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[1908 Officials and Employees of Coryell County, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Coryell County, Texas, officers of 1908. Three rows of the men sit on the steps of the Coryell County courthouse. The men are identified from the top left as Pleas Post (collector), W. L. Carlyle (commissioner), J. O. Curry (commissioner), T. L. Allison (commissioner), J. P. Gardner (commissioner), G. E. Johnson (county attorney), Frank Parsons (janitor), W. W. Seeton (district clerk), Sam Davis (sheriff), R. T. Wilson (county clerk), Earl Stone (city marshal), John Caufield (… more
Date: 1908
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Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Midland Baseball Team]

Description: Photograph of the Midland baseball team, seated together on the front steps of the old Midland County Courthouse. The players sit in three rows, with three men from the team's front office seated on stone apertures within the courthouse's facade. Three more men in hats and neckties are seated in the top row, and a child is held by a player in the bottom row. Three baseballs are arranged together in front of the players.
Date: July 16, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Tom Thumb Wedding, First Methodist Midland]

Description: Photograph of a Tom Thumb wedding under the First Methodist Church in Midland, held on the steps of the Midland County Courthouse. A boy in a tuxedo and a girl in a bridal gown stand on the courtyard steps, flocked by "bridesmaids" holding bouquets of flowers. Tom Thumb weddings were held as fundraisers for churches, imitating the famed dwarf performer General Tom Thumb's wedding and party in the 19th century.
Date: 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997988 -102.076256
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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