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[Longview Volunteer Fire Company]

Description: Photograph of the first Longview Volunteer Fire Company in Longview, Texas. The fire company was organized in 1885 using horse drawn fire carts. The fire company was located on the south side of Tyler Street between Fredonia and Center streets. City Hall was located upstairs. There are three horse-drawn fire carts parked outside the station.
Date: 1885
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Longview Fire Department]

Description: Photographic postcard of the Longview Fire Department hose cart. There is a man sitting in the hose cart, and it is being pulled by two horses. There are unidentified buildings in the background of the photograph.
Date: 1908
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Old Station #5]

Description: Photograph of Old Station #5, now a museum. Cars and horse-drawn fire engines stand in front of the station, each with a team of firemen standing next to them.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

Richardson School Picnic

Description: Photograph of two young men and two young women at the Richardson School picnic. They women are sitting in a horse-drawn carriage, and the men are standing on the side of it. The carriage and horse are in body of shallow water. In the background, there are trees. Text below the image says "Richardson School Picnic 1905."
Date: 1905
Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Neely Huffhines

Description: Photograph of a man, identified as Neely Huffhines, wearing a suit and hat. He is sitting in a horse-drawn wagon. He was born on December 28th, 1895 in Plano Road Dallas, Texas, and died April 11th, 1987. His father was Robert (Bob) Steven Huffhines, born in Simpson County, Kentucky; his mother was Mary Belle Lawler, born September 4th, 1871 in Dallas, Texas.
Date: 191?
Partner: Richardson Public Library

Central Rexall Drug Store

Description: Photograph of the front of the I. D. Flores Drug Store. A wagon drawn by a single horse is in front of the store. Sitting on the seat of the wagon is Benjamin A. Quintanilla; holding the horse is Eligio P. Castro; and standing by the hitching post is I. D. Flores.
Date: 1912
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

Floresville Trades Day, 1906

Description: This is a photograph of a hanging picture of downtown Floresville during the 1906 Trade Days. This photo shows the buildings, people, horses, wagon. On the back of the photograph it is noted that Mrs. Ed Franklin was queen and Rosalie Stevenson and Maude Neal were the princesses. R.R. Smith, attorney, crowned the queen for the festivities.
Date: 1906
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

"C" Street, Floresville, TX

Description: Photo of the busy downtown street in Floresville, Texas. The photo was taken at the corners of Third and what is today "C" streets. The business in the near right is the First National Bank next door to the Bakery. Noteworthy in this photo is the electric or telephone pole that is outside the bank.
Date: unknown
Creator: G. KruPe Co. Milwakee
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Carriage Under an Awning]

Description: Photograph of four men standing in front of the entrance to a building in Wilson County, Texas. A horse and a carriage stand under the building's awning to the left, and more carriages are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

Wright Hotel

Description: Photograph of The Wright Hotel at the corner of Travis and Houston that was owned and operated by "Grandpa Wright." Built in 1905 on the site where Farmer's State Bank was located at a later date in downtown Cleveland
Date: 1910
Creator: Young, Moon
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Carriage in Front of House]

Description: Photograph of a man and a woman sitting in a carriage being pulled by a horse in front of a wooden house in Cleveland, Texas. Two women and five children stand on the house's porch to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Young, Moon
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Post Office Site]

Description: Photograph of a construction site for a post office. Several men are standing along the edge of the site. In the background, there are stacks of construction materials, and a horse-drawn wagon carrying other materials. Behind the site, there are other buildings.
Date: February 1, 1916
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[View of Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a courthouse. The brick building is two-stories tall, with a tower on the far-left end. Small trees are growing in a yard to the right. In the foreground, there is a horse-drawn wagon parked by a curb in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Richardson Centennial Parade

Description: Photograph of a stagecoach wagon float in the centennial parade, at the intersection of Main Street and Greenville Avenue in Richardson, Texas. The wagon is pulled by four matching horses, and two men and two women are riding on it. A sign on the side of the wagon says "5 WBAP Country Gold;" the side of the wagon says "Butterfield Cleveland Stage." In the background, there are businesses.
Date: June 1973
Partner: Richardson Public Library
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