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[Austin Avenue Methodist Church, Men's Bible Class]

Description: Photograph of the Men's Bible Class of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. Men, dressed in suits and ties, are arranged in several rows on the steps of the church building. Some wear hats and others hold papers. John T. Willis, Sr. stands fourth from the right in the backrow. A bicycle leans against the church's wall on the left, above which a man looks through an opening on the wall.
Date: 191X
Creator: Cann, William A.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Austin Avenue Streetcars]

Description: Photograph of Austin Avenue in Waco, looking south. A long streetcar runs along the center of the road, destined for the Cotton Palace Park at the south of town. Along both sides of the streets are shops and stores, with banners hanging between the buildings and over the road. A clock, with a pawnbroker's sign of three balls hanging above it, is placed on a post at left in the sidewalk. The Sanger Brothers' department store is advertised with a banner reading "SANGERS" hanging across the road. … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Gildersleeve
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[L. B. Kinchion and two unknown individuals]

Description: Photograph of L. B. Kinchion (far left) and two unknown individuals sitting together at a desk. All three individuals are looking directly at the camera with serious expressions on their faces. They are all dressed in formal attire and cowboy hats. L. B. Kinchion served as principal of the West Austin Colored Public School in Austin (1900-1901) and a teacher at the Gregory Colored School in Austin (1906-1907). He was an incorporator and president of the Colored Teacher’s State Assoc. of Texas.
Date: 19XX
Creator: The Teal
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Baby Hattie Mae Eichelberger]

Description: Photograph of Hattie Mae Eichelberger when she was a baby. She is pictured sitting down on a grassy area with a wooden fence behind her. Eichelberger is wearing a light colored gown with a toy cat next to her. Handwritten text on back identifies Eichelberger as a one year old in the photo. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Baby Herbert Louis Goldberg]

Description: Photograph of baby Herbert Louis Goldberg. He is positioned on a wooden toy tricycle in front of a light colored background. Goldberg is pictured wearing all light colored clothing and a light colored knitted hat on.
Date: unknown
Creator: Deane
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Baby in Gown]

Description: Portrait of an unidentified baby wearing a white gown and a necklace posing sitting on a wicker chair in front of a light background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Paris & Rothwell
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Baby on Chair]

Description: Portrait of a baby wearing a white gown posing, sitting on cushion on a chair in front of a vase of flowers and a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Baby on Sofa]

Description: Portrait of an unidentified baby in a white dress posing, standing on a sofa, in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell, Prairie Queen Gallery
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Bahl Family]

Description: Photograph of the Bahl family. From left to right, they are Josephine, Blond, Leda and Harry Bahl. The women wear high-necked dark dresses and ribbons in their hair. Harry Bahl wears a suit and tie, with a medal in his lapel.
Date: 1901~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Baptist Church, Pittsburg]

Description: Photograph of a large Baptist church, in Pittsburg, Texas. The church, designed by James Edward Flanders, has a large distinctive steeple with a mansard pyramidal roof, with entryways on two sides of the structure. Windows and entryways are built with distinctive pointed arches. The main chapel, which has a high roof, runs perpendicular to a paved road running left to right in the image. Along the road are dozens of people along the sidewalks on the lawn, leaving the church and heading towards … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Lockett, Julian
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Base of Waco School Flagpole]

Description: Photograph of the base of a flagpole at Waco High School, which is a white pole set in a pyramidal concrete block on a concrete slab surrounded by grass. A decorative metal fence is visible around the left, right, and back sides of the pole, and is leaning inward. A structure is partially visible in the background of the right side of the image. This is the original flagpole of Rich Field Army Base in World War I.
Date: August 13, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Beck Family Home]

Description: Photograph of the home of Roy Elmer Beck. It is a two-story American Craftsman-style house located at 1914 Mitchell Avenue in Waco, Texas. Parked by the curb in front is an automobile, next to which Mr. Beck is standing.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Behrens Drug Company]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Behrens Drug Company in Waco in 1892. A line of twelve white men stand in front of the store. To the right, two African American men stand. One of them wears an apron. The door to the store stands open.
Date: April 8, 1892
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bellmead Police Officers, 1979]

Description: Photograph of the Bellmead Police Department standing in front of a police station. The chief stands at far left in a suit and tie; seven police officers stand to his right. A note on the back indicates the department has four dispatch officers, currently unseen, and specifies George Meyers (1933–2016, second from right, back row).
Date: Spring 1979
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bishop W. McFerrin Stowe and his Cabinet]

Description: Photograph of Bishop W. McFerrin Stowe (center, wearing a stole) and his cabinet meeting at the Austin Avenue United Methodist Church in Waco. Reverend Henry Fred Meier, Jr., a former senior minister of the Austin Avenue Church, is on the far left of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Blessing Family]

Description: Photograph of the Blessing family. Callie C. and Solomon Thomas Blessing are both seated. Solomon T. Blessing holds their son, John T., on his lap, and their daughter, Anna, stands next to her mother, Callie Blessing. Solomon Thomas Blessing and his brother were noted Galveston photographers. Blessing & Co. was located at 174 Tremont Street in Galveston.
Date: 18uu
Creator: Blessing & Co.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

["Blue Hole" at Eichelberger Island]

Description: Photograph of unknown people at the "Blue Hole" on Eichelberger Island. The island is on the Bosque River in Waco, Texas. In the foreground of the photo is the Bosque River and in the background a wooded area is visible. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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