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[Photograph of Galveston Island Hurricane]

Description: Photograph of the Galveston Island hurricane. The Ursuline Convent and Ursuline School, built by Nicholas Clayton in Galveston, can be seen with wreckage in the foreground. It stood on the block bounded by 25th Street and 27th Streets, between Avenue's N and O.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Unidentified Boy]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified boy posed standing with his left hand supported against a wicker chair. He wears a dark-colored double-breasted coat with an accessory that comes from his pocket and hooks onto a button, tights, and boots. Behind the boy is a barely visible curtain with tassels.
Date: unknown
Creator: Willyerd
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Mag Parker]

Description: Photograph of a professional portrait of Margaret Field Cox, née Parker. She was known by her nickname "Mag" to some. She is a frizzy-haired woman wearing a high-collared ensemble with a sizable floral boutonniere pinned to her chest. On the back of the photograph's mat are handwritten notes which reads, "This belongs to Mrs. Geo W. McDaniel. Aunt Mag Parker (Mrs. Sam Field, later Mrs. Sam Cox)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Zahn, Justus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Roy Elmer Beck and Friends]

Description: Photograph of Roy Elmer Beck with a group of his friends at the Galveston Island beach. There are six young men, including Roy, and seven young women. They are all wearing swimsuits indicative of the era.
Date: August 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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: 18XX
Creator: Blessing & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Mrs. S. T. Blessing]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. S. T. Blessing. Callie E. Campbell Blessing, wife of Solomon Thomas Blessing, is seated, with a hat in her lap, and a hall tree beside her. Many objects can be seen on the hall tree. Solomon T. Blessing was a noted Galveston photographer.
Date: 18uu
Creator: Blessing & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Mrs. S. T. Blessing]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. S. T. Blessing. She stands behind a chair, resting her arm on its back. There is a fireplace behind her. Callie E. Campbell Blessing was the wife of Solomon Thomas Blessing, a noted Galveston photographer.
Date: 18uu
Creator: F. W. Kersting's Photo and Art Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of the Sealy Residence]

Description: Postcard of George Sealy's mansion taken from outside the front gate. Text Text on the upper left-hand margin reads: "*Where Mr Joe Wren lives." Text toward the bottom of the photograph reads "Sealy Residence, 25th & Broadway. Galveston." Text on the bottom margin reads "Please take note that there is a 'sidewalk' here, not steps. Many thanks for the postals." Text on the right margin reads "Give my best to tall. S.C.F. 11-30-08." Text on the back of the card reads "It's 'a good thing,' I was n… more
Date: November 30, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.299709 -94.794186
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[J. C. Trube House]

Description: Photograph of the J. C. Trube house in Galveston, a large, three-story home with steps leading up to the porch, two pillars supporting a balcony above it, and several windows. The house was designed by architect, Alfred Muller. There is a gate in front of the house with the words "J. C. Trube" engraved in stone below it and trees in the foreground and background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.302847 -94.785444
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Baby]

Description: Portrait of a baby wearing a white gown and sitting in a chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photos says "To her dear Aunt Julia."
Date: unknown
Creator: Blessing & Bro.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Woman with Fan]

Description: Portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a dark dress and bonnet and holding a fan, posing next to a vase of flowers in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Deane
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[State Meeting of W. H. and F. M. Society]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people at the State Meeting of the W. H. and F. M. Society at the Shiloh A. M. E. Church in Galveston, including Mrs. M. A. Carr, Mrs. L. M. Sewell, L. M. Sanders, and Rev. W. D. Johnson. The people are sitting and standing in several rows in front of the side of the church with stained glass windows in the background. Written on the front of the photograph: "State Meeting of the W. H. and F. M. Society. Mrs. M. A. Carr. Pres. Mrs. L. M. Sewell, sec. at Shiloh A. … more
Date: August 13, 1926
Creator: Palmer Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.295333 -94.797952
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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