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[Copy Print of a Photograph of People Sitting on School Lawn]

Photograph of, from left to right, a man, a small child wearing a small hat, a woman wearing a large hat, another child, and another woman, sitting on a rocky, grassy lawn in front of a two-story stone building with windows along both floors. There is a large tree right in front of the front entrance of the building, and another, smaller tree to the left of the building. There is a tower in the center of the top of the building with a pointed roof and a spire on top. In the distant background, scrub-brush and bushes are visible.
Date: 1890/1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Group at Wright Golden Wedding Celebration]

Photograph of a group of eight people (three women and five men), four of which are sitting in a row on wood chairs and four of which are standing behind the first row. The men all have either mustaches or beards, while the women all wear dark, floor-length dresses. The group is situated in front of a backdrop with a view of an outdoor veranda painted on it. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo identify the people, from left to right, back to front as: G. N. Vickrey, Sarah Vickrey, Allen Jenkins Vickrey, Mary Ann Vickrey King, Dr. William Stuart Vickrey, Frank Vickrey, John Wright Vickrey, and Mary Ann Butler Vickrey.
Date: April 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Sam Houston Barton Family]

Photograph of two adults sitting with five children arranged around them in front of a painted backdrop. The males are all wearing medium-colored, textured suits, the females wear dresses, and a baby, held by the woman, wears a gown. The three boys stand behind the adults, while a small girl is held by the man. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph identify the parents as Nancy Anderson Garrett Barton and Sam Houston Barton, and the children as: Randall Barton, William Welborn Barton, Blakey Raymond Barton, Sam Houston Barton Jr., Suzy Corrine Barton, and Louisa Adeline Barton.
Date: [1890,1891]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Family in Front of Vickrey House]

Photograph of a group of eight people standing in front of a one-story house with dark wood siding and a partially covered front porch in the corner of the house. Three of the people are children, two of which are sitting on tricycles, and the other is held by one of three men. The columns of the porch overhang are covered in ivy, obscuring the front of the house. The house is raised slightly, and has a short flight of steps leading up to the porch. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the photo was taken before the house underwent remodeling, and identify the people in the photo, from left to right as: Ralph Butler, Sarah Jane Butler, Thomas Butler, Louis Vickrey, "Polie" Vickrey, Ruby May Vickrey, and Sophie Vickrey.
Date: 1894~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Six Hamblin Sisters]

Photograph of five women and girls sitting and standing around one woman for a portrait. All of the women are are wearing long-sleeved, high-neck dresses with puffed shoulders, and have their hair pulled back in up-dos or braids. They are situated in front of a painted backdrop with trees on it. Two labels on the back identify the woman in the center as Alice Hamblin Potter, and from left to right: Vesta Hamblin, Annie Hamblin Aiken, Naomi Hamblin Hughes, Ella Hamblin Manning, and Emma Hamblin White. The labels also identify the sisters' parents as William Krougher (W. K.) and Alice (Gray) White, and the women's husbands.
Date: [1892..1899]
Creator: Bryan, E. G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two Bridges Over Salado Creek]

Photograph of the first iron top bridge and a smaller pedestrian suspension bridge to the right; both bridges span the Salado Creek, and has trees surrounding it on both sides. The back of the photo has a note that says the first iron bridge lasted from 1892 to 1913, while the suspension bridge was "destroyed in 1900."
Date: [1892..1913]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wedding Invitation from Reddin Dillard Shofner] (open access)

[Wedding Invitation from Reddin Dillard Shofner]

Wedding invitation from Reddin Dillard Shofner for the "marriage of his daughter Eugenia to Dr. J. E. Guthrie" at the Methodist Church in Salado, Texas. Their full names have been identified as James Edwin Guthrie MD and Eugenia Shofner.
Date: April 15, 1894
Creator: Shofner, Reddin Dillard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History