along the length of the house, a wooden picket fence and a dirt path in front, and several narrow, column-like trees planted in the front. Several unidentified men stand around the ranch house's fence
Date:
[1908..1910]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grape Arbor]
Photograph of a grape arbor in Midland, Texas. Grape vines, producing fruit, hang over a wooden pergola and its roof-shaped crossbeams, densely leafed. Under the pergola is a small wooden shelf on which are placed three melons. The pergola opens up to other portions of the arbor, where more plants grow with enough density to provide shade inside the pergola.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Area Grapes]
Photograph of a vine of grapes and peaches from the Midland area. The produce, swarmed with leaves, is placed next to a measuring tape, and the bundles of grapes measure in total around 14 inches.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Baseball Team]
Photograph of the Midland baseball team, seated together on the front steps of the old Midland County Courthouse. The players sit in three rows, with three men from the team's front office seated on stone apertures within the courthouse's facade. Three more men in hats and neckties are seated in the top row, and a child is held by a player in the bottom row. Three baseballs are arranged together in front of the players.
Date:
July 16, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Charles Anderson, Midland Pitcher]
Photograph of Charles Anderson, pitcher for the Midland baseball team. He poses as if to pitch a ball towards the photographer, standing in a field of trees.
Date:
July 12, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin to Velma Snelson - June 5, 1908]
Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin in Midland to Velma Snelson in Stone Mountain, Georgia, discussing a parade held in May 1908 where she was crowned "queen" of the May parade. The front of the postcard shows a parade in procession, with cars and small parade floats riding down a dirt road lined with storefronts, with pedestrians, horseback riders, and parked horse-drawn wagons along the sides of the road.
Date:
June 5, 1908
Creator:
Rankin, Julia Estes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Finis Ewing Rankin with a Rattlesnake]
Postcard of Finis Ewing Rankin, kneeling next to a rattlesnake with a small knife in his hand outside a pen.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eliza Ranking Shooting a Rattlesnake]
Postcard of Eliza Rankin (wife of Finis Ewing Rankin) holding a rifle, aiming it straight at a rattlesnake outside a pen.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cattle Drive on Main Street, Midland]
Photograph of a cattle drive or display of Hereford cattle on an intersection of Main Street in Midland. The cattle are lined up with men along the sidewalk and the intersection, with a car on Main Street facing facing south at left.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Masonic Lodge, 1908]
Photograph of.the Masonic Lodge in Midland, a two-story brick building with the square and compasses emblem along the front facade of the building. The residence of W. S. Hill is visible to the right of the lodge.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of John C. Gooch]
Photograph of John C. Gooch posing for a portrait. Visible from the chest up, he wears a suit and sports a beard and mustache. A label on the bottom indicates his name.
Date:
1908
Creator:
Heilmann
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of School Children]
Photograph of fourteen school children standing in two rows against the wall of a wooden building. The girls are wearing fabric hair bows and knee or calf-length dresses and the boys are wearing shirts and trousers. Several children have a long ribbon pinned to the front of the clothing.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
Whitmore
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Students with a Teacher]
Photograph of a group of eleven students and their teacher outside a building with large windows. The front row, consisting of the teacher, the four women, and one young man, is seated, and the back row, all young men, is standing.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Man Standing Next to a Tree]
Postcard of a man wearing a bowler style hat standing next to a tree. Handwritten text on the front reads "view at the Heard Farm. Waco, Texas Sunday - May - 17 - '08". The postcard is from Thomas B. Martin and addressed to Mr. George D. Bowers.
Date:
May 17, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three Men Drinking]
Photograph of three men wearing light-colored shirts and dark pants standing behind a table with three liquor bottles on it. The two men on the right are holding shot glasses in their right hands and the man on the left is holding a beer glass in his left hand. The man in the middle has a long light-colored beard and the other two men have mustaches.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lon C. Hill and William Jennigan Bryan Sitting]
Photograph of Lon C. Hill and William Jennigan Bryan sitting in chairs with a line of other unidentified men standing behind them and a house and trees in the background. The man on the right is wearing a suit and hat, the man on the left is wearing a coat and cowboy hat, and the other men are wearing dark suits and several are also wearing hats.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hattie Mae Eichelberger and Unknown Children]
Photograph of Hattie Mae Eichelberger and five other unknown children. Within the photo all the children are wearing light colored clothing and sit on a sidewalk in a yard. Behind them wicker strollers can be seen as the fence surrounding the yard. Eichelberger is identified with handwritten text on back that suggest she is second from the left. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[George Patullo ready to ride]
Photograph of George Pattullo, in his tenderfoot days, mounted and ready to ride the Texas plains at JA Ranch, Texas.
Date:
[1908..]
Creator:
Smith, Erwin E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Margaret Felz
Photograph of Margaret Felz, Graduation day 1908, Gainesville, TX.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Abilene Police Department - 1908]
Copy slide of a photograph of three men in the office of the Abilene Police Department. Framed photographs are seen around the walls of the office.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Abilene - 1908]
Copy slide of a photograph of Abilene in 1908. A boy is standing in the street by a horse and wagon.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Street Car - 1908]
Copy slide of a photograph of a close up of people boarding a street car in Abilene, Texas.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boys at HSU - 1908]
Copy slide of a photograph of young male students playing ball in front of a building at Simmons College (now Hardin-Simmons University).
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History