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[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Order Card #1]

Description: Blank card requesting additional information related to gun orders for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. It is printed with the company logo in the upper-left corner and several check boxes where the company would note missing information for the customer to provide. A Florida address is pasted on the back of the card.
Date: June 9, 1978
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Envelope Addressed to Fastner Supply Company]

Description: Envelope addressed to the Fastner Supply Company in San Francisco with a return address for S. D. Myres Saddle Company in Massachusetts.
Date: unknown
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres' Sweetwater Council Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued by the Sweetwater Council of the Royal and Select Masters of Texas to S. D. Myres in 1953. The center of the card has a triangular logo for the group inside a stamped circle with the chapter's name. The back of the card says "This certifies that this Council is a regularly Chartered and Constituted Council under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Council, Royal and Select Masters of Texas."
Date: June 24, 1953
Creator: Royal and Select Masters (Masonic order). Sweetwater Council.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Envelope Addressed to D. W. Voorhies]

Description: Opened envelope sent from the S.D. Myres Saddle Company and addressed to D.W. Voorhies, postmarked September 1935. The front of the envelope is decorated with a logo in the upper-left corner -- with the text "S.D. Myres Saddle Co., El Paso, Texas, Cowboy Supplies. Be Happy - Ride A Myres Saddle" -- and an illustration of a cowboy in the lower-right corner holding a lasso that runs across the top of the envelope and around the logo.
Date: September 20, 1935
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Order Card #4]

Description: Blank card requesting additional information related to gun orders for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. It is printed with the company logo in the upper-left corner and several check boxes where the company would note missing information for the customer to provide. An Illinois address is pasted on the back of the card.
Date: June 9, 1978
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres' Hella Temple Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam D. Myres by the Hella Temple in Dallas, Texas. The center of the card has a stamp with the Hella Temple seal, which has an image of a pyramid inside a circle.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Hella Temple (Dallas, Tex.)
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Tag]

Description: Identification tag with printed red text -- "S. D. Myres Saddle Co. Saddles and Cowboy Supplies. 5030 Alameda Blvd. El Paso, Texas" -- above several blank lines labeled "To." Handwritten text on the back of the tag says, "Buckle set given by P. M. Kelly & S.D. Myres, 1910."
Date: 1910~
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Invoice from the S. D. Myres Saddle Company]

Description: Blank invoice form for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company in El Paso, Texas with spaces for purchaser information and lines to list purchased items. Near the bottom of the form, there are illustrations of a man putting on a belt (left) and a rifle (right) with notes about information required when ordering belts or guns. There are several handwritten notes on the back of the invoice including the name "Frank Phillips Musc[...]," "Bartlesville, Okla. Phillips Petroleum Corp - S. & S. W. Hist.," "(… more
Date: unknown
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Note about Sam Myres]

Description: Handwritten notes about dates, locations, and activities related to the life of S. D. Myres including his birth (1871), buying a saddle shop (1897), and move to El Paso (1919). The notes are disjointed and the edges of the paper are damaged.
Date: unknown
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Order Card #3]

Description: Blank card requesting additional information related to gun orders for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. It is printed with the company logo in the upper-left corner and several check boxes where the company would note missing information for the customer to provide. A New York address is pasted on the back of the card.
Date: June 9, 1978
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Duclos Lumber Business Card]

Description: Business card for Duclos Lumber with the company name listed in the center, above the address, the text "Softwood - Hardwood" and the telephone number. Additional text in each corner lists services: Selective Cutting (upper-left), Custom Sawing (upper-right), Bulldozing (lower-left), and Trucking (lower-right).
Date: unknown
Creator: Duclos Lumber
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Envelope Addressed to John Sweeney]

Description: Envelope addressed in blue ink to John Sweeney in Scottsdale, Arizona from the S. D. Myres Saddle Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, June 2, 1899]

Description: Check made out to S. D. Myres for six dollars and forty cents on an S. D. Myres company check. It is signed by J. F Newman under the auspices of Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: June 2, 1899
Creator: Newman, J. F.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, August 1, 1899]

Description: Check made out to S. D. Myres for thirty-four dollars and twenty cents on an S. D. Myres company check. It is signed by J. F Newman under the auspices of Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Newman, J. F.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres' Sheriffs' Association of Texas Membership Card]

Description: Sheriffs' Association Membership card for S. D. Myres, "Owner, Myres Saddle Shop" in El Paso, Texas. The card includes signatures by Mrs. Joe L. Ray (Secretary-Treasurer) and Bill Decker (President).
Date: July 1, 1952
Creator: Sheriffs' Association of Texas
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Award for Sam Myres from the U.S. War Department]

Description: Certificate for "distinguished service" awarded to Sam Myres by the U.S. War Department for his donations of saddles and other gear to the military during World War I. It includes two letters regarding the award, including a statement from the War Department Director of Purchase, Storage and Traffic citing the nomination for a certificate for recognition and a letter from the headquarters of the Southern Department awarding the certificate to Myres.
Date: 1919-12/1920-02
Creator: United States. War Department.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Order Card #5]

Description: Blank card requesting additional information related to gun orders for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. It is printed with the company logo in the upper-left corner and several check boxes where the company would note missing information for the customer to provide. A Texas address is pasted on the back of the card.
Date: June 9, 1978
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres' El Paso Pistol Club Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam Dale Myres by the El Paso Pistol Club, an affiliate of the National Rifle Association of America.
Date: April 1, 1951
Creator: El Paso Pistol Club
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres' El Maida Temple Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam D. Myres by the El Maida Temple in El Paso, Texas. The card has two bands of green with gold text; in the center, to the left of Myres' name is a round seal for the temple including an image of a star on a pyramid with the temple's name around it.
Date: January 1921
Creator: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. El Maida Temple (El Paso, Tex.)
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Advertisement for "The World's Finest" Saddle]

Description: Advertisement by The Heller Printing Co. encouraging businesses to print advertisements with the company by touting the success of the Myres Saddle Co. It includes an image of a $10,000 saddle made by S. D. Myres that was originally printed as the frontispiece of the Myres Saddle Co. catalog.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Heller Printin Co.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Envelope Addressed to United Elastic Company]

Description: Envelope addressed in blue ink to United Elastic Company located in Stuart Virginia. The return address is for the S.D. Myres Saddle Company in Massachusetts.
Date: unknown
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

Souvenirs of a Saddlemaker

Description: Short essay describing items owned by Sam Myres that were later donated to a museum after his death. In particular, it mentions a framed citation from the Secratary of War for distinguished service as well as a copy of the 1953 issue of the West Texas Historical Society Yearbook. A section at the end describes the Myres Saddle Shop Bicentennial Exhibit.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sheridan, Laura
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Note Written on Myres' Order Form]

Description: Handwritten note on one of Myres' order forms for the S.D. Myres Saddle Company. Text (front) "Downtown Store - originators -- style holster, Texas Hgy Patrol. Gen. Patton -- holsters that he carried in World War II -- at Museum -- at Westpoint" and (back) "Tio Sam -- 1897 established [stricken: (4 min's on BIll)] Saddle in Sweetwater - moved to E.P. 1920 Saddles for famous J. C. Miller of 101 Ranch & Pres. of Mexico -- left a branch in Sweetwater closed in 1934."
Date: unknown
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[S. D. Myres Saddle Company Order Card #7]

Description: Blank card requesting additional information related to gun orders for the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. It is printed with the company logo in the upper-left corner and several check boxes where the company would note missing information for the customer to provide. A Pennsylvania address is pasted on the back of the card.
Date: June 9, 1978
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum
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