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[George Anderson Wright]

Description: Headshot portrait of George Anderson Wright (August 9, 1845-November 5, 1935), the son of William and Jennie Winn Wright. Wright is wearing a dark suit and tie with a light-colored shirt; his hair is white/gray and he has a trimmed beard and moustache. He is looking over his left shoulder, facing the camera. Wright was a businessman and was involved in politics; he served as mayor of Palestine, Texas for several terms.
Date: 1920~/1930~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Portrait of Ira Trotter]

Description: Portrait of Ira Trotter as a young man, visible from the chest up and looking toward the left side of the image. He is wearing a dark-colored suit with a light-colored, high-collared shirt and a dark necktie with small polka-dots. The portrait is in an oval-shaped frame.
Date: [1928..1938]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Charles Howard Blackshear II]

Description: (back of photo) My beloved cousin Chas. Howard Blackshear II, son of Uncle Joe and Aunt Mollie Colbert Blackshear. This is his freshman year at University of Ky. and he has on the "Pledge Pin" of my own college fraternity. 1926 - I had sent C.H.B. (Chas. Howard Blackshear II) to "Bob" Massies School for Boys (Massie was son of the Dean of the Lexington Ky Cathedral. (Signed) William S. Blackshear. P.S. Chas. H.B. was the first of my several 1st cousins I sent to school and/or aided financially … more
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Grace Church, New Bedford, Mass]

Description: Photograph of the west entrance of the Grace Episcopal Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, taken from the opposite side of County Street near several automobiles. There is a tall, square tower above the door and, to the right, a portion of the building with a peaked roof and a small cross at the top, large stained-glass windows, and decorative brickwork along the eaves.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 41.632632 -70.929924
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Gordon B. Broyles]

Description: (back of photo) Gordon B. Broyles of Palestine, Tex. visits William Blackshear at Freeport 1925. This at Tarpon where I boarded until Recorty Cottage re-finished. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library. [Tarpon is an earlier name for Port Aransas.]
Date: 1925
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[William Blackshear and Pom Penny]

Description: (back of photo) Hampton Bay, L.I., 1928 - William Blackshear with the Penny lad. Pom Penny killed himself when away at school years later. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[William S. Blackshear]

Description: (back of photo) W.S.B. at Oxford University, England. Belbroughlin St. 1927 - My Matriculation costume. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1927
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palestine Public Library
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