Ralph and Dossie Rogers Historic Image Collection - 64 Matching Results

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[Photograph of a Man at a Syrup Mill]

Description: Copy negative of a man working at an early twentieth century syrup mill converting sugar cane into cane syrup; a child is sitting on a stack of sugar cane next to him. The cane is inserted into the mill and the juice is squeezed out of it by a mule walking in a circle. Behind the mill, men are standing by a vat of boiling juice becoming syrup. This mill was located near Wilson, Texas in Comanche County.
Date: April 26, 1976
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Photograph of Baptisms in Green's Creek]

Description: Copy negative of a group of children with some adults posing in a semi-circle during the early twentieth century. They are standing waist-deep in the water of Green's Creek which was used for baptisms. Other people are visible on the bank in the background.
Date: March 12, 1973
Creator: Wiseman
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Photograph of Comanche Public Square]

Description: Copy negative of the front of a postcard image of a panoramic view of the public square in Comanche, Texas, with the courthouse visible above the rooftops. A handwritten note at the top of the postcard says "Thanks for Harris [...] It is beautiful [...] I had a [...] just like it. Our views [...] come yet. There I am [...] you are old once. Hilda"
Date: March 29, 1973
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Photograph of Comanche, Texas from the Courthouse]

Description: Copy negative of a postcard showing Comanche, Texas taken from the courthouse looking north, with Paris Smith Drug Store, C. L. Cox Groceries, C. M. Moore Hardware, and Dr. W. W. Sands Dentist visible. A handwritten note on the postcard says "Dear little girl, forgive my delay as I have been half sick. This is the street our office is on, only it is a little further east. Answer soon. Hilda."
Date: March 29, 1973
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Photograph of Cotton Bales on Wagons]

Description: Copy negative of early twentieth century wagons stacked with cotton bales. In the foreground, two wagons are hitched to a team of mules and a man is sitting on the bales in the front of the wagon, driving; behind them, a man is standing on the bales in a third wagon, also hitched to a partially-visible animal.
Date: March 18, 1974
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Photograph of Dublin Grade School Building]

Description: Copy negative of Dublin Grade School, which was built in 1901 after the previous building burned in 1900. It was demolished in 1936, and some of the original flooring and native stone was used in a new two-story elementary school on the same site.
Date: March 29, 1973
Creator: Edmonds, J. F.
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum
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