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[Letter from the Trans-State Oil Company to R. B. McMillen, January 23, 1935]

Description: Letter from Claude Kavanaugh, of the Trans-State Oil Company, to R. B. McMillen concerning the value of Big Indian properties being highly valuable and "are going to be mad more valuable." This letter is in response to the huge amount of mail received by the unite holders from his original general letter. Also included is a flash announcement which, at the end, asks the unit holders to "sign and send in the enclosed proxy so that we may represent you...to defeat the present sale of the proper… more
Date: January 23, 1935
Creator: Kavanaugh, Claude
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Photograph of an Unknown Girl]

Description: Photograph of an unknown small girl on a postcard addressed to Nannie Scott in Humble, Texas. The photograph shows the girl wearing a dress and standing on a sandy beach with the water in the background; she has flowers in her hair and lace-up shoes on her feet.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Portrait of the Christopher Columbus Brownfield and Martha Catherine Matlock Brownfield Family]

Description: Portrait of the Brownfield family with five children; two of the younger children are seated in the front row and the three older children are standing behind the parents against the wall. Back Row L to R - Frances 'Fannie' Ida Brownfield (15), Cora E Brownfield (12), Walter Milton Brownfield (14) Front Row L to R - Christopher 'Chris' Columbus Brownfield (38), Bessie Brownfield (5), Martha Catherine Matlock Brownfield (41), Christopher 'CC' Columbus Jr Brownfield (2)
Date: 1894~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Postcard Addressed to Eunice Molden]

Description: Postcard addressed to Eunice Molden telling her to come to "be at church Sunday" because there is information she needs to hear. The image on the front shows a Holly plant covered in snow with the caption "May All Christmas Joys be Thine" printed at the bottom.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Postcard Addressed to Lois Matlock]

Description: Postcard addressed to Lois Matlock with a photograph tinted with a green and red shade showing a man and a woman sitting at a table with the caption "Hungry for You-Dear" printed below. The note on the back discusses the sender's current activities as well as tells Lois she should have been up there "last [Sunday] I had more fun."
Date: 191X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Postcard Addressed to Lois Matlock, April 2, 1912]

Description: Postcard addressed to Lois Matlock with an illustration on the front depicting a child eating out of a jar of jam with a woman running behind him waving a broom; the note on the front reads: "They Laugh Longest Who Laugh Last." There is also a note on the back of the card that talks about life at the sender's house and the fact that they are working "for a few days at the Bakery."
Date: April 2, 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Postcard Addressed to Lois Matlock, June 17, 1908]

Description: Postcard sent to Lois Matlock with an illustration depicting a man walking up to a woman and being surprised by her appearance once she moves out from behind her umbrella; the caption reads: "Things Are Not What They Seem." There are also random notes throughout the card, including names placed above the man and the woman.
Date: June 17, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Postcard Addressed to Lois Matlock, September 23, 1911]

Description: Postcard addressed to Lois Matlock with a note from the sender saying they "got home alive alright waited at Dublin about a half hour..." There is a tinted photograph on the front showing a couple kissing on a bench with a small animal in the foreground and a caption reading: "Some Folks Make Me Tired."
Date: September 23, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.
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