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[Isaacson Cotton Gin Company, El Campo, Texas]

Black and white photograph of a building known as the Isaacson Gin Company, where cotton is processed. The building is made of wood and has several different sections to it. The yard just outside the company is teeming with horse-drawn or animal-drawn wagons. Each wagon is filled with cotton; some of them are covered with a tarp. In the distance, several houses are visible, as are dirt roads that lead to and from the company yard.
Date: September 16, 1916
Creator: El Campo Studio Photo
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge Damaged by Being Struck by Ship]

Photograph of a bridge damaged by being struck by the S.S. Splendor. The bridge is upright in the air, and four men are on the dock in front of it. There is handwriting on the back of the photograph that describes the scene and dates it April 26, 1916.
Date: April 16, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Frederick M. Smith Law Office

Photograph of Frederick M. Smith in his law office, Okmulgee, OK.
Date: March 16, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Neches River: P.N. Bridge

P.N. (Port Neches) Bridge
Date: November 16, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Salsberg-Fox Wedding]

Photograph of the 1916 wedding of Gertrude Fox and Archie Salsberg on the altar at Congregation Ahavath Sholom's synagogue in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The bride and groom stand in the center of the photograph, surrounded by men wearing tuxedos and top hats and women wearing silk and taffeta dresses. Above the bridal party is a wedding canopy (called a Chuppah in Hebrew). It takes the shape of an arbor covered with flowers and crepe paper resembling wedding bells. Above the arbor there is a ledge containing two tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, written in Hebrew, with a potted plant and sculpted lion on either side. A large portion of the lower-right corner of the photograph is missing.
Date: January 16, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History