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1700's / 1800's / 1900's / Centuries of History / Menard County Texas / Texas
by Jan Wilkinson · Published November 20, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Menard is the site of many historical events and famous people. One of those is a famous photographer from the 1800’s and early 1900’s; Noah Hamilton Rose, who spent his early years and began...
1700's / 1800's / 1900's / 2000's / Centuries of History / Menard County Texas / Texas
by Jan Wilkinson · Published November 16, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Menard has been the subject of many historical papers and its centuries of history have served an important role in the Texas we all know today. This well written and detailed article by Mike...
1800's / Menard County Texas / Texas
by Jan Wilkinson · Published October 31, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Menard is rich with history and great folks. It is wonderful to have these great photos and I wanted to share. I have posted an album on my Facebook page at the link http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1800153522768.2097182.1207701200&type=1,...
1800's / Glass Negatives / Nashville
by Jan Wilkinson · Published October 13, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
I have a glass negative of the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, completed in 1859. It was designed by William Strickland of Philadelphia. This photo must have been taken around the same time...
1800's / Glass Negatives / Nashville
by Jan Wilkinson · Published October 12, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Another glass negative identified! This is the Auditorium Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897. It must have been a long trip from Texas to Tennessee in the late 1890’s by this photographer....
1800's / Glass Negatives / Nashville
by Jan Wilkinson · Published October 9, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
I just found another glass negative! Thanks again to Mark D. Cowan from Texas Historical Commission for finding another one! This is the old Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville, Tennessee. My glass negative photo...
1800's / Bexar County Texas / Glass Negatives / San Antonio / Texas
by Jan Wilkinson · Published October 2, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Thank you to Mark D. Cowan from the Texas Historical Commission for his identification from their image collection of my photo of the Southwestern Insane Asylum; as it was originally called when it began...
1800's / Bexar County Texas / Glass Negatives / San Antonio / Texas
by Jan Wilkinson · Published September 23, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Back in June 2011, I posted two different blog posts about my glass negative photos. In those posts I explained that I have three boxes of glass negatives found in an old home being...
1800's / Auld / Kerr County Texas / Lowrance / Real County Texas / Texas
by Jan Wilkinson · Published September 20, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
On 25th of August, 1883, as a big part of the new life started in America by Alexander Kennedy Auld, the 30 year old took an oath of citizenship at the Kerr County District...
1800's / 1900's / 2000's / Auld / Brown / Kerr County Texas / Lowrance / Texas
by Jan Wilkinson · Published September 3, 2011 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Nice blog post by my friend Joe Herring from Kerrville about my grandfather, Dan Auld Sr. Thought you would enjoy reading, too. http://joeherringjr.blogspot.com/2011/09/dan-auld-kerrville.html
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