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[Letter from K. Wallace to Charles B. Moore, August 29, 1897]

Description: This is a postcard from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by K. Wallace. In this brief letter, Wallace informs Moore about the death of a family member. She details that all of her immediate family is doing well and that she hopes the same for Charles and his family. At the close of the letter, Wallace discusses an upcoming trip to Dallas and sends her love to all.
Date: August 29, 1897
Creator: Wallace, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Hexagon Hotel]

Description: A large group of people, most sitting on donkeys, are shown out front of the Hexagon Hotel. Donkeys were used to transport visitors to the top of East Mountain for an overview of the City of Mineral Wells. It appears the party in this picture is preparing for such a trip. The Caldwell family ran the Hexagon Hotel as a boarding house for a while, hence the sign on the second floor of the building. H. L. Milling and his father also ran the hotel for a while, too. The building visible behind… more
Date: 1897/1924
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Taylor Co. [Texas].

Description: Map shows tract boundaries, land patents, railroad land grants, landowners, railroads, and towns; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. No scale indicated.
Date: 1897
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Lizzie Wessendorff as a toddler (about 2 years old).]

Description: Photographic portrait of Lizzie Wessendorff as a toddler (about 2 years old), ca. 1897. Wessendorff is wearing a white cotton dress with lace around neck, arms, and hem. She is also wearing a brooch, necklace, and bracelet. Wessendorff is posed sitting on a stool in front of a mirror. Image is mounted on white matte with embossed vine pattern around perimeter. Photographer identified on matte as "Lorenz. Richmond, Tex."
Date: 1897
Creator: Lorenz, C.O.
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Annie Belle Emery Bright's Fort Worth High School graduation class, 1897]

Description: Photograph of the Fort Worth High School graduating class of May 1897. The fifteen individuals wear formal attire, men in tuxedos and women in white, full-coverage dresses. The photograph is mounted to a board, and below the photograph an additional strip of board with handwriting listing the names of the individuals is attached to the backing board. Top row, left to right: Ronnea Wilson, Walter Sudarth, Emma Griffith, Sam Truplett, Mary Young, Mable Simpson, Salby Atwell. . Middle and bottom r… more
Date: May 1897
Partner: Tarrant County Archives

[James W. Emery's house at 415 Wheeler Street, now College Avenue, where Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen first hung her shingle]

Description: Mounted photograph of the front of a house with various women and children posing on the porch and front steps, the front yard, and the second floor balcony. Handwritten blue and black ink inscriptions below the image read: "(Annie, Daisy, Lottie Emery.) 415 Wheeler St. (now College Ave.) Bertha Preuitt, Sybil Wilson, Lois Wilson holding Aline, Fannie with Paul, Bess Wilson, and Grandmother Emery (Dr. D. Emery Allen's mother.) It was at this home I hung out my 'shingle' 1897."The recto bottom l… more
Date: 1897
Partner: Tarrant County Archives

[Portrait of Lucille Dabney]

Description: Photograph of Lucille Dabney (1891-1948) posing for a portrait at age five. She wears a light-colored dress over dark stockings and sits perched on a rock next to an urn full of flowers. She carries a basket of flowers in her left hand and a single flower in her right. The back of the photograph reads "Lucille Dabney- for Ruth."
Date: December 2, 1897
Creator: Sanders
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Mary McAllister, 1897]

Description: Cabinet card photograph of Mary McAllister, three-quarters view, head and shoulders. She is wearing a light colored dress or blouse with high neck and flowers pinned next to the collar. Her hair is pulled back. Born in 1880, she was 17 years old when this photograph was taken. [Although the date 1917 is written on the bottom of the mount card, another copy of this photograph in the family collection bears the date June 21, 1897.] The photographers' imprint at the bottom of the card and on the b… more
Date: 1897
Creator: Bruce & Corti
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Fort Davis Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 30.75 -103.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chispa Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 30.75 -104.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valentine Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 30.75 -104.25
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Eagle Mountain Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 30.75 -105.25
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brackett Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.25 -100.25
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Breckenridge Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.75 -98.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Austin Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 30.25 -97.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stephenville Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1897
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.25 -98.25
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Portrait of Lee Villa]

Description: Photograph of a young man pictured from the chest up. He wears a dark suit jacket and a white bow tie. The reverse side of the image bears the handwritten initials as "M. V."
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Iron Cottage Studio
Partner: Coleman Public Library

[Horsedrawn Fire Engine]

Description: Photograph of three men behind the reigns of a horse-drawn buggy with a water engine at the rear, and a young boy in overalls standing nearby. John Clark sits on the left, notable for his figure immortalized on the Firemen's Monument in Fair Park. At the center is Dutch Herman, a civilian, and on the right is Al Kaufman. The boy in overalls is known as W. J. "Bill" Cox.
Date: 1897
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Photograph of Class in Walhalla]

Description: Photograph of children posed for a class picture in front of the small school house. One of the girls in the front row holds a chalkboard. A handwritten note on the back of the photo indicates the locations for Walter and Alwin Schuhmann.
Date: [1897..1898]
Partner: Abilene Library Consortium
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