Photograph of Sam Rayburn. Sepia-toned toned photograph of Sam Rayburn from the chest up. He wears a dark suit, tie and white shirt. The photograph is autographed by Sam Rayburn. The words, "To my sister Meddie with my deepest affection--Sam Rayburn" are at the bottom of the photo. Meddie (Medibel Bartley) was one of Sam Rayburn's three sisters. She and her husband, S.E. Bartley lived in Sam Rayburn's home in Bonham beginning in the 1940s.

Caroline McGuire Street, born Jan 2, 1880.

Caroline McGuire Street, born Jan 2, 1880.

Photograph of Chickasaw Mrs. Catherine (Nee Nail) Folsom, c. 1882.

Certificate of Declaration for Charles William Sloman as he was gaining citizenship to the United States. The opening line of the document declares that he "solemnly swear[s], that it is bonafide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any Foreign Prince..."

Photograph of the main street in Coleman, Texas, in 1882. A row of businesses can be seen behind several people and their animal-drawn wagons.

Photograph of downtown Austin with Capitol under construction. Caption reads, "Birdseye view of Austin, Texas taken from School for Deaf showing the Capitol Bldg under construction. Note that west wing of main bldg of University was only partly built at that time."

A very early panoramic view of Mineral Wells (taken around 1882) from East Mountain and looking southwest is illustrated here. Locations identified by numbers are: 1: Judge Lynch's cabin, now Lynch Plaza at S. Oak Avenue and E. Hubbard Street; 2: The Mesquite Street well, middle of NE 1st Avenue (the second well in town, now [2008] abandoned); 3:The current center of downtown Mineral Wells, showing the intersection of Oak Avenue (US 281) and Hubbard Street (US Highway 180); 4: The current Fire and Police Departments; 5: S. Oak Avenue; 6: The Southern House Hotel; 7: The present "Business District", NE 1st Avenue; and 8: N. Oak Avenue (a residential area at the time.)

This photograph is an early panoramic view of Mineral Wells (taken approximately in 1882) from East Mountain, looking Southwest. Numbers on the photograph represent specific locations: 1. Judge Lynch's cabin, location of the first mineral water well; 2. N E 1st Avenue (second water well dug); 3. Oak Avenue and Hubbard Street; 4. Present location of the Fire and Police Station; 5. South Oak Avenue; 6. The Commercial Hotel (present location of the Gas Co.) 7. NE 1st Avenue business district; 8. North Oak Avenue. Note: The picture identifies number 6 as "The Commercial Hotel", but that hotel has been determined to have been located on South Oak Avenue. The hotel shown in the picture was the Early-Southern Hotel, which an 1893 guidebook clearly states was on Hubbard Street. The guidebook goes on to give the hotel's further location as "[O]n the same block with the post-office [sic] and three blocks from the depot." A Mr. Early is named as the proprietor.

A glass slide showing a cartoon of two young boys in a homemade wooden tank trying to push over a small tree. The caption is "What's teh use of having a tank if you can't push over trees and things the way a regular one does?" The cartoon was drawn by Fontaine Fox and has the following copyright: "Copyrighted. Reproduced by permission of the Wheeler Syndicate." The slide frame reads, "Community Motion Picture Bureau, NY."

A glass slide showing DaVinci's painting "The Last Supper." On the slide frame is printed "Economic Series." On the reverse of the slide is printed "T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau St. N. Y."

A glass slide showing a photograph of a model of the Temple Mount's supposed appearance during the Byzantine era. The slide is labeled "Justinian's Church 530," and is one of Dr. Conrad Schick's models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University.

A glass slide showing Raphael's painting “The Transfiguration.” On the slide frame is printed "Economic Series." On the reverse of the slide is printed "T.H. McAllister Manufacturing Optician 45 Nassau Street, New York."

A glass slide showing a photograph of a replica of Herod's Temple. A handwritten label that accompanied the group of slides containing this one reads "Dr. Conrad Schick's Models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University."

A glass slide showing a photograph of a replica of Solomon's Temple. A handwritten label that accompanied the group of slides containing this one reads "Dr. Conrad Schick's Models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University."

A glass slide showing a photograph of a scale model of The Temple Mount (known to Arabs as Harem Es-Cherif). The accompanying documentation reads "Dr. Conrad Schick's models housed in The Semetic Museum at Harvard University.

A glass slide showing Simms’ Baraca Class, Tabernacle Sunday School (Raleigh, North Carolina). The photo carries the caption “We Do Things” and the text "Compliments of Luther M. Tesh." The school's national motto is also imprinted on the image: "Young men at work for young men; all standinb by the Bible and the Bible School." Published by Chicago Transparency Company

A glass slide of a color cartoon showing a boy with a dog on a leash. An old man is on the floor under a table on his hands and knees looking at the dog while an old woman is seated at the table. The caption reads "Now snarl Dad and show fight it's the way to train." The cartoon was published by Chicago Publishing Co., 225 Dearborn St., Chicago.

A glass slide showing a photograph of a diorama of The Hebrew Tabernacle. A handwritten label that accompanied the group of slides containing this one reads "Dr. Conrad Schick's Models housed at The Semetic Museum at Harvard University."

This picture, labeled on the back as "Golens Livery Stable", shows a wagon, three hacks and a buggy, each pulled by a two-horse team. The hack on the left (the white horse on the right of the team) has a "Green's Transfer" sign on it. The hack in the middle has a passenger and the one on the right has three. The man in the foreground is likely the livery stable's owner. An assistant is visible in the stable doorway. Hacks and buggies were typical of the transportation that Mineral Wells hotels sent to Millsap to meet every passenger train on the Texas & Pacific Railroad, from the time the T&P came through Palo Pinto County in 1882 until the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railroad began service between Weatherford and Mineral Wells on January 1, 1897.

Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion in 1882 when it was first occupied.

Photograph of two men in a hilly landscape, with a moving train in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Granite Mountain near Marble Falls, Texas 1882, A&NW [Austin and Northwest] Narrow Gauge R.R."

Photograph of a group, with an ox drawn cart, in front of the home of Mrs. Samuel Yates during winter 1882, 3rd and Broadway, Muskogee, Indian Territory.

Knights of Pythias Bandmaster: C.B. Hilburn. Photo taken in 1882: Henrietta, Texas.