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[7th and 8th Grade Class, Gallatin]
Copy negative of the 1921-1922 7th and 8th grade of Gallatin school. Those in the back row stand, while those in the front row sit on a bench.
[Alan L. Bean, Astronaut]
Copy negative of astronaut Alan L. Bean presenting a photo of Apollo 12 on the Moon on the occasion of Jacksonville's Centennial Celebration in 1972. Standing, left to right, are Theron Ragsdale, Alan L. Bean, Mrs. Alan L. Bean (Sue Ragsdale), Mrs. Frank W. Ebaugh, and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. "Ned" Ragsdale.
[Automobile Display]
Copy negative of an automobile display in Jacksonville's early days. Owners of the automobiles stand next to their vehicles, which are lined up across W. Commerce St. Franklins, Buicks, Hudsons, Model T Fords, and Cadillacs are visible among the cars. Some have right-hand drive, a common feature in the early days of American automobile manufacturing.
[Awaiting the Train]
Copy negative of citizens of Jacksonville awaiting the arrival of President William Howard Taft by train at the I. & G. N. railroad station. The mayor, M. L. "Bud" Earle, stands second from the right. With him are Civil War veterans, many of whom wear ribbon badges.
[Board of Aldermen, 1885]
Copy negative of the Jacksonville Board of Aldermen from 1885. Underneath the portrait is a list of the aldermen. Clockwise, they are H. L. Morris, George Tilley, John Allen Templeton, John H. Bolton, J. L. Douglas, and William Henry Sory. Mayor R. H. Small is pictured in the center.
[Business District]
Copy negative of a street scene in Jacksonville's business district. Stores on the right side of the street are, from front to back, Ragsdale Brothers General Mdse., John H. Bolton Drug Store, J. L. Brown Department Store, Brown & Dixon Dry Goods, Gragard Bros. & Co. Hardware, and First State Bank. The large building on the far right is a cotton mill, and the Cotton Belt Railroad station is opposite it.
[Business District, Jacksonville]
Copy negative of a street in the business district of Jacksonville. To the left, people sit on a wagon bed, and stand in the streets. There is a building in the background.
[Celebrities at Golden Anniversary]
Copy negative of Jacksonville celebrities standing in front of an official automobile, decked out in American flags, which would lead the Golden Anniversary parade. John C. Box, district Congressman; Charles C. Bando; M. L. "Bud" Earle, former mayor; Tol Smith; and T. E. Acker, then mayor, stand next to the car. Many of these men helped to plan the event.
[Central Baptist Church]
Copy negative of the Central Baptist Church building in Jacksonville.
[Central Baptist Church, 1909]
Copy negative of the Central Baptist Church building in Jacksonville in 1909. It is a wooden one story building with a steeple. The house in the background is the pastor's home.
[Chessher Hotel]
Copy negative of Mrs. Melvina Chessher standing in front of the Chessher Hotel, the first in Jacksonville. She used the hotel to support herself after her husband was killed in the Civil War.
[Dewey Boys]
Copy negative of a troop of the Jacksonville "Dewey Boys" of the Boy Scouts of America, holding rifles. The boys in the front row, kneeling, are Joe Henry Hodges, Miller Devereux, Ruben Sory, Frank Fuller, Lee Caperton, Hubert Chessher, and Spurgeon Byrd. The boys in the back row, standing, are Charley Otts, Stewart Hawkins, Allen Templeton, Tracy Bolton, Robert Bolton, Morris Hodges, Ross Boles, and Cecil Byrd. Behind the back row, a girl, Lottie Dee Collins, holds an American flag, which displays only 45 stars. She was the mascot of the group.
[Dialville Business Section]
Copy negative of a building in the business section of Dialville during winter. Men and children stand in front of the entrance to the building, near a leafless tree. At the side of the building, a person is sitting on the curb near an electric pole. From left to right, C. W. Benge and Mart Waggoner are standing, Dr. J. W. Moore is sitting, and C. D. Jarratt and J. D. Harris also stand. Also pictured, in no order, are John L. Slover, Prentiss Slover, Waymon Rhodes and A. M. Halbert.
[Dialville Elementary School]
Copy negative of a front view of the Dialville Elementary School, a two-story building with a chimney and many windows. This building was used by both elementary and high school students until the construction of Dialville High School.
