| Basement Exhibit 4 - Draft by Dr. Jere Jackson |
Images of Longview, Texas in Exhibit 4, Basement |
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Texas and Pacific Railroad roundhouse on Cotton Street, Longview. (Large View)
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Operated by the Longview and Junction Railway Company, Longview’s streetcar system ran from the Uptown Depot to the Junction Depot, a total of .63 of one mile. Powered by mules from 1883, the system was electrified in 1912 and continued operating until 1920. Pictured is driver Issac Smith. (Large View)
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Longview Volunteer Fire Company was organized in 1885. Fire Station was located on Tyler Street near Fredonia Street and housed City Hall offices upstairs. (Large View)
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Looking south on Fredonia Street from intersection at Methvin Street. (Large View)
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L. J. Everett of Gladewater offered a prize to the person bringing the largest number of people to town. C. L. Wood won the prize of a suit of clothes, 1907. (Large View)
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The Hill Home, 300 block of South Center Street in Longview Left to right: Molly, the cook and her son, Arthur, Mr. R. C. Hill, and Mrs. Martha Rogers Hill. (Large View)
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The Brown-B irdsong Home, 104 West Whaley Street in Longview, built in 1879 by Reverend B. W. Brown. As a member of the Texas Legislature, Brown helped create Gregg County in 1873. The home was purchased by the Lawrence Birdsong family in the early 1910s. (Large View)
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Looking southwest toward Whaley Street from North Center Street in Longview. Float in parade, Terrell Drug Company. (Large View)
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The Gans Home on the corner of College and South Fredonia Streets in Longview. (Large View)
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Turner Livery Stable, Tyler Street in downtown Longview, 1897. (Large Views)
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Friends gather in front of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Lawrence’s home in Longview. (Larger View)
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The Talley Home, 2500 West Gay Avenue in Gladewater, 1910 Left to right: Obil Angress Talley, Lucinda Jane Talley Mills, Robert Talley, Ida Talley Grooms, Ann Eliza Johnson Talley, Virgil Sweatman. (Larger View)
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Judge John Tyson Smith, Sr. Home at 310 North Center Street in Longview about 1907. Inside fence (left to right): Mrs. Smith, Nan Smith, Earl D. Smith.
Outside fence (left to right): Lorain Small, L. T. Smith, Jr., J. K. Small. (Larger View)
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In front of the First Presbyterian Church of Longview is the Forman Furniture Company float in a 1908 parade. Drivers are Leon Northcutt and Emmett Whittington. Ed Jeffrey and a friend hold the horses, (Larger View)
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Little girl playing in unusual Gregg County snowfall. (Larger View)
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Longview Cannibals Baseball Team, 1903. (Larger View)
Top row (left to right): Sol Fisher, Lee Merrill (manager), Shannon Victory. Second row (left. to right): J. C. Francis, John Henry Richardson, B. W. Cram, Sr., Bill “Scissor” Lawrence, Will Gilreath. Front row (left to right): Grady “Bear” White, Jack Johnston, Howell Forman, Sr., Jose Munden.
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Looking north on Fredonia Street from Methvin Street intersection in Longview. From top, First Methodist Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, and Post Office, early 1930s. (Larger View)
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