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Page 7 and 8- Photographs and Newspaper Articles

 Item

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Wilson Scrapbook and Materials Collection is comprised of a scrapbook, a box of glass slides, and a box of printed material related to the Wilson family of Walker County, Texas.

Box 1 contains a 16 page scrapbook consisting of photographs, newspaper articles, and cards. Box 2 contains four photographic glass slides and one glass slide fragment. Box 3 is comprised of seventeen stickers, five cards, four invitations, four tags, three newspaper articles, two programs and a piece of program ephemera, two v-mail envelopes, a newsletter, and a postcard.

Dates

  • Creation: 1933 - 1935
  • Creation: 1938 - 1939
  • Creation: 1941 - 1943
  • Creation: 1950
  • Creation: 1952

Extent

3 Photographic Prints : Black-and-white photographs with a white border.

1 Sheets : Newspaper clipping.

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

Page 7 contains three black-and-white photographs. The first photograph depicts a man standing in front of a car. The side of the car is painted with outsretched wings and the words "Tell The World With Signs." The second photograph is of a woman sitting on a bench swing. The third photograph shows a man leaning against the car from the first photograph.

To the left of the first photograph is a newspaper clipping. The clipping discusses Jimmie Wilson, a well-known sign painter, having returned from a trip to the fair.

Page 8 is blank.

Repository Details

Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository

Contact:
1830 Bobby K. Marks Drive
Huntsville TX 77341 US
9362941619