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Brick Post Office, Richardson, Texas

Description: Medium sized brick building with large front window "Post Office, Richardson, Texas". On front door with screen door and metal awning. Two windows visible on right side of building. Visible through the large window are 24 mail boxes and a tall table.
Date: unknown
Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Buard's Phillips 66 Service Station in Marshall]

Description: Buard's Phillips 66 Service Station in Marshall was located at 1301 University where it intersects with Sanford Street. Therefore it was located within the historic "New Town Neighborhood," which is an African-American community of homes, businesses, professional offices, schools, and churches grouped around the Wiley College campus. The owner of the station, Polete Buard, was a self-made businessman. He was born and educated in Marshall. In 1929 he married Rebecca Drayden, whose biography … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Building in Marshall]

Description: An unidentified brick building in Marshall. There are three exterior doors on the ground floor with large windows on either side. Three windows on the upper floor align with the doors. Larger windows are on each end. The building sits alone on a low rise, with steps leading through a lawn to the front entrance.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Building in Marshall]

Description: An unidentified building in Marshall may be a church building. The picture does not show the whole structure. There is an awning over double front doors. A shed extension is at one side.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Bungalow in Marshall]

Description: An unidentified bungalow in Marshall. A three-story brick building is at the left of the picture. Steps lead from the sidewalk up a small rise. The wrought iron columns at the front porch may be a change from the original style and period of the house.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Bungalow in Marshall]

Description: This unidentified bungalow in Marshall has the Craftsman architecture, with the decorative brackets and exposed rafter ends under the eaves, and the trio of small windows in the front-facing gable which covers a porch supported by square half-columns set on brick piers.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Bungalow in Marshall]

Description: An unidentified bungalow in Marshall. The architecture is craftsman, with the front-facing gable, simple brackets, and columns set on brick piers. The house was occupied, clearly by someone who enjoyed plants.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Burning Building Near Railroad Tracks]

Description: Photograph of a fire engulfing a large wooden structure next to a railroad. A lone firefighter stands on the roof of an adjacent building attempting to fight the flames with a hose. Several onlookers observe the scene. An abandoned bicycle lies overturned against the wall of the adjacent building.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Business in Marshall]

Description: The Record Hut is the sign on this business in Marshall. The address is 512 1/2 S. Carter St. The location is within the New Town Neighborhood, which is a historic African-American community in west Marshall. The building is a small flat-roofed concrete block structure with grilles over the doors and an ice machine outside. The sign also has the words, "Tapes" and "Head Shop." A name on the sign is almost obscured by glare, but appears to be "Jewlery".
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Business in Marshall]

Description: The "End Zone" was a business in Marshall, location unknown. It was a small one-story building that stood alone on the lot. It had two entrance doors and large windows. On a boarded window are the words, "Private for Members Only Guests Welcome." A picture is attached to another boarded window.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Business in Marshall]

Description: A barber shop in Marshall is in a one-story brick building with large windows, a side-gable roof, and a gable over the front steps. Moon's Laundry and Cleaners is visible at the right edge of the picture.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Business & Professional Women's Luncheon]

Description: Contact print of a large group of people seated at a series of connected square tables during a luncheon at the Kendall Inn. The tables are covered in tablecloths, with bud vases, and there are a number of glasses and finished plates visible. The participants appear to be conversing in small groups. Plants and knick-knacks are visible on the walls along the edges of the room.
Date: unknown
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Butler Building Restoration]

Description: Photograph of a brick building known as the Butler Building, during its period of restoration. It features white, glass-paned double doors and windows. Some of the panes have been boarded up with wood. According to accompanying information, T.A. Kilgore operated his grocery store in this building for many years. Wooden planks border the property.
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[C. F. Adams, School Superintendent]

Description: Chesley Francis Adams was both city and county superintendent of schools in Marshall and Harrison County. He was born July 24, 1856 to Chesley M. Adams, a lawyer who came originally from North Carolina, and Martha Stephens Adams. Adams' early education was in Marshall. He received Bachelor degrees from Emory and Henry College in Virginia. Returning to Marshall, he read law and was admitted to the bar. Before entering practice, he taught school for two years. Elected to the office of schoo… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[C. H. and Mrs. Maxon, Bishop College, Marshall]

Description: C. H. Maxon was the fifth president of Bishop College in Marshall during the early years of the twentieth century. He is pictured with Mrs. Maxon. He was appointed by the American Baptist Home Missionary Society that founded the college. As all of the first presidents, he was a white man administering a school for African-American students. Bishop College received its first African-American president in 1929 with the appointment of Dr. J. J. Rhoads.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library
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