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Mount Vernon School - 4th Grade ca. 1927 Charles Hughes, first row, 4th from left

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Mount Vernon School - 5th Grade 1925 Virgie Beth Hughes, 3rd row, 3rd from left

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Mount Vernon School - 8th Grade ca. 1928 Virgie Beth Hughes, 3rd row, 2nd from left

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Mount Vernon School - 3rd Grade 1926 Blanche Devall (Lewis), teacher. Charles Hughes, top row; far right.

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Mount Vernon School - 1st Grade 1924

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Mount Vernon School - 2nd Grade 1925 Mary Lou Stringer, teacher. Charles Hughes, top row, 2nd from right

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Mount Vernon School - 1948 Football Team

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Construction of Highway 67, ca. 1916 (First name, Texas Highway #1)

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G.P. Hill Hardware Store ca. 1900

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G.P. Hill Hardware Store, ca. 1900

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G.P. Hill Hardware Store ca. 1900

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West New Hope Singing School, West New Hope Methodist Church, ca. 1909 Mae Hughes (Masters Milam), 4th row, 2nd from left

13

Brooks Pool Baptism, ca. 1900

14

Sunday School Department, Methodist Church, ca. 1890

15

Stella Crowder, Franklin County Clerk, ca. 1920

16

Mary Aikin Hughes & Brother, William Tompkins Aikin, ca. 1900

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Franklin Institute, ca. 1900

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Franklin Institute, ca. 1900

19

West New Hope Singing School, ca. 1905 Harmon Hughes, first row, 4th from right. Elizabeth Killingsworth (Hughes), 2nd row, 3rd from right

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West New Hope School, ca. 1902-3

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Titus County Teachers Inst., ca. 1915

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Singing School, West New Hope Methodist Church, ca. 1900, Virgil Hughes, first row, 7th from left

23

Delphian Club, ca. 1900

24

Mount Vernon School Faculty, ca. 1905

25

Jim and Ada Speer Thompson with son, Howard, Franklin County, ca. 1920

26

Ada Speer Thompson Harris, ca. 1932, (daughter of Isaac Speer and Mary Ellen Oliver Hughes Speer)

27

Guy P. Hill and Mitchell Brothers in Mt. Vernon, ca. 1918

28

Guy P. Hill and Mitchell Brothers in Mt. Vernon, ca. 1918 (cotton bales)

29

Crescent Drug Store, ca. 1904

30

Roy E. Fox Tent Show, Mt. Vernon, ca. 1905

31

Mount Vernon Livery Stable,Ed Galt on right, one block west on main street, ca. 1908

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Mt. Vernon Livery Stable (with hardware), Ed Galt behind counter, ca. 1908

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Mt. Vernon Railroad Yard, ca. 1914, Loading Peaches

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Mt. Vernon Railroad Yard, ca. 1914, Loading Peaches

35

H.C. Thruston, ca. 1895

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H.C. Thruston, ca. 1885

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Guy P. Hill Store, Mt. Vernon, (2019 – ChopHouse Restaurant), ca. 1905

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Franklin Institute, 1890

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Franklin Institute, 1890

40

First National Bank of Mt. Vernon, ca. 1920

41

S.H. Davis Family (Politician – Populist – Cyclone Davis), ca. 1890

42

Winfield, Texas (rail center - 7 sidings), ca. 1910

43

Railroad Scene, Mt. Vernon, ca. 1900

44

Railroad Trestle, east of Mt. Vernon, ca. 1900

45

Early Oil Well, 1936 Derrick and tanks --- Talco Field, Franklin County, Texas

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Early Gas Station, ca. 1940, One block west of square on site of Galt Livery Stable

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Gas Station, ca. 1940 (same station as photo #46; Pat Miller, Lucky Ramsay)

48

Early Gas Station, ca. 1928 Holbrook Street, south of RR tracks on Bankhead original route)

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First National Bank Interior, ca. 1915 (A.J. Patton, J.L. Rutherford)

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Railroad Yard, Mt. Vernon, Loading Peaches, ca. 1912

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Railroad Yard, Mt. Vernon, Loading Peaches, ca. 1914

52

Ferndale Lake, Franklin County, ca. 1918

53

H.C. Thruston, ca. 1895

54

Dr. Roland Green's Office, Mt. Vernon, ca. 1880

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