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[Photograph of the 1896 Simmons College Football Team]

Description: Group photograph of the Simmons College football team during the 1896-1897 school year. A note has been made at the bottom of the photo which reads, “Here probably is the first football team at Hardin-Simmons University. Organized by Prof. Karl A. Krause, who came to Texas from Yale in 1896.” Each member of the varsity team is listed by name and position.
Date: [1896..1897]
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Large Group of People at Tres Palacios Creek]

Description: Copy negative print of a large group of people posing for the photograph at Tres Palacios Creek in East Danevang, Texas. There is a small dog in the foreground to the left, and several children on the right in the bottom rows. Large trees tower over them casting shadows. There is a man in the very back row holding an American and Danish flag on each hand over his head. There is a second American flag to the right held by a man near a tree trunk.
Date: 1896/1900
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Adults and Children Gather for Country Sporting Event]

Description: Photograph of a group of people posing together for a country sporting event. Older girls and women stand to the left and older boys and men stand to the right behind a fence. Many of them are carrying farming implements. A mixed group of younger children sits by an open gate on the left. A small livestock pen has a boy seated beside it to the right. The heads of two reined horses are visible in the foreground at the bottom of the photo.
Date: 1896%
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Custer Cox and Schoolchildren]

Description: Photograph of a group of boys and girls of various ages standing with Custer Cox in front of the door of a schoolhouse. The group is arranged in three rows, with younger children standing in the front and middle rows and older children standing on either side of Custer Cox in the back row. Cox is wearing a suit with a boutonniere and stiff white collar. The children in the front row are barefoot. A handwritten note on the reverse side of the mat says "Custer might be teacher."
Date: 1896~
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Lone Star Brass Band]

Description: Photograph of members of the Lone Star brass band posing together with their instruments. The thirteen white men are arranged in three rows, with six standing in the background, five kneeling in the middle, and two sitting in front. A bass drum to the right has the words "Carbon Band" written along its rim and "Lone" written above a star. A United States flag hangs in the background to the left. The leftmost man in the back row is identified as Custer Cox.
Date: 1896~
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Family on a Riverbank]

Description: Photograph of a family on a wooded riverbank. Several people are on the riverbank among the trees, while four people are in a rowboat with the word "GATORR" written along its side. A roofed structure and a wagon are visible up on the bank.
Date: March 28, 1896
Creator: George, J. W.
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

The A. S. G.

Description: Photograph of a group of people labeled as The A. S. G. They are standing under trees and are wearing pioneer clothing. A Conestoga wagon stands to the left of the group.
Date: June 1896
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

The A. S. G. 96

Description: Photograph of a group of people labeled as The A. S. G. They are standing under trees and are wearing pioneer clothing. A Conestoga wagon stands to the left of the group.
Date: June 1896
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Five young women and Four young men]

Description: Group portrait of 5 young women and 4 young men. Portrait is informal, with one woman in the top row lighting a cigarette for the man on her right, and one man on the bottom row offering a cigarette to the woman on his left. Image is mounted on a cardboard substrate with scalloped edges. Photographer's mark: "George H. Wonfor, Artist and Photographer." Wonfor worked in Galveston 1896-1897.
Date: 1896
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Masonic Group at Dr. Curtis' Home]

Description: Photograph of a Masonic gathering at Dr. Curtis' home, seated in three rows along the front porch of the single-story wooden home on 117 W Wall Street. A band is gathered along the left, holding drums and brass instruments. Other men, seated, hold implements placed on white cloths in their lap. Dr. Curtis stands on the porch, close to the door in the back row.
Date: [1896..]
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[1896 Midland 3rd and 4th Grade]

Description: Photograph of the 1896 classes of the third and fourth grade in the Midland school. They are arranged in eight rows along the front steps of the school building, and a young girl holds up a small chalkboard reading "Grade 3rd-4th".
Date: 1896
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[D. Harrington Outfit]

Description: Photograph of the "D. Harrington Outfit", gathered together south of Midland. They are mostly seated on the grass, some mounted on their horses, some standing next to their horses, and a few seated in the carriages. Several people are identified by number: 1, Jas Harrington (mounted on the horse, facing the photographer); 2, Andrew Allen (standing up with a hat, looking down); 3, E. Divi Harrington; 4, Irene Harrington; 5,Dot Twinning (cousin); 6, Pearl Harrington (all seated).
Date: 1896
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[1896 Midland 2nd Grade Class]

Description: Photograph of a 2nd grade class standing on the steps of a brick school building, arranged in around five rows. Mrs. Mamie Stokes stands at the top right, while a child at center holds up a blackboard reading "GRADE 2nd."
Date: 1896
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[1896 Group Picture, Evangelical Lutheran College]

Description: Photograph of a group of individuals from the Evangelical Lutheran College in Brenham, gathered together in five rows on the steps of a wooden building. Children are lined up along the center and the very back of the group, and young students stand along the middle rows. A man in a vest stands in the rightmost front row.
Date: 1896
Creator: Walker
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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