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Portrait of DeMouche Children and May

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of three children, identified as Louis Henry DeMouche, Haydee DeMouche Davis, and Adeline DeMouche Hunter, with a woman. The three children are seated to the left of the woman. There are two girls and one boy. The two girls are closest to the woman. One of the girls has her head leaning on the woman's chest. The woman is wearing a dress with large sleeves. She is identified as Melissa May Fisher DeMouche.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of DeMouche Family

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the DeMouche family in Portland TX. The woman seated on the front left is Mrs. Melissa Ann Fisher Smith. She is seated next to her son-in-law, Louis Pierre DeMouche. Mrs. DeMouche and the DeMouche's two daughters are standing behind the front two. The group is posed in front of a picket fence bordering a grove of trees.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Ed C. Fisher

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a man identified as Ed C. Fisher. He is seated backwards in a chair with his arms crossed over the back, gazing slightly to the left. He is wearing a dark suit and tie as well as a large ring on his right pinky finger.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Fisher Family

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a couple identified as Mrs. Adele Hauschild-Fisher and Mr. Edwin C. Fisher. Mrs. Fisher is dressed in an ornate light dress with high neck. Her hair is pulled back into a bun. Mr. Fisher is dressed in a tuxedo and white bow tie. They both appear to be seated in front of a blank background. According to accompanying information, they have a daughter, Madelyn P. Stone, who is not pictured.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Haydee and Louis DeMouche

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of two DeMouche children holding hands. The girl (on the left) is identified as Haydee DeMouche and the boy (on the right) is Louis DeMouche. The young girl is dressed in a white skirt and hat; her top appears as a naval-style outfit. The young boy is dressed in a dark suit and tie with his coat fastened around his torso with a large bow.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Portrait of Lizzie Cole and Martha Jacoway]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a woman and girl sitting on the porch of a wooden house on Dallas Street in Portland, Texas. They are identified as Lizzie Cole (early Portland settler) and her great niece, Martha Jacoway. In the background, there is a view of First Baptist Church.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Louis P. DeMouche

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Louis P. DeMouche. According to accompanying information, he was an early settler of Portland, TX. He is seated backwards in a chair with his arms cross over the back. He has a long, styled mustache and a small pseudo-goatee. He is wearing a dark, round-domed hat. In his left hand he is holding a cigar. A large, dark ring is on his right ring finger.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Louis Pierre DeMouche

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Louis Pierre DeMouche. He is seated in a suit and bow tie. He is wearing a vest underneath his suit coat. Attached to that vest is a pocket watch. He has a dark mustache. He is facing slightly to the side.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Portrait of Minnie Oliver]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a woman riding a horse and holding an object in her left hand. She is identified as Minnie Oliver, Joe Green's secretary at Coleman Fulton Pasture Company (later Taft Ranch.) She is wearing a bandanna and a hat.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Mrs. Louis DeMouche

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Mrs. Louis DeMouche. She is shown wearing a light dress with dark ribbon accents. The neck of the dress is tall and ornately woven. A large, lace bow is on the chest of her dress. She is holding her head leaned slightly to the right.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Portrait of Mrs. M. G. Turner]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a portrait of Mrs. M. G. Turner, the first principal of Portland School in 1914. She is facing towards the left, and wearing a light-colored garment. Text below the image says "Mrs. M. G. Turner, Principal Portland School."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Mrs. Melissa Ann Fisher Smith

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an elderly woman (identified as Mrs. Melissa Ann Fisher Smith) posing with her arm around a large, dark-haired dog. The woman is wearing a dark dress with a frilly top covering her shoulders and upper arms as well as a dark hat. The dog has short, curly hair.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Professor T. M. Clark

Description: Photograph of a man identified as Professor T. M. Clark. The image is a bust image. He is wearing a suit and tie. He appears to me middle-aged. He has a white mustache and thick, dark eyebrows. His white hair is parted on the right. According to accompanying information, Professor Clark came to Portland in 1894 and established Bayview College.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Waldo E. Haisley

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a man identified as Waldo E. Haisley, holding his horse. He is holding the horse with his right hand. In his left hand, he is supporting a shotgun. He is dressed in a dark suit and tie. The area around him appears to be a desert with cacti and other desert foliage. A small cart is attached to the horse from behind.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Waldo E. Haisley and Dave Odem

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of two men identified as, from left to right, Waldo E. Haisley and Dave Odem. Both men are wearing suits and hats. They are standing in front of a wooden building with two windows. Mr. Haisley has both hands in his pockets. Mr. Odem has his right hand in his pocket and is holding his coat with his left. Accompanying information identifies Mr. Haisley as the mayor of Sinton, TX and Mr. Odem as the sheriff of Patricio County, TX. Mr. Odem has a pocket watch chain han… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Young Edwin C. Fisher

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a boy identified as Edwin C. Fisher. He is standing next to an upright construction made from thin branches. He is wearing a dark suit and light neckerchief-like tie. He is leaning his left arm on the wooden item. He is holding a wide-brimmed hat in his right hand. According to accompanying information, he was an early settler of Portland, TX, born in 1873, who operated a duck hunting business.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[President Taft and Joseph F. Green at Cattle Dipping]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a cattle dipping at Rincon Ranch. Several cows are lined up in a trough full of water. A wooden fence lines each side of the trough. A group of men are guiding the cattle in the background. Another group of men are standing and sitting along the fence to the left; President William Howard Taft and Joseph F. Green are standing inside the fence. One man is standing outside the fence on the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Burton & Danforth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[President Taft at Taft Ranch]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a group of men gathered around two prize shorthorn cows at Taft Ranch. President William Howard Taft is identified as the third man from the left. In the background, there is a wooden fence around a wooden barn with open doors.
Date: unknown
Creator: Burton & Danforth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[President Taft Visiting Rincon Ranch]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of President William Howard Taft visiting Taft Ranch. A group of men sitting on horses are gathered around a horse-drawn wagon with three men riding in it. President Taft is on horseback wearing a Panama hat with Joseph F. Green on the horse to his left; Charles P. Taft is riding in the wagon. The President then joined the Taft Ranch cowboys in a roundup. President Taft was the brother of Charles P. Taft, the principal owner of Taft Ranch.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[President Taft Visiting Taft Ranch]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of President William Howard Taft visiting Taft Ranch. A group of six men and two women are standing. One man towards the center of the image is standing in front of a cow. In the background, there is a building and wooden fence. President Taft was the brother of Charles P. Taft, the principal owner of Taft Ranch.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

La Quinta Mansion

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an area identified as the La Quinta Mansion near Portland, TX. A large two-story house is shown on the far right of the image. Farther back, beyond this house is another building with tower on its left. A group of four men and women are standing in front of a vehicle in the foreground. Another man wearing a hat is still seated in the car The car is parked on a dirt road leading to the large house on the right.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 27.881670 -97.266086
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

La Quinta Mansion

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the La Quinta Mansion in Portland, TX. The mansion is a large, three-story house. It has several chimneys and balconies. A large, open yard surrounds the mansion on all sides. Several rows of trimmed hedges are shown bordering the mansion grounds.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library
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