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[News Clip: Big family]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Larry Mullins about a big family with 10 adopted children.
Date: November 23, 1989
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Family Portrait

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of the Buchanan family, with the parents sitting in chairs, three children sitting on hay bales, two children standing, and two babies in the parents' laps. Pictured are Robert Lee, George Young, Mary L. A., Henry William Andrew, Mary Prichard, Charlotte, Joseph C. Buchanan, and three others.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Family on Hillside; Men by Car in Country

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The top picture is of William Morris and the Morris family posing in a large field in Grayson County, Texas. The bottom picture is of Gazzie and Art Morris standing by the back of a car in front of a mountain near Albany, Texas.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Girl

Description: Copy photograph of a portrait of Bessie and Jennie Perkins. They are posed with their hands on a prop gate. Behind them is a backdrop with trees. Below the photograph is a note that says, "Bessie & Jennie Perkins (Uncle Jack's daughters)."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Couple

Description: Copy photograph of a portrait of Jack and Tilda Perkins. They are posed with cutouts that look like a metal gate and stone wall. Behind them is a backdrop of trees. Below the photograph is a typed note that says, "Uncle Jack & Aunt Tilda Perkins."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

House Exterior With Family

Description: Copy photograph of Jack and Tilda Perkins with their four daughters and their families. The family group is posed outside a two-storey house. There is a wooden fence on which many children are sitting. Above the photo is a typed note that says, "Uncle Jack and Aunt Tilda, with their four daughters and their families, Whitesboro, Texas, about 1885.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Family Portrait

Description: Copy negative of a Curry family portrait with Oscar H. Curry, Arthur H. Curry, Mary S. Curry, William A. Curry, Lucretia Curry, and Mary Elizabeth Short Curry. The two parents are sitting, and the children are standing behind and between them.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Hometown honors mother-of-year]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Rolla C. Vestal being named mother of the year.
Date: August 20, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Birtie, Girty and Vessie Clountz

Description: Photograph of Birtie, Girty and Vessie Clountz standing outside in front of a field and bare trees. Handwritten notes on the photo indicate that Birtie and Girty are fraternal twins, while Vessie is a slightly older child. These notes also mention the birthday of their mother, Minnie Myers Clountz.
Date: unknown
Partner: Pottsboro Public Library

[People Sitting in a Covered Boat]

Description: Photograph of Girtie Clountz, Ruby Myers, Floyd Myers, Netty Pullman, and Vessie Clountz sitting together in a covered boat. An unidentified man sits on the far right. A handwritten note on the back mentions that these are all cousins.
Date: July 1925
Partner: Pottsboro Public Library

Minnie Clountz and Family

Description: Photograph of the Clountz family standing in front of their home. The five children in front are Henry, Willie, Vessie, Bertie, and Gertie. The parents, Henry and Minnie, lean against the porch to the right. Elderly Nancy Clountz sits on the porch behind them.
Date: 1922~
Partner: Pottsboro Public Library

[Elderly Man with Five Children]

Description: Photograph of an elderly man identified as "Big Daddy" holding two young children named George and Helen. A slightly older child, Nala, stands behind "Big Daddy" while holding infant James Jackson Cook. A woman is partially visible to the right. The group is located at the base of an earthen mound with farm buildings in the background.
Date: 1937
Partner: Pottsboro Public Library

[Elderly Woman with Five Children]

Description: Photograph of an elderly woman identified as "Big Mama" sitting in a chair and holding two very young children, Nora and George Cook. Jean, Nola, and Helen Cook stand in a triangular pattern around "Big Mama." They are situated at the base of an earthen mound. Trees and farm buildings can be seen behind them.
Date: 1937
Partner: Pottsboro Public Library

[William, Henry, and Bertie Clountz]

Description: Photograph of William, Henry, and Bertie Clountz standing together outside. They are wearing white shirts and dark slacks. William has thinning hair. Bertie wears a necktie. Handwritten notes indicate that these are children of Minnie Clountz.
Date: unknown
Partner: Pottsboro Public Library

[Cook Family Outside of Home]

Description: Photograph of members of the Cook family standing in a line outside of their wooden home. The reverse side of the image identifies the people from the left as Nora Cook, Grandma Cook is holding Florence Cook, Arthur Cook, Joe Cook, and Luther Cook.
Date: 1905
Partner: Pottsboro Public Library
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