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[Postcard of J. A. Allen and Mother's Residences]
Postcard of two homes with picket fences on a dirt road. A note on the front of the postcard says "J. A. Allen and Mother's Residences, Mesquite, Texas."
Date:
[1900..1920]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Virginia Catherine Longley]
Postcard of Virginia Catherine Longely (Mrs. Hugh Lawrence) carrying a handbag and wearing gloves, a hat, and a feather-trimmed coat.
Date:
[1900..1915]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tintype Portrait of a Boy]
Tintype portrait of a young boy wearing a suit and standing next to a wooden chair.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tintype Portrait of a Group]
Tintype portrait of a group of adults in dark clothes, with the woman on the back left identified as Lizzie Walker.
Date:
[1900..1910]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Mesquite School]
Photograph of the first brick Mesquite school building for the newly formed Mesquite Independent School District.
Date:
1901
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Austin, Texas Civil War Monument]
Photograph of the Civil War monument on the grounds of the State Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Date:
1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Texas State Capitol]
Photograph of the Texas State Capitol building, with a handwritten note on the back that says "Grandma Florence (from Hughie)."
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Galveston Quarantine Station]
Photograph of Galveston quarantine station in Bolivar, Galveston, Texas, as labeled on the back. Dr. John Hicks Florence is on the house porch and his family are standing on the boardwalk. Dr. Florence served as the Texas state quarantine officer beginning in 1905. His last post was at this location from 1907 to 1909.
Date:
[1905..1915]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Guymon School Class of 1905]
Photograph of the Guymon School class of 1905. The class members are identified as (left to right) Maude Denny, Pearl Beck, Ethel Hurleman, Jennie McGuillan, Jim McGuillan, Ressie Jackson, Orville Odair, Mrs. Ray Houser (teacher), Perle Curtis (Florence), Ada Bradshaw, Hattie Jackson, Jewell Hunt (Dean), unknown, T. Rae Reck, and Ceceil Crumley.
Date:
1905
Creator:
Views-Photos
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Hugh and Onyx Lawrence in Costume]
Photograph of Hugh Lawrence seated in a wicker chair holding Onyx Lawrence as a small child.
Date:
[1905..1910]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Garnet Lawrence]
Portrait of Garnet Lawrence as a toddler, wearing a light dress and sitting on a wicker chair.
Date:
[1905..1910]
Creator:
Wisdom
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of First Baptist Church in Mesquite]
Photograph of the First Baptist Church of Mesquite, Texas.
Date:
1906~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of School Children]
Photograph of a group of children in a classroom standing in front of a blackboard.
Date:
February 22, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Lawrence Children]
Photograph of children standing outside of the Walker house, with a woman and a horse inside of the fenced yard.
Date:
[1908..1911]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Onyx and Garnet Lawrence]
Photograph of Onyx and Garnet Lawrence as young girls, standing on either side of a pedestal with a potted plant on top of it.
Date:
[1908..1913]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Onyx Lawrence in a Buggy]
Photograph of Onyx Lawrence as a young girl seated in a buggy with one horse hitched to it.
Date:
[1908..1913]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Opal and Onyx Lawrence]
Photograph of Opal and Onyx Lawrence sitting in a yard on a wicker chair, with a building behind them.
Date:
[1908..1913]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Opal Lawrence]
Photograph of Opal Lawrence as a young girl, sitting cross-legged in front of a well.
Date:
[1908..1913]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Ray Walker and Opal Lawrence]
Photograph of Ray Walker and Opal Lawrence as children, standing together outside with plants and a fence in the background.
Date:
[1908..1913]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Elementary Students]
Photograph of early elementary students standing with their teacher outside of the school building. The students are identified, left to right, as: (back row) Guttamease Sewell, Bennie Jones, Gayle Kimbell, Ollie Miller, unknown, unknown, unknown, Leary Allen, Sam Rutherford, Arthur Harris, unknown, unknown, Palmer Lawrence, and Walter Grey; (middle row) Ollie Hall, Estelle Jones, Alice Youree, Dona Henderson, Grace Summers; (bottom row) Freddie New, Garnet Lawrence, Onyx Lawrence, Irene Grubb, Ona Mae Dean, Velda Hanby, Karin Grubb, Winnie Humphreys, and Mayola Thompson. Their teacher is Miss Ella Black.
Date:
[1910..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Garnet and Onyx Lawrence]
Photograph of Garnet Lawrence kneeling and Onyx Lawrence standing next to her outdoors, in front of a wire fence.
Date:
[1910..1912]
Creator:
Lawrence, W. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Garnet Lawrence]
Photograph of Garnet Lawrence as a young girl, standing outside in winter clothes.
Date:
[1910..1915]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of John E. Quarles Co. Lumber]
Photograph of Harry Walker sitting with another man on the porch of the John E. Quarles Co. Lumber building.
Date:
[1910..1920]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Lawrence and Walker Families]
Photograph of a group of adults and children in a yard. The couple in the middle is Mrs. Louisa Walker Lawrence and Stephen Decatur Lawrence, and the three girls in front of them are (left to right) Garnet, Onyx, and Opal Lawrence. The couple on the far right is Janie and John Walker, and the couple on the far left is Lewis and Effie Walker.
Date:
[1910..1912]
Creator:
Lawrence, W. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History