J.C. Duncan served as mayor from 1927 until 1931

H.V. Hamilton served as Mayor of Palestine from 1923 until 1927.

Headshot portrait of George Anderson Wright (August 9, 1845-November 5, 1935), the son of William and Jennie Winn Wright. Wright is wearing a dark suit and tie with a light-colored shirt; his hair is white/gray and he has a trimmed beard and moustache. He is looking over his left shoulder, facing the camera. Wright was a businessman and was involved in politics; he served as mayor of Palestine, Texas for several terms.

Portrait of Ira Trotter as a young man, visible from the chest up and looking toward the left side of the image. He is wearing a dark-colored suit with a light-colored, high-collared shirt and a dark necktie with small polka-dots. The portrait is in an oval-shaped frame.

(back of photo) My beloved cousin Chas. Howard Blackshear II, son of Uncle Joe and Aunt Mollie Colbert Blackshear. This is his freshman year at University of Ky. and he has on the "Pledge Pin" of my own college fraternity. 1926 - I had sent C.H.B. (Chas. Howard Blackshear II) to "Bob" Massies School for Boys (Massie was son of the Dean of the Lexington Ky Cathedral. (Signed) William S. Blackshear. P.S. Chas. H.B. was the first of my several 1st cousins I sent to school and/or aided financially with their schooling. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Photo of Father William Blackshear taken in his rectory in Escondido, Calif 1924 - Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Photo of a boy scout taken in Fairhaven Mass circa 1929-30. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Photograph of the west entrance of the Grace Episcopal Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, taken from the opposite side of County Street near several automobiles. There is a tall, square tower above the door and, to the right, a portion of the building with a peaked roof and a small cross at the top, large stained-glass windows, and decorative brickwork along the eaves.

Photograph of an unidentified man sitting in a fountain on the side of a stone patio and staircase. 1928-30 - Caption: "Page NYC 1928

(back of photo) Gordon B. Broyles of Palestine, Tex. visits William Blackshear at Freeport 1925. This at Tarpon where I boarded until Recorty Cottage re-finished. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library. [Tarpon is an earlier name for Port Aransas.]

Photo of an Ivy covered building at Fairhaven, Mass. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

(back of photo) Hampton Bay, L.I., 1928 - William Blackshear with the Penny lad. Pom Penny killed himself when away at school years later. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

William Blackshear and Mr. Paul McMann (in hat) in Tampico, Mexico. 1920-21. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Photograph of William S. Blackshear and Mrs. C. B. Myers standing with a dog. They are posing outside a building and the dog is perched on a window sill.

William Blackshear standing in front of his rectory at the Church of St. Mary for the summer at Hampton Bays, Long Island, New York. Summer 1928. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Photograph of William S. Blackshear and Mrs. C. B. Myers standing with a dog. They are posing outside a building and the dog is perched on a window sill.

(back of photo) W.S.B. at Oxford University, England. Belbroughlin St. 1927 - My Matriculation costume. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

William S. Blackshear standing on the deck of the S.S. Harding, the ship that took him across to Oxford, where he attended school. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Robert Blackshear and dog on balcony overlooking the ocean at Hampton Bay, Long Island, N.Y. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

St. Mary's, at Hampton Bay, Long Island, N.Y. Summer 1928. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

William S. Blackshear and two unidentified men on the deck of the S.S. Pres. Harding on the way to England, Sept 1927 - Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

(back of photo) William S. Blackshear (white trousers) and Paul Macman in Tampico, Mexico - 1920 - Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

(back of photo) William S. Blackshear (white trousers) and Paul Macman in Tampico Mexico 1920 - Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Tampico, Mexico. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.