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[Business District]

Description: 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.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Candidates for Queen]

Description: Copy negative of three women, all candidates for queen of the National Tomato Festival, outside the Tomato Leaf Disease Laboratory in Jacksonville. Frances Stevens is on the right; Kathryn Turner, queen in 1940, stands in the middle; and Fannie Byrd Bolton stands to the right.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Canning Kitchen]

Description: Copy negative of the Petty family summer canning kitchen. There is a canner in the background, and apples to be canned in the front. Canned fruit is on the table beside the children. None of the people in the photograph have been identified.
Date: November 18, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Casket of WWI Soldier]

Description: Copy negative of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. "Bill" Tipton at their home, with the flag-covered casket of their son, Roger, who was killed in World War I. Flowers have been placed on the floor next to the casket, and a piano and stool stand against the left wall.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Celebrities at Golden Anniversary]

Description: 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.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Cherokee County History

Description: This volume discusses the history of Cherokee County including its communities, geography, and major events. The statement on the dedication page says: "This book is the story of Cherokee County from its earliest days through its founding and development and the achievements of its people to the present -- its rich heritage from its founders, its lasting contributions to the Republic of Texas, the State of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America. This book hi… more
Date: 2001
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Commission (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book

[Chessher Hotel]

Description: 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.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Collins Family]

Description: Copy negative of the Collins family standing on the side of the road in Bulah. They are, from left to right: Hez Collins, Bud Collins, Sis Connell, Liz Jones, Henry Jones, and Charlie Collins.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Coronation of Jerry Peacock]

Description: 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.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Cotton Gin]

Description: Copy negative of a cabin housing a cotton gin. Several men stand in the door, including Charles Wesley Meazle and H. Hancock. There is a dog in the foreground.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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