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[Calhoun Street]

Description: Photograph of a train track running through the middle of a flooded street with rows of buildings, one called the "Horse Saloon," and pedestrians walking along the track. Power lines also run along the left side of the tracks. The street is also called "Railroad Street" at the time the photograph was taken.
Date: July 4, 1899
Partner: Fort Bend County Libraries

[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

Description: Booklet containing evidence for claimant for the Court of Claims case William C. Wright v. The United States and Kiowa and Comanche Indians, or Indian Depredations, No. 6640. The document includes depositions of William C. Wright, Allen Simpson, Daniel Bromley, Isaac D. Ferguson, John W. Gober, Robert H. Hopkins, John Skaggs, Austin Popinaw, Matthew Gray, John Hudson, and Lock S. Forester.
Date: 1898
Partner: Denton Public Library

[First Grade Class of Stonewall Jackson School]

Description: Photograph of the first graders of the Stonewall Jackson School. The teacher, standing in the back, is Miss Maggie McNeil (Mrs. C. C. Yancey), and the students are: (left to right) first row: Fred Collins, Sidney Lacy, Lloyd Garrison, Lucille Redmond, Jennie Mae McNeill, Josie Fulmer, Mary Fox, Odessa Peters (or Peterson), and Ethel Masters; middle row: Olive Collins, Finley Hare, Robert Wheeler, Bruce Wheeler, Richard Ashby, Carl Cunningham, Will Grube, Jack Skiles, Frank Wheeler, Joe Pratt, a… more
Date: 1899
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Horsedrawn Fire Engine]

Description: Photograph of three men behind the reigns of a horse-drawn buggy with a water engine at the rear, and a young boy in overalls standing nearby. John Clark sits on the left, notable for his figure immortalized on the Firemen's Monument in Fair Park. At the center is Dutch Herman, a civilian, and on the right is Al Kaufman. The boy in overalls is known as W. J. "Bill" Cox.
Date: 1897
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Jens and Paul Berndt]

Description: Photograph of two men in suits, one sitting and the other standing with a hand on the other's shoulder. Jens and Paul Berndt were bothers of Helvig Berndt. They first came to Wisner, Nebraska then moved to Danevang, Texas. Paul then moved to South Dakota.
Date: 1890
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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