[Dialville Elementary School]
Copy negative of the Dialville Elementary School, a two-story building with a chimney and many windows. This building was used by both elementary and high school students until the construction of Dialville High School.
[Dialville High School]
Copy negative of Dialville High School, a one-story building with a single door and a window on either side. It was built in 1923-24.
[Dialville High School Basketball Champions]
Copy negative of the 1925 Dialville High School basketball team. Seven men sit on a bench, the middle with a basketball reading "DHS" balanced between his legs. From left to right, they are Foster Grisham, Joe Halbert, Leon Halbert, Clarence Moore, Homer Smith, Hobart Durrett, and Coach Joab Moore.
[Dialville High School Basketball Team, 1914-15]
Copy negative of the 1914-15 Dialville High School basketball team. Five boys stand in a row, the middle with a basketball balanced between his feet. From left to right, they are Opie Payne, Howard McKnight, W. J. Moore, Pearl Sides, and Lee Frances. This team won the first Cherokee County basketball championship.
[Dialville Home]
Copy negative of an elaborate home belonging to Mr. and Mrs. N. A. "Jack" Slover in Dialville. A white picket fence surrounds the yard, and Mrs. Slover and unidentified children stand on the porch.
[Dialville Home]
Copy negative of the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore in Dialville. Mrs. Moore and sons Clarence and Woodrow sit on the porch to the right of the house, and a fence stands in front of it.
[Dorm Room, Cumberland University]
Copy negative of a college dormitory room, labeled "Cell No. 10, Cumberland University, Cumberland, Tenn." A dresser is placed in the corner of the room. Many knick-knacks are strewn throughout. To the left, pillows have been placed in a window seat.
[Dr. Frank B. Burress]
Copy negative of Dr. Frank B. Burress, pastor of Central Baptist Church, standing on the first step of the church's education building. He is dressed in attire appropriate for 1872, including a top hat, for Jacksonville's Centennial Celebration in 1972. He is holding an umbrella in one hand and his Bible in the other.
[Early Jacksonville Leaders]
Copy negative of three men standing in a row. They are M. L. "Bud" Earle, who was mayor of Jacksonville several times, mapped the city, and was a grocer, historian, and insurance man; William McKinney, a merchant; and J. L. Brown, a merchant, historian, and civic and church leader. They are standing in front of shrub. All three wear hats.
[Ferry]
Copy negative of four people and a child standing next to a river. An early automobile is parked on a ferry. From left to right, the people are an unknown ferry operator, Elizabeth Brown, J. L. Brown, Mrs. J. L. Brown (nee Jewel Newton), and Allen Spraggins.
[First Methodist Church, 1874]
Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. Drawing shows a small building with a steeple to the left.
[First Presbyterian Church]
Copy negative of the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville. It was built of hand-made cement blocks. Two pillars frame the entrance, and the building has a dome. In the left background, houses are visible.
[First Presbyterian Church Orchestra]
Copy negative of the First Presbyterian Church orchestra outside the entrance of the church. A piano and the pianist, Jewel Newton Brown, occupy the center of the photograph, and three members of the orchestra are seated on either side of it. On the left, a woman holding a violin is seated between a man holding a violin and a man holding a clarinet. A woman sits to the immediate right of the piano. Next to her is a man holding a horn, and the man next to him holds an upright bass. A baritone horn sits atop the piano.
[First School Bus in New Summerfield]
Copy negative of a group of students holding their books in front of a new school bus, which was built on a Model T Ford chassis by the men of the community of New Summerfield. Elmer "Johnny" Liles was the bus driver. In the back row, left to right, stand Alta Smith, Ruth Glen Brown, Macie Carby, Dollie Tomerlin, Gladys Darby, Loleta Garrett, Beatrice Brown, Myrtle Tomerlin, Lorene Liles, Ona Clark, Elsie Mae Waldrup, Nellie Roebuck, and Birdie Waldrup. In the center row are Ruth Manion, Elnora Liles, Katherine Waldrup, and Maxie Clark. In the bottom row, kneeling, are Eula Galloway, Annie Brown, Newman Darby, Nelson Chisolm, Cecil Clark, Earl Brown, Horace Smith, Ralph Liles, Cloyd Waldrup, Clyde Brown, Odell Chisolm, Armen Darby, and Elvin Clark.
