William Morgan, Jr. of Morgan City, Mississippi, vocational student and 4-H Club member, sold this calf, Royal M. Mixture 3438074, in the Southern National Hereford Sale, Greenwood, November 10, 1943 for $550 to C.S. Whittington, Greenwood,...
4-H clubs; Mississippi; Walthall County (Miss.); Calves; Livestock exhibitions
William Henry Mitchell of Tylertown (Miss.) won top honors with his calf at the Walthall County Livestock Show and then went to Hattiesburg and won grand champion. His calf sold for $1 a pound, bringing $795 at the Forrest County Show in 1944.
Minstrel Music. ; Songs with piano. ; African Americans Songs and music. ; Popular music United States. ; Cake walk neath the Dixie moon / $c Words by Dave M. Allan ; music by Bob Allan.
Warranty deed certifying the purchase of land by Mims Williams from his mother, Virginia Williams, for $400 in Simpson County, Mississippi. Signed by J. T. Thames (Simpson County clerk) and A. J. Townes (Notary Public of Crystal Springs).
Slavery; African-Americans; Confederate States of America; Civil war; United States; Corn; Quartermasters; Artesia (Miss.)
Voucher for the Confederate government's payment of $30.00 to James Sykes for the hire of two slaves to shell corn for ten days for the Army. Signed by Major A. Warren, Quartermaster, 1864.
Victor introduced the Victrola with an inside or concealed horn in 1911. Housewives had grown tired of dusting the outside horns! This machine is part of the "Humpbacked" series so named because of the outline of the cabinet. It contains a 12-inch...
Victor II of 1902 has extra-heavy single spring, a 10-inch turntable and is furnished with black-japanned steel horn with 13.75 inch bell. It originally sold for $32.50 with choice of concert or exhibition sound box.
This 20-note organette plays by turning the handle and pumping the bellows. The rollers, or “cobs,” can be changed for various tunes. Sears & Roebuck advertised it for $3.25 including 3 rollers.
The Victor III plays five 10-inch records with one winding. This Victor III is equipped with No. 19 Victor Flower Horn and has ebony finish with gold stripes. This model originally sold for $40.00.
The Edison Amberola was developed in competition to the Victor Victrola. Both machines have inside horns in answer to the housewives' complaints about dusting the horns on the smaller machines! This insturment plays 4-minute cylinders. The tone arm...
The Edison Amberola was developed in competition to the Victor Victrola. Both machines have inside horns in answer to the housewives' complaints about dusting the horns on the smaller machines! This instrument plays 4-minute cylinders. The tone arm...
Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Poll taxes--Mississippi.; Slavery--Mississippi.; African-Americans--Mississippi.; Nathan, A.M. (Asher M.)
Tax receipt for $19.91 paid by A. M. Nathan to Holmes County tax collector for 1843 state and county poll taxes; taxable items include 1 Watch, 10 Head Cattle, 7 Slaves, 440 acres land. Received by J.D. Wyatt, Sheriff and Tax Collector.
Statement and receipt for $69.50 paid by James William Sykes Sr. to settle the estate of his son, James William Sykes Jr., to Dr. Z. P. Landrum for medicine and medical services, including visits to slaves, in 1864. The bill was paid in 1866.
Sears & Roebuck advertised the Concert Roller Organ for $7.60 including 5 tunes. Extra rollers were $0.18 each! 14,000 roller organs and 200,000 rollers were made in one year in the 1880's.
Referred to as the "Schoolhouse Victor, this machine was manufactured with a plain cabinet and was designed for use in educational institutions. The lid was removable so it could be turned around and hung backward from the rear of the cabinet when...
