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[Beauchamp Siblings With Dog]

Description: Photograph of the Beauchamp siblings and family dog. Oluff Beauchamp is leaning against the car, Sarah Ellen Beauchamp Totten is getting out of the driver's side, and Mary Caroline Beauchamp Saan is sitting in the backseat. The family dog "Boy Dog" is sitting on the car's running boards.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Charles Kilgore as a Teenager]

Description: Photograph of Charles Kilgore, the youngest son of Theodore Kilgore, as a teenager. The portrait, which is positioned in a decorative frame with the year 1930 typeset at the bottom, is a school photo for League City School.
Date: 1930
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Joseph Kilgore as a Teenager]

Description: Photograph of a teenage boy named Joseph Kilgore, the son of Theodore Kilgore. According to accompanying information, the portrait was taken in honor of his high school graduation in 1930; the year is typeset in a decorative frame right below his picture. Joseph graduated as an honor student at the top of his class when he was sixteen-years-old.
Date: 1930
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Joseph Kilgore at His Graduation Party]

Description: Photograph of Joseph Kilgore and his high school graduation party comprised of his two other young men and four young women. Each young woman is wearing a white gown and is holding a bouquet in her arms. The Kilgore brothers are each wearing a dark blazer, a shirt, tie, and light-colored pants.
Date: 1930
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 1930

Description: Journal of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information.
Date: 1930
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South. North Texas Conference.
Partner: Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church

Life of J. W. Holston

Description: Handwritten manuscript by John Willis Holston. Chronicles his family's journey to Texas from Mississippi in 1869. Includes stories from his days as a cowboy on a cattle drive, and his two year service as a Texas Ranger.
Date: 1930~
Creator: Holston, John Willis
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Medicine Man in Texas

Description: Book outlining the early history of medicine and of medical societies in Texas, along with brief biographical sketches of prominent physicians by county. It includes excerpts of newspaper articles, association meeting minutes, and other sources documenting practices over time.
Date: 1930
Creator: Red, Mrs. George Plunkett
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Newt Harris Barber Shop, Richardson, Texas

Description: Barbershop interior, left to right: Newt [Thomas Newton] Harris owner, Walter Parks, Jack Echols, Dock Echols. 1 sink, ceiling fan, several electric lights, 2 barber chairs. Flag bunting draped above mirror. Additional information: Left to right: Newt [Thomas Newton] Harris owner, Walter Parks, Jack Echols, Dock Echols - Dallas Morning News 8/22/1984. Thomas Newton Harris, 30 Oct 1870 - 29 Jun 1952.
Date: 1930/1935
Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Portrait of a Teenage Girl]

Description: Photograph of a teenage girl, Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris, née Ross, posing for a portrait in a collared jacket and shirt. Her blonde hair is styled in a short haircut. Below her portrait, the year "1930" is typeset within a decorative border.
Date: 1930
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Schepps Bakery Baseball Team, The Yellow Jackets]

Description: Photograph of the Schepps Bakery Baseball Team, The Yellow Jackets, which was part of the Cleburne Amateur Baseball League. There are thirteen men in the photo, twelve in baseball uniforms and one wearing a suite. The names are listed on the back with a small picture numbering the men; "1. Jack Bowers, Manager 2. Lewis Stevens 3. J. B. McKemie 4. Lawrence Crutcher 5. Clayton (Tut) Harris 6. Harold Watson 7. Horace King 8. R. D. Patton 9. Tuffy Laytand 10. Lowell L. (Red) Harris 11. Jack Bowers,… more
Date: 1930~
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

When Texas was young

Description: The battle of San Jacinto -- A surgeon's story -- The "Twin Sisters" -- Reminiscences, piratical and revolutionary, from the career of Colonel Warren D.C. Hall.
Date: 1930
Creator: Ziegler, Jesse A.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Postcard to Launa Leng, January 12, 1930]

Description: Postcard to Launa Leng, wishing her a happy birthday. The front of the postcard features a photograph of the town and some of the small farms/houses surrounding the town, taken from a great distance. There are large bushes on the right left side of the photo, and in the background, small bluffs are visible on the horizon.
Date: 1930-01-12~
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Masonic Lodge Cornerstone Placement]

Description: Copy print of an image taken at the laying of the cornerstone for the Cleburne Masonic Lodge. The stone is visible near the center of the image, suspended by ropes next to a platform. A man wearing a suit is standing on the platform looking at the stone and other people are seated along the edge of the platform, facing outward. A large crowd of people is visible in the background, along the sidewalk in front of a tall, brick building. Additional historical information is printed on the back. more
Date: February 1930
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

[Postcard of Cherry Trees And Washington Monument]

Description: Postcard of rows of blooming cherry trees along the edge of the Potomac river with the white Washington monument in the distance. The scene is described as "These beautiful Japanese Cherry Blossom Trees which line Riverside Drive, Potomac Park, are a gift of the Japanese Government to the United States Government. In the Spring of the year they are a most beautiful sight and might suggest to the traveler a scene in old Nippon itself." The message on the back is illegible.
Date: April 16, 1930
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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