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Cotton year in Killeen, Texas

Description: Photograph, taken 1905 or 1906, depicts cotton loaded on a railroad car. A group of men stand atop the bales and alongside on a platform; men sit in two horse-drawn drays next to the pile of bales. The caption for the photograph reads: Loading bales of cotton on flat cars at Santa Fe Station in a bumper cotton year. Two-wheeled drays (left) hauled bales from cotton yard located in the 400 block of Avenue D.
Date: 1905~/1906~
Partner: Killeen City Library System

[Doctor William A. Barton]

Description: Doctor William A. Barton. Photo circa 1905: Dr. Barton, doctor and druggist in Clay County. Lived in Newport area c.1885 - c. 1900, then in Bellevue until his death in 1922. He ran a pharmacy in Bellevue with his wife's step-father, William C. Hood. His store was destroyed in the 1906 tornado. Buried in Bellevue cemetery.
Date: 1905~
Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[Four Boys]

Description: Photograph of four boys, three wear hats and they all have ties. The two in front are seated in wicker furniture and wear knickers. Text on the photo reads,"Seated-Graydon Cole and Claude Gilmer Standing L-R: "Chic" Pennington and Todd Patton 1905-1910".
Date: 1905~
Partner: Killeen City Library System
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