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[Jacksonville Orchestra]

Description: Copy negative of an early Jacksonville Orchestra, in the home of W. A. Newton. Pictures hang on the walls; one of them is of Zelvin Newton. This photograph is behind the seated guitarist. A piano is behind the orchestra, on the right of the room. Several orchestra members hold guitars or banjos. On the left, Mr. W. A. Newton stands while Mrs. W. A. Newton is seated in front of him. In no order, the rest of the orchestra consists of Walter Newton, George "Pete" Newton, Mozell Newton, Janie May N… more
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Golden Anniversary Song]

Description: Copy negative of the lyrics to Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary song, entitled "Jacksonville's Big Jubilee," written by Reverend J. D. Aldredge.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[W. P. Devereux Building]

Description: Copy negative of the W. P. Devereux Building, which housed Devereux's general merchandise business. Two bare trees frame the door. Merchandise can be seen in the shop windows, and two men stand to the far right of the picture.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Celebrities at Golden Anniversary]

Description: Copy negative of Jacksonville celebrities standing in front of an official automobile, decked out in American flags, which would lead the Golden Anniversary parade. John C. Box, district Congressman; Charles C. Bando; M. L. "Bud" Earle, former mayor; Tol Smith; and T. E. Acker, then mayor, stand next to the car. Many of these men helped to plan the event.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Awaiting the Train]

Description: Copy negative of citizens of Jacksonville awaiting the arrival of President William Howard Taft by train at the I. & G. N. railroad station. The mayor, M. L. "Bud" Earle, stands second from the right. With him are Civil War veterans, many of whom wear ribbon badges.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[First United Methodist Church, Jacksonville]

Description: Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. The church was made of hand-cast cement blocks, and the three-story tall windows were made of glass made in Italy. The church had a dome with ventilating openings in the tower due to lack of air conditioning.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Early Jacksonville Business District]

Description: Copy negative of Jacksonville's business district prior to 1917. The long building to the left was the Spear House and then the Pearl Hotel. The tall building in the center foreground was the first home of the First National Bank. A windmill and water tank can be seen on the far right. The Union Baptist Church is on the left, while the Benson Chapel Methodist is on the right. At the far upper right is the Ragsdale home. The building in front of the hotel was the first home of the International … more
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Ponta Basketball Team]

Description: Copy negative of the Ponta basketball team of 1922. In the back row, standing, are W. C. Wisener, Alfred Lively, Belton Farley, Pearl Bobbit, and Willie Dalby. In the first row, kneeling, are Herman Dalby, Gladstone Waldrup, and Elmer Liles. Gladstone Waldrup holds a sign that says, "Champions of Cherokee Co., 1922."
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Bicycle for Two]

Description: Copy negative of Mr. and Mrs. Graham McCarroll on their "Bicycle Built for Two" act in the Tomato Festival pageant. Mrs. McCarroll (nee Beryl Bolton) sits in front of her husband.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Jacksonville "Wets" Rally]

Description: Copy negative of a Jacksonville "Wets" Rally. The rally, which put forth the benefit of saloons and liquor sales, occurred before a local vote to outlaw saloons and liquor in Jacksonville. The "wets" lost. It was held in front of B. B. Cannon's Dry Goods and Grocery store.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Tomato Shed]

Description: Copy negative of workers unloading tomatoes from a farmer's vehicle at a tomato shed. Baskets full of tomatoes are piled on top of one another to the left. A worker stands in the middle of the shot holding a full basket of tomatoes. Next to him, another man looks at the camera over his shoulder. More workers can be seen in the background. A sign declares the shed to belong to a J. W. Patton.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Rally, Jacksonville]

Description: Copy negative of a Jacksonville "Wets" Rally. Men stand in front of a hardware store. Some of them hold signs, while others sit on wheelbarrows.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Automobile Display]

