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J. H. Shary excursion

Excursion party posing in front of Charles Volz's brick home. John Shary is labeled.

Date: March 9, 1917

Creator: Murff, J.C.

Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

Sharyland Co. excursion party near Sharyland

Panoramic photograph of a group of people posing out-of-doors. Part of a white house and a fence covered with climbing vines is visible in the background. Text at the bottom of the image says: "Shary Land Co's Excursion Party Near Sharyland, May 19th, 1917."

Date: May 19, 1917

Creator: Eskildsen

Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Group in Front of Building]

Two photographs of a group of men and women posing in front of palm plants by a building in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: 1917

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Mary Beard Higgs]

Photograph of Mary Beard Higgs wearing a white gown and heels in front of a painted backdrop in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: 1917

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Third Texas Infantry]

Photograph of the 3rd Texas Infantry. The soldiers are standing in a line with their hands at their sides, and facing the camera. There are buildings and ships visible in the background. Writing on the back of the photograph describes the scene and dates it 1917.

Date: 1917

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Military Group Outdoors]

Photograph of a military group on a field outdoors. There are a handful men in dark uniforms standing in two lines, and another group of men in white uniforms stands in the distance behind them. Large houses in a neighborhood can be seen in the background. Handwriting on the back of the photograph dates the image July 4, 1917.

Date: 1917

Creator: Carr, Edith

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Edith and Amelia Carr Posing Outside]

Photograph of two young women identified as Edith and Amelia Carr. They are standing outdoors and wearing long dresses. Handwriting on the back of the photograph sends holiday greetings to a relative.

Date: 1917

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Amelia Carr and Her Mother]

Photograph of two women, identified as Amelia Carr and her mother, standing outside. Both are wearing long white dresses and white shoes. They have their arms around each other and are laughing.

Date: 1917

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Military Lineup]

Photograph of a military group on a field outdoors. There are a handful men in dark uniforms standing in two lines, and another group of men in white uniforms stands in the distance behind them. Large houses in a neighborhood can be seen in the background. Handwriting on the back of the photograph dates the image July 4, 1917.

Date: 1917

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Military Walking in Parade]

Photograph of a military group in a parade. There is a long line of men standing in the middle of the street, with one man holding a flag in front of them. Buildings can be seen in the background.

Date: 1917

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

["Sunset Special" rolls through Missouri]

This train of yesteryear, Missouri Pacific Railroad's "Sunshine Special" train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 6423, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven cars, rolls through Missouri countryside enroute from Texas to St. Louis.

Date: 1917~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Young Man and Woman]

Photograph of a young man and young woman, Henry Frank Smith and Monetta Stribling, locking arms and posing for a picture. Behind them an automobile is partially visible. They are dressed in semi-formal attire; the young woman has a corsage attached to her clothing.

Date: December 1917

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Robert Evans, Sr. at Camp Bowie]

Photograph of Robert Warren Evans, Sr., standing at Camp Bowie in his military uniform. He is holding a rifle upright in front his body. Behind him is a row of pitched army tents and a fellow soldiers.

Date: December 2, 1917

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Lucile Evans as a Maid of Honor]

Photograph of Lucile Elizabeth Evans, standing outside the Evans family home at 2100 Colcord Avenue in Waco, Texas. As the maid of honor to an unidentified bride, she is clad in a long-sleeved dress and a wide-brimmed hat. She is clutching a bouquet of flowers in her arm. The photo is attached to a piece of black paper upon which this note has been written underneath the photo: "the maid of honor Miss Lucile Evans, April 29, '17."

Date: April 29, 1917

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Nannie Evans at Her Family Home]

Photograph of Nannie Clara Evans as a young woman, before she married and took the name of Willis. She is standing on the steps of her family's home in Waco, Texas while holding a large bouquet of flowers in her arms.

Date: 1917

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[American Red Cross Representatives]

Photograph of a group of women in the League City Red Cross, sitting together at a small table and making blankets. According to a handwritten note on the back, most of the women are identified from left to right as the wives of their husbands, namely: Mrs. O.V. King, Mrs. John P. Atkinson, Mrs. Salmon, Mrs. Birkmeyer, and Mrs. Benson.

Date: [1917..1918]

Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Children with American Red Cross Representatives]

Photograph of a large group of children seated together with a few American Red Cross representatives in front of a bandstand in league City. They are all wearing nurse caps with the Red Cross emblem on the front. A Red Cross flag is hung up behind them.

Date: [1917..1918]

Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Wagon Advertising Liberty Bonds]

Picture of a wagon with an advertisement for Liberty Bonds parked in front of the Bowden Grocery store in Palestine, Tx. Grandfather of Forrest Bradberry Jr. is driving the wagon. The side of the wagon says, "We are going to win this war, Buy a Liberty Bond."

Date: 1917~

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Little Green School: First Grade Class]

Postcard featuring on the front a class portrait of the 1917 first grade class of the Little Green School in League City. They are arranged in three rows outside of the school building; the first two rows are seated while the third row is standing. According to writing on the back of the postcard, the little girl on the first row in the dark sweater is Flora Atkinson. The information also state that the first grade teacher was Miss Labuzan.

Date: 1917

Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[111th Engineers Returning Home from France after World War I]

Photograph of 111th Engineers marching through downtown Dallas after returning home from France after World War I.

Date: 1917~

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

Pat-Ike

An inscription at the bottom of the photograph reads "Pat--Ike." The "Ike" presumably refers to Ike Zablosky, who came from Russia to Philadelphia in 1890. He and his wife, Fanny Jaffee, later moved to Mineral Wells for health reasons where he became involved in the fur-and-hide business. Zablosky once described the northwest part of Palo Pinto County as a "'Possum kingdom"; hence the first flood-control lake on the Brazos River was named Possum Kingdom Lake. (The story is that it was named t… more

Date: 1917

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Steam Engine and Hardware Store

Photograph of group of men and boys standing in front and to the side of Montgomery - Hardware Co. and steam traction engine. The steam engine is ready to move the building to Follett, Texas from Ivanhoe, Oklahoma.

Date: 1917

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Launching Platform]

Photograph of seven women and two men on a launching platform that is decorated with flags. A large ship is behind them.

Date: 1917

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Orr-Bland Addition]

Photograph of a family standing outside a home. Pictured is a man, a woman and a child. The woman holds black cat. The small home has a chicken-wire fence around it and some small trees in the front yard.

Date: 1917

Partner: Heritage House Museum

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