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[Invitation to the Wedding of Sallie Parker and Thomas Middlebrook Willis]

Description: Photograph of an invitation to the wedding of Sallie Ann Parker and Thomas Middlebrook Willis. A note in the top left corner reads "To Ma & Pa." The invitation reads: "Mr. & Mrs. R. H. Parker Request your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Sallie, to Thos. M. Willis, Wednesday Evening, June 16th, at 8:30 o'clock. First Presbyterian Church. Reception at 9 o'clock. At home. Abilene, Texas. 1886."
Date: June 16, 1886
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Clarke and Parker Home]

Description: Photograph of the Sallie Ann Clarke and Robert Henry Parker home in Abilene, Texas. This structure was the first two-story frame house in the town, located at the corner of 2nd Street and Butternut. The house contains a covered porch with a balcony above, with two chimneys. A gutter along the roof carries water to a cistern for rainwater at left. A white picket fence demarcates the house's lawn. The Parker family sits on the porch in front of the main door, and a small child looks out the windo… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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