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[Grocery store display]

Photograph of Ernest Lewis standing next to a display in his grocery store, Lewis Grocery. The store was located on the Southeast corner of the square in Wellington, Texas. He is wearing a suit and tie, and looking towards the camera. The display is a tall pyramid of Prince Albert 10 cent cans.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group at caves]

Postcard of a group of young people at the caves of Southwest Wellington, Texas. There is a man in a black suit and hat standing in front of four other people at the mouth of the cave.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group in a field]

Photograph of two men with rifles and one child in a field. Handwriting on the back of the photograph identifies one of the men as J. W. Hembree, Pastor of First Basptist Church. The other man is identified as J. W. Payne, a jewelry man. The child is covering his ears.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group in front of small house]

Photograph of three women standing in front of a small, portable house. One woman is looking towards the camera and holding a suitcase, and the other two are looking towards the ground. Handwriting on the back of the photograph describes the scene and states that it is from the Gaye Eeds Glenn collection.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group of men in new car]

Postcard of five men seated in a new car. They are all wearing light shirts, dark pants, and hats. One man has his hand on the steering wheel and is looking off to the side. There are trees and fences in the background. Handwriting on the back of the postcard identifies the names of each individual.

Date: 1909

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group of students]

Postcard of a large group of students from the West Ward School in Wellington, Texas. The children are standing and sitting in four rows, and a teacher is standing on the left side of the photograph.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group outdoors in snow]

Photograph of four girls outdoors in the snow. Notes on the back of the photograph identify them as Nettie West, Ethel Kelley, Sallie Kelley, and Emma Hite. They are sitting on top of wagon wheel bottoms and looking towards the camera. There is a small store on the left side of the photograph and houses in the far distance.

Date: April 1, 1909

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group outdoors in snow]

Photograph of a group of five people standing outdoors in the snow. They are pictured on the South side of Main Street in Dodson, standing in front of a cafe and barber shop. They are identified from left to right as Elton, McKinney, Bernice Riddle, Norma Copeland Coran, Abra Lewis, and Jo Ann Bowling Farris.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group posing outdoors]

Photograph of a group of women posing outdoors by a porch. One woman in the front row is holding a baby. The seventh woman from the left in the second row is identified as Mie G. Anderson by handwriting on the back of the photograph.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group standing by two early cars]

Photograph of a group of people standing near two early cars. The car on the left is identified as a Studebaker and the car on the right is identified as a Rio A Velie. There are four men standing in between the cars looking toward the camera, two women in hats behind the Studebaker, and two children near the right side of the photograph. Handwriting on the back of the photograph identifies the individuals.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Group standing outdoors]

Photograph of two men and three women standing outdoors. The men are wearing nice suits and hats, and the women are wearing light-colored dresses and large-brimmed hats. They are standing on a slope in front of a large bush.

Date: 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Hardware and appliances store]

Photograph of the H. and H. Hardware and appliances store in Wellington, Texas. It is a one-story brick building with large windows. There is a sign for U.S. Highway 83 in front of the store.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Hiram Cudd standing by truck]

Photograph of a man, identified as Hiram Cudd, standing in front of a large truck belong to Cudd Bros. Trucking. He is wearing a light-colored uniform and a dark hat. There are houses in the background. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reveals that the house in the background was Hiram Cudd's parent's house and briefly describes its history.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Historic Wellington buildings]

Photographs of historic buildings in Wellington, Texas. The buildings included are the First Baptist Church, the Northeast corner of the Square, the South side of the Square, the Southwest corner of the Square, the Wellington Hospital, the Methodist Church, the home of Joe Hardy, the Court House, the Church of Christ, and the home of C. W. Roberts. There is a brief history of the buildings accompanying the postcards.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Home of J. M. Foraker]

Photograph of a group of people standing outdoors in front of two small barns. Two women are seated in a carriage drawn by one horse. A small boy is standing near the front of the photograph with a sign that has the date written on it. The caption states that the photograph depicts the home of J. M. Foraker.

Date: September 25, 1908

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Horse club members]

Photograph of a group of the 4-H Horse Club members. There are five people on horses, and one horse in the center of the photograph without a rider. Handwriting on the back of the photograph identifies the individuals as Susan Lowe, Teresa Kane, Toni Taylor, Kathy Patterson, and Bart Patterson.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Horse-drawn float]

Postcard of a horse-drawn float for W. H. Mims Blacksmith and Woodwork. There are American flags covering the top of the float, and a large banner on its side. There are men sitting on the float, and one man standing beside it. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that W. H. Mims managed an electric plant from 1912-1923.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Horses and buggy]

Postcard of two horses behind a fence that are attached to a buggy. There is a man, identified as Ernest Sherwood, and a woman seated inside the buggy. There is a short note on the back of the postcard.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Horses in parade]

Photograph of four horses being ridden in a parade. Notes on the back of the photograph state that the two horses in front are being ridden by Dave and Mable Thomas, and Jim and Ruth white are on the horses following behind. There is a crowd of people on the side of the road.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Hospital above drug store]

Postcard of a small hospital on the East side of the Square in Wellington, Texas. It is located above the Hardy O'Neil Drug Company store. There are other stores on both sides of the hospital.

Date: 1916

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Interior of Goat's Cafe]

Photograph of the interior of Goat's Cafe. There are people seated at tables and at the counter. A waitress is taking orders on the right side of the photograph. The man sitting in the back of the cafe in front of "Taylor's" ice cream sign is identified as Goat Hopper. Handwriting on the back of the photograph talks about the history of the cafe and states that it had the first refrigerated air conditioner in Wellington, Texas.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[J. C. Dean Store]

Photograph of the interior of the J. C. Dean Store. There are three men wearing hats standing in the center of the photograph, looking at some of the store's products. There are stocked shelves and glass display cases with various goods inside of them.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[J. Manly Prewitt on bicycle]

Photograph of a man identified as J. Manly Prewitt seated on a bicycle. He is wearing a black hat and looking towards the camera. There is a backdrop on the wall behind him with a nature scene on it.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[James Key Grocery and Meat]

Photograph of James Key Grocery and Meat. It is a very small, wooden building and there is an elderly man standing on the porch. There are also four small children with a dog. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that James Key came to Wellington from Tennessee in 1914.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collingsworth County Museum