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[Bonham Bicycle Shop]

Photograph of a bicycle shop in Bonham, Texas, with bicycles hung on racks along the right wall and two employees posing with bikes placed on the floor. Three men are seated in the back counter, next to coat racks and a shelf of bicycle parts at right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fannin County Clerk's Office, Four Workers]

Photograph of the County Clerk's office in the Fannin County Courthouse with four workers posing inside. From left to right is Myrtle Hancock (1886–1975), J. L. Dobbs (1874–1947), Evans Pritchett (1894–1936), and J[?]. T. Fitzgerald. Hancock and Pritchett are seated along a long table in the middle of the office, while Dobbs stands along a table in the back. Fitzgerald holds a large volume of the county deed records.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fannin County Clerk's Office, Two Workers]

Photograph of two unidentified workers reviewing files in the Fannin County clerk's office within the county courthouse. Large shelves of county deed records, placed horizontally, span the walls. The workers are looking over documents on a table in the center, while a larger table covered with papers is visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[H. L. Rodgers Company Men's Store, Bonham]

Photograph of the interior of the H. L. Rodgers Compant men's store, located on the west side of the public square in Bonham. Standing in the store, from left to right, are Edwin Agnew, Robert S. Rogers (brother of Hugh, 1874–1944), Dwight Hackley (1890–1973), Claude Leatherwood (1892–1965), and Hugh L. Rogers (1873–1943). Mirrors are placed along the wall at left, and clothing is on display in glass cabinets along the right walls. A spittoon is placed in front of a table at center, and a tall tin ceiling hangs above. Stairs are at the very back of the building.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[North East Texas Senior Golf Association, Charter Members]

Photograph of the charter members of the North East Texas Senior Golf Association at their initial meeting of the group in May 1925. The men are arranged in two rows with their golf bags and clubs scattered in front of them, while others watch from the back of a wooden building behind the group. Only some names are provided: along the front row, A. B. Scarborough, S. B. Hindman, Charles Halsell, C. A. Kingston, J. B. Clayton, C. L. Wood, L. M. Rideout, S. C. Knaur, and G. A. Summer; along the back row, Felis Edwards, J. F. Hendrix, Sam Dial, J. L. Warren, and J. E. Osburn.
Date: May 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[F. W. Woolworth Store with Employees, Bonham]

Photograph of the interior of the F. W. Woolworth store on the south side of the courthouse square in Bonham. Employees and customers are scattered around the aisles of the store. Fans hang from the ceiling, as well as signs that read: "nothing on this counter over 15 cents." At center is another sign reading "Jewelry Department", with two women standing behind a register. A handful of customers are gathered along the left aisle, including a woman and a young girl facing away from the photographer, and two women facing forward. A man in a suit and a woman to the left of him stand behind the women working the jewelry section.
Date: 1925~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bonham Wholesale Grocery, Exterior]

Photograph of the exterior of the Bonham Wholesale Grocery, located near the railroad in south Bonham. Mules with wagons are parked to a dry dock, where workers standing atop the dock and among the carts receive shipments of goods. Boxes of products are stacked on the deck, along the brick wall and under large metal awning covering the dock. The words "THE BONHAM WHOLESALE GROCERY" are painted on the bricks above, and a traincar is parked at far left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City Dye Works of Bonham, Interior Front Counter]

Photograph of the interior of the City Dye Works of Bonham, located along North Main Street. The business's cash register is visible at left on the counter, on which are placed numerous articles of clothing. Pressing machines are lined against the wall at left, and clothes hangers are hung on a rail attached to the wall above. Four workers are visible behind the counter, among the room: Bob Cline, Flora Cline, Ruth Cline, and Jimmy Mitchell.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City Dye Works of Bonham, Interior]

Photograph of the interior of City Dye Works of Bonham. Pressing machines are placed at left: Marvin Corvin and Bob Cline stand next to them at left. At right, near a desk and coats hung on a rack, John Rogers is seated, his chair turned to face forward. A large table is at center. A Texaco calendar and a day calendar hung on the left and back walls, respectively, indicate the date as March 19, 1919.
Date: March 19, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Platform on Bridge Deck]

