Rescuing Texas History, 2011 - 60 Matching Results
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- [Southern Pacific Depot]
- Cropped copy-print photograph of the interior of Southern Pacific Depot, located at Houston and Travis Street in Cleveland, Texas. A man on the left side of the room is talking on the phone and four other men are standing around him. The man at the front desk is typing on a manual. A calendar on the wall shows the month April.
- [Early Cleveland School]
- Copy negative of an early school in Cleveland, Texas. A large group of people is standing in front of the building facing towards the camera. There are two people in the background in the doorway of the school.
- [Curtner Drug Store]
- Photograph of the inside of the Curtner Drug Store. Two people are looking at products in a glass display in the center of the store. Three other men are standing behind the counters in the background. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that the man on the left with the dark cup is Ruel Curtner, and the man on the right with the dark hat is "Papa" Curtner.
- [Wagons and mules outside]
- Photograph of multiple mule-drawn wagons outside a store that reads "Singley Bros." There is a man standing in the doorway of the store with his hands at his side, identified as H. E. Singley. The man sitting in the wagon to the left is identified as Bert Weaver. Rooftops of houses can be seen in the background. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads "Jones Singley."
- [Three women posing with wooden cart]
- Photograph of three women posing with a wooden cart. They are identified as Gay Eads, Blanch, Crouch, and LaNora Sherwood. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that the cart is a city meat market "hack" that was used to deliver meat. Two of the women are riding on the back of the cart as the other is pretending to pull it forward, and there are houses in the distance behind them.
- [Small group next to an early car]
- Postcard of three people next to an early seven-passenger Studebaker. Handwriting on the back of the photograph identifies the individuals as Bob Glenn, Gay Eads, and Eula Williams. The man and one of the women are seated on the side of the car, and the other woman is standing up facing them. A shadow from the photographer is cast on the front of the car.
- [Children in front of car on bridge]
- Photograph of two small children standing at the front of a car on a wooden bridge. They are leaning together and looking towards the camera. There is another person sitting in the car behind the wheel. Notes on the back of the photograph describe the location of the scene and state that Rube Sherwood is the mother of the children pictured.
- [Mother and children]
- Photograph of a woman standing next to a child and holding a baby. The woman and child are both wearing dresses, and they are posing in front of a black car.
- [Family group posing indoors]
- Photograph of a family group posing indoors. An elderly woman is seated in a chair with one girl and two boys behind her. The individuals are identified by handwriting on the back of the photograph as Lenore Sherwood, Mrs. Ermie Sherwood, Hugh Sherwood, and Mrs. Mary E. Hannah.
- [Three children on porch]
- Photograph of three small children identified as Irma Sherwood, Sadie Sherwood, and Ray Sherwood. They are seated next to each other on a wooden porch. Their parents are identified as Rube and Sadie Sherwood.
- [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.
- [Large group posing outdoors]
- Photograph of a large group of adults and children at a quilting at the house of Mrs. S. C. Somerville. There are multiple rows of people standing and sitting between two trees in front of the house. Notes on the back of the photograph identify the individuals as Mrs. Lackey, Betty Cocke, Mamie Swafford, Mrs. T. T. Fain, Mrs. Nunn, Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Foster Brown, Mrs. L. T. Alexander, J. L. Alexander, Emma Richards, Mamie Anderson, Mrs. Leach, Mrs. Walter Dobbs, Maude Singley, Mrs. Sam Prichard, Mrs. John Anderson, Mary Somerville, Mary Stall, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Winnie Fain, Mrs. Swafford, Mrs. Jake Owens, Mrs. J. Longings, Mrs. Myers, Edith Longings, Walter Somerville, Otis Somerville, Lois Sherwood, Mrs. S. C. Somerville, Clint Richards, Lee Smith, and Linnie Richards.
- [Man proposing to a woman]
- Photograph of a young man proposing to a woman. He is wearing a dark suit and kneeling on one knee. The woman is wearing a long black skirt and a hat, and holding the man's hand. They are pictured on a rocky hill.
- [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.
- [Portrait of Palo Cummings]
- Photograph of a man wearing a suit and hat and holding a small child. The man is identified as Palo Cummings and the child is his daughter, Edith. They are seated outside in a large, open field.
- [Wellington School in construction]
- Photograph of the Wellington School in construction. The structure is made of wood and is mostly a skeleton of the building. There are six men standing in front of the structure, wearing hats and working gear. The caption states that the work was done by Smith and Somerville Contractors.
