[Longview High School Building]

Photographic postcard of the high school building in Longview, Texas, which was located on the southeast corner of Green St. and present-day College St. The school was built in 1884, and it is complete with three floors and a bell tower. There are children standing in front of the school building. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Edith Northerett" of Smyrna, Georgia, as noted on the back of the postcard.
Date: November 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Longview Fire Department]

Photographic postcard of the Longview Fire Department hose cart. There is a man sitting in the hose cart, and it is being pulled by two horses. There are unidentified buildings in the background of the photograph.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trinity River Flood Waters From Turtle Creek]

Photograph of the Trinity River flood waters. The photograph is inside a black matte. Poles are jutting out of the water. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "Flood waters May 1908 M. K. + T. tracks and Alamo Street at Turtle Creek looking from Oak Lawn Ave towards the city."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trinity River Flood Waters From Train Track]

Photograph of five figures walking on a train track with Trinity River flood waters in the background. A handwritten note on back of the photograph reads: "May 1908 flood Union Station at site of present structure."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Filling Sand Bags]

Photograph of several men filling sand bags. Trucks are parked on a dirt road. A handwritten note on back states: "Filling sand bags to use in protecting Fish Trap Road lake Dallas."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flood Waters at Train Crossing at Turtle Creek]

Photograph of Trinity River flood waters. Handwritten note on back: "May 1908 flood waters M.K. + T. train crossing at Turtle Creek; Cotton belt trestle in back ground."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Bridge and Flood Waters]

Photograph of the T&P bridge and surrounding flood waters. In the photograph, a boat is visible floating behind a tree. Handwritten note on reverse: "May 1908 flood waters T&P Bridge remains standing tracks washed out."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Crossing Turtle Creek Through Flood Waters]

Photograph of the M. K. & T. train in Trinity River flood waters. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "M K & T crossing Turtle Creek through flood waters May 1908 Cotton Belt Train in back ground."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Longview Fire Department]

Photographic postcard of the Longview Fire Department answering a call. The fireman pictured is riding in a horse-drawn carriage, and there is a dog running behind the carriage. There are unidentified buildings in the background of the photograph. The photographer is standing in the middle of Tyler St and looking east toward the intersection of Tyler and Fredonia St.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Vera Huffhines

Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Vera France Huffhines at eight years old. She is wearing a hair bow and necklace. Text below the image says "Vera Huffhines." She is the daughter of Winfield Scott Huffhines and Francis Ann Harris Huffhines, and later married William Statler Stratton.
Date: 1908
Creator: Harper and Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Lizzie Mercer and Jessie Blewett 1908

Photograph of a portrait of two women identified as Lizzie Mercer and Jessie Blewett Harben. They are standing in a wooden barrel with a sign on the front that says "Pure Country 'Lasses $1.50 per. Gal." In the background, there is a wooden building.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

George W. Huffhines Home

Photograph of an exterior view of the George W. Huffhines home on 310 Phillips Street. The wooden house is two-stories tall with a wide balcony on the left side. A wooden fence surrounds the property. Two women standing on the balcony are identified as Mary and Eula Huffhines. Five people on the porch are identified as George W., Minnie, baby Lucille, Geraldine, and Le Ella. To the right, there is a view of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, which was destroyed in a 1909 storm.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Richardson High School Class 1908

Photograph of Richardson High School class of 1908. They are all wearing light-colored ribbon bows with long streamers. The three young women and men are identified as (front row) Eula Huffhines Harben, Hugh Harben, Rosa Hudgins, (back row) Tom McKamy, Mollie Durham Reddick, and Grover Huffhines.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Early Class at Greenville Avenue School

Photograph of a group of students and one teacher from Greenville Avenue School. They are posing in four rows outside of a wooden building. They are identified on the back of the photograph.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History