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[Aerial Photograph of the Turneys' Farm]

Description: Aerial photograph of Turneys' farm located on FM 544 in Murphy, Texas; this photo shows the grouping of the farm buildings with the large open fields in the front and back.
Date: 1970
Creator: O'Neill, J.

[Art Print of the Matlock Home]

Description: Art print of an artist's rendition of the Matlock Home near Murphy, Texas; the house is two stories with windows along the upper and lower floors. The note printed on the reverse side of the picture says this was made "before the house was razed and replaced with a modern brick home." The note further says that Milton Meredith Matlock built it "when he settled on the land just South of the Back Homeplace."
Date: unknown

[Christmas Photograph of the Turney Family and Friends]

Description: Photograph of he Turney Family as well as some of their friends on Christmas Day 1918. Baldwin Gonzales is standing at the front in his U. S. Army uniform and Lee Turney is standing in the back between two women and is wearing a suit.
Date: December 25, 1918

[Class Prophecy for the 1907 Class of Texas Baptist University]

Description: Class prophecy describing a person's eventful day dream that included a woman creating pictures in the room of different individuals; the pictures continue to appear and then disappear and showing different women in different locations. The last line of the piece comes after the person had awoken: "I was forced to turn from the glamers into the future and come back to the tasks of the present."
Date: 1907

[Photograph of 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion Reunion]

Description: Photograph of a large group of middle-aged and older men, mostly in casual dress with a few men in suits, sitting and standing in three rows against a large wallpapered wall. A large wooden frame with a picture of a big cat eating a military tank inside sits at the feet of one of the men in the middle of the front row.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion Reunion]

Description: Photograph of a large group of middle-aged and older women and ten children sitting and standing in five rows in a courtyard. The brick wall of a tall building on the right is visible, and above the group, a flight of stairs leads up to a second-story of the building. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the location at which and date upon which the photo was taken.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of a Couple Cleaning the House]

Description: Photograph of a couple doing some house cleaning on the front porch to their home; the woman is sweeping and the man is carrying four empty bottles in his hands.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of a Couple with a Dog]

Description: Photograph of a couple, possibly Mr. and Mrs. Henley Rood, standing behind an automobile in heavy coats; the man in the picture is holding a dog in his arm.
Date: 1924

[Photograph of a Group of World War Two Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of a group of World War Two soldiers standing by the side of a ship; the group is arranged into two rows of men with the back row standing on a raised platform behind the first row. All of the men are wearing heavy coats, gloves, and hats.
Date: 194X

[Photograph of a Nelson Family Reunion]

Description: Photograph of members of the Nelson Family Reunion; those present in the picture are arranged in five rows, placed on bleachers in order to get everyone in the photo. Most of the children in the picture are seated in the laps of those on the bottom row.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of a Soldier with a Woman]

Description: Photograph of a soldier and a woman hugging each other; there is a note on the back of the photo that reads: "Claudie and Celle. Bet they marry some day."
Date: 194X

[Photograph of a Unknown Couple at a Gas Pump]

Description: Photograph of an unknown couple standing by an advertisement for Coca Cola at a gas station. There are two large containers with the company logo printed on the sides but they are not readable.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of a White Truck Co. Sales Meeting at the Adolphus Hotel]

Description: Photograph of a White Truck Co. sales meeting taking place at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas. All of the men are sitting at a round table with a white table cloth; Lee Turney is seated third from the left, and according to the note on the back of the picture the manager of the company is J. D. Allen.
Date: 1920~

[Photograph of a Woman Holding a Dog]

Description: Photograph of a woman wearing a heavy coat and holding a dog while sitting on a car bumper; a man is standing behind her and leaning against the car.
Date: 1924
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