Photograph of the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge over the Red River on its opening day, with a wooden platform built along the wooden guardrails along the side of the bridge. People are standing on the platform and looking out alongside a metal sign with an American flag flying above and the banks of the Red River visible below. The ceremony here may be the inauguration of the bridge. Written on the back of the photograph: "ISABEL MOOR WHEELER, Breaking Beech."
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Inauguration Ground View]

Photograph of the inauguration of the Sowell's Bluff Bridge as viewed from the banks of the Red River. The bridge is located above, with people standing in it and a sign hanging over the span of the bridge, depicting caricatures of Oklahoma and Texas shaking hands. Spectators watch the bridge's opening from below, most wearing hats and looking upwards.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Opening Day Pedestrians]

Photograph of pedestrians walking along the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge as viewed from the banks of the Red River. The pedestrians walk over the river while spectators look on from below.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Suspension Tower]

Photograph of the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge, viewed from the banks of the Red River. Prominently at center is one of the bridge's suspension towers, atop which fly two American flags. Below on the deck, pedestrians and a single car move along the bridge and over the river, while some people stand along the sandy edges of the river among pieces of wood debris and small bushes.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Opening Day Sign]

Photograph of a sign hanging at the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge over the Red River on the bridge's opening day, depicting two hat-wearing caricatures representing Texas and Oklahoma shaking hands with the text "HOWDY" written above. Two American flags fly from poles on both ends of the sign.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dick Johnson's Saloon, Bonham]

Photograph of a saloon in Bonham, operated by Dick Johnson (1862–1928). Men stand along a tidy bar at the center of the photograph, next to a cash register, liquor bottles, and glass goblets. Cigar boxes are on display in a glass case along the front bar, and a ceiling fan hangs from above.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Penelope and Charles Torter to Richard Morgan]

Letter to Richard Morgan (1877–1964), rector of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Bonham lodging at the Dupont Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware, from Charles and Penelope Torter. The front of the postcard depicts the west side of the Courthouse Square in Bonham, looking north from Main Street. Buildings line the west and north side of the square, including the First National Bank building on the street corner. Cars drive along the paved road at left and are parked on the curb at right, alongside pedestrians and passersby walking through the road, An electric streetcar passes along the center of the road.
Date: [1891..1915]
Creator: Torter, Charles & Torter, Penelope
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Laying the Cornerstone of the Fannin County Courthouse]

Photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of the Fannin County Courthouse in May, 1888. The ceremony was performed by a Masonic order, and they are identifiable in the photograph as individuals wearing white aprons around their waists. A man standing in a platform at center guides the cornerstone down to its place. The stone, a giant beige brick, hangs from above. A crowd of spectators, many wearing hats, are gathered around the ceremony.
Date: May 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas and Pacific Dining Hall, Bonham]

Photograph of the Texas and Pacific Dining Hall, located on Main Street in Bonham near the Texas and Pacific Depot. A long bar counter is at left, furnished with plates, jars, and bar chairs, with an employee standing at one of the counter's ends. Along the back counter is a coffeemaker, coffee mugs, and a sign stating that "meals are 35¢". At right is a set of dining tables, where two women are seated; one stands to the left of them. Portraits hang from the wall, and the tables are furnished with tablecloths and salt and pepper shakers.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Red River War] (open access)

[Clipping: The Red River War]

Clipping of a running newspaper column titled "A Step Back in Time" discussing the 9-day "war" between Texas and Oklahoma around the Red River in 1931. It provides information about the context, the incident, and later history of the bridge and the center of the events. Portions of another article and advertisements are on the back of the clipping.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir Photographs of Texas-Oklahoma Span War (open access)

Souvenir Photographs of Texas-Oklahoma Span War

Series of photographs with text labels documenting the 9-day "war" between Texas and Oklahoma around the Red River in 1931, including the closure and later re-opening of the bridge at I-75 and the destruction of the road leading to the toll bridge.
Date: 1931~
Creator: Kelley Studio
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History