Portrait of four women standing around a table with items displayed on it. One of the women is Janie Walker.

Portrait of R. S. Kimbrough, Texas Senator and founder of The Texas Mesquiter newspaper.

Photograph of a building and yard with a sign that says "Wagonyard Drive In," a man and a horse in the yard and a woman on the balcony of the building.

Portrait of a man wearing a suit and bow tie.

Portrait of a young man wearing a suit and tie, with a handwritten note on the back of the photo that says "J. K. Smith of Shadeygrove, Texas, Upshur Co."

Portrait of S. D. Lawrence and Louisa Porter Lawrence with their two young children.

Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.

Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.

Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the address of all white persons, in and out of the city limits, with a classified business directory, post offices and counties in this state, money-order offices, &c."

Photograph of a family standing outside of a small white house.

Photograph of six boys standing on the station platform at the original Mesquite train depot.

Portrait of Bob Chatman wearing a suit and tie.