[First Shipment of Tomatoes]
Copy negative of the first carload of tomatoes shipped from Jacksonville. A man sits on a loaded cart, and a line of men stand in front of a sign. It reads, "First Car Fancy Texas Tomatoes, from Love & Jarratt, Jacksonville, TX, to Wilson Prod. Co., Pittsburg, PA."
[First United Methodist Church, Jacksonville]
Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. The church was made of hand-cast cement blocks, and the three-story tall windows were made of glass made in Italy. The church had a dome with ventilating openings in the tower due to lack of air conditioning.
[Freight Baggage Transfer Service]
Copy negative of a freight baggage transfer service in Jacksonville. Jess Spraggins sits on a cart, looking up at Charles Walker, a carpenter-contractor, and J. G. "Jim" Swink. Two mules are hitched to the wagon.
[Gallatin School Classes, 1925]
Copy negative of the 7th and 8th grade classes of Gallatin School in 1925. In the top row, left to right, are two unknown persons, Lula Woodard, Cora Jeff Jenkins, Stella Fay Ridge, Edith Dudley, Reba Turney, Loleta Morrow, Dalla Mae Day, Murtle Dudley, Effie Garner, and Vivian Parson. In the second row, left to right, are J. T. Jones, Leroy Dudley, Preston Hendrick, Haskell Jenkins, Louise Mauritzen (teacher), Clint Day, Thelma Glidden, Evie Underwood, Lucille Ferrell, and Letha Bell Smith. In the third row, left to right, are Cullen Barnett, Alton Martin, Clifford Lane, Lois Jenkins, Joe Ottis Rogers, Mildred Jones, Opal Beard, and Woodrow Smith Wallace. In the fourth row, left to right, are Gaynell Smith, Eunice Upton, Annie Pearl Morrow, Leora Jenkins, Kate Day, Fanie Lou Fling, Madie Barnes (teacher). In the bottom row, left to right, are Willie Baggett, Faye Hattaway, Julia Welborn, Clarence Bridges, Buddy Williams, Dixon Hopper, Layton Bates, Bruce Thompson, Buster Herrington, Earl Jenkins, Marvin Evans, J. V. Woods, and Ima Bates.
[Girls' Dormitory at Alexander Collegiate Institute]
Copy negative of the Girls' Dormitory, later Smith Hall, at the Alexander Collegiate Institute and the dirt road in front of it. The institute later became Alexander College and is now Lon Morris College. Turrets stand on either side of the building.
[Golden Anniversary Song]
Copy negative of the lyrics to Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary song, entitled "Jacksonville's Big Jubilee," written by Reverend J. D. Aldredge.
[Home of Thomas McKee]
Copy negative of a log cabin belonging to Thomas McKee. A tree stands to the left, slightly obscuring the view of the house.
[J. L. Brown Department Store]
Copy negative of the interior of J. L. Brown Department Store in Jacksonville. Owner J. L. Brown stands to the left. The store features pressed tin ceilings, skylights, and marble based show cases. Extensive stock of merchandise is visible in the foreground.
[Jacksonville Business District]
Copy negative of the business district of Jacksonville. There is a water tank in the background, and people stand in the streets next to full wagons pulled by horses.
[Jacksonville Citizen]
Copy negative of a group of early Jacksonville citizens. They are all older men, including, in no order, Dr. Rather, Col. Murchison, W. T. Morros, Columbus Emanuel, Dr. John B. Fuller, Jake Love --- Ferguson, Cal S. Bolton, W. A. Brown, Rev. J. M. Mills, Dr. J. M. Brittain, C. L. Nunnally, M. M. Wadsworth, --- Block, Capt. H. L. Morris, N. M. Fain, A. D. Davis --- Montgomery, and J. M. "Jim" Brown.
[Jacksonville City Hall]
Copy negative of Jacksonville City Hall. Several cars are parked on either side of the building.
[Jacksonville City Park]
Copy negative of the Jacksonville City Park. To the left, a bandstand has been erected, and a pick-up made from a Model T Ford is parked in front of it. Across the sidewalk from the park stands the First Methodist Church, and an old O. K. Cleaners plant.
[Jacksonville High Football Game]
Copy negative of a Jacksonville High School football game against an unknown team in 1922, in an old park. Most of the players wear only thigh pads and leather helmets, although some have shoulder pads as well. The stands are full of people. Girls in white make up the Jacksonville High School pep squad are seated strategically to make a "J" letter on the stands. On the fence behind the stands, advertisements for First National Bank and the Byrd Bros. of Jacksonville are visible. Teams play on a field on which yard lines have been mowed and marked with raw lime.
