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Portrait of Baby

Copy negative of two photographs. The photograph on the left shows Nat and Mollie Perkins with two young neighbor girls. Mr. Perkins is seated with his leg crossed and is wearing a dark suit. Mrs. Perkins is standing behind him and the two young girls are standing on either side of him. An attached typed note beneath the photograph reads, "Mother & Father Nat. D. Perkins and neighbor children." The photograph on the right is of John William Perkins as a baby. Beneath the photograph is a typed … more

Date: {1877,1895}

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Ursuline Convent and Academy Photograph #1]

Photograph of the Ursuline Convent and Academy, in San Antonio, Texas.

Date: 1875~

Location: 29.431088 -98.492279

Partner: Texas Historical Commission

Photograph of Katherine Thomas

Photograph of Katherine (Kate) (Rayburn) Thomas. Katherine Thomas was one of Sam Rayburn's sisters. The photograph is a head and shoulders image of Mrs. Thomas. She wears a V-neck dress with shiny appliques on the shoulders. She wears a matching necklace. her hair is pulled back from her face in a low chignon.

Date: 1872/1971

Creator: Gittings portrait studio

Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Dr. David Switzer in the President's Office]

Photo of Dr. David Switzer in the President's office sitting at a roll-top desk. He is looking over at a young boy sitting at a small desk with a typewriter. Photo circa late 1800's: Weatherford, Texas.

Date: 1877/1899

Partner: Weatherford College

[Sunday School Picnic]

Photograph of a Sunday school picnic. A large group of people is posing in a line outdoors. Two women are holding umbrellas, and everyone pictured is wearing a hat. Small children are seated in the front row.

Date: 1870~

Partner: St. David’s Episcopal Church

[Interior Church Altar]

Photograph of the Interior of St. David's Church during the of Reverend Thomas Booth Lee. The pews are empty, but a man is seated up near the altar. There are large chandeliers in the sanctuary and a stained glass window behind the altar. The caption beneath the photo reads, "Interior of St. David's Church, Austin, Texas, during the early part of the rectorship of the Rev. Thomas Booth Lee- 1875-1912."

Date: 1875/1912

Partner: St. David’s Episcopal Church

[Early "California Limited" entering Los Angeles]

One of the early "California Limiteds" entering the suburbs of Los Angeles, possibly dating from the late 1870's. The ten-wheeler, type 4-6-0, heading the train bears an original Santa Fe engine No. 54, indicative of ancient age. At the turn of the century the Santa Fe owned a large fleet of these locomotives: 478 ten-wheelers; these were versatile engines, known as "Jack of all Trades." However, no steam locomotives of this type were built to Santa Fe blueprints later than 1901. Observe the … more

Date: 1870~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[A. Joost - Cheap Cash Store]

This is a photograph of the first building constructed on the courthouse square. It was located where number 601 East Lacy is now located, but it extended over approximately halfway into the lot of the current number 603. This was Alexander Joost's store, known after the Civil War as the "Cheap Cash Store". Joost was an immigrant from France who had an earlier store at Fort Houston. As soon as the site was located for the county seat of the new Anderson County, he bought land there and prepared… more

Date: 1875~

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Charles Wesley Street]

Charles Wesley Street, 1835-1905.

Date: 1870~/1879~

Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Elizabeth DeBarger McGuire Street]

Elizabeth DeBarger McGuire Street, 1856-1881. She died from tuberculosis at age 24.

Date: 1870~/1979~

Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Nellie Ballentine Walker]

Nellie Ballentine Walker as a toddler. She was born February 27, 1872, the daughter of Albert A. and Margaret J. Walker. Albert Walker was a dentist in Paris.

Date: 1875~

Creator: Lynn, S.

Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[Man posing with horse in front of a wrought iron fence]

Man posing with horse in front of a wrought iron fence.

Date: 1876

Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.

Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Illinois-native George Mansfield Dilley, the prominent railroad-building contractor who played an instrumental role in the expansion of railroads throughout Texas and the South, established this foundry in 1873, one year after the railroad arrived in Palestine. The George M. Dilley & Son Foundry, located adjacent to the I&GN tracks, at one time contained more than ten buildings. The enterprise manufactured some farm equipment and machinery, but its primary output was gray iron and brass casting… more

Date: 1875~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Date: 1875~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Palestine Railroad Mansion]

Photo of what is commonly called a "Railroad Mansion". One of the large homes built by the magnates of the I&GN Railroad. It is not known where this house was located, but it was most likely south of the railroad tracks along S. Sycamore or S. Magnolia streets in Palestine.

Date: 1870~

Partner: Palestine Public Library