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[The Abel Family and Home]

Description: Photograph of the Abel family and home at 777 South 17th Street and Ross in Waco. From left to right, they are Ida Victoria, Maud Vivian (standing), Lillie Jane, Robert Downman, Clarence Albert (standing), Hector Valdemar, and Valdemar. Ida Victoria sits in a wooden rocking chair on the porch, and Lillie Jane sits in a wicker chair next to her. She holds Robert Downman, and Maud Vivian stands behind her chair. Clarence Albert stands on the porch steps, while Hector Valdemar sits on the arm of a… more
Date: August 13, 1898
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.541345 -97.136368
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Children of Joe Welch]

Description: Photograph of Lillie, Edgar, and John Welch. Lillie sits in between her brothers on a balustrade in front of a painted backdrop. The boy to the right wears plaid pants and a white shirt, and the boy to the left wears a gown.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: E. R. Smith & Bro.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Columbia Bonner Portrait]

Description: Photograph of Columbia Bonner, visible from the chest up. She is posing in front of a light colored background while wearing a light-colored top that includes a high neckline. Text on the back identifies Curtis from San Antonio, Texas as the photographer.
Date: 1895-08-2X
Creator: Curtis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Downtown Waco]

Description: Photograph of downtown Waco in 1892. A Pacific Express Co. wagon pulled by a white horse stands at the curb. A man sits in the driver's seat in the wagon, and five men stand on the sidewalk behind the wagon. Behrens Drug Company is located on the bottom floor of the Cleveland and Cameron building, to the right. A man leans against a brick wall in the middle of the photo, and four more men stand in front of the store to the left of the Behrens Drug Company. The photograph was purchased at the Ab… more
Date: April 8, 1892
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Family of James and Elizabeth Milam]

Description: Photograph of the Milam family, grouped together in two rows. James, sporting a long beard, and Elizabeth, in a long black dress, sit along the bottom row. The children are grouped by age. Top row, from left to right: Mary Lenora "Nora" Milam (1881–1966), Katie Viola "Ola" Milam (1878–1960) , James Milton Milam (1877–1919), Allen Milam (1875–1954), and Buren Milam (1883–1959). Bottom row: Henry Cumbee Milam (1890–1981), James Henry Milam (1854–1923), Elizabeth Ann Milam (1857–1931), who holds E… more
Date: 1895/1897
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Funeral Notice for Jennie Beville]

Description: Funeral notice for Jennie Beville. It reads: "Funeral Notice. DIED - Tuesday Morning at 12:30, February 7, 1893, Mrs. Jennie Beville, Wife of Dr. A. A. Beville. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from the family residence, to-day, [Tuesday] at 3 o'clock. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery [a part of First Street Cemetery], Rev. H. M. Whaling officiating."
Date: February 1893
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[McDaniel Home, Abilene]

Description: Photograph of the first home of Lavinia Parker McDaniel and George W. McDaniel in Abilene, Texas. This Victorian-era home, located at 774 Butternut, was built with lumber from the lumberyard of Robert Henry Parker, Lavinia Parker's father. The house has two stories, though the front is obscured by tall bushes and trees. A dormer emerges from the central hip roof which forms two gable ends in the front and one on each side of the house (one visible, at left). The house has two chimneys, and is b… more
Date: 1898
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.441206 -99.738430
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Pattie Markham Sleeper, Isadore Elizabeth Causey Sleeper, Clorinda Sleeper Morgan, Mary Athalie Douthier Stribling and Mrs. Stribling Portrait]

Description: Portrait of Pattie Markham Sleeper, Isadore Elizabeth Causey Sleeper, Clorinda Sleeper Morgan (front row, left to right), Mary Athalie Douthier Stribling and Mrs. Stribling (back row, left to right) posing on the porch of the Fabius Hoyt Sleeper home on Austin Avenue in Waco; all five women are wearing dark dresses with high collars and Isadore (center) is holding a vase of flowers.
Date: 1890/1905
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.551763 -97.137540
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Brazos River Flood]

Description: Photograph of the 1898 Brazos River flood. This picture was taken on Elm Street in East Waco, and it was purchased at the estate sale of J. A. Curry in Waco, Texas. An iron bridge used by the railroad can be seen above the water.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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