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[Subscription Ledger for the Carnegie Public Library (1908-1909)]

Description: A subscription ledger for the Carnegie Public Library from 1908-1909. This ledger is the earliest ledger extant and contains subscriptions listed alphabetically and not numerically. It briefly records some circulation by numbers and contains some of the earliest holdings in the Carnegie Library.
Date: 1908/1909
Creator: Carnegie Public Library
Partner: Abilene Public Library

[Hattie Mae Eichelberger and Friends]

Description: Photograph of Hattie Mae Eichelberger as a baby with other unknown children. Handwritten text on back identifies Hattie Mae as being the baby that is second from the left. All of the children are positioned sitting in wooden chairs with a backyard visible behind them. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: 1908
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Arch] "Welcome Ye Editors"

Description: This picture of the arch, erected to welcome the members of the Texas Press Association (who held a meeting in the nearby Chautauqua auditorium--visible in the background), was taken from East Hubbard Street, looking North on Mesquite Street. The Texas Press Association held its meeting on May 21-23, 1908. A note with the photograph states "The group of people were attending the Odd Fellows Convent… more
Date: 1908
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Vilas School Building in El Paso]

Description: Photograph of the Vilas School Building in El Paso, Texas. The building has two arched windows in the front, stairs that lead up to the entrance, and side windows underneath the chimney on the roof. The ground around the building is dirt and rock.
Date: 1908~/1909~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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