[Jacksonville High School Near Completion]
Copy negative of Jacksonville High School nearing completion in preparation for the fall session in 1927. Shrubs are visible in front of the building.
[Jacksonville Main Street, 1890]
Copy negative of Jacksonville's main street looking south from S. Main and Commerce Streets intersection in 1890.
[Jacksonville Main Street, 1926]
Copy negative of Jacksonville's main street looking south from S. Main and Commerce Streets intersection in 1926. The building on the left is the First National Bank Building. The Whitaker Drug Store, the Palace Barber Shop, the three-story Templeton Building, Bounds and Pearson Dry Goods, Thad Ray Dry Goods, Bando's Candy Kitchen, Toggery Shoppe, Robertson Plumbing Co., Wenatchee Hotel and Cafe, and the Texas Bank and Trust stand on the same side. On the right side of the street are L. E. Frank Dry Goods, Western Union, George L. Barber Grocery, M. L. Earle Insurance, the Jacksonville City Band Hall housed in the same building as the Barber's Grocery, Deason Grocery, M System Grocery on the corner in the Devereux building, and the Opera House and dance studio on the second story of the Devereux building. The trees on the right are in City Park.
[Jacksonville Meeting]
Copy negative of a gathering of Jacksonville farmers, businessmen, and buyers and shippers involved in the tomato deal. These men are meeting in the rear of the First State Bank. The men in the photo include, in no order, Frank Devereux, Sr., J. L. Douglas, George L. Barber, A. K. Dixon, Ernest Shoemaker, James O'Keefe, A. W. Flanden, "Yank" Smith, J. E. McFarland, Cal Bolton, Downes Bolton, Sam Alexander, Hugh J. McCarroll, C. D. Jarratt, A. Y. Shoemaker, J. L. Brown, and Jack Shoemaker.
[Jacksonville Orchestra]
Copy negative of an early Jacksonville Orchestra, in the home of W. A. Newton. Pictures hang on the walls; one of them is of Zelvin Newton. This photograph is behind the seated guitarist. A piano is behind the orchestra, on the right of the room. Several orchestra members hold guitars or banjos. On the left, Mr. W. A. Newton stands while Mrs. W. A. Newton is seated in front of him. In no order, the rest of the orchestra consists of Walter Newton, George "Pete" Newton, Mozell Newton, Janie May Newton, Jewel Newton, and Claude Shamblin.
[Jacksonville Trades Day]
Copy negative of the business district of Jacksonville. People stand in the streets next to full wagons pulled by horses. On the far left, a sign advertises Bull Durham Tobacco and shops line both sides of the road.
[Jacksonville "Wets" Rally]
Copy negative of a Jacksonville "Wets" Rally. The rally, which put forth the benefit of saloons and liquor sales, occurred before a local vote to outlaw saloons and liquor in Jacksonville. The "wets" lost. It was held in front of B. B. Cannon's Dry Goods and Grocery store.
[Jacksonville's Big Jubilee]
Copy negative of a paper explaining Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary Celebration Song, titled "Jacksonville's Big Jubilee."
[Last School Class of Gent, District 31]
Copy negative of the last school class of Gent. In the top row are, left to right, Ernest Bolton, Charlie "Red" Mullinex, Cassie Brunson, Gussie Hill, Bernice Williams, Amy Mullinex, Alma Benge, Dora Fletcher, Nora Bolton, Nell Starkey, Myrtle Harris, and John Watson (teacher). In row two stands John Gay, Jess Gay, Desmond Sherman, Millard Ezelle, Joe Bailey Mullinex, Uda Russell, Molly Hill, Gladys Harris, Dan Benge, Kate Williams, Maybell Gay, Willie Hill, and Jess Hill. In the third row stand John Fletcher, Reagan Sherman, Edgar Sherman, Carnie Musick, Essie Fletcher, Lizzie Gay, Edward Brunson, and Alma Russell. In the bottom row stands Joe Bob Brunson, Evan Bay Bolton, Oliver Beard, Fred Ezelle, Fred Mullinex, Clint Benge, Dewey Musick, "Bub" Sherman, New Harris, Wesley Garner, and William Garner. A dog lies at the center of the bottom row.
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