Description: Copy negative of an automobile display in Jacksonville's early days. Owners of the automobiles stand next to their vehicles, which are lined up across W. Commerce St. Franklins, Buicks, Hudsons, Model T Fords, and Cadillacs are visible among the cars. Some have right-hand drive, a common feature in the early days of American automobile manufacturing.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Board of Aldermen, 1885]

Description: Copy negative of the Jacksonville Board of Aldermen from 1885. Underneath the portrait is a list of the aldermen. Clockwise, they are H. L. Morris, George Tilley, John Allen Templeton, John H. Bolton, J. L. Douglas, and William Henry Sory. Mayor R. H. Small is pictured in the center.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Jacksonville Trades Day]

Description: Copy negative of the business district of Jacksonville. People stand in the streets next to full wagons pulled by horses. On the far left, a sign advertises Bull Durham Tobacco and shops line both sides of the road.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Trestle Building]

Description: Copy negative of a trestle building for Texas and New Orleans Railroad off W. Larissa St. in Jacksonville.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Goodson Family]

Description: Copy negative of the Goodson family. The children on the steps in the first row are Joy Milstead, Inez Milstead, Marie Henderson, Maxine Caveness, Billy Wayne Henderson, and Rayford Milstead. Those in the second row are Hershall and Marguerite Goodson, Ella Mae and Jacob Watson Goodson, Curtis and Lois Goodson, and Willie and Allie Inez Milstead. The people on the top step are Alvin Milstead, Alma Spraggins, Pearl Henderson, and Jesse Bruce Goodson.
Date: November 18, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Jacksonville Meeting]

Description: Copy negative of a gathering of Jacksonville farmers, businessmen, and buyers and shippers involved in the tomato deal. These men are meeting in the rear of the First State Bank. The men in the photo include, in no order, Frank Devereux, Sr., J. L. Douglas, George L. Barber, A. K. Dixon, Ernest Shoemaker, James O'Keefe, A. W. Flanden, "Yank" Smith, J. E. McFarland, Cal Bolton, Downes Bolton, Sam Alexander, Hugh J. McCarroll, C. D. Jarratt, A. Y. Shoemaker, J. L. Brown, and Jack Shoemaker.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Parade Float, 1940]

Description: Copy negative of the Humble Oil & Refining Co. parade float in 1940. Claude Wilson, left, and Roy Forrest and George Turner on the right, mount horses beside the float. The building in the background is the East Side Elementary School, where the parade began.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Gober Brothers]

Description: Copy negative of the Gober brothers, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Gaines Gober. All of them were involved in business, on Kickapoo St. in Jacksonville. From left to right, they are George Gober, Tom Gober, W. S. "Bill" Gober, Fred Gober, and Hansford Gober.
Date: November 19, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Street Scene at Golden Anniversary Celebration]

Description: Copy negative of a street scene during Jacksonville's Golden Anniversary Celebration of 1922. The photo was taken from the second story of J. L. Douglas's Dry Goods Store. The Templeton-Brashear Department Store can be seen at the corner across from the place the photo was taken. To the left of the intersection is Couch & Slaton Tailor Shop, and at the far left is the Heidelberg Hotel. Flags have been placed on the wires connecting the electrical poles.
Date: December 5, 1987
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Queen Jerry Peacock]

Description: Copy negative of Jerry Peacock on the Queen's Throne in Ragsdale Park during the 1937 Jacksonville National Tomato Festival.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission

[Coronation of Jerry Peacock]

Description: Copy negative of the coronation of Jerry Peacock being crowned queen of the Jacksonville National Tomato Festival by Lieutenant Governor Walter Woodul. Women and men in fancy dress watch as Woodul places the crown on Peacock's head. Woodul looks at the camera, while Peacock looks straight ahead. The child second from the right is Betty Jane Acker, and the girl to her right is Frances Carolyn Wood. None of the other attendees have been identified.
Date: September 17, 1988
Creator: Cherokee County Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cherokee County Historical Commission
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