- [Wellington School after construction]
- Photograph of the Wellington School after completion. There are six men standing in front of the two-story building, facing towards the camera. An accompanying caption states that the contractors were Smith and Sommerville Contractors. The man first on the right side of the photograph is identified as Sam C. Sommerville.
- [Kelly School Photograph]
- Photograph of a group of students at the Kelly School. There are young children in the front of the group, and older students standing behind them. The children are identified in each row in writing on the back of the photograph.
- [Aberdeen School]
- Photograph of a class from the Aberdeen School posing outdoors. The students are lined up in three rows, and a teacher is standing on the right side.
- [Pleasant Hill School]
- Photograph of a group of students from Pleasant Hill School. The students are standing outdoors in front of a building, and are lined up in four rows. The youngest children are standing in the first two rows. An accompanying note identifies some of the students; those identified in the first row are Bertrude Peggram Clark, Fran Abbott, Morris Abbot, Lou Ellen Burdine, Rosa Bell Peggram, Carla Fields, Neil Fields, Horace Bible, and John Abbot. Those identified in the second row are Miss Lou Goodnight (teacher), Uple Holland, Mae Beth Wilson, Ola Starr Hunter, and Ray Burdine. Those identified in the third row are Mildred Abbott, Vera Abbott, Alice White Ammons, Bertha Fields, Mary Burdine, Curtis Jones, Frank Wilson, and Elroy Burdine. Those identified in the back row are Zula Holland, Ivy Fields, Conrad Jones, Walter Burdiner, Arnold Holland, Ernest Abbott, and Willie Fields.
- [Dodsonville School]
- Photograph of a group of students from the Dodsonville School. They are pictured outdoors near the wall of a building, and are lined up in seven rows. The younger children are seated in the first two rows.
- [Dodson School]
- Photograph of a group of students from the Dodson School. They are pictured outside near the wall of a building, and are lined up in four rows. An accompanying note identifies the students; in the back row is O. D. Thorn, Carrol Jones, Buddy Wynn, Merlin Carter, Ralph Brannum, Clarence Talley, Fred Scott, Teacher Vaughn, Leona Rodgers (white bonnet), Cap Berry (behind Leona), Floy Wynn (left side of Cap), Alf Wynn, Belle Hunt, and Otis Royal. In the second row is Jewel Nipper, Blanch Futch, Ruth Royal, Sue Rodgers, Vrigie Trout, Margie Trout, Susie Trout, and Ruth Gardner. in the third row Alonzo McDowell, Ralph Cherry, and Ruby Roedocker. In the fourth row is Goldwyn Millner, Bryan Ellis, Carl Weaver, Jack Deahl, Arlin Baker, Elliot Wynn, Forrest Jones, and Jack Broyles.
- [Wellington Basketball team]
- Photograph of a Wellington Basketball team. There are six young women pictured standing in a line, and one man standing in the middle of them. Handwriting on the back of the photograph identifies their names.
- [Wellington High School Graduating Class of 1912]
- Photograph of the graduating class of Wellington High School. There are seven students pictured, two of them are young men wearing suits and five of them are young women in white dresses. The caption identifies the names of the students.
- [Wellington School students]
- Photograph of a group of students from Wellington School. They are pictured indoors, sitting in three rows. Most of the students are girls wearing white blouses and dresses. There are five young boys pictured at the right of the photograph.
- [Fresno School photograph]
- Photograph of a group of young women outside of Fresno School. They are playfully posing under benches and smiling towards the camera. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reveals that one of the women is Alma Crawley.
- [South side of square]
- Photograph of the South side of the square in Wellington. There are multiple small stores and a hotel in the foreground, and the First Baptist Church is located in the upper left side of the photograph. The streets around the square are not paved.
- [Singley Brothers Mill]
- Photograph of the Singley Brothers Mill and Elevator. The mill has a brick exterior and there are three men standing in front it, facing towards the camera. There is a smaller, wooden building near the bottom-left side of the photograph.
- [City Drug Store]
- Photograph of the City Drug Store and the South side of the square in Wellington, Texas. There are three men and one small boy standing in front of the drug store. The building on the left side of the photograph is a lunchroom.
