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[Street Scene, Dialville]
Copy negative of a deserted street in Dialville. Stores are pictured in the background.
[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.
[Street Scene, Jacksonville]
Copy negative of a Jacksonville street scene. A lamppost is visible in the foreground, and many Model T Fords are parked in front of businesses on both sides of the street.
[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.
[Students Outside School]
Copy negative of a class of students standing outside the Dialville Elementary School building. Bottom row, left to right: Mazzie Acker, Bertha Jarratt, Hones Smith, Jack Moore, Coy Halbert, Ray Acker, Tom Acker, two unknown students, Melvin Acker, Denton Roach, Luther Garner, Walter Blackwell, Charles Jarratt, Wordy Watson, Fred Rodgers, Willie Dorris, J. C. Moore, Douglas Payne, Buster Odom, Ray Odom, Buster Harris, and Lewis Rodgers. Second row: Ora Garner, Jimmie Fulton, Odess Garner, Bessie Hall, Myrtle Odom, unknown, May Bee Dorris, Bessie Moore, Lillian Odom, Edris Slover, Vera Pryor, Opie Payne, Clay Bingham, Hugh Jones, Pete Halbert, and Bascom Slover. Third row: Eddie Acker, Annie Rodgers, Allie Blackwell, Eula Odom, Annie Slover, Zelma Long, Janie Bailey, Currie Odom, Minnie Blackwell, Lillie Acker, Ethel Odom, Mary Payne, Mamie Fulton, Bonnie Dement, Evie Garner, Morris Fulton, Joab Moore, and Joseph Jones. Back row: Ferrell Lloyd, Lena Garner, Birdie Blackwell, Eva McKnight, Miss Etta Bowman (teacher), and H. T. Brown (principal).
[Summerfield Basketball Team]
Copy negative of the Summerfield basketball team. Five boys sit in a row, the middle holding a basketball that reads "S Field High." Behind these five, two more boys kneel. In no order, they are Elmer Liles, Weaver Heath, Carl Dickson, Bernice Underwood, Vester Richson, Silas Davis, and Armon Darby.
[Summerfield Basketball Team]
Copy negative of the Nan Travis Hospital, previously the Cherokee Sanitarium, which began in the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Guinn.
[Summerfield Teachers]
Copy negative of four teachers, Luterie Maris, Ila Maris, Vera Rawlinson, and Mr. Rawlinson, standing in a row.
[Summons to Mayor's Office]
Copy negative of a summons to the office of the Mayor of Rusk. It reads: "You are hereby commanded to summon David M. Cook to be and appear before me at my Office in Rusk on the third Saturday in June being the 19 day of said month to answer the complaint of [illegible] in a plea of debt by note for the sum of Thirteen 68/100 dollars; then and there to show cause if any why judgment should not be given against him for said money. Herein fail not, and a due return make to me of this writ as the law directs. Given under my hand, at Office, this the 7th day of June A .D. 1858. Signed E. W. Busby, Mayor."
[Sunday Afternoon Gathering]
Copy negative of a gathering in Griffin on a Sunday afternoon. Ollie and Bertha Brown sit in the front row, as does Ruby Davis, who is second from the left, and Gertrude Fitch, who is fourth from the right. Mr. and Mrs. George Brown sit next to her. Fannie Fitch, Myrtie Branham, Henry T. Brown and Ethel Evans Brown, and Dell Branham sit left to right in the second row. Jimmie Davis is eighth from the left, and Will P. Davis is tenth from the left. Gilbert Brown is first in the top row. John Franklin Davis sits two places down from Gilbert Brown, and Sam Bell sits next to him.
[Templeton Building]
Copy negative of the Templeton Building. A sign on the building reads: "J. L. Dean, Shoes & Men's Furnishings, 'The Store of Quality'." Merchandise is on display on the sidewalk in front of the building. On the side of the building, a sign advertises Coca-Cola for 5ยข a bottle.
[Thomas Green Bays]
Copy negative of Thomas Green Bays, an early Jacksonville resident, sitting in a chair and holding a cane.
[Tomato Exhibit]
Copy negative of a man, Dr. P. A. Young, showing members of the Jacksonville National Tomato Festival queen's court experiments being conducted to find remedies for diseases that attack tomato plants. The two women on the right are unidentified.
