[Uncle Rollin and Aunt Dolly Stirman]

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Tintype photograph of and man and woman seated next to each other. The man has his legs crossed with his ankle resting on his knee. He wears an oversize suit jacket, light pants, and boots. The woman has one arm resting on the back of her chair. She wears a long white dress and dark jacket buttoned up to her collar. She has a ribbon tied in a bow at her collar. The photograph is inside of a paper folder, which has a gold boarder around the image window. At the bottom of the folder is the handwritten inscription, "Uncle … continued below

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1 photograph : tintype, b&w ; 8 x 5 cm. in folder 10 x 7 cm.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Frances Marion Allen Collection and was provided by the Tarrant County Archives to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Tintype photograph of and man and woman seated next to each other. The man has his legs crossed with his ankle resting on his knee. He wears an oversize suit jacket, light pants, and boots. The woman has one arm resting on the back of her chair. She wears a long white dress and dark jacket buttoned up to her collar. She has a ribbon tied in a bow at her collar. The photograph is inside of a paper folder, which has a gold boarder around the image window. At the bottom of the folder is the handwritten inscription, "Uncle Rollin & Aunt Dollie Stirman."

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1 photograph : tintype, b&w ; 8 x 5 cm. in folder 10 x 7 cm.

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Frances Marion Allen Collection

The collection of Frances Marion Allen, a longtime resident of Fort Worth who died in 1997, contains material collected by herself, her parents, James Walter Allen, M.D. and Daisy Emery Allen, M.D., and her sister, Sheila Emery Allen. The collection contains numerous photographs and correspondence dating from the mid-19th century to the late-20th century.

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  • Sept. 16, 2023, 9:44 p.m.

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  • Dec. 6, 2023, 2:27 p.m.

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[Uncle Rollin and Aunt Dolly Stirman], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1595198/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.

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