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

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: Clipping

[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, August 1, 1899]

Check made out to S. D. Myres for thirty-four dollars and twenty cents on an S. D. Myres company check. It is signed by J. F Newman under the auspices of Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers, Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: August 1, 1899

Creator: Newman, J. F.

Item Type: Text

[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, December 1, 1899]

Check made out to S. D. Myres for four dollars and twenty cents on an S. D. Myres company check. It is signed by J. F Newman under the auspices of Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers, Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: December 1, 1899

Creator: Newman, J. F.

Item Type: Text

[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, June 2, 1899]

Check made out to S. D. Myres for six dollars and forty cents on an S. D. Myres company check. It is signed by J. F Newman under the auspices of Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers, Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: June 2, 1899

Creator: Newman, J. F.

Item Type: Text

[Clipping: Committee Seeking $100,000 For New Bataan Hospital Wing, February 7, 1960]

Newspaper clipping that features an article about a Myres saddle that was sold to raise money for the new Bataan Memorial Hospital wing.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Forty Years Ago March 7, 1920 (Sunday)]

Newspaper clipping reprinting a story from "forty years ago" that describes the opening of a manufacturing plant by Sam Myres in El Paso. It also describes the saddle that Mr. Myres designed for the 101 Ranch Wild West Show.

Date: March 1960

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: S. D. Myres Saddle Shop]

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: Clipping

[Clipping: Sweetwater Man Cited for Enviable War Work Record]

Reprint of an article published in the Sweetwater Daily Reporter about Sam Myres being honored by the U. S. Government due to the quality of his saddles that he made for the war, which were of such high quality that it made inspection unnecessary.

Date: February 19, 1920

Creator: Sweetwater Daily Reporter

Item Type: Article

[Clipping: Tack Supply ROom Opened Recently In Hollywood]

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: Clipping

[Clipping: "Tio Sam" Myres, Colorful Saddle Maker Had First Job in Weatherford]

Newspaper clipping of a partial story describing Sam Myres' first job as a leather work apprentice before becoming a saddlemaker and starting the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. It also discusses how Myres was a friend to the famous and was even made an honorary Texas Ranger.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Tio Sam -- (Sam Myres) "The Saddle Man"]

Clipping from "Horse Lovers Magazine" containing a number of stories and advertisements, starting with the first part of an article about the life of Sam Myres with an image of the $10,000 saddle he made for the 101 Ranch.

Date: March 1951

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Western Sidesaddles, November 1981]

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: Clipping

[Collection of Gas Ration Stamps Belonging to Earl Bunkley]

A set of stamps used for gas rationing during the war; the title of the sheet is "Basic Mileage Ration." This sheet belongs to Earl Bunkley of Sweetwater, Texas, he had used three of the stamps on this sheet leaving seven still attached.

Date: 194X

Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration

Item Type: Text

[Conference Program for the Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia]

Program given to those in attendance at a military conference at Fort Benning, Georgia; the subject of the conference was the "Principles of War." The document starts with instructions for the students, and then gives an outline of what is to come followed by the bulk of the program containing the different discussion sections: "Introduction, The Principles of War, Objective, Offensive, Maneuver, Mass, Economy of Force, Unity of Command, Simplicity, Surprise, Security, Summary."

Date: March 23, 1956

Creator: United States. Army.

Item Type: Presentation

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

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: Text

[S. D. Myres catalog]

Newspaper clipping advertising the S. D. Myres Saddle Company and its array of holsters, belts and gun carrying equipment. It goes on to say that Myres designed and produced the first belt holster for the FBI.

Date: May 1960

Creator: Myres, Sam

Item Type: Clipping

S. D. Myres Saddle Company Catalog: 1888-1937, Officers' Equipment

Catalog published by the S.D. Myres Saddle Company featuring items used by military and law enforcement officers, such as gun holsters, belts, knife sheaths, and bags. Each item has a description and price, with representative photos. At the start of the catalog, there is a brief article titled "Gunplay" and a series of biographical sketches featuring law enforcement men who are pictured with Myres accessories.

Date: 1888~