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[Six Photographs on a Scrapbook Page]

Description: Page from the red Mammie V. Bartholomew album displaying six sepia-tone prints. In the top left is a 6 x 10 cm. print of an infant in a dress sitting in a rocking chair and holding the arms of the chair. To the right (proceeding clockwise) is a 17 x 12 cm. photo of several sheaves of grain in a pasture. In the lower right-hand corner of the photo is a wooden fence. Rolling hills and sky form the background of the image. Below this photo (in the center of the page) is a 14 x 10 cm. photo of wha… more
Date: 1890
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Scrapbook Page with Photos of Swollen Rivers, People, and an Illustrated Forest Scene]

Description: Scrapbook page from the red Mammie V. Bartholomew album displaying five sepia-tone prints and one color card. On the left side of the page are four photographs. Proceeding from top to bottom, the first is a 17 x 12 centimeter photo of what might be Lambshead creek in a flood. The ranch gate is visible on the left bank of the creek. Below this is a photo of the same size of a creek near Albany, Texas. A young boy is standing in the center of the photo by the water among the brush lining the bank… more
Date: 1890
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Drawing: Fort Griffin in 1876]

Description: Drawing of a trail leading up a hill towards a fort with a flag raised at the top. A rider on horseback is drawn speeding up the trail, coming from a town drawn at the bottom. Text at the bottom reads, "Fort Griffin in 1876".
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Personal Narrative about Western Frontier Days]

Description: Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing what life was life for cattle drivers and buffalo hunters in the days of the western frontier, focusing on the area of Fort Griffin. Penciled notes and corrections are written throughout, and the phrase, "To be recopied" is written at the top of the first page.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 13, 1875]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote to his wife while he traveled and worked as a judge. In the letter, he gave her news of his health, those he was traveling with, and where he was headed to next. He told her he was anxious to return home and be with his family.
Date: November 13, 1875
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Young and Old Portraits of John and Sallie Matthews]

Description: Photographs of two people taken when they were younger and when they were elderly. The upper left is a portrait of a John A. Matthews with short hair, a bushy mustache, high collared shirt, coat, and ribbon tie. The upper right portrait is of a Sallie R. Matthews with dark hair, a lace collar, and dark dress. The lower left has a portrait of the same man as an elder, wearing glasses and a suit. The lower right is a portrait of the same woman as an elder, with white hair, glasses, and dark cloth… more
Date: 1880~
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch
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