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[Advertisement for "The World's Finest" Saddle]

Description: Advertisement by The Heller Printing Co. encouraging businesses to print advertisements with the company by touting the success of the Myres Saddle Co. It includes an image of a $10,000 saddle made by S. D. Myres that was originally printed as the frontispiece of the Myres Saddle Co. catalog.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Heller Printin Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Article about Sam Myres move to the West to chase business opportunities]

Description: Newspaper clipping that features an article about Sam Myres decision to move his business out of Sweetwater, Texas to El Paso, Texas. This decision was made due to the lessoning of ranchers that could be found in that area of Texas with more innovation coming about to make moving to other places easier and more opportunistic. The article goes on to talk about Myres son, Bill, who took on the business once his father had passed.
Date: August 26, 1986
Creator: Francis, Otis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Award for Sam Myres from the U.S. War Department]

Description: Certificate for "distinguished service" awarded to Sam Myres by the U.S. War Department for his donations of saddles and other gear to the military during World War I. It includes two letters regarding the award, including a statement from the War Department Director of Purchase, Storage and Traffic citing the nomination for a certificate for recognition and a letter from the headquarters of the Southern Department awarding the certificate to Myres.
Date: 1919-12/1920-02
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Bill Myres wearing Jack Thompson's Buscadero belt]

Description: Newspaper clipping that depicts Bill Myres in a brown suit wearing a Buscadero belt. The article that is under the picture talks about Sam Myres' longevity as a leather maker. His business is known to produce dependable and good quality items. Now that Sam Myres has passed, his son, Bill Myres, has taken over the business and continues to produce S.D. Myres Saddle Company products.
Date: June 2, 1957
Creator: Wilke, L. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Boston Almanac: 1873-1874]

Description: Almanac including a chronicle of events for 1873, figures for the 1870 census, calendar pages for each month in 1874 -- with day of the week, sun rise/set and solar information, lunar information, and tides -- list of government officials and members of Congress, state government information and officials in Massachusetts, county register, and information about Boston -- including officials, government departments and services, churches, societies, and railroads -- along with extensive advertis… more
Date: 1873~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Business Card for David Duclos]

Description: Business card for David C. Duclos, president of the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. The S. D. Myres Saddle Company logo is in the upper-left corner with Duclos' name below and the company address and telephone number in the lower-right corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Business Card for The Harry Lubbock Detective Agency]

Description: Business card for The Harry Lubbock Detective Agency with various contact information by phone and in person, with notes about the company's specializations. There is a handwritten note on the back wtih an address and phone number for Ray C. Moore.
Date: unknown
Creator: Harry Lubbock Detective Agency
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Card Featuring a Poem]

Description: Card printed with the text of a poem below an illustration of yellow and pink roses surrounded by a silver lace pattern, as well as silver trim around the edge of the card. Text: "When I was just a little lad a standing at your knee / Your tender face was always like / A lovely rose to me... / And though your loveliness may fade / And lose its color bright / You still are like a rose to me / Though now the rose is white".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Certificate from The Council of the Order of High Priesthood of the State of Texas to Sam Myres]

Description: Certificate from The Council of the Order of High Priesthood of the State of Texas to Sam Myres, consecrating him as a high priest of the Order of Melchizedec. The certificate is a faded yellow with an intricate black border; there is an orange stamp in the bottom left.
Date: December 5, 1906
Creator: Council of High Priests of Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Charles Lanier and Dace Myres at the Sun Carnival Parade]

Description: Newspaper clipping depicting Charles Lanier and Dace Myres riding at the Sun Carnival Parade. The first picture is of Charles Lanier on top of a mule that was imported from Spain. He is wearing a brown suit with a tie and brown cowboy hat. Below that is Dace Myres in a tan suit and tan hat on top of a mule.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lanier, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Clipping: S. D. Myres Saddle Shop]

Description: Newspaper clipping with a photograph with the text "S. D. Myres' Saddle Shop" written below. In the picture, a group of employees are posing behind several counters and workspaces near the center of the image. Both sides of the area appear to have windows or display cases containing saddles or materials. A portion of an advertisement is visible on the back of the page.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Clipping: Tack Supply ROom Opened Recently In Hollywood]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing a tack supply shop (Shade Western) opening in Hollywood which is affiliated with the S. D. Myres Saddle Company in El Paso and is owned by Bill Myres. The back of the clipping has partial advertisements for real estate. An attached handwritten note that seems to be describing a change in the shop's hours from what is printed in the article.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Clipping: Western Sidesaddles, November 1981]

Description: Magazine article describing the history of western-style sidesaddles and describing well-known saddlemakers, including S. D. Myres, with images of various saddles. The pages include several advertisements and the last page, which has no pagination, contains full-page advertisements for Simco saddles (front) and Panhandle Slip western wear (back).
Date: November 1981
Creator: Heinz, Ralph A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Cover of the U. S. Hand-Gunner Magazine]

Description: Front cover of the March 1957 issue of U.S. Hand-Gunner magazine featuring an image of a S.D. Myres Saddle Company holster and Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum gun. The back of the cover page has an advertisement for revolvers manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. There is also a smaller clipping from the magazine describing the image on the cover.
Date: March 1957
Creator: U. S. Hand-Gunner Magazine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum
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