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[Bicycle for Two]
Copy negative of Mr. and Mrs. Graham McCarroll on their "Bicycle Built for Two" act in the Tomato Festival pageant. Mrs. McCarroll (nee Beryl Bolton) sits in front of her husband.
[John Patton and Son]
Copy negative of John Patton and his son, sitting side by side.
[Mallard Grocery]
Copy negative of employees and customers at Mallard Grocery in Rusk. Thomas Bonner Mallard, the owner of the grocery store, leans on the counter. Cans are stacked high on the shelves on the back wall.
[George Dickey's Grocery Store]
Copy negative of two men at George Dickey's Grocery Store. Merchandise is stacked high in the background.
[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.
[Cove Springs School]
Copy negative of the Cove Springs School class of 1927. First row, seated: Jessie Durrett, Bertrum Hood, - Creel, Frank Priestly, Oscar Holcomb, Clarence Douglas, Robert "Tud" Mullins, Bruce McLendon, Leo Creel, Grady Durrett, Curtis Hines, Hoyt McDaniel, Gladstone Thompson, John Edward Bone "Bub" Dunn, and James Priestly. Second row, kneeling: Knowles Jones, Oscar Payne, Norvel Creel, Guy Teasdale, Davis Dabbs, William Payne, Odell Hood, Dewey Hood, Henry Lindner, Zoie Dabbs, Cleo Holcomb, Elbert Durrett, Clarence Williams, an unidentified student, and Royal Teal. Third row: Juanita Jones, Emma Frances Mullins, Frankie Mae Casper, Lucille Creel, Helen McLendon, Jimmie McNew, Louise Payne, Delores Jones, Merle Reagan, Mildred Moseley, Virdie Douglas, Bertha Dabbs, Inez Greer, Billie Fisher, Aline Douglas, Mildred Holcomb, Nellie Moseley, and Wynona Broadway. Fourth row: Burnese Jones, Ruby Holcomb, Ivory Dunn, Marguerite Jones, Thelma Moseley, Hazel Hood, Flossie Williams, Catherine Payne, Claudine Teasdale, Elsie Hood, Ora Holcomb, Juanita Moseley, Margaret Lindner, Lillie McLendon, Principal Mary Etta Andrews, primary teacher Lizzie Thompson, and intermediate teacher Nellie Jo Buckmeyer.
[Note to F. W. Bonner & Son Bank]
Copy negative of a note to F. W. Bonner & Son Bank which reads: "$6.86 Rusk, Cherokee Co. Texas, April 7, 1885. On or before the first day of September, 1885 for value received we promise to pay to Geo. D. Neel for the use * benefit of P. Jewell & Bro. Six & 8/100 Dollars at Bonners' Bank, Rusk Texas, with 12 per cent interest per annum from Jany 1, 85 until paid. If not paid at maturity, and place in the hands of an Attorney for collection, or if sued upon, ten per cent to be added to the amount of this Note and interest as collecting fee." The note has been marked "paid".
[Tomato Shed]
Copy negative of workers unloading tomatoes from a farmer's vehicle at a tomato shed. Baskets full of tomatoes are piled on top of one another to the left. A worker stands in the middle of the shot holding a full basket of tomatoes. Next to him, another man looks at the camera over his shoulder. More workers can be seen in the background. A sign declares the shed to belong to a J. W. Patton.
[Rally, Jacksonville]
Copy negative of a Jacksonville "Wets" Rally. Men stand in front of a hardware store. Some of them hold signs, while others sit on wheelbarrows.
[Portrait of Kate Dickinson Powell]
Copy negative of a portrait of Kate Dickinson Powell, wearing a large hat.
[Cove Springs Baptist Church]
Copy negative of the octagonal Cove Springs Baptist Church building, which had four entrances.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[Grandparents and Grandchildren]
Copy negative of an old man and old woman sitting in chairs outside. The woman has a young child on her lap, and a girl stands behind the man's chair. A horse is visible in the background.