[Tomato Festival Princesses]
Copy negative of six young women, princesses from towns and communities in East Texas who took part in the annual Tomato Festival, sitting on a wall, hands clasping their left knees. Katherine Vining is second from the left. The rest are unidentified.
[Tomato Field]
Copy negative of a tomato field in Dialville, which yielded a crop of 400 crates of tomatoes per acre, after its first picking.
[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.
[Trestle Building]
Copy negative of a trestle building for Texas and New Orleans Railroad off W. Larissa St. in Jacksonville.
[Two Houses]
Copy negative of two photographs of houses. The house in the top photo has a picket fence, and two men are visible on the wrap-around porch. The house in the bottom photo also has a porch, and two trees in the lawn.
[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.
[Unloading at a Tomato Packing Shed]
Copy negative of unknown male workers unpacking tomatoes from the D. B. Bruno Shed in Jacksonville. Two automobiles are parked in front of the shed, and baskets of tomatoes are placed on the ground. Empty baskets are stacked to the right.
[Viola Elizabeth Simmons Bolton]
Copy negative of a portrait of Viola Elizabeth Simmons Bolton. She wears her hair in curls, and has a cross around her neck.
[W. P. Devereux Building]
Copy negative of the W. P. Devereux Building, which housed Devereux's general merchandise business. Two bare trees frame the door. Merchandise can be seen in the shop windows, and two men stand to the far right of the picture.
[Walter and Martha Edmiston]
Copy negative of George Washington (Walter) Edmiston and Martha Patton Edmiston.
[Wedding Invitation]
Copy negative of a wedding invitation. It reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Felix McMinn request your presence at the marriage of their daughter May to Mr. Will B. McKellar, Wednesday, October twentieth, eight thirty o'clock p. m. at their residence in New Birmingham, Texas, 1897."
[Wedding Photo]
Copy negative of a wedding photo of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Duke. Fannie Goodson Duke stands with her hand on the shoulder of Henry Duke. On the other side of Henry Duke, an unidentified man stands, also with his hand on Duke's shoulder.
[West Shady Grove Church Members]
Copy negative of a choir gathered around an organ in a grove of trees outside the West Shady Grove Church. The girls are dressed in white and hold bouquets. One of the women sits at the organ, and a man stands on either side of it.
[WHD Club]
Copy negative of the second organized Cove Springs WHD club of Cherokee County. The photograph was taken at the home of Mrs. Bob Tipton. The woman on the far left holds a child. She sits next to Mrs. Frank Lindner, then a Mrs. Roland, Mrs. Bob Tipton, two unidentified women, then Mrs. A. L. Dunham. The 12th from the left is Mrs. O. L. Holcomb, and next to her is Mrs. Ethel Hood.
[Will and Nancy Emerson, 50th Anniversary]
Copy negative of Will Sr. and Nancy Emerson on their 50th wedding anniversary. A strip of paper on the photo reads: "Pop & Gran Emerson, (Will, Sr.) (Nancy) 4-26-33, 50th Anniversary."
[Williamson Funeral Home Hearse]
Copy negative of a Williamson Funeral Home hearse, a Meteor on a Cadillac chassis. A casket sits in front of the hearse, and flowers are visible in front of it.
[Window Display]
Copy negative of a window display for Mallard Grocery. Cans of food are stacked in the window.
[Withdrawal Card]
Copy negative of a withdrawal card given to T. S. Cook. It reads: "Patrons of Husbandry Dimit Card. This certifies that Bro. T. S. Cook is a member in good standing of Salem Grange No. 59, County of Cherokee, State of Texas, and at his request, we grant this Withdrawal Card, and commend him for membership in any Subordinate Grange to which he may apply. L. H. Reed, Master. G. B. Coupland, Secretary. March 15."
[Woman Sitting in Rocking Chair]
Copy negative of an old woman sitting in a rocking chair. A chest of drawers with books on the shelves above it can be seen in the background, and there is a picture on the wall behind the woman.
[Woodcutters]
Copy negative of a group of male woodcutters, holding saws and other tools.
[Working Sawmill]
Copy negative of an unidentified working sawmill near the Neches River.
[World War I Doughboys]
Copy negative of George Gober, right, with his army buddies on a bridge in Berlin, after Armistice Day, 1918.
[World War I Soldiers]
Copy negative of two World War I soldiers, sitting next to one another. The man on the right has his arm around his companion.
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