Mystery Photos

The Limestone County Historical Museum has many photos in its collection that have not been identified. If you can provide information about any of the photos below, please send an email to mail@limestone-county-historical-museum.com .

Mystery Photo #32

This photo was just donated to the museum by Tom Hawkins. It was taken in either 1958 or 1959 on the steps of the Limestone County Courthouse and shows the Groesbeck High School band and several leading citizens. Does anyone know the identity of the speaker and the event that was taking place?

Mystery Photo #31

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Mystery Photo #29

This photo belonged to Leonard Mills of Groesbeck, and he is probably one of the boys pictured. Can anyone identify him or any of the others?

Mystery Photo #28

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Mystery Photo #26

Thanks to Mary and Don Rand of Groesbeck, the gentleman in the photo has been identified as Dr. Thomas Jefferson Geren who practiced dentistry in Groesbeck. The photo was taken in his office in the Brown Building, which is now home to the Rand Oil Company.

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Mystrery Photo #23

This photo is on a postcard that was mailed from Tehuacana in July 1909 to Miss Irvie Morgan at St. Paul Sanitarium in Dallas. The message on the postcard reads, “This is Jim’s auto. I am on the seat with him–Nona and Marian on the back seat.” Irvie Morgan was born in Kentucky in 1854. Census records indicate that she was living in Tehuacana in 1880, 1910, and 1930. According to her death certificate, she died at Tehuacana in 1945. Can anyone identify the house or the people mentioned?

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Mystery Photo #12

This family may have lived in the Thornton area since the photo belonged to Virginia Bedford, longtime superintendent of the Thornton School District.

Mystery Photo #11

This photo of Groesbeck businessmen and leaders was taken next to the Cynthia Ann Hotel sometime during the 1930s. Some of the men have been identified, but the museum needs help with the others.

Front Row (l to r): 1) Jack Hawkins, 2) ?, 3) ?, 4) H. O. Whitehurst, 5) ?, 6) ?, 7) Carl Cannon, 8) C. D. Kelly, 9) ?, 10) ?, 11) J. J. Barfield, 12) Scott Reed, 13) ?, 14) Judge H. F. Kirby, 15) ?

Back Row (l to r): 1) ?, 2) ?, 3) ?, 4) ?, 5) Paul Humble, 6) ?, 7) ?, 8) ?, 9) ?, 10) Bunn Cayton, 11) ?, 12) ?, 13) ?, 14) Harry Humble