- [Men standing on porch]
- Photograph of a group of seven men standing on a porch. They are all wearing hats, and three on the left side of the photograph are also wearing full suits. The man on the far right is holding a dog over his leg. Handwriting above each person identifies them, from left to right, as Joe Jones, J. J. Calloway, Papa Couch, P. W. Meyer, C. B. Jones, George Lee, and Henry Singley.
- [Exhibit of Dodsonville agricultural products]
- Photograph of a display of agricultural products from Dodsonville. The exhibit is indoors and is full of many different varieties of plants and vegetables, including watermelons, potatoes, and corn.
- [Flour mill]
- Photograph of the exterior of a flour mill. It is identified as the Home Queen and Pride of Wellington flour, opened in 1916. Handwriting on the back of the photograph describes the history of the mill.
- [Cotton gin in Wellington]
- Photograph of a cotton yard at the Wellington Cotton Gin. There are numerous bales of cotton in a field, and five men are pictured standing and sitting on top of them. The men are all wearing hats and facing towards the camera, and one man on the far right side of the photograph is smiling and pointing. There are houses in the distant background. An accompanying note states that Lonzo Cartwright was the cotton gin manager.
- [Steam-powered thresher]
- Photograph of a steam-powered thrasher, identified as a thrasher engine. It has large wheels and a covering over the conductor's area. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that the engine was B. H. Ford's. The photograph was taken around 1910 and this copy was developed around 1960.
- [Wellington State Bank]
- Photograph of five women standing outside of Wellington State Bank. They are all wearing long coats, skirts, and hats. The woman on the far right side of the photograph is wearing a large fur shawl, muff, and hat. All are smiling towards the camera except for the woman in the center of the photograph.
- [Photograph of White Rock Creek - Prior to Excavation]
- Photograph of White Rock Creek prior to excavation. A group of men are digging in the river banks. A house is being built in the background.
- [Photograph of White Rock Creek- Explosion]
- Photograph of an explosion at White Rock Creek.
- [Photograph of White Rock Creek- Cement House]
- Photograph of the White Rock Creek reservoir and the cement house near it. A train is in the center of the image. An inscription on the bottom of the image has partially torn off.
- [Photograph of White Rock Creek- Reservoir Intake Stream Drill Holes]
- Photograph of the White Rock Creek reservoir. Inscriptions on the image explain that the men are working on the intake well and the stream drill boring holes.
- [Photograph of White Rock Creek]
- Photograph of White Rock Creek. Men in the background are working along the riverbank.
- [Photograph of White Rock Lake- Five Unidentified Men]
- Photograph of five unidentified men at White Rock Lake. The men are all wearing suits, overcoats and hats.
- [Photograph of White Rock Lake- Inside View of Pump Station Walls]
- Photograph of the inside structure of the reservoir at White Rock Lake. The inscription on the bottom of the image indicates that it is an inside view of the forms for the pump station walls.
- [Photograph of White Rock Lake- Vulcan Steam Hammer Outfit]
- Photograph of the Vulcan Steam Hammer Outfit at White Rock Lake and the men working on the pile driver. Inscriptions on the bottom of the image describe the type of pile driver.
- [Photograph of White Rock Lake- Trench for Core Well]
- Photograph of the trench for core well at White Rock Lake and the men working on it. Inscriptions on the bottom of the image describe the type of construction.
- [Photograph of White Rock Creek Reservoir Steam Drill]
- Photograph of the steam drill at White Rock Creek and a man working on it. Inscriptions on the bottom of the image describe the type of construction and name the worker as Derrick.
- [Photograph of White Rock Lake- Wakefield Sheeting]
- Photograph of the Wakefield sheeting and pile driver at White Rock Lake and the men working on it. The machine is emitting thick, dark smoke into the air. The inscription on the bottom explain and date the image.
- [Photograph of White Rock Lake- Intake Well Excavation]
- Photograph of the intake well excavation at White Rock Lake and the men working on it. The inscription on the bottom explain and date the image.
- [Photograph of White Rock Lake- Vulcan Hammer]
- Photograph of a Vulcan Hammer at White Rock Lake and the men working on it. The inscription on the bottom explains how the pile driver works.
- [Photograph of White Rock Creek- South End of Reservoir]
- Photograph of a the south end of the White Rock Creek Reservoir after the forms had been removed.
- [Photograph of Reservoir Construction Managers at White Rock Creek]
- Photograph of the three reservoir construction managers of the White Rock Creek Reservoir. On the back of the image, the names of the three men are listed along with their job descriptions.