Reflections of Mills County (open access)

Reflections of Mills County

Book compiled of photos collected from around Mill County, Texas. Notes are written on the inside title page, the first of which reads, "Joy Taylor Happy Anniversary 1943-1993 High School Graduation". The second note reads, "O'Quinn Family p. 133 Zepher p. 123". A section about the collector is printed on the last page.
Date: 1993
Creator: Shaw, Kenneth M. & Hime, Macalee Long
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Doctors at Childress Hospital]

Photograph of four men in suits standing side by side in the corner of a room. In the background, a door is visible to the right and a window covered by pink curtains is to the left. Text on the back reads, "Dec. 1978 L-R Dr. Douglas M. Dennis, N. K. Mazundar, Marvin Childress, Vija Kali, Doctors at Childress Clinic & Hospital Goldthwaite, Texas".
Date: December 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Antelope Gap Store]

Photograph of a group of men and children posed both in and around the entrance-way of a two story, wooden building. The entrance has a small sign above it that reads, "post office". A horse hooked up to a buggy and a boy standing next to it are both visible facing the camera in the left foreground, and another horse can be seen near a cluster of trees to the far right. Open fields and hills are visible in the distant background. "Antelope Gap Store" is typed at the bottom edge of the photo and "Scallorn" is written in parentheses in blue ink.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby Gloria Shaw]

Photograph of a young child in a knit sweater and stockings sitting in a wooden chair with a lacy cushion behind her. The name "Gloria Shaw" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blanket Springs School Building]

Photograph of a small school house with only one side visible to the camera that has two wooden door entrances. The structure is resting on concrete block supports with what appears to be a log placed on the ground in front of the doors as a step. Trees and an empty field are visible in the background. A label on the bottom left corner of the mat that reads, "Blanket Springs School donated by Mr. & Mrs. Skippings". "Blanket Springs School" is also written in the top right corner of the photo mat in pencil.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bottling Works]

Photograph of six men grouped inside of a bottling plant warehouse, with machines visible in the background and a stack of bottle crates visible in the right foreground. The man seated in the left foreground is labeled on the back as B. F. Geeshin.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bowden Hotel]

Photograph of a two story structure with the words, "Bowden Hotel" painted in large letters above a balcony over a main entrance area. Several people are gathered in front of the open doorways beneath the balcony. The man and woman on the far left of the group are identified on the back of the photo as the owners of the hotel. A set of stairs can be seen going up the outside of the building to the left. A business card for the hotel is attached to the bottom edge of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Center City Group]

Photograph of a group of men and women posed together on a steep, rocky hillside with shrubbery around them. A label taped to the photo mat reads, "Center City Bunch", and "C.C. Bunch" is written on the back of the mat along with an illegible name.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Center City Music School Group]

Photograph of a group of men and women from Center City Music School posed together in the woods and holding various string musical instruments.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Center City Singing Group]

Photograph of a group of men, women and one toddler posing outdoors with song books. An automobile is visible in the background to the right. A note is stapled to the photo labeling the members, titled, "Center City Singing Group".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Center Point School House]

Photograph of a small, wooden school house in a grassy field with shrubs and flatland visible in the background. "Center Point" is typed in bold font on the bottom edge of the photo and handwriting on the back reads, "Center Point School".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Frizzell in Tool Shed]

Photograph of Charles Frizzell posing in what appears to be a tool shed or workshop with two pliers in his hands gripping large gauged wire. Text on the back of the photo reads, "Charles Frizzell, Lineman for telephone co. in Goldthwaite, Oct. 30, 1893 - Nov. 7, 1965 US Navy WWI".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Child Portrait of James Arthur Smith]

Portrait of a young boy visible from the chest up, wearing striped overalls and a light-colored, striped shirt and looking directly into the camera. "James Arthur Smith" is written on the bottom edge of the photo and the words "My Picture, James Arthur Smith" are written on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children with Show Stock]

Photograph of four children posing in front of a dark car with calves for a stock show.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Circus Coming to Goldthwaite, Looking East]

Photograph of a circus riding into the town of Goldthwaite, Texas, with animals being led around a corner and up the street towards the foreground and wagons gathered in the far right mid-ground. The photo was taken from an upper story floor, facing east on Fourth Street.
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Circus Coming to Goldthwaite, Looking North]

Photograph of a circus coming through town, taken facing north on Parker street in Goldthwaite, Texas. A large horse-drawn carriage with a band riding on the roof is visible on the road in the center of the photo and a line of riders on horseback are visible further down the street in the background.
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Circus Coming to Goldthwaite, Texas]]

Photograph of circus wagons and performers riding through the town of Goldthwaite, Texas. The photo is taken facing east on Fourth street, where two large, horse drawn carriages and several riders on horseback are visible and headed towards the right foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Circus in Front of Goldthwaite Restaurant]

Photograph of a circus riding through the town of Goldthwaite, Texas where a carriage drawn by several horses and carrying a band on top rides in the foreground. More circus animals and performers are following in a line leading back to the right background, and a restaurant is visible in the background to the left. Text written on the back of the photo card reads, "Gentry Bros. Circus Parade Goldthwaite, Tx. Corner 4th & Fisher year?"
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clements Drugstore]

Photograph of three men standing side by side to the left of a store counter with a typewriter. The wall in the right background is shelved with various small bottles, and a stack of papers is hanging from clips in the right foreground. The men are identified on the back as Dave Clements, R. E. Clements, and W. P. Bill Woody.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clements-Woody Drug Store]

Photograph of five people standing behind a counter at Clements-Woody drugstore. Various advertisement signs and merchandise are visible on the wall in the background, including ads for companies such as Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper. The people are labeled on the back of the photo from left to right as David Owen Clements, Francis Kauhs, Nelda Stenke, Rhonda Robinson, and Bill Woody.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Duren School Girls]

Photograph taken at a tilted angle of a group of girls and young women posed together outside two open entrance-ways to a wooden building. Several of the younger girls are wearing bonnets and hats, and many of the group are wearing coats. The name of the girls are listed by row on the back under the title, "Girls of Duren School-". The teacher, Etta Haines, is identified on the back as one of the women in the top row.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[East Side of Fisher Street]

Photocopy of a row of storefronts along an unpaved street, with numerous signage on a store in the center of the photo saying things like "Panic Sale" and "This sale with save money for you." Two horse-drawn carriages are on the street in the background, visible on the right side of the photo, and the figure of a person is visible walking past the store with multiple sale signs. A label adhered to the bottom edge of the photo reads, "East Side of Fisher Street'.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eastern Star Group]

Photograph of a group of men and women from Goldthwaite posed for a picture in an outdoor area. Most of the women are wearing dark skirts and dresses and many of the group have some variation of sash or special collar adorning them. Two children are visible in the photo on the far right and far left edges. The child on the left is labelled, "Oscar Burns". A dog is also visible in the bottom left corner in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eastern Star Ladies, Rahl, Saylor, Conro]

Photograph of a group of five women posed in costume dresses, some holding items such as bags or chalices, with the woman in the center wearing a crown and holding a scepter. They are standing in front of a photo backdrop that is a blurred scene of drapes and hazy windows. Each of the women is labeled in blue marker from left to right as, "Maude Lowe Rahl, Minnie Rahl, Carrie Saylor, Bealah Rahl, and Lela Conro".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History