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[Photograph of Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove]
Photograph of Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove in front of a large flower bush, wearing a dark-colored jacket with a lace collar and skirt. Behind the bush is a small building with clapboard siding and rain gutters. A hand written note on the back reads, "Mrs. Nannye Lea Musgrove, October 1920."
Date:
October 1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Roy LaVern Wise in Front of Store]
Photograph of Roy LaVern Wise, wearing a dark suit with a white belt and kerchief, standing outside a brick building with a glass storefront. The photographer can be seen as a shadow to the right of the boy. A hand written note on back reads, "Roy LaVern Wise, ca. 1921. In front of his grandfather's (Samuel [unknown] Wise store), Lockney, TX."
Date:
1921~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph Album of Texas Woman's College]
Photograph/scrapbook album belonging to Georgia King during her time at Texas Woman's College. This album contains old programs, photographs, letters, and various clippings.
Date:
1920~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Daniel Franklin Draper Outside of a Gazebo]
Photograph of Daniel Franklin Draper in front of a gazebo looking at the ground. Text on the back reads: "Band Stand at Taft [Daddy] 1927...Taft, Texas...Daniel F Draper estate."
Date:
1927
Creator:
Fox Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a Ship in the Ocean]
Portrait of a steel military ship in the ocean with a small boat beside it. The text on the back reads: "Houston Ship Channel"
Date:
1927
Creator:
Fox Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Vera M. Townley, 1920]
Photograph of Vera M. Townley of McLennan Co., Texas from the abdomen and up.
Date:
1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of an Oil Well]
Photograph of an oil well next to a dirt road. The text on the back reads: "oil field 1920...Mexia".
Date:
1920
Creator:
Fox Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Group of Boys at YMCA Camp, 1926]
Photograph of eight boys at YMCA camp. Names listed on the back are "Allen Early, Walter Lacy, David Burnham, Lynn Alexander, Mert Colgin, Billy Griffis, Roane Lacy".
Date:
1926
Creator:
Fox Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Felicitas Gobenau Sternberg]
Portrait of Felicitas Gobenau Sternberg, visible from the waist up. She is seated and posing with her hands crossed, palm-up in her lap. She was the wife of Daniel Sternberg, Dean of the School of Music, Baylor University.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Vandamm
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard Picturing Jimmy and Mert Colgin, 1923]
Postcard with a photograph of Jimmy and Mert Colgin at Murdock's Pier in Galveston, Texas.
Date:
1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Generations of the Parker Family]
Photograph of four generations of the Parker family. From left to right are Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, Sallie Ann Parker Willis, Neva Willis Hudson, and an infant, Margaret Ann Hudson.
Date:
1922~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Family Portrait at the Parker Home]
Photograph of a group of women seated together for a portrait on the porch of Robert Henry Parker's home in Abilene, Texas. Sitting on the first row are Lavinia Parker McDaniel and Nellie Parker Davis Jack. On the second row are Hallie Parker Adams, Sallie Ann Clarke Parker (wife of Robert Henry Parker and matriarch of those around her), and Bettie Parker Kelly. On the top row are Sallie Ann Parker Willis (wife of Thomas Middlebrook Willis), Neva Parker Woodward, and Margaret "Mag" Parker Field Cox.
Date:
1922
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Evans and Kendrick Families]
Photograph of friends from two families, the Evanses and the Kendricks, seated together and posed for a portrait. Pictured from left to right are Sarah Elizabeth Evans, Sue Kendrick, James M. Kendrick (the child standing in front), Maria Evans Sleeper, Charles Evans, Sr., and Blanche Kendrick holding Charles E. Kendrick in her lap.
Date:
1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nannie Sleeper Evans Holding a Baby]
Photograph of an elderly Nannie Caroline Sleeper Evans holding an infant (Nancy Claire Willis) in her arms. Nannie is visible from the waist up and is wearing several layers and a dark-colored hat; the baby is wearing a light-colored dress, bonnet, and booties and is smiling at the camera. There are plants visible in the background. The corners on the left side of the photograph are cut off.
