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[Portrait of Edgar Ragland]

Description: Photograph of Mr. Edgar Ragland, wearing a military uniform with a saber, a pair of epaulettes, and two medals sewn into the front of the vest. He holds out a pyramidal white cap with dark-colored feathers hanging from the top. A symbol, possibly Masonic, seems to be sewn onto the cap. Edgar faces forward with combed hair and a curled mustache.
Date: March 1891
Creator: Deane
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of J. D. Davis and Another Soldier]

Description: Photograph of Captain J. D. Davis and another soldier, both wearing Army uniforms (uniforms which were prescribed in the 1890s) with the initials T. V. G (Texas Volunteer Guard) on their collars. Davis, sitting below, wears a square cap decorated with an eagle, and the other soldier, standing above Davis at right, wears a campaign hat and appears to have the shoulder mark of a first lieutenant. The men hold light cavalry sabers, model 1860. These soldiers may have served in the Spanish-American… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of an Early Day Picnic]

Description: Photograph of an early day picnic near Abilene, Texas. Roberta Parker, a school teacher and a daughter of Sallie Ann Clarke and Robert Henry Parker, stands in the back row, far right (with a hat?). A man to her left holds a tall bamboo fishing pole. Musical instruments are held by three people, including guitars and a banjo. A woman seated in the front row with a bonnet holds a shotgun in her lap; to her left, a man holds a bottle of beer on the rug.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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