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[The First Fire at Goldthwaite 1892]
Photograph of people loosely gathered in an open area of town with carts, horses, and various material items scattered about. Musical instruments are visible on tables in the right foreground, and several buildings are visible throughout the background.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Goldthwaite Fire 1892]
Photograph of a wide open area in part of the town of Goldthwaite, with buildings in the background. A group of several people standing together and a person driving a horse-drawn car are visible in the mid-ground, and a few individuals are visible throughout the background. The photo was taken from an elevated point, with railroad tracks visible in the foreground. Handwriting at the top of the photo reads, "Goldthwaite first fire of 1892-" and "1st big fire 1892". Handwriting on the back of the photo reads, "This was a disastrous fire, summer of 1892, Goldthwaite Tex."
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Goldthwaite Round House and Crew]
Photograph of a crew of men posed in front of a train roundhouse in Goldthwaite, Texas, with several tracks leading into the building from the left.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Goldthwaite Cornet Band 1892]
Photograph of a group of men standing in a single row in a field with trees and tall grass visible in the background. Each is holding either a brass or drum instrument, except for the man sixth from the left who is holding a small conductor baton by his side. "Goldthwaite Cornet Band, May 11th 1892" is printed on the bottom edge of the photo. The men are listed on the back from left to right as "B. A. Harris, Fred Peck, Will Gresham, James Lammers, J. D. Urqhart, Mr. Boyer "Teacher", Joe A. Price, John Roberts, Jim Vickers, Newt Cole, A. J. Gatlin, I. G. Abney, and Jack Carswell".
Date:
May 11, 1892
Creator:
Jones, Bob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Goldthwaite High School About 1895]
Photograph of a classroom full of students, with some sitting in desks and others standing in the back of the room, while empty desks are visible in the foreground. Several hats are hanging on the wall in the background, to the right of a long chalkboard. A bookcase sits in the corner in the background, and two windows are visible on the wall to its right. Handwriting on the top edge of the mat reads, "G.H.S. about 1895". A few of the people in the photo are identified by printed labels adhered to the bottom edge as, Omar Weatherby, George O'Quin, Mary Lou Grundy, Lee Yarborough, and Lesha Tobert.
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mr. Ruben Albert Harris with Family, ~1898]
Photograph of the Harris family posed on their property, with four women and a young boy in light colored shirt and dresses on the left, and seven other members mostly in darker clothing on the right. A dark and light patched dog is vsible in the bottom right corner, and a house with a steep-pitched roof and scalloped trim on its porch is visible in the background, along with windmill to the back left. A printed label adhered to the bottom edge of the photo mat reads, "Mr Ruben seated fought in Confederate army, name is on monument in Goldthwaite Picture taken about 1898 in North Bennet Community, Mills Co, TX". Names of the family members are written on the back.
Date:
1898~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lookout Mountain School Students]
Photograph of students of various ages posed in roughly five rows outside of a wooden building with a broken window visible in the center top of the photo. Many of the boys are wearing dark suits and ties and the girls are all wearing long sleeved dresses of various patterns. Two boys in the middle of the foremost row are barefoot. Two students are identified on the back of the photo as Willis Harris and Emma Harris.
Date:
March 16, 1898
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Goldthwaite Public School Student 1898]
Photograph of a group of students of varying ages gathered together outside the entrance-way to a stone building. Two girls are inside the building, sitting on the edge of an open window to the right of the entrance way. The window to the left of the entrance is partially opened. "1898" is written in pencil above the top right corner of the photo on the mat. "Goldthwaite, Texas Public School. Sept. 15th 1898" is written twice on the back.
Date:
September 15, 1898
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roller Mills in Goldthwaite, Texas]
Photograph of a two-story flour mill with an upside down star painted on one side along with the name, "Roller Mills." A group of people are standing in and around the foreground of the mill, some visible in the doorway and in the open windows. Text written on the top of the mat reads, "Goldthwaite Roller Flour Mill, started May 26,1899". Names written on the back of the photo mat read, "Reading from left to wright [sic]- Bart Potter, Evelyn Priel, Jack Larswall, Miss Peck, Nellie Hiller, Leslie Price, Joe A. Price, Herbert Price, Miss Cropp, (Man Unknown), Mrs. Hiller, J. W. Gresham on wagon - 2 Boys, unknown, Sara Hiller [illegible] Miller in window up stairs". More writing down the center of the back reads, "This Mill was started up May 26 -1899- Joe A. Price owner."
Date:
June 1899
Creator:
Jones, Bob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Early 1900s Goldthwaite Businesses]
Photocopy of a row of businesses in Goldthwaite, Texas that begin on a street corner in the right foreground and lead back into the left background. The foremost building is two stories, made of stone, and has signage for a bank and a law office. Two power line poles are on the edge of the street by the bank building, and people are visible throughout the street walking and driving horse-drawn carts. "Goldthwaite, Tx." is written in the bottom right corner, and a label that reads, "Early 1900's" is adhered to the bottom left corner.
Date:
[1900..1915]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Goldthwaite- Looking North from Courthouse]
Photocopy of a street busy with horses and buggies with several business fronts, such as a grocer and a bank, visible in the background. A man is visible standing to left in the foreground on the lawn of a court house that not seen in frame.
