[Portrait of Marion Sims McCutchan Sr. and infant son (view 1)]

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Photograph of Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. sitting in a wicker rocking chair holding his infant son. Although a later inscription in ink on the back of the photograph identifies the baby as Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr. born 1/11/1905, it is more likely to be the first born son, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 4/1/1903. The baby is wearing a long christening gown, and the father is wearing a suit, vest, and tie. Visible in the background are a wood arm chair with a vertical slat back, patterned wallpaper, fireplace with mantelpiece with pictures and ornaments on it and faced with gathered … continued below

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm., on mount 13 x 13 cm.

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Photograph of Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. sitting in a wicker rocking chair holding his infant son. Although a later inscription in ink on the back of the photograph identifies the baby as Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr. born 1/11/1905, it is more likely to be the first born son, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 4/1/1903. The baby is wearing a long christening gown, and the father is wearing a suit, vest, and tie. Visible in the background are a wood arm chair with a vertical slat back, patterned wallpaper, fireplace with mantelpiece with pictures and ornaments on it and faced with gathered cloth. On the hearth is a framed fireplace screen consisting of a lithographic print of a seated young woman with an admirer next to her holding an oar in his right hand.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm., on mount 13 x 13 cm.

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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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[Portrait of Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. and infant son (view 2)]

Photograph of Marion Sims McCutchan, Sr. sitting in a wicker rocking chair holding his infant son. The baby is probably McCutchan's the first born son, Robert Lewis McCutchan, born 4/1/1903. The baby is wearing a long christening gown, and the father is wearing a suit, vest, and tie. Visible in the background are a wood arm chair with a vertical slat back, patterned wallpaper, fireplace with mantlepiece with pictures and ornaments on it and faced with gathered cloth. On the hearth is a framed fireplace screen consisting of a framed lithographic print of a seated young woman with an admirer next to her holding an oar in his right hand.

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[Portrait of Marion Sims McCutchan Sr. and infant son (view 1)], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1512367/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrison County Historical Museum.

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