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[Copy Slide of a Photograph of the Schultz Bakery]

Copy slide of a photograph of the Schultz Bakery with several young boys and men standing on the front porch.

Date: 1800~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Portrait of Thomas Middlebrook Willis]

Tintype photograph of Thomas "Tommie" Middlebrook Willis (1859–1937) of Abilene, Texas. He is depicted as a young man standing next to an armrest, facing forward. His cheeks are slightly tinted pink.

Date: 1872

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Abilene City Council - 1880s]

Copy slide of a photograph of 6 members of the Abilene City Council gathered around a table. Some of the men are wearing suits or vests and others are wearing white dress shirts.

Date: 1880

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

Music Band

Copy negative of the Abilene Town Band of the 1880s. The men are sitting and standing, holding their instruments. From left to right they are T. A. Lipps, Pete Kauffman, Adolph Heyck, Dave Kauffman, J. T. Tarpley, Will Woodward, Turner Lesslie, and Wilson. Printed below is a paragraph about the band.

Date: 1880~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Music Band

Date: 1880~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

People on Front Porch

Copy negative of R. H. Parker and family standing on the porch of a large two story house at S. 2nd St. and Butternut in Abilene in the late 1880's. There is a fence in front and other buildings in the background.

Date: 1880~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Pine Street]

Photograph of Pine Street soon after the finding of Abilene, Texas. Several businesses are visible in the photograph and the street is busy with vehicles, wagons and people walking by.

Date: 1880

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Pine Street 1880s]

Copy slide of a photograph of Pine Street in the 1880s.

Date: 1880

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Pine Street in 1880s]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down at Pine Street in the 1880s. A crowd of people, horses, buggies and vehicles are seen on the road and a line of buildings are seen on both sides of the road.

Date: 1880

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

Street Scene #1

Copy negative of downtown Abilene in the 1880s. There are buildings along the street, signs, men, horses, buggies, and wagons.

Date: 1880~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Street Scene #2

Copy negative of downtown Abilene in the 1880s. There are buildings along the street, signs, men, horses, buggies, and wagons.

Date: 1880~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Pine Street, Abilene, in 1881]

Copy slide of a photograph of Pine Street in Abilene in 1881. A buggy and wagon are seen on the street.

Date: 1881

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Portrait of Police Chief Hill]

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief John Thomas Hill, visible from the chest up. He has a mustache and goatee, medium-length dark hair parted in the middle, and is wearing a dark jacket with a star-shaped badge pinned on his chest.

Date: [1881..1886]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Abilene Library Consortium

[Deed Transfer from W. E. Beck to J. W. Lotspeich]

Legal document transferring a deed from W. E. Beck to J. W. Lotspeich, as the result of a court case, J. A. Baker vs. W. E. Beck.

Date: March 3, 1881

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Apparatus for Killing Rodents

Patent for an apparatus for killing rodents "that may be used effectively for the destruction of all animals that burrow in the ground; and it consists in a furnace for the generation of sulphurous odors or other suffocating gases and a pump for forcing the gases into the burrows of the animals . . . ."

Date: August 22, 1882

Creator: Palmer, Austin D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Earth-Auger.

Patent for an earth-auger that allows a hole to "be bored in ordinary soil in much less time than with the ordinary auger. It readily bores in ground in which the ordinary auger will not bore - viz., dry, hard, and packed soil, gravel, and concrete beds."

Date: September 12, 1882

Creator: Porter, Thomas & Gillilland, George Washington

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Abilene City Ordinances: 1883-1902]

Ledger containing ordinances/resolutions passed by the city of Abilene, Texas from 1883 to 1902.

Date: 1883/1902

Creator: Abilene (Tex.)

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Abilene Public Library

Birds eye view of Abilene Taylor County, Texas.

Map shows late nineteenth century Abilene, Texas street names, buildings, Texas and Pacific Railroad, and businesses. Includes short index to local points of interest. Scale not given.

Date: 1883

Creator: Koch, Augustus, b. 1840

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Loan Notes and Envelope]

Two loan notes, the first recognizing a loan made to John Bell and Alex Martin by Spoonts & Legett, and the second a loan made to Dixon English by Legett & Hardwicke. Also included is an envelope with printed and handwritten text.

Date: [1883,1893]

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Law License for Thomas Middlebrook Willis]

Law license from the Law School of Cumberland University acknowledging that Thomas Middlebrook Willis (1859-1937) has fulfilled the requirements for the degree. T. M. Willis practiced law in Abilene, TX for many years.

Date: January 18, 1883

Creator: Law School of Cumberland University

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Abilene 1884 - Looking Northwest]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the northwest at several homes and other buildings in Abilene, Texas.

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Abilene 1884 - Looking West Northwest]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the west northwest at houses and barns in Abilene, Texas.

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Abilene 1884 - Sycamore Street Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of an overview of the Sycamore Street area in 1884. Several buildings are seen and a horse drawn buggy is parked on a street.

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Abilene Sycamore Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of Abilene in 1884 overlooking the Sycamore Street area. Covered wagons are seen behind a building.

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

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