[May Day Program]

Copy negative of a May Day celebration at the Alexander Collegiate Institute. A large group of girls and boys stand and kneel on campus.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mayo Family]

Copy negative of the Mayo family. John Mayo, John McCullough and his wife stand in front of the fence surrounding their house.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mearl and Gloria Guinn]

Copy negative of a young woman, Mearl Guinn, holding up a baby, Gloria.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Melvina Chessher]

Copy negative of a portrait of an older Melvina Chessher, operator of the first hotel in Jacksonville, seated in a wooden chair. The photograph was taken in the early 1930s.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Melvina Chessher's 90th Birthday]

Copy negative of Melvina Chessher and her children gathered for her 90th birthday. From left to right, A. J. "Andy" Chessher, son; Melvina Chessher; Mrs. Gus "Miss Kate" Caperton, daughter; and Dr. John Chessher, son, stand on the porch of the original Chessher hotel building.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Standing Outside General Store]

Copy negative of a group of men standing outside a general store. Some of them stand on the porch, and some on the street. The sign on the building says "Weatherby Co. General Merchandise", and the sign under it reads "Peters Shoes, Solid Leather Throughout." On the far left, a boy sits on a bicycle.
Date: [1980..1990]
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mildred and Robbie Gardiner]

Copy negative of Mildred Gardiner and Robbie Gardiner Clubb on an old bridge at Fastrill. Foliage is visible in the background.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Murdoch]

Copy negative of Mr. Benjamin Franklin Murdoch and Mrs. Sallie Howard Murdoch, standing arm in arm.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. and Mrs. John Garrison Ellis #1]

Copy negative of a portrait of Mr. and Mrs. John Garrison Ellis. Mr. Ellis is seated and Mrs. Ellis is standing behind him with her hands on his shoulders. The photograph is in a mat with an oval window. A handwritten note on the mat, below the image, says "J. G. Eillis and wife, Margarette Ann Ellis."
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. and Mrs. John Garrison Ellis #2]

Copy negative of a portrait of Mr. and Mrs. John Garrison Ellis. Mr. Ellis is seated and Mrs. Ellis is standing behind him with her hands on his shoulders. The photograph is in a mat with an oval window. A handwritten note on the mat, below the image, says "J. G. Eillis and wife, Margarette Ann Ellis."
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mt. Hope Community]

Copy negative of the Mt. Hope School class of 1926. Only two teachers have been identified: Mrs. May Belle Murdoch Troublefield in the second row on the right, and Miss Era Fay Reid in the left on the third row.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Mud Creek" School]

Copy negative of a group of students at the school on Mud Creek, east of Rusk. Only Marvin Troublefield, fourth from the left in the third row, has been identified.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mules and a Car]

Copy negative of Omer Collins standing between a Model A pick-up truck and two mules pulling a wagon in Bulah. To the left is a picket fence made of split pickets.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Murdoch Family]

Copy negative of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Murdoch and their family. Joseph Murdoch, Moses Murdoch, Byrd Murdoch, Sam Murdoch, Annie Murdoch, and Thomas Murdoch stand in the back row. Callie Murdoch, Ida Murdoch, Rufus Murdoch, Katie Murdoch holding baby Mary Murdoch, and Ruby Murdoch sit in the front row.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nan Travis Hospital]

Copy negative of the Nan Travis Hospital, a three-story building with a basement and stairs leading to the entrance, in 1925. A car is parked on the far left, and the intersection of S. Ragsdale and Nacogdoches Sts. is in the foreground. Houses can be seen in the background.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Note to F. W. Bonner & Son Bank]

Copy negative of a note to F. W. Bonner & Son Bank which reads: "$6.86 Rusk, Cherokee Co. Texas, April 7, 1885. On or before the first day of September, 1885 for value received we promise to pay to Geo. D. Neel for the use * benefit of P. Jewell & Bro. Six & 8/100 Dollars at Bonners' Bank, Rusk Texas, with 12 per cent interest per annum from Jany 1, 85 until paid. If not paid at maturity, and place in the hands of an Attorney for collection, or if sued upon, ten per cent to be added to the amount of this Note and interest as collecting fee." The note has been marked "paid".
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Octagonal Barn]

Copy negative of an octagonal barn on the Mathew Tennison farm. The barn has no interior support structure.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oil Derrick]

Copy negative of a group of people standing in front of the base of a wooden oil derrick, with a car parked on the far right. Lorene Jones stands in the middle of the group, and a tall man with a hat, Dr. P. E. Jones, the owner of the farm, stands next to her.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Rusk High School]

Copy negative of the old Rusk High School building, featured on a post card. The building features a tower above the entrance.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Sweet Union Baptist Church]

Copy negative of the Old Sweet Union Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist congregations for African Americans in Jacksonville.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outside Ragsdale Bros. Gen'l Merchandise]

Copy negative of a group of men and children standing outside Ragsdale Bros. Gen'l Merchandise firm. Beauregard Ragsdale stands behind the children on the left. The boy standing with his finger in his mouth is Bascom "Pete" Brittain. On the right of the post stands John Ragsdale. To the left of the opposite post is A. N. "Nimrod" Ragsdale. The man to the left of A. N. Ragsdale, holding a cane, is believed to be Dr. J. M. Brittain. The rest of the men in the picture are unidentified.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ox Team]

Copy negative of an ox team pulling a cart (in the back on the far right). Arthur Ford rides astride the ox on the right.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Page from Cherokee County Banner]

Copy negative of a page from the Cherokee County Banner from 1913, displaying an article alongside a photo advertising First National Bank's new money safe.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Parade Float]

Copy negative of a float for the county fair parade, sponsored by Gragard Bros. & Co. Hardware. Various merchandise items are displayed, and the float is pulled by a team of white mules. Everret Gragard, Sr. stands on the float, Douglas Gragard drives, and Everett Gragard, Jr., a child, is seated to the left.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History