Photograph of a line of persons standing outside a storefront, waiting to enter. The store is located in downtown Paducah.

Photograph of a group outside the Halls, Scruggs & Co. Dry Good store. The photo is torn along its center and was used for the store's postcards. The back of the photograph identifies the group as salesmen and the boxes to be a shipment of shoes.

Postcard of Cottle County Court House in Paducah, Texas.

Enlarged photograph of the courthouse in Paducah, Texas. An automobile is parked outside the courthouse.

Photograph of W.P.Garrison, candidate for Commissioner, Pre. No.4, Cottle County card. The front image is of the new Cottle County New Courthouse.

Photograph of the raw mini-park with the Cottle County Courthouse in the background.

Photograph of an unknown man standing on the Cottle County Courthouse steps.

Photograph of a military graveyard in Paducah, Texas.

Photograph of Texas Governor Allred speaking at Texas Centennial event in downtown Paducah in front of a large crowd.

Photograph of O.K. Wagon Yard and Paducah's first jail. The note on the back of the photograph reads, "First jail and the OK wagon yard; sat on N.E. corner square. The jail was built in 1894 from rock brought from “Talkin’ John” Creek. The building and the jail furnished an income for workmen during the drought years that followed the organization of the county in 1892. The ruins of the old jail went into the foundation of our present-day Veterans Building."

Postcard of the Hall, Scruggs & Co store in downtown Paducah, Texas. Two horse-drawn carts with boxes are parked in front of the storefront.

Photograph of the Halls, Scruggs & Co Dry Goods storefront. The store is celebrating its 26th anniversary. The text on the back of the photograph reads, "This [illegible] the whole story, and no one can tell just what this meant to Eddie and I. 26 years and still sailing along. The group in the middle is the bunch that for the last years has put Hall Scruggs Co over. And Mr. William and the rear of the [illegible] has guided them right.”

Postcard of the original courthouse in Paducha, Texas.

Photograph of Paducah courthouse in 1917.

Mounted photograph of the first brick courthouse in Paducah, Texas.

Photograph of the Paducah courthouse with a blue x on the right side of the image. The back of the photograph reads, "x marks windmilling about 1912 or 13."

Photograph of the front of the Cottle County Courthouse with cars parked in front of the building.

Photograph of jail in Paducah, Texas.

Photograph of a large crowd outside the Wood Bros Demonstration of Values. The crowd is participating in a drawing.

Photograph (mounted) of a group of young men and boys with steers in downtown Paducah on the courthouse square; names on the back include Grady Parr, Dad Marriet, Harry Hutchison, Clifford Graves, Ed Carlock.

Photograph of a group of men on the Paducah's courthouse steps. The man on the far left is holding a microphone and the two men on the right are holding a sweater. The note on the back of the photograph reads, “Left to right: Hubert Lee, Rev. W.E. Wilbur (First Christian minister), Roy Jones county attorney, Price Sandlin Paducah Fire Chief." The doors on the courthouse have now been refurbished.