W. M. Lacy served as Mayor of Palestine from 1873 until 1874 and then again from 1887 until 1889.

Photograph of Jessie Elizabeth "Bettie" Willis, at age 12. She is the daughter of Letitia Barnett Hutchison Willis and Dr. Thomas L. Willis. She later married John R. Rabb in Denton County, TX. She stands next to a chair, resting her hand on its arm. She wears a black dress with a white collar. The photograph has been hand colored.

Portrait of Julia Hensley (1837-1915], an older woman wearing a dark dress with a white collar.

Four photographs showing various views of the Texas & Pacific Railway buildings in Marshall, Texas. Two images at the top show a wide view of railroad tracks in front of three buildings: a tall, two-story building with wrap-around porches to the left; a smaller, one-story building in the center; and a long building with a covered loading bay where several train cars are parked. The lower images show a close-up view of the first two buildings (left) and of the third building (right). Text at the bottom of the mat says, "T&P General Office at Marshall, Texas 1873-1884 later used to house the early T&P hospital."

Photograph of two women and four men sitting in two rows of three against a wall, shown from the waist up. The men have goatees or beards and are wearing suits, while the women have their hair braided and are wearing long-sleeved dresses or blouses. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph identify the people in the photo, from left to right, as: Miss Sallie Young, Professor Sanders, Miss Millie Collins, Professor W. T. Ethridge, Otto Fuchs, and James Lowry Smith.