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[Photograph of the William Murphy House Built in 1874]

Photograph of the William Murphy House, built in 1874. This photograph shows the home with its fenced in yard and long front porch; William Murphy, Dorothy Murphy, and John Murphy are standing by the bare tree next to the fence.
Date: 1874~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Deed to the Church of Christ in Murphy, Texas] (open access)

[Land Deed to the Church of Christ in Murphy, Texas]

Land deed from James T. Murphy and Emma Murphy to R. A. Sale and Han Murphy for the "consideration of twenty dollars." The purchasers are elders "of the Church of Christ at Decator, Collin County," and the next paragraphs detail the perimeters of the land and the purposes of the land, that being "used for Church purposes."
Date: May 20, 1886
Creator: Taylor, Mrs. Frank H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Students at the Decatur School]

Photograph of a large group of students and adults outside of the Decatur School; there are five rows of people in the photo with one adult standing in the middle of the kids.
Date: 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Lee Turney as a Child]

Portrait of Lee Turney as a child in Tennessee; in this picture he is wearing a small jacket and pair of pants with stockings.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Horn, C. C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Charles Bohannon King]

Photograph of Charles Bohannon King, son of Dr. William and Dorothy Murphy King.
Date: 1905~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Charles Bohannon King at a Pool in Arkansas]

Photograph of Charles Bohannon King in a swim suit standing on the dock by a pool in Bella Vista, Arkansas
Date: 1905~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Charles Bohannon King with a Gun]

Photograph of Bohannon King hunting on the Murphy Farm; King is holding a gun up to his eyes and is aiming down range.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dr. William King]

Photograph of Dr. William King standing in a white shirt and dark hat.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Nelle Turney and her Friend Riding Horses]

Photograph of Nelle Turney (right) and her friend riding horses across a piece of land.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Children Playing with a Dog]

Photograph of a boy pulling two other children in a wagon while they pet a dog; there is a horse standing behind the fence of the yard.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Friends Sitting by the Railroad Bridge at Rowlett Creek]

Photograph of a group of friends sitting on a large rock next to Rowlett Creek near Murphy, Texas; the railroad bridge spanning the creek can be seen behind the group.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Nelle Turney at the Murphy Farm]

Photograph of Nelle Turney in a long dress at the Turney Farm in Murphy, Texas.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Individuals at Rowlett Creek]

Photograph of three individuals standing by the bank of Rowlett Creek near Murphy, Texas; they are all bending over their left knee as part of their pose. Nelle Turney is standing in the middle with her dress on.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Individuals at Rowlett Creek]

Photograph of three individuals, including Nelle Turney, standing on the side of Rowlett Creek located near Murphy, Texas; Nelle is standing in a dress in the middle of the group.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Women Swimming at Bella Vista, Arkansas]

Photograph of three women about to dive into a body of water in Bella Vista, Arkansas.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Class Prophecy for the 1907 Class of Texas Baptist University]

Class prophecy describing a person's eventful day dream that included a woman creating pictures in the room of different individuals; the pictures continue to appear and then disappear and showing different women in different locations. The last line of the piece comes after the person had awoken: "I was forced to turn from the glamers into the future and come back to the tasks of the present."
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Nelle Turney with Friends]

Photograph of Nelle Turney (right) standing with two friends outside a fence in front of a home in McKinney, Texas.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Nelle Turney with Two Friends]

Photograph of Nelle Turney (center) standing with her two friends wearing dresses.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Salutatory Speech for the Texas Baptist University Graduation] (open access)

[Salutatory Speech for the Texas Baptist University Graduation]

Salutatory speech for a graduation ceremony at Texas Baptist University, providing inspiration to the students in attendance for the journey that is to come in the real world: "We stand upon the boundary line. We now must bid adieu to the school room, and turn our faces to the world,to shape our own destinies."
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nelle and Lee Turney Wedding Photographs]

Wedding photographs of Nelle and Lee Turney; Lee is wearing a nice suit and Nelle is wearing a dress with a high neck collar.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lee Turney at the Seed Store]

Photograph of Lee Turney (center) standing at the cash register in a seed store with men standing on either side of him. The walls of the store are lined with bags and boxes of bird seed.
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lee Turney Driving an Automobile]

Photograph of Lee Turney driving an automobile, being apart of the Davis-Turney Auto Co., with S. G. Davis sitting in the front seat. Nelle Turney and Mrs. Wallace Marshall are both sitting in the back seat with a third unidentified woman.
Date: 1911~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lee and Nelle Turney in Rowlett Creek]

Photograph of Nelle and Lee Turney standing almost knee deep in Rowlett Creek located near Murphy, Texas.
Date: April 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Men by the Davis-Turney Automobile Co. Building]

Photograph of the automobile sales team standing outside of the Davis-Turney Automobile Co. building in Dallas, Texas.
Date: September 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History