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[Dr. Joseph J. Rhoads, President of Bishop College]

Description: Dr. Joseph J. Rhoads was an educator, administrator, and advocate for civil rights in education who completed his career as the first African-American president of Bishop College in Marshall. He was born in 1890 in Marshall, and was educated there. He received his first degree from Bishop College; his second degree from the University of Michigan; and a Lit. D. degree from Bishop College. He also did graduate work at Yale University, receiving a scholarship there. He held numerous positions… more
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Drawing of a Couple in a Car]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of a couple driving a car through a haystack next to a semi-truck on a road. The text above the drawing reads, "Hello from Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "Nag, nag nag - I didn't pass him on a curve, did I?!?"
Date: unknown
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Partner: Old City Park

[Drawing of a Man Riding a Horse]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of a man riding a wild horse next to a yellow "Dude Ranch" sign while two people look on. The text above the drawing reads, "Hello from Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "Is that what they mean by the wide open spaces?"
Date: unknown
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Partner: Old City Park

[Drawing of Cowboy Shooting a Man's Feet]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of a cowboy standing in front of the doors of a saloon and shooting at the feet of a man wearing stereotypically tourist clothes. The text above the drawing reads "Howdy From Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "I'm Learning a New Dance Called 'The Texas Twist'!!"
Date: unknown
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Partner: Old City Park

[Drawing of Tourists in Dallas]

Description: Postcard of a drawing of an old man and woman wearing tourist clothes, hats, and sunglasses, surrounded by well-dressed people. The text above the drawing reads "Hello from Dallas, Texas", and the text below it reads "Wonder how they knew we were tourists?"
Date: unknown
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Partner: Old City Park

Early Schreiner Institute Football Game

Description: Photograph of a Schreiner Institute football game in play. Photo still of a ball pass. Does not appear to take place on school quad area where mid-1920s games were held. However, based on the background and appearance of bleachers this may be on Schreiner campus in the late 1920s.
Date: 192X
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Partner: Schreiner University

[Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Marshall]

Description: Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Marshall is a traditionally African-American congregation which was established in 1867 as a Methodist Episcopal Church ( as the denomination was named then). The congregation has contributed at least three bishops to Methodism. The building shown was constructed in 1958, following other structures. The sanctuary is in the right wing, joined to an education-administration wing at left whose entrance is marked by a bell tower with cross atop. The church is… more
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Elderly Couple on a Porch]

Description: Photograph of an elderly man and woman, who are identified as Uncle Georgius and Aunt Lucy according to a handwritten note on the back. They are seated on the porch steps of an unidentified house. Behind them is a screen door.
Date: unknown
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Partner: League City Helen Hall Library
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