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Lipscomb County Cemeteries

Description: This book has information on each of the nine Lipscomb County cemeteries: Heart Cemetery, Kiowa Cemetery, View Point Cemetery, Darrouzett Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Fairmont Cemetery, Lipscomb Cemetery, St. John's Cemetery, and Higgins Cemetery; each section includes information about the origins of the cemetery with deeds and certificates, an index of the persons buried in the cemetery, a list of the information on each of the headstones in the cemetery, and a list of the veterans buried in … more
Date: April 2006
Creator: Kraft, LaVaun
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Elizabeth Wilson Foster

Description: Studio photograph of a the baby Elizabeth Wilson Foster. She is sitting in an elaborate wicker chair that is covered in the large piece of fur. She is wearing a white lace dress and has a necklace around her neck.
Date: unknown
Creator: Healy, A.A.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Mustached Man in Suit and Tie

Description: Photograph of a mustached man from the chest up. He is wearing a dark suit with the top button buttoned, a white shirt and a striped tie. His hair is parted on the side and his mustache is long.
Date: unknown
Creator: Greenlee, W.F.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Mustached Man in Suit

Description: Studio photograph of the bust of a mustached man. He is wearing a white shirt with a dark buttoned coat and a bow tie. His hair is parted on the side and his mustache is long.
Date: unknown
Creator: Papineau's
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Girl in Dress with Bows and Tassels

Description: Photograph of a young woman in a dark dress. The dress is decorated elaborately with bows covering the bottom hem, bust, and cuffs of the sleeves. Around the thigh and knee areas on the dress are three tassels connected together through decorated loops on the dress. She is wearing dark stockings and white shoes with large bows. Her right hand is bent upwards towards her head. She stands on cloth and there is a fake backdrop behind her.
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

A Boy, Girl and Baby

Description: Studio photograph of three children. On the left side of the photo stands a young girl in a white dress with lace, black stockings and boots and dark hair. On the left side is a small boy with a frilly shirt, short pants, dark stockings and boots, and an over-sized bow pinned to his shirt. Between the boy and girl is an elaborate wicker chair upon which sits a baby boy with blond hair who is wearing a long-sleeved white dress. They are standing on top of cloth and behind them is a fake back… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Baby on Fur

Description: Photograph of an infant in a long white dress. The baby is sitting atop a wicker chair that is covered in a large piece of light-colored fur.
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Mother and Daughter Portrait

Description: Studio photograph of a woman holding a small girl. They are both wearing dark dresses with puffed sleeves and both have dark curled hair. The woman wears a necklace and earrings and the girl wears a pin. The woman's hair is held up with a hair pin.
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Two Babies with Baskets

Description: Studio photograph of two babies sitting on a rug in a studio. They are both wearing white dresses and both hold wicker baskets. On the right side of the photograph in front of one of the babies is an old doctor's bag turned on its side. Behind the babies is another rug and on the wall is a fake backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hackett, J.B.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Woman with Embroidered Jacket

Description: Studio photograph of an unidentified woman. Her hair is parted in the center of her head and pulled back. She wears a high-collared shirt with a ribbon wrapped around the neck and a dark jacket with jeweled embroidery.
Date: unknown
Creator: Papineau's, A.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Man with Mustache and Bowtie

Description: Studio photograph of an unidentified man. He is facing the camera directly and wears a dark tuxedo with a white shirt and a striped bowtie. His hair is parted on the side and combed back and he has a mustache.
Date: unknown
Creator: Goodenorgn, Otis
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Couple in Nice Clothes with Podium

Description: Studio photograph of J.D. Harl and Ida June Foster Harl. He wears a dark suit and boots. He has a mustache and his dark hair is parted on the side. She is wearing a dark dress with fur trim on the skirt and ruffled bustle. The top has many buttons going up the center. There is a white bow on her left shoulder and there is a high lace collar. Her hair is pulled up and curled. Between the couple is a wooden podium upon which his left arm and her right is resting. They are standing on top … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington, J.M.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Elizabeth Foster

Description: Studio photograph of Elizabeth Foster from the bust up. She is wearing a dark dress with puffed sleeves and a high smooth collar. Pinned to the collar is a brooch that depicts a small smiling child with it's finger raised.
Date: unknown
Creator: Heyser, J.T.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Matilda Harl Smith and Husband

Description: Photograph of Matilda Harl Smith and husband from the bust up. She is wearing a dark dress with puffed sleeves, ruffles, and a ruffled high collar. He is wearing a dark suit with a vest, white shirt, bow tie, and pocket watch chain. He has gray hair and a gray beard and mustache.
Date: unknown
Creator: Simington
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Dust Storm, Wheeler Texas

Description: Image of a large dust storm about to engulf Wheeler, Texas. There is a tall courthouse with white pillars on the right side of the frame, other buildings and automobiles. In the foreground is a wide dirt road. Written across the bottom is, "WHEELER, Texas. 4/14 '35 6:30 PM"
Date: April 14, 1935
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Dust Storm in Darrouzett, Texas

Description: View of a long and wide dirt road leading to a large dust storm that is about to engulf the town of Darrouzett, Texas. There are a few people on the left side of frame. Written on the bottom of the print is, "Dust Storm Approaching Darrouzett, Texas. April 14th 1935.
Date: April 14, 1935
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Baby Boy on a Chair

Description: Studio photograph of a smiling baby boy standing in a carved wooden chair. The boy wears a collared short-suit with black stockings, necktie, and black and white lace-up boots. The chair is covered in dust. Written on the bottom is, "H.B. age 9 mo 10 days".
Date: unknown
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Jim Black and Woman

Description: Photograph of Jim Black standing with his arm around a woman who is standing on a tree stump. He is dressed in a dark jacket, cowboy hat, and denim pants tucked into cowboy boots. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a white handkerchief around her hair, looking at Mr. Black and smiling. There is a cactus next to the stump. Behind them is a tree and fence with a building in the far background. Written on the bottom in pencil is, "a little skidish".
Date: unknown
Creator: Marquis
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Cowboy Hugging Woman

Description: Photograph of a smiling cowboy with his arms around a woman who is standing on a tree stump with her arms around him. He wears a dark shirt, cowboy hat, and denim pants tucked into his cowboy boots. She wears a checkered dress and has a decorative comb in her hair. On the left side of the frame, next to the stump, is a cactus. Behind them is a tree, fence, and a building in the far background. Written on the bottom border in pencil is, "an armfull", where "full" is underlined three times.
Date: unknown
Creator: Marquis
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Steam Thresher, Wheat Straw Pile and Horses

Description: Photograph of steam threshing machine spewing straw out of stack. Large pile of wheat on the right side of the frame. Man standing on machine and child in horse-drawn vehicle on the left side of the frame. Team of horses on either side of steam thresher. All is in a field of cut wheat.
Date: unknown
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
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