[Photograph: Early Merchants in Alto, Texas]

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Photograph of the early merchants of Alto, Texas inside a room. On the far left, one man is measuring the waist of a second man; on the far right, a third man is running a sewing machine. A young boy is visible in the center of the image. Text beneath the photograph reads: "Copy of the original picture. Fred Crouch (known as "dude") is at the sewing machine. Arch Holcomb is measuring. Bill Francis is standing in the doorway. Frank, Haws, and Crouch Dry Good Store was in a corner building where the Humble Station is located."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in., on page 28 x 22 cm.

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Serving the town of Alto and the surrounding community since 1957, the Library was a project of the Thursday Study Club and named after the club's longtime president. Besides its usual functions as a lending library and internet access point, it has long served as a repository for local history. The Library received a Tocker Foundation grant.

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Photograph of the early merchants of Alto, Texas inside a room. On the far left, one man is measuring the waist of a second man; on the far right, a third man is running a sewing machine. A young boy is visible in the center of the image. Text beneath the photograph reads: "Copy of the original picture. Fred Crouch (known as "dude") is at the sewing machine. Arch Holcomb is measuring. Bill Francis is standing in the doorway. Frank, Haws, and Crouch Dry Good Store was in a corner building where the Humble Station is located."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in., on page 28 x 22 cm.

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  • Early Merchants of Alto, Cherokee County, Texas, SHML_0021

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Rescuing Texas History, 2013

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Is Part Of : Early Merchants of Alto, Cherokee County, Texas, SHML_0021

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[Photograph: Early Merchants in Alto, Texas], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth389516/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.

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