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[Train #40 in Front of a Roundhouse]

Copy photo of T&P train #40 in front of a roundhouse in Marshall, Texas. There are four trains visible in the background, and one of them is to the right of the roundhouse. Written below the image are "Only [sic] saddle tank owned by the T&P used for switching at the Marshall Shops 15x24" cyln tractive effort 11,500#," "Marshall, Texas around 1900," and "C. M."
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marion Sims McCutchan Sr. Family Album ca. 1900-1915]

Photograph album of the Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. family, missing its cover. The photos are pasted on the gray paper pages. Photographs include interior and exterior shots of the family home at 2105 Rosborough Springs Road, Marshall, Texas, and the barn. Most of the photos show the three sons of the family, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 1903, Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr., born 1905, and Kenneth Shannon McCutchan, born 1912, but a few photos also include their parents Sims, Sr. and Mary.
Date: 1900/1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marshall Post Office Employees]

Photograph of the Marshall, Texas post office employees posed on the front steps of the post office. Of the seventeen men, five are seated on the steps and twelve are standing. Some are wearing suits and jackets, others in white shirts and ties. Two have mail delivery bags over their shoulders and one bag is resting on the pavement. Cast iron storefront columns are visible in the background as well as the framework supporting the sidewalk awning. Handwritten at the bottom of the photograph is the the caption: "Pop", Sims McCutchan, Sr. Marshall Post Office Employers [sic] 19. Mr. McCutchan is identified in the photograph by the word "Pop" written above his head and an arrow pointing to him. Edges of the mount board have been broken off.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officers of Eureka No. 2, Knights of Pythias, Marshall, Texas]

Photograph of the officers of the Marshall, Texas Knights of Pythias, Eureka No. 2 taken by Parker-Corti. It was taken inside the lodge building. Seven men are seated and four are standing behind them. Five of those seated are wearing robes and regalia, and the others are wearing suits and ties. The windows in the lodge room have dark wood Venetian blinds. Painted on an arched window without blinds, above the central window, are the words "Eureka Lodge No. 2, K. of P." (The letters are backward to be read from the exterior of the building.) The man in the center is seated on a large, throne-like, high-backed chair. Two decorative armorial shields are mounted on either side of the central window. The man on the far left is holding a sword over his shoulder. On the lower right is printed "Photo by Parker-Corti, Marshall, Tx. "
Date: 1900~
Creator: Parker-Corti
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eureka No. 2 K. of P. Degree Team

Group photograph of the Marshall, Texas Eureka No. 2 Knights of Pythias Degree Team in costume, taken inside their lodge building. Windows with Venetian blinds are visible behind the group and decorative knights' shields hang on the wall. Three men are sitting in the center front, two holding swords in front of them and twenty men stand behind them. The title "Eureka No. 2 K. of P. Degree Team" is printed in the center of the bottom of the print. On the lower right is printed "Photo by Parker-Corti, Marshall, Tx. Handwritten in ink on the lower right of the mount board are "Pop, K. P.," indicating that one of the men was Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr.
Date: 1900/1910
Creator: Parker-Corti
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locke Home, Version 1]

Photograph of the Locke home, with two women and a dog seated on the front porch. Inscription in ink on the back states: "Locke Home, Fannin & Grove, demolished 1956." Version one shows slightly more of the right side of the house than Version two, and it is printed darker. The house is a one-story side-gable house of wood siding, two chimneys, and four slender square columns supporting ornate scroll-sawn decorative brackets. Two ferns are on stands on the porch, and a picket fence and two trees are in front of the house. The figure in back is Sarah Dycke Locke, and the figure in front may be Katie McAllister. Part of the bottom board of the mount has broken off.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locke Home, Version 2]

Photograph of the Locke home, with two women and a dog seated on the front porch. Version two shows slightly more of the left side of the house than Version one, and it is printed lighter. The house is a one-story side-gable house of wood siding, two chimneys, and four slender square columns supporting ornate scroll-sawn decorative brackets. Two ferns are on stands on the porch, and a picket fence and two trees are in front of the house. The figure in back is Sarah Dycke Locke, and the figure in front may be Katie McAllister.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mantel (open access)

Mantel

Patent for an invention that can be applied to a mantel, consisting "essentially, of a flexible screen, guard, or shield adapted to wind upon a roller, the latter being housed in the space formed between the shelf off the mantel and the headboard" (lines 22-25). It is intended to prevent fire from getting into the from from the fire, control heat radiation, and provide a closure for the fireplace when it is not in use.
Date: September 30, 1899
Creator: Cox, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mantel. (open access)

Mantel.

Patent for fireplace guards that connect to mantels, which can be folded out of sight, or rolled out to prevent sparks or closing off the fireplace when not in use.
Date: March 7, 1899
Creator: Cox, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History