Date:
1928
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Young Girl in a Goat-Drawn Wagon]
Photograph of a toddler-aged Hester M. Beck, riding a goat-drawn carriage. She is holding the reins to the goat's harness. The Angora goat has horns and a long, fluffy coat.
Date:
October 18, 1926
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow and Football Team]
Photograph of Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow and a football team. The men in the first row, sitting cross legged, are, from left to right, unidentified, Ben Dean Sheats, Jack Southern, Garland Fawcett, and a man known as "Cheetah". The men in the second row are marked as Cook, Baughman, Curtis, La Grone, Marrs McLean, and Barney Hamm. Those in the last row are Jim Crow, a man known as "Deacon", Vasey, Goolachek, Mouser, Kazanas, and Lyday. Crow wears a jacket with the letter "B" on it, and Jack Southern holds a football in his lap.
Date:
[1920..1930]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Lucile Goebel]
Photograph of Lucile Goebel. She wears a shirt with a Peter Pan collar, and her hair is bobbed.
Date:
March 15, 1928
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 20, 1923]
A postcard addressed to Johnie Louise Bruyere. The front bears a drawing of a boy and girl lighting candles, from which green streamers hang. It reads: "Happy, Happy all day through, Merry Christmas." The note on the other side reads "Dear Johny, I wish you a Merry X Mas and Happy New Year. Pearl Anna."
Date:
December 20, 1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Louise and Dorothy Lee to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 22, 1920]
A postcard addressed to Johnie Louise Bruyere. The front has a drawing of six babies dressed as Santa climbing over a wooden trunk and packing up presents into a sack. One of the babies is asleep next to the sack, and another has fallen head first into the trunk. It reads: "All through the year kind wishes I've safely stored away, For Santa Claus to bring to you on Christmas Day." The note on the back reads "We hope that Old Santa is good to you."
Date:
December 22, 1922
Creator:
Lee, Louise & Lee, Dorothy
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 23, 1928]
A postcard addressed to Johnie Louise Bruyere. The front has a drawing of two girls, one sitting on a sled and the other pulling her. They wear heavy winter clothing, and the ground is covered in snow. There are houses, fences, and bare trees in the background. It reads: "Christmas Greetings. I hope Santa Claus/Before he goes back/Will stop at your house/And empty his pack."
Date:
December 23, 1928
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from her Grandmother to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 22, 1928]
A postcard from her grandmother to Johnie Louise Bruyere on December 22, 1928. The front has a drawing of a window seat, with a Christmas wreath and stocking hung on the window. It is snowing outside. The front reads: "Happy, Happy/all day through/Merry Christmas!" The note on the back reads: "This is wishing you and each one of Merry X-mas and a happy new-year loveingly [sic] Grand Ma Ma."
Date:
December 22, 1928
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Louisa Messimer to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 22, 1928]
A postcard from Louisa Messimer to Johnie Louise Bruyere on December 22, 1928. The front of the card has a drawing of a holly branch with red berries and two red birds sitting on it. It reads: "Christmas Wishes. Never was Christmas Day more glad/Than the one I wish for you;/Never were wishes more sincere/From a heart more fond and true." The note on the other side reads "Dear sweetie, I hope old Santa's good to you this year and - hoping you a happy X Mas."
Date:
December 22, 1928
Creator:
Messimer, Louisa
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Loraine Buie to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 23, 1926]
A postcard from Loraine Buie to Johnie Louise Bruyere on December 23, 1926. The front of the card has a drawing of a holly branch with red berries, a red bow, and a lit red wax candle. It reads: "Christmas Wishes. A Happy Christmas and New Year/A heartfelt wish and most sincere." The note on the other side reads "I hope you will have a very happy Xmas and a happy New Year. Loraine Buie."
Date:
December 23, 1926
Creator:
Buie, Loraine
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Evol Gilmore to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 28, 1926]
Postcard from Evol Gilmore to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 28, 1926. The front bears a drawing of a river and surrounding grass covered in snow. It reads: "I cannot say one thing that's new/So send the same old wish to you. Merry Christmas." The note on the back reads "Wishing you a happy Xmas and a bright New Year. Your friend, Evol Gilmore."
Date:
December 28, 1926
Creator:
Gilmore, Evol
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History