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Compilation of information and stories about Fannin County, Texas including chapters for the history of the county, home life, vocations, education, transportation, activities, and family histories.
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Booklet providing a brief history of Dodd City in Fannin County, Texas, including a summary biography of namesake Major E. H. Dodd as well as information about important people and families, businesses, churches, newspapers, schools, and other aspects of the city's history
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Booklet outlining general information about Bonham, Texas focusing primarily on businesses, newspapers, and educational institutions along with images of business interiors, residences, and other buildings.
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Book outlining the early history of Bonham, Texas, including information about people, businesses, development of municipal services and government, and other related topics, organized into four main sections: Early Pioneer Days (1836-1861), War Period (1861-1865), Period of Reconstruction (1865-1875), and Later Development (1875-1929).
Date:
1929
Creator:
Bonham High School. American History Class.
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Photograph of the interior of the F. W. Woolworth store on the south side of the courthouse square in Bonham. A group of women pose for a photograph along an aisle of merchandise. Fans hang from the ceiling, as well as signs that read: "nothing on this counter over 15 cents." On the left displays are jewelry and flat papers, and on the right aisles are rolls of material and a cash register. There are eight women standing together, facing the photographer; two watch from across an aisle on the …
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Photograph of an unidentified grocery store in Bonham, Texas. Four men stand in the rear of the store, near the back counter. The man at left, in front of the counter's corner and standing next to a glass display, is Tom Locke (1879–1934). The third man from left with a hat and mustache is Sam Hancock (1854–1923), and the man at the very right is Audrey Bryant. The man second from left is unidentified. Meat is hung along the walls in the right corner, and coffee is for sale. Seed packers from C…
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Photograph of a truck from Fannin County Electric Cooperative, Inc. The letters "REA" are written on the side of the truck. One worker stands behind the truck and assists with the construction of a power pole for an electric line.
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Photograph of Taylor Grocery Company, a grocery store located on the Courthouse Square in Bonham. Three individuals stand within the store: a woman along behind a desk counter on the left, and two men standing next to glass displays. Cans and bags are arranged on shelves on the left and right walls, with baskets of foodstuffs in front of the counter at left. In the glass display, cigars are on sale. Large brooms are placed on the top of shelves and reclined against the wall.
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Photograph of the interior of the Bonham Wholesale Grocery, located along the railroad in south Bonham. In the room depicted here, workers stand to the left of a large gas stove in the middle of the area. Chairs and desks are located to the left in the room. Identified in the picture, from left to right, are: Alonzo Allen. Harry Roberts, June Kennedy, Claude Allen, Floy Campbell, and George Hancock.
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Photograph of the exterior of City Dye Works. Cars are parked along the front curb of the building, and Bob Cline, at right, stands to a car. A business named The Barbecue Pit, offering sandwiches, beef (10¢), and ham (15¢) is also in the same building. A beauty shop occupies the right half of the building.
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Photograph of a grocery store along Panther Row (south Main Street) in Bonham, Texas. A soda fountain is along the counter at left, and shelves of merchandise are placed along the left wall, behind the counter. A large bunch of bananas hang from a rope tied to the ceiling at right. Sam Miller stands at center with his hand along the counter.
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Photograph of Charles Walsh's biplane nearing take off in a field in Bonham, Texas. A crowd of spectators watch the airplane from behind as it pitches slightly upwards, its propeller spinning.
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Postcard of aviator Charles Walsh standing in front of his biplane before a crowd of spectators in Bonham, Texas. Walsh (center) wears goggles and a hat and leans against one of the aircraft's trusses. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
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Photograph of a crowd swarmed around Charles Walsh's biplane in Bonham, Texas. Additional people view the crowd from a grandstand in the background, with a handful of spectators elevated on a short wooden tower. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
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Photograph of a crowd swarmed around Charles Walsh's biplane in Bonham, Texas. Additional people view the crowd from a grandstand in the background, with a handful of spectators elevated on a short wooden tower. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
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Photograph of a meat market in Bonham, Texas with three men standing in the store's back, with two behind the counter and one to its right. The man in the middle, wearing a white apron, is Sam Hancock (1854–1923). Saws, carcasses, and cuts of meat are placed along the counter and large carcasses hang from hooks along the left wall.
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Photograph of the dedication of the Bonham Veterans' Hospital and Domiciliary on July 9, 1948. Dignitaries, including Representative Sam Rayburn, are seated on the platform with flags positioned behind them with a band of musicians dressed in white uniforms are seated in front of the platform. Spectators are visible around the front of the stage, most standing and many wearing hats.
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Photograph of a line of mule-pulled wagons loaded with cotton along South Center Street in Bonham. Some structures are lined along the road in the background, and the old Fannin County Courthouse is visible in the background.
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Photograph of a bicycle shop in Bonham, Texas, with bicycles hung on racks along the right wall and two employees posing with bikes placed on the floor. Three men are seated in the back counter, next to coat racks and a shelf of bicycle parts at right.
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Photograph of the County Clerk's office in the Fannin County Courthouse with four workers posing inside. From left to right is Myrtle Hancock (1886–1975), J. L. Dobbs (1874–1947), Evans Pritchett (1894–1936), and J[?]. T. Fitzgerald. Hancock and Pritchett are seated along a long table in the middle of the office, while Dobbs stands along a table in the back. Fitzgerald holds a large volume of the county deed records.
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Photograph of two unidentified workers reviewing files in the Fannin County clerk's office within the county courthouse. Large shelves of county deed records, placed horizontally, span the walls. The workers are looking over documents on a table in the center, while a larger table covered with papers is visible in the foreground.
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Photograph of the interior of the F. W. Woolworth store on the south side of the courthouse square in Bonham. Employees and customers are scattered around the aisles of the store. Fans hang from the ceiling, as well as signs that read: "nothing on this counter over 15 cents." At center is another sign reading "Jewelry Department", with two women standing behind a register. A handful of customers are gathered along the left aisle, including a woman and a young girl facing away from the photograp…
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