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[Photograph of Polly Ryon]

Photograph of Polly Ryon. In this portrait that has been made into an oval, Polly is wearing a black dress with high neck collar. Lace edges can be seen above the top of the black collar. Ryon has a gold neck chain fitted around the collar with ends that fall below the chest, where portrait ends. She has her dark hair parted down the center and pulled back into a tight bun. Ryon is wearing ear drop earrings.
Date: 1855
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bust portrait of William Ryon]

Bust portrait of William Ryon. The photograph is a copy from a book. William, who is dressed in a three piece suit, white shirt, and black ascot, has thinning hair that curls up over his ears. The picture has a thin black line bordering it. The photograph was placed in page 1 (top) of Mamie George's photo album.
Date: [1858..1875]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lizzie Lamar George]

Photograph of Lizzie Lamar George. Lizzie was the third wife of Ezekiel George. The oval portrait shows Lizzie wearing a dark button front dress with a rounded, velvet collar. She has a floral corsage pinned on her right shoulder. She is wearing a long necklace and her hair is loosely pulled back into a bun. On bottom of substrate: "Kersting, Galveston".
Date: [1853..1862]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A photograph of Lizzie Lamar George and a photograph of Ezekial George]

The photograph is a copy of two separate photographs compiled into one. The photograph on left is portrait of Lizzie Lamar George taken by Kersting, Galveston (written on bottom of cardboard substrate of original). Lizzie was the third wife of Ezekial George. The oval portrait, shows Lizzie wearing a dark button front dress with rounded, velvet collar. She has a floral corsage pinned on her right shoulder. Her hair is loosely pulled up and back into a bun. The second photograph on right is a copy of an original tintype of Ezekial George. The tintype shows a bust portrait of George who has dark hair and mustache. The original tintype is cut in an oval and is placed in a folder. The back of the photo is stamped in magenta type: "A. S. Masterson Commercial Photography & Picture Framing Cathedral 7541 - San Antonio."
Date: [1855..1880]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alabama Land Deed with President Buchanan's Signature

Photograph of a Alabama land deed for 220 acres belonging to Garrison Deens. it is signed by President James Buchanan on November 1, 1858. Mr. Deens sold this land to James O. Sellers in 1859 or 1860. Mr. Sellers was Ethel Bryant's grandfather. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: November 1, 1858
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

James Osborn Sellers

Photograph of a daguerreotype picturing James Osborn Sellers in the late 1850s. He was killed in 1864 during the Civil War. He was Ethel C. Bryant's maternal grandfather. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: 1857~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two unidentified men sitting in wooden chairs with their legs crossed]

Tintype image of two unidentified men sitting in wooden chairs. Man on left is wearing knee high boots plaid pants, white shirt, jacket, and hat. He has his left ankle crossed over his right knee. He is holding a whiskey bottle in his left hand. The man on the left is wearing boots, dark pants (cuffed at the ankles), vest, jacket, white shirt, and hat. He has his left leg crossed over his right. His right arm is around the shoulders of the man to his right. The photo is securely taped in a white paper frame with oval cut. There is embossed pattern around the perimeter of the oval.
Date: [1850..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[George Feris home in Richmond, Texas]

Photograph (copy) of the George Feris home in Richmond, Texas. Back of photo as written by Homer Sharp (in black ink): "This picture was taken from the original, of The Old Doctor George Feris Home here in Richmond. This house was located between the end of Myrtle Street and Preston Street. Mrs. Frazar's Home is located on or near the spot where this old home was. Her home has got all the old lumber and some of the bricks in it, or part of the lumber and bricks the old home had in it. Dr. George Feris had two boys in the Jaybird Woodpecker Feud. Keene Feris and Yandell Feris, Keene Feris is the daddy of Mrs. Frazar and her sister Aunt Bessie Homner. Aunt Bessie let me have the original picture to make this copy. Dr. Feris is standing by the house in the front of the home and Aunt Bessie said she didn't know the names of the people on the upper porch, But was the Feris family. She didn't know when the picture was taken, or where the house was built, But the bricks was hauled from Galveston in ox wagons and she thought the lumber came …
Date: 1855
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Woman Wearing Spectacles]

Photograph of an elderly woman, possibly Louisa Spencer Mayfield (1814-1894). She is wearing round spectacles, a dark colored dress, and a large lace collar.
Date: [1850..1894]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kiowa Indians

Photograph of a sketch of the removal of a Kiowa Indian camp, September 1853.
Date: September 1853
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pueblo-Zuni Indians

Photograph of a sketch of two Pueblo-Zuni Indians, November 1853.
Date: October 1853
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mohave Indians

Photograph of a sketch of a Mohave Indian dwelling, c. 1854.
Date: 1854~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mohave Indians

Photograph of a sketch of a Mohave Indian man and woman, c. 1854.
Date: 1854~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Cobb, OK

Photograph of a bird's eye view drawing of Fort Cobb, OK, c.1859.
Date: 1859~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chief Tandy Walker

Photograph of Choctaw Chief Tandy Walker, Civil War, 1854-1858.
Date: 1854~/1858~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Reverend Charles Cutler

Reverend Charles Cutler, a Missionary to the Cherokee Nation
Date: 1855/1861
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Choctaw Indians

Photograph of sketches of two Choctaw men, July 1853.
Date: July 1853
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Choctaw Intelligener

Photograph of the "Choctaw Intelligener", Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, Wed. Oct. 15, 1851, p. 4, C. 2.
Date: October 15, 1851
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Charles Cutler Torrey and Adelade Lucy Torrey

Photograph of Charles Cutler Torrey and Adelade Lucy Torrey, c. 1855.
Date: 1855~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Choctaw Intelligener

Photograph of the "Choctaw Intelligener", Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, Wed. Oct. 15, 1851, p. 1, C. 3.
Date: October 15, 1851
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph of Charles Dickens writing at a desk]

Photograph of Charles Dickens writing at a desk. C. Watkins, London 1858.
Date: 1858
Creator: Mason & co., London
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Camel from US Army Camel Corps in transit from Europe to the US]

Photograph of a drawing of a camel from the US Army Camel Corps. The camel has been secured against gale winds during its trip from Europe to America. It is kneeling on the deck of a ship.
Date: 1855~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Riders, horses, and camels at a watering hole in Texas]

Photo of an illustration of riders, horses, and camels at a watering hole in Texas. The camels are behind the horses and the men, awaiting their turn.
Date: 1855~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Example of Bactrian camel used in US Army Camel Corps]

Photograph of illustration of Bactrian camel used in the US Army Camel Corps. Camel's side view is facing right.
Date: 1855~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History