Date:
[1900..1920]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Priddy, Texas, Cotton Gin]
Photograph of a cotton gin farm with several wagons full of cotton being pulled by horses or mules visible alongside workers in the foreground. Two barn-like structures are side by side in the mid ground to the left, and a large field is visible in the distant background.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[McGirk School Students]
Photograph of a group of McGirk school children with their teacher, who is holding a bell to the left of the group. They are gathered loosely into rows outside of a rustic wooden building with an open entrance-way visible behind the top row. The bottom row of boys are sitting on the ground, and two girls standing the next row up are holding books. Empty, flat land is visible in the background to the right of the building. Two of the children are identified on the back of the card as Pleasant K. Caraway and Clemmie Caraway.
Date:
January 30, 1901
Creator:
Carson Bros.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Trigger Mountain School Students 1902]
Photocopy of a group of students posed against the exterior wall of a wooden building, with many of the boys wearing dark suits and the girls wearing mostly dark patterned dresses. A boy in the foremost row on the far left is resting his hat on a wagon wheel, and two girls in the same row toward the right end are each holding a doll. A third girl with a doll is in the second row from the top, fifth or fourth from the right.
Date:
1902
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rock Spring School 1903]
Photograph of a group of school children posed with their teacher outside in front of the exterior wall of a wooden building. Most of the group are standing except four boys on their knees in the foremost row. Each of the group members has a number written in blue pen on the photo that corresponds to names listed on the back. Text written on the bottom edge of the photo mat reads, "Rock Spring School, about 1903, Miss Maggie Adair Teacher". The same phrase is repeated on the back.
Date:
1903~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Miss Mayme Rahl and Students]
Photograph of two rows of students and a teacher posed in front of a rustic wooden building with two open doorways. A label attached to the bottom edge of the photo mat reads, "Miss Mayme Rahl & students- South Bennett (?) Year ?", and he year "1904-1906" is written in pencil to the left of the typed label. Similar information is conveyed on the back of the photo.
Date:
[1904..1906]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Big Valley School 1906]
Photograph of a group of students and teachers from Big Valley School posed outside of a wooden building with two open doorways. A woman in the front row is seated at a piano, and several members of the group are holding books. Three members are identified on the back of the photo.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ella Goldthwaite Academy]
Photograph of a large, two story building with a mansard style roof top in the middle of a field. Writing in two different inks on the back of the photo mat reads, "Goldthwaite Public School '06 First Building used in Goldthwaite, (Ella Goldthwaite Academy)".
Date:
1906~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A. J. Gatlin Dry Goods and Groceries]
Photograph of a large group of people posed during the evening in front of a dry goods grocery store. One man in the front row of the crowd is holding a guitar, and a man to the far right is sitting on a horse. A pair of mules are harnessed to a cart in the left foreground. A post in the foreground to the right is blocking the camera's view of some of the group. Large signs above the store entrance say things such as, "A. J. Gatlin Dry Goods and Groceries" and "Gatlin's Bargain Store". Text written at the bottom of the photo mat reads, "Gatlin's sale 1906".
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Liveoak School 1907]
Photograph of adults and children posed into three rows in a field with a treeline in the background. A label attached to the bottom edge of the photo reads, "Liveoak School...1907, courtesy Abbye Boatwright." and "Live Oak school 1907" is written in pencil beneath it.
Date:
1907
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train Wreck in Mills County, May, 1908]
Photograph of a partially derailed train on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas with its engine detached and rolled over onto its side in the grass to the left of the cars. Several men and women are gathered around both the engine and the cars still on the track. "May 1908" is written in pencil in the top left corner.
Date:
May 1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mullin School Class of 1909]
Photograph of nine people organized into two rows, with the men sitting on a bench in the foremost row and wearing dark suits. The women are standing in a row behind the men, all wearing white blouses except for the woman on the far right, who is wearing a dark coat. A label at the bottom reads, "Mullen Class 1909" and a label at the top list the names of students and teacher as, "Top: Laudie Taylor, Cassie Williams, Auclay Taylor, Ina Lovelace. Bottom: Carl & Lynn Wilson, Prof. Williams, Henry Casey, Willie Williams. Donated by Henry Casey's daughter Sue Obenhouse." The names of the students and teacher are also handwritten on the back.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Goldthwaite Eagle Printing Office]
Photograph of a printing office in Goldthwaite with several type setting stations visible throughout the space and a large printing press in the center of the room. Three men stand in the back of the room, the one on the left wearing a dark waistcoat and light colored shirt and the two on the right wearing hats and aprons over their attire. A typed note is adhered to the bottom edge of the photo card that reads, "Goldthwaite Eagle about 1910. R. M. Thompson & printers. Notice no electric lights or leno type." The same message is written in pen underneath the label.
Date:
1910~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Picnic at Colorado River in Mills County, Texas]
Photograph of a group of people gathered in a wooded area for a picnic. Several men in dark suits and hats are standing to the right, mostly turned away from the camera, while three women in long-sleeved dresses are visible to left, their backs also turned to the camera as they kneel over a picnic blanket. Another man in a dark suit and hat is facing the camera in the left foreground, holding what appears to be a napkin or handkerchief. Trees and boulders are visible throughout the background.
Date:
1910~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History