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[Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin to Velma Snelson - June 5, 1908]

Description: Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin in Midland to Velma Snelson in Stone Mountain, Georgia, discussing a parade held in May 1908 where she was crowned "queen" of the May parade. The front of the postcard shows a parade in procession, with cars and small parade floats riding down a dirt road lined with storefronts, with pedestrians, horseback riders, and parked horse-drawn wagons along the sides of the road.
Date: June 5, 1908
Creator: Rankin, Julia Estes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Postcard of Damaged Railroad Bridge]

Description: Postcard of a damaged railroad bridge after a flood near Hico, Texas. The supports above the ground are largely intact, but the platform below has been partially washed away. Text on the front of the card reads "After Hico flood. April 17, 1908. Wreck of T.C.R.'y Bridge Near Hico." Text on the back of the card reads "Yes, I was in Waco, just two weeks ago tomorrow. Wanted to see you so much but got in so late and left early next morning. Will be back in about a week and hope I can see you there… more
Date: July 5, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Henry Sayles, May 5, 1908]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Henry Sayles stating Kemp vouched for an ordinance Sayles proposed. Kempner tells Sayles it is best for him to go to Wichita Falls to have this ordinance passed by the city council so that it is satisfactory to him.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Jacksonville Meeting]

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