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[Charles Walsh and His Plane]

Description: Postcard of aviator Charles Walsh standing in front of his biplane before a crowd of spectators in Bonham, Texas. Walsh (center) wears goggles and a hat and leans against one of the aircraft's trusses. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
Date: January 28, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Charles Walsh Before Bonham-Sherman Flight]

Description: Postcard of aviator Charles Walsh moments before his flight from Bonham to Sherman, seated in his biplane and wearing goggles and a cap. He holds a steering wheel, and the plane's engine is positioned behind him. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Aviator Walsh, 2 minuets [sic] before Bonham - Sherman Trip, Jan. 30-1912."
Date: January 30, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[City Drug Store, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the interior of a drug store in Midland, with long rows of shelves along the wall, short glass counters with inside displays across from the shelves, wire tablesets, ceiling fans, and a tin ceiling. Shop workers stand along the counters, one on the left and five on the right. Their names are listed on the back: on the (farthest?) right stands George D. McCormick; also listed, without location specified, Ray Hyatt, Grady Crawley, J. G. Garrion[?], M[?] C[?], and J. R. Sttorey[?].
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Crowd Inspecting Charles Walsh's Biplane #1]

Description: Photograph of a crowd swarmed around Charles Walsh's biplane in Bonham, Texas. Additional people view the crowd from a grandstand in the background, with a handful of spectators elevated on a short wooden tower. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
Date: January 28, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Crowd Inspecting Charles Walsh's Biplane #2]

Description: Photograph of a crowd swarmed around Charles Walsh's biplane in Bonham, Texas. Additional people view the crowd from a grandstand in the background, with a handful of spectators elevated on a short wooden tower. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
Date: January 28, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Main Building Construction, Texas Lutheran College]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Lutheran College under construction in Seguin, a three-story brick building yet incomplete. Workers stand in a row in front of scaffolding and building materials, including a large pile of lumber at left, a scaffolding tower at center, and a wooden shed at right. The roof of the building, as well as brick courses for the eastern wing of the college (right), are incomplete.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.572757 -97.982030
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Playing Tennis Behind the Midland School]

Description: Photograph of professors in the Midland school playing tennis behind the two-story brick school building. A woman at center wearing a dress holds a racket in her left hand, and a man in a hat at right bends down to lift a ball and possibly serve it. Spectators, including children, watch from a set of primitive bleachers at left; another child in a light-colored gown stands to the right, next to the building.
Date: 1912~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.999974 -102.077224
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Progressive Democracy Wagon]

Description: Photograph of a mule-drawn wagon, decorated with the words "PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY" along a cloth hanging from the side of the mule and with the words "WOODROW" and "WILSON" and the front and back wheels, respectively, bearing two women—Elma and Belulah Graves—in dark-colored dresses surrounded by flowers and a flag. The parade wagon is parked on a dirt road in front of T. S. Sacra's home, a two-story house.
Date: July 4, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.003913 -102.075982
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Trolley to Seguin, Old Main Dedication]

Description: Photograph of a trolley with visitors from St. John's Lutheran Church in San Antonio parked in Seguin to come to the dedication of the Old Main Building in the Texas Lutheran College. Two women stand at the entrance of the trollley; five more stand in the windows, holding books and smiling.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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