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[Employees of T. Bancroft and Sons Shingle Mill]

Description: Employees of T. Bancroft and Sons Shingle Mill, Orange, Texas. Photo was taken in front of Dry Kiln at the rear of the mill in 1885. Top Row: George W. Bancroft, McKinley, Edwin "Tiny" Rosenbaum, Bob Mickelborough. George W. Curtis, Jim Fuller, Cal Bonneau, Edward Rosenbaum. Middle Row: E.W. Bancroft, Al Anderson, Trav Smith, Ashborn, Jim Childers, W.H. Ogden. Bottom Row: Palmer, Pombeff, Milton Holley, John Dupont, John Taylor, Mark Godwin, Eli Davis, Will McKinley, Joe Signoret, Trahan.
Date: 1885
Creator: The Fox Co.
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[1885 Fire Wagon]

Description: Photograph and description of Orange's volunteer firemen standing by a fire wagon in 1885. This is the oldest known picture of an Orange scene.
Date: 1885
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Allie Bland's House and Cove School

Description: Photograph of the Cove School at left and Ms. Allie Bland's house on the right. There is a white-picket fence surrounding the yard of the house and the school. In front of the fence is a man in a dark suit and hat. Within the house yard are two women in long skirts and a man in a vest and hat. There are large trees with moss surrounding the buildings.
Date: 1885
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Jemima Moore and Jim Welch]

Description: Photograph of Jemima Moore Welch and James "Jim" Daniel Welch. They sit side by side in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: [1885..1890]
Creator: Smith, E. R.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Welch Children]

Description: Photograph of Jessie Welch, Jim Welch, and Bill Welch. Jessie stands to the left, while Jim and Bill sit on a balustrade in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: [1885..1890]
Creator: Smith, E. R.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Elizabeth M. Smith]

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth M. Smith, wife of Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr., sitting on a couch. She wears a dark button-up dress and a bonnet which covers her hair. She and her husband were pioneers of Talbot County and Upson County, Georgia. She was a daughter of Charles Lee Smith, Sr. of Talbot County, Georgia.
Date: [1885..1889]
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[T.B. Wessendorff as a boy about 12 or 13 years old.]

Description: Photographic portrait of T.B. Wessendorff as a boy about 12 or 13 years old. Writing on reverse of image dates photo to 1885 or 1886. 3/4 body portrait cuts off just below knees. Wessendorff is pictured in a dark 3-piece suit with woven check pattern. His right hand is resting on the back of a fringed chair.
Date: 1885
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Portrait of the Pepper Family]

Description: Portrait of the Pepper Family, including L. S. (father), Johanna (mother), Mamie (born 1870), Abe (born 1867), Lena (born 1868), Henry (born 1872), Ike (born 1877), Lula (born 1882), and Rosalie (born 1879).
Date: [1885..1886]
Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

[Rio Grande Crossing at Paso Del Norte]

Description: Photograph of people leading a horse drawn buggy over a small, bridge crossing of the Rio Grande. A mountain and valley can be seen in the background.
Date: 1885~
Creator: Wittick, George Benjamin
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[El Paso Street Scene with Carriage and Steer]

Description: Photograph of a dirt street scene in El Paso, and there are steers pulling a cart with sticks of wood on the back. Along the roadside, there are signs that read, "Mundy Bros Market" and "Star Restaurant."
Date: 1885
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Wiillis Holloway Photograph]

Description: Portrait of Willis Holloway wearing suit and bow tie against dark background framed on a mat.
Date: 1885
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Reeves County Officials]

Description: Group Photograph of Reeves County Officials in Pecos, Texas. Also present in this picture are a child and three pet dogs. Identified on the back are George Phillips, Judge Harrell, Ed McGee, J.K. Harrington, C.B. Calahan Sr., George Phillips Jr., W.N. Merritt, Tip Deal, Kirk Turnbo, and Tom Babb.
Date: 1885~
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Building in Abilene, Texas]

Description: Copy slide of a photograph of the exterior of an unidentified two story brick building in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1885
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Taylor County Jail - 1885]

Description: Copy slide of a photograph of the exterior of the front of the Taylor County Jail and Courthouse in 1885.
Date: 1885
Partner: McMurry University Library

Henrietta Street - Horse Race

Description: Harness (horse) racing through a street in Henrietta around 1885.
Date: 1885
Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[Construction of the Capitol Building]

Description: Photograph of the construction of the State Capitol Building, looking at the east side of the building. The base of the building is largely complete and scaffolding is in place to build the dome.
Date: [1885..1888]
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Capitol Cornerstone Dedication]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of people gathered for the cornerstone dedication during the construction of the state Capitol. Some onlookers can be seen sitting and standing on top of the derricks used for the construction.
Date: March 2, 1885
Location: 30.274276 -97.740445
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[St. David's Episcopal Church exterior]

Description: Photograph of an oblique view of the south front and west side of Saint David's Episcopal Church located at 301 East 8th Street. The gothic revival stone building has punched gothic windows, edged with stone quoins on the south facade, engaged pilasters and dormer vents. The symetrical south front has a central tower and castleated parapets. Two entrances are visible, both on the west facade: one on the south end and one on the north. There are four children standing in front of the west facade… more
Date: 1885/1900
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Hans Berndt German Army

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of Hans Berdnt, a military war veteran. He is wearing his military uniform and leaning on the arm of an antique chair.
Date: 1885
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Crazy Well, Mineral Wells, Texas

Description: This is a picture of the first Crazy Well drinking pavilion, the first such facility in the city. When a Mr. Wiggins dug the third well in town, it was frequented by a "crazy woman" who was eventually cured of her dementia. Because of the word-of-mouth publicity, people came from miles around to drink the health-giving water. A house was built around the well for the convenience of the customers. The highly successful business attracted competition, and one of the most popular health spas i… more
Date: 1885
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Maxwell family]

Description: Photograph of the Maxwell family, standing in front of the old Drye homestead in Pilot Point, Texas. The back of the photo reads: "The Drye homestead, built 1867 west of Pilot Point, called String Town then. Picture of Maxwell family, now residents of Fair View community, taken 1885."
Date: 1885
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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