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[Whyte Classification System Clipping]

Description: 2 clippings from the December 1979 issue of Model Railroader about the Whyte Classification System. On the left is a brief description of the history and use of the system, and on the right is a table of the most common classifications. Written underneath the clippings is "- Model Railroader Dec 1979."
Date: December 1979
Partner: The Grace Museum

An Interesting Person

Description: Research paper written by Irma Espinosa for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1974. It is about Angelita M. Campos, wife of Lino Campos. The paper discusses her early life and her hobby of making quilts and curtains.
Date: 1974
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[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 W. L. Hancock Home and Family]

Description: Copy negative of W. L. Hancock standing with his family and their dog standing in the front yard of their home near the turn of the twentieth century. The family members pictured are Charlie W. Hancock (1883-1939), William L. Hancock (1849-1908), Clara Alma (Lee) Hancock (1854-1927), Minnie (Hancock) Kite (1878-1942), and Eva May Hancock (188?-1940).
Date: May 8, 1975
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

Belle of the Ball

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about a fictitious story explaining scenes, people, and events a young woman in the early 1900s might have experienced.
Date: January 21, 1971
Creator: Newton, Larue
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[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
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