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[Melvina Chessher]

Copy negative of a portrait of an older Melvina Chessher, operator of the first hotel in Jacksonville, seated in a wooden chair. The photograph was taken in the early 1930s.

Date: December 5, 1987

Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[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.

Date: December 5, 1987

Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society

Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Grayson Bible Baptist Church]

Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Grayson Bible Baptist Church in Sherman, Texas. Text: On the evening of Monday, June 22, 1931, John R. Rice began a revival service on the Grayson County Courthouse Square. The revival took place where the 1870s courthouse had stood. That building was burned to the ground in May 1930 during mob violence that caused the death of an African American man who had been accused of a crime. Businesses and homes of African American residents were… more

Date: 2011-12/2012-03

Creator: West, Carolyn Effie

Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Irvin Hart with Deer]

Photograph of Irvin Hart wearing a hat and holding a rifle, posing in front of two deer with a truck in the background.

Date: December 21, 1930

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden]

Photograph of Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden. There are several sections of rose bushes. A hat is sitting on the ground of an aisle. In the background, there are houses. Text on the photograph says "Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden 12-26-30."

Date: December 26, 1930

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library