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[Nannie Sleeper Evans Holding a Baby]

Description: Photograph of an elderly Nannie Caroline Sleeper Evans holding an infant (Nancy Claire Willis) in her arms. Nannie is visible from the waist up and is wearing several layers and a dark-colored hat; the baby is wearing a light-colored dress, bonnet, and booties and is smiling at the camera. There are plants visible in the background. The corners on the left side of the photograph are cut off.
Date: 1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Pageant with Unknown African Americans]

Description: Photograph of a pageant featuring a large group of unidentified African Americans standing and sitting on a stage wearing dresses, suits, and hats in front of a painted backdrop featuring trees; there are other decorations hanging from the top of the stage and an audience is visible in the foreground.
Date: 1920~/1929~
Creator: The Teal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Parker and McDaniel Brick Home]

Description: Photograph of the Lavinia Parker McDaniel and George W. McDaniel brick home at 774 Butternut, Abilene, Texas. The house is a brick two-story building, with a raised covered porch extending from the main structure with steps. The upper floor windows are lined with shutters. A pile of dirt is at center, next to bare trees and shrubs. A man in a top hat holds a baby at center, to the left of the covered porch. The McDaniel house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: [1924..]
Creator: The Fox Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.441120 -99.738476
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Parkers at Funeral, First Presbyterian Church]

Description: Photograph of the Parkers during the first funeral held at the First Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas. They stand on the threshold of the uncompleted south entrance to the church, with temporary wooden planks installed between short brick walls. Sallie Ann Parker Willis stands with two of her children at left. Her mother, Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, stands second from right, and Margaret Parker Cox stands at far right, seated against the right short brick all. All face forward.
Date: 1923/1924
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.453098 -99.738099
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photo Album of Earnest Ruben McElreath]

Description: Photo album compiled by Earnest Ruben McElreath. According to a handwritten note in the front of the album, it "presents pictures of friends, family, ex-sweeties, kinsman, pals, scenery, sports, football players, buddies, chums, and himself." Each page contains pictures as well as handwritten notes. Earnest Ruben McElreath was born Dec. 15, 1905 in Munday, Knox County, Texas and died Sept. 15, 1988 in Bexar County, Texas. He served as a major in the U. S. Army during World War II and is buried… more
Date: [1926-01-01..1926-10-14]
Creator: McElreath, Earnest Ruben
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of a Family]

Description: Photograph of a family. They stand on the steps leading up to a porch. The columns holding up the roof have writing on them. The man in the photo stands next to woman in a light plaid dress, and has his hands on the shoulders of the two women in front of him. Four more women stand to the right. The photograph was purchased at the Abel estate sale in Waco.
Date: 1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of a Race]

Description: Photograph of boys lined up in a field about to start a race, with a man pointing a pistol in the air behind them. Names are written on the back of the photo: Alfred Bittley, J. A. Martinez, and George Underwood.
Date: 1925
Creator: Smith's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Austin Avenue Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of Austin Avenue Methodist Church on the corner of 12th Street and Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas. The church was built from 1901 to 1902. William A. Cann of St. Louis was the architect. The structure was later sold to the congregation of the Trinity Presbyterian Church.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Cann, William A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Galveston Beach]

Description: Photograph of Galveston Beach in Galveston, Texas. In the image visitors can be seen in the water and along the beach. To the right side a pier is visible with a sign on it that reads "Sunset Coffee". In the foreground a rocky edge leads onto the beach.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Galvez Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the Galvez Hotel in Galveston, Texas. In the foreground multiple automobiles are on the roadway outside the hotel. Galvez Hotel is visible in the background with a wooded area in front of the hotel entrance.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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