[First Grade Class of East Side School, 1916]
Copy negative of the 1916 first grade class of East Side School, sitting outside the school building. The teacher was Goldie Lane, standing left of center.
[Students at Ironton School]
Copy negative of previous students Kathleen Slider Gambrell, left, and Bessie Bell Lane Wiggins, right, sitting on the steps of the Ironton Public School building.
[Trestle Building]
Copy negative of a trestle building for Texas and New Orleans Railroad off W. Larissa St. in Jacksonville.
[Page from Cherokee County Banner]
Copy negative of a page from the Cherokee County Banner from 1913, displaying an article alongside a photo advertising First National Bank's new money safe.
[Robbie Gardiner on Horseback]
Copy negative of Robbie Gardiner on horseback in front of Bob Gardiner's house in Fastrill, TX. The house's fence is visible in the background, and a tree is on the other side of the fence.
[Union Grove Singing School]
Copy negative of a class of students from the Union Grove Singing School. The boy with glasses in front of the window is Alfred Edmiston and Myrtle Edmiston is third from the left in the front row.
[Street Scene in Winter]
Copy negative of a snow-covered street leading to a building visible in the distance. There are bare trees on both sides of the road, and a wooden fence to the left.
[Goodson Family]
Copy negative of the Goodson family. The children on the steps in the first row are Joy Milstead, Inez Milstead, Marie Henderson, Maxine Caveness, Billy Wayne Henderson, and Rayford Milstead. Those in the second row are Hershall and Marguerite Goodson, Ella Mae and Jacob Watson Goodson, Curtis and Lois Goodson, and Willie and Allie Inez Milstead. The people on the top step are Alvin Milstead, Alma Spraggins, Pearl Henderson, and Jesse Bruce Goodson.
[Replica of Jacksonville's First School]
Copy negative of a replica of the first school in Jacksonville, built for Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary Celebration parade.
[Henderson and Lucy Brooks Hendrick]
Copy negative of Henderson A. Hendrick and his wife, Lucy Brooks Hendrick.
[Bertha Wallace and Granddaughter]
Copy negative of Bertha Wallace, in a white dress and heels, holding her granddaughter Gloria Guinn, at the Jones Chapel in 1934.
[Photograph of G. A. Newton]
Copy negative of a photograph of G. A. Newton.
[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.
[Forest School]
Copy negative of students at Forest School. First row, from left to right: Pearl Durham, Linnie. E. Dial, Hazel Melvin, Hester Burnett, Euna Mae Williamson, Vera Sanders, Ethel Melvin, Verda Mae Hester, Mae Arnold, Claude Melvin, Sessions James, Joe McGill, and Floy Williamson. Second row: Volley Futch, Jesse Sowell, Frank Barker, Willie Mae Sullivan, Sudie Bell Jones, teacher W. E. Sheffield, Cordie Hester, Jewel Hester, Irma Durham, Faye Martin, Vera Holiday, and Bertie Hataway.
[Parade Float, 1940]
Copy negative of the Humble Oil & Refining Co. parade float in 1940. Claude Wilson, left, and Roy Forrest and George Turner on the right, mount horses beside the float. The building in the background is the East Side Elementary School, where the parade began.
[Gober Brothers]
Copy negative of the Gober brothers, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gaines Gober. All of them were involved in business, on Kickapoo St. in Jacksonville. From left to right, they are George Gober, Tom Gober, W. S. "Bill" Gober, Fred Gober, and Hansford Gober.
[Parade Float in Tomato Festival Parade]
Copy negative of a parade float during the 1940 Tomato Festival Parade. The float is being escorted by horsemen wearing helmets. Men and women sit on the hoods of parked cars, and the Texas State Bank building can be seen in the background. To the right of the bank building is the Palace Theater, where spectators stand on top of the marquee. One person is sitting on the roof of the building. More spectators sit on the roof of Gillespie's Variety Store. The building in the right foreground housed the J. C. Penney Co., Inc. store on the first floor, and the Travis Clinic on the second.
