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[History of the Allen Family]

Description: Handwritten history of the Allen family, starting with their departure with William Penn from Deal, England in September 1682, to the marriage of Ben and Bell Allen in Coryell County, Texas, to the birth of their son, John Wylie Allen in Bell County, Texas in 1857.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brown, Allie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lena Armstrong Public Library

[Photographic Portrait of Thurman and Herman Maxwell]

Description: Postcard featuring twin infants Thurman and Herman Maxwell, children of Franklin Lee and Nancy Maxwell. They are sitting on a chair with spiral metalwork on its back and legs. The twins are wearing white dresses and bonnets. "Twins" has been written over their heads in red ink, and a T and H have been written on their heads. The reverse side of the postcard has the infants' names written in blue marker, and a handwritten note that reads "To grandma and uncle Ben."
Date: 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Freeman Family Standing in Front of Home]

Description: Photograph of members of the Freeman family standing in front of their wooden home in Purmela, Texas. They are identified from the left as Alvin (age six), Louis (age eight), Way (age four), Alex, Thoyce (age two), Winnie, Lillian (age ten), and Vivian (age eleven). A windpump is visible in the background to the right. The reverse side of the mat has a note that says "To Dred & Emma."
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Maxwell Family Members with Musical Instruments]

Description: Copy print photograph of members of the Maxwell family together in a fenced-in yard. Thurman, Herman, and Raymond Maxwell kneel while respectively holding a violin and two guitars. A young girl, Gladys Maxwell, is dressed in a white dress and hat and stands between Thurman and Herman. A young boy with a guitar sits on Raymond's knee. Houses are visible in the background.
Date: 1930
Item Type: Refine your search to only Image
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Photograph of Andrew and Narcissus Maxwell]

Description: Portrait (copy) of elderly couple Andrew Maxwell and his wife Narcissus. Andrew wears a medal on his left breast that reads "Veteran Dallas 1302" and features a star with a Confederate flag. The original photo is within a frame and encircled with scrollwork.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Portrait of an Unknown Family]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified family. The mother and the father sit in black clothes along the middle row, the father holding a young child in a white gown at right. Above them are two young boys in striped shirts, and along the bottom row are two young boys with frilly white shirts.
Date: unknown
Creator: McKinley, F. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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