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[Photograph of an Early Day Picnic]

Description: Photograph of an early day picnic near Abilene, Texas. Roberta Parker, a school teacher and a daughter of Sallie Ann Clarke and Robert Henry Parker, stands in the back row, far right (with a hat?). A man to her left holds a tall bamboo fishing pole. Musical instruments are held by three people, including guitars and a banjo. A woman seated in the front row with a bonnet holds a shotgun in her lap; to her left, a man holds a bottle of beer on the rug.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[China Grove Picnic Group]

Description: Photograph of a large gathering of people having a group picnic in China Grove, south of Warfield in Midland County. The group is gathered in a large clearing along a dirt road, and includes a small musical band (at right), and people who have scaled the local windmill (at left).
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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