[Gallatin School, 1915]
Copy negative of the Gallatin School class of 1915-16. The school house in the background was the first brick house built in the community. Only a few pupils have been identified. In the center of the front row dressed in full suits are Lonnie Jenkins and Stokes Conway. Fifth from the right end of the front row is Letcher Clifton.
[Liberty Hotel]
Copy negative of the Liberty Hotel decorated for the Jacksonville National Tomato Festival in the late 1930s. Cars are parked on either side of the street, and a group of unidentified people ascend the stairs to the entrance.
[At Cherokee County Courthouse]
Copy negative of Mr. Guinn (first row, second from the left), Mr. Hanna, D. c. Stockton, Mae Gibson (sixth from the left), Irene Price, E. B. Lewis (second from right), J. W. Chandler, Melvin Sessions (second row, third from the left), Webb Finley, Henry Guenzel (eighth from the left), Mr. Mussel, and Metz Heald standing outside the Cherokee County Courthouse.
[Summerfield Teachers]
Copy negative of four teachers, Luterie Maris, Ila Maris, Vera Rawlinson, and Mr. Rawlinson, standing in a row.
[Drug Store]
Copy negative of a drug store on the south side of Rusk's main square. There are people lined up outside the store and leaning out of its windows.
[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.
[Street Scene at Golden Anniversary Celebration]
Copy negative of a street scene during Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary Celebration of 1922. The photo was taken from the second story of J. L. Douglas's Dry Goods Store. The Templeton-Brashear Department Store can be seen at the corner across from the place the photo was taken. To the left of the intersection is Couch & Slaton Tailor Shop, and at the far left is the Heidelberg Hotel. Flags have been placed on the wires connecting the electrical poles.
[Rusk Courthouse Square]
Copy negative of Rusk's courthouse square during an early county fair. In the background, a merry-go-round can be seen. Many people line the streets, and to the left a cart drawn by a horse or mule bears children. The steeple in the center background belonged to an early Methodist Church. Tents have been set up in the square, and a bandstand has been set up in the left foreground.
[Queen Jerry Peacock]
Copy negative of Jerry Peacock on the Queen's Throne in Ragsdale Park during the 1937 Jacksonville National Tomato Festival.
[Receipt from Bolton Hardware]
Copy negative of a receipt from Bolton Hardware, for barbed wire bought by Mr. C. K. Lang, on May 2, 1893.
[Bowling Family]
Copy negative of the Bowling family in Sacul standing in the middle of the road. One man is standing on a barrel to the left, and a wheelbarrow has been left in the road. Second to the left in a black bonnet is Mary Jane Hoover Bowling, and third from the left in front of her is Lula Clifton Bowling.
[Home of John Irwin]
Copy negative of the home of John Irwin in Reklaw, Texas. The fence is in the foreground, and people stand on the porch, although none of them have been identified.
[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.
[Reynolds School]
Copy negative of a group of students, taught by D. C. Stockton and Linnie E. Dial Stockton, at Reynolds School in what is now Tecula.
[Parks School]
Copy negative of a class of students at Park School. Raymond McIntire is third from the left in the bottom row, and George McIntire is behind him. Ona McIntire is in the top row, and Ossie McIntire is fifth from the left in the top row. The second and seventh girls in the top row are Pryors.
[Amphitheater at Love's Lookout Park]
Copy negative of stone seats at the amphitheater at Love's Lookout Park in Jacksonville. Trees and shrub are visible in the background.
[Coronation of Jerry Peacock]
Copy negative of the coronation of Jerry Peacock being crowned queen of the Jacksonville National Tomato Festival by Lieutenant Governor Walter Woodul. Women and men in fancy dress watch as Woodul places the crown on Peacock's head. Woodul looks at the camera, while Peacock looks straight ahead. The child second from the right is Betty Jane Acker, and the girl to her right is Frances Carolyn Wood. None of the other attendees have been identified.
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