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[Michael Davenport, Coppersmith]

Black and white photograph of Michael Davenport, a coppersmith from Leander, standing in his booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is manipulating a piece of copper with a few tools. A couple of people standing outside the booth watch him work.

Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Robert Janusz, Cobbler]

Black and white photograph of Robert Janusz, a cobbler, who is constructing leather sandals at a table covered in leather pieces, soles, and a hammer. He is giving a live demonstration at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Palestine Fire Department]

Photo of the men of the Palestine Fire Department, posing outside of firehouse #1, home of the Hope Hook and Ladder Company.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Palestine Fire Department]

Photo of the men of the Palestine Fire Department, posing outside of firehouse #1, home of the Hope Hook and Ladder Company.

Date: 1880~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Letter from Maya Angelou to Sterling Houston - November 1995]

Typed note from Maya Angelou to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. She wishes the best for Houston and his players. Instructions and information about proper flower care and business information from the Last Straw Florist indicates that flowers accompanied the note.

Date: November 1995

Creator: Angelou, Maya

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[FedEx Receipts Between Artie Smoote and Sterling Houston]

FedEx receipts signed between Sterling Houston and Artie Smoote. There is no mention of what kind of package was sent, however the information includes a five-hundred-dollar declared value. The documents vary in date, and the exchange appears to have occurred over a span of more than a year. Two mailing labels have been included, on a translucent piece of paper. The addresses of the two men and their corresponding companies have been hand-written on the back of the labels.

Date: 2001-12/2002-06

Item Type: Text

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[American Home Bakery]

Photograph of a group of people posing outside the American Home Bakery, a two-story wooden building located at the corner of John and Oak streets in Palestine, Texas. There are two horse-drawn delivery wagons outside the building and the horses are being held by boys; several other people, most wearing aprons, are posed outside the entrance behind them.

Date: 1899~

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.762633 -95.633483

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

Russell's Beauty Shop and Drug Store

Interior of Russell's Beauty Shop and Drug Store in Venus

Date: unknown

Creator: Bob Lamb

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

[Photograph of Two Businesses in Fredericksburg]

Negative of two businesses in Fredericksburg, Texas. The business on the left is City Cleaners. It is a large two-story building with a covered porch on the second floor, and a rack of clothes is visible in the bottom right window. There is a name in the stone at the top of the building, and it appears to say Felix Reinbach. The Reeh Butane Company is connected to the City Cleaners building on the right. There are propane tanks in the window. There are parking meters along the street in front.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Photograph of the Firestone Building in Fredericksburg]

Negative of the Firestone building in Fredericksburg, Texas. It is a brick building with decorative iron gates, and there is a truck inside. There are two Firestone signs, and there is a sign on the curb that says "Hunting and Fishing License Sold Here." There are several trees in large planters outside on the sidewalk.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Photograph of Two Fredericksburg Businesses]

Negative of two businesses in Fredericksburg, Texas. The small store on the left has a sign that says "Printing Press Instant Printing," and the larger business on the right has a sign that says "Schwettmann's Taxidermy." Both are in a brick building with windows in front. The taxidermy business has deer antlers mounted along the front of the awning, over the sidewalk. There is a sign on a pole in front that says "Taxidermy Native and Exotic Game Hunting Information" and "Visitors Welcome." The… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Cemetery permit for Martha McReynolds]

The permit certifies Denton Monument Works the authorization to erect a monument in the Oakwood Cemetery for Martha McReynolds on June 16, 1955.

Date: 1955-06-15~

Creator: City of Denton

Item Type: Text

Partner: Denton Public Library

[The First Boy Scouts in Mineral Wells, 1902]

A note on back of this photograph states, "1902, 1st Boy Scouts in Mineral Wells, organized by Frank Creighton (L) met in old Sangcura Sprudel Well Pavilion." The picture was taken in front of Green's Transfer Building. This photograph possibly shows the youth division of a local lodge, probably Shriners. Please note that the boys shown in the picture are shouldering real rifles. The uniforms depicted look more like Zouaves (down to the fezzes that the boys are shown wearing) than Boy Scouts,… more

Date: 1902

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library