Bishop Hall, Bishop College, Marshall, Texas, 6-J-66

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Black and white photo-postcard of Bishop Hall of Bishop College, Marshall, Texas. The 19th century brick building of three stories is five bays wide with the entrance door in the central bay with paired round arched windows above it at the second and third floor levels. There also is a small three-story wing attached on the right side. A one story porch with balcony above extends across the entrance and two windows on each side, and a small cupola stands on the ridge line of the roof. Trees frame the view of the building. At the bottom of the image … continued below

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1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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W. M. Cline Co. 194X.

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Harrison County Historical Museum

The Harrison County Historical Museum’s Inez Hatley Hughes Historical Research Center provides opportunities to explore the past of Harrison County and Texas through its archive and artifact collections. As a county history preservation and research center, it collects, preserves, and makes available photographs, documents, books, and artifacts related to the history of Harrison County, its county seat Marshall, and Texas.

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Black and white photo-postcard of Bishop Hall of Bishop College, Marshall, Texas. The 19th century brick building of three stories is five bays wide with the entrance door in the central bay with paired round arched windows above it at the second and third floor levels. There also is a small three-story wing attached on the right side. A one story porch with balcony above extends across the entrance and two windows on each side, and a small cupola stands on the ridge line of the roof. Trees frame the view of the building. At the bottom of the image in white letters is the title, "Bishop Hall - Bishop College - Marshall, Texas. 6-J-66" Bishop College was established in 1881 as a Baptist college for African Americans in Texas. The school moved to Dallas in 1961. The campus was sold the same year. Its buildings were demolished. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed between the message and address sections: "Photograph card by W M Cline Co, Chattanooga, Tenn."

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1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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The Cline Co. of Chattanooga, Tennessee was established in 1938 and began producing black and white photo postcards the same year per a University of Chattanooga webpage, https://findingaids.utc.edu/agents/corporate_entities/78

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Sims McCutchan Collection

Sims McCutchan’s collection of photographs, ephemera, and postcards provides documentation of many aspects of the history of Marshall, Texas, from the 19th through the mid-20th centuries.

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  • 194X

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  • Oct. 19, 2022, 9:34 p.m.

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  • Dec. 7, 2022, 9:25 p.m.

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W. M. Cline Co. Bishop Hall, Bishop College, Marshall, Texas, 6-J-66, photograph, 194X; Chattanooga, Tennessee. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1512269/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrison County Historical Museum.

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