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[Photo Album of Alton Brown]

Description: Photo album made by Alton Brown, with pictures of him as a child in the 1940s and 1950s, some of which were taken in Waco, Texas. Included are several pages of "autographs of my friends."
Date: 1940/1959
Creator: Brown, Alton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of a Large Group of People by a Train]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people of the Cattlemen's Convention or Bust centered around a small marching band called the Allessandro Band; to the left of the group there is a train positioned on a railroad, and there are a number of buildings positioned directly behind them. The title at the bottom of the photo reads: "Y. M. B. L. to Fort Worth, Nov. 26, 1913."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of a Military Base and Oil Rig]

Description: Aerial photograph of a small military base located in a barren landscape; there is a large oil pump mounted in the center of the base as well. There is a single road leading from the foreground and turning into a large roundabout leading to the clump of buildings.
Date: unknown
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 Austin Avenue Parade]

Description: Photograph of a parade on Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas, with a line of people riding horses in the middle of the street and crowds of people and buildings lining the street. The Waco City Hall is in the distance.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gildersleeve, F. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Bell]

Description: Photograph of a small bell mounted on a platform supported by tall logs., with trees in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, Polk County, Texas."
Date: June 9, 1949
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Butchers Union Members]

Description: Photograph of a group of men wearing white shirts, pants, and hats with dark ties and ribbons on their shirts. The men are standing outside of the Texas Cotton Palace with a banner that says "Butchers Union, Local 472, Waco, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: McCall, C. F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Camp MacArthur Mess Hall]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the mess hall at Camp MacArthur, with long tables on either side of the narrow room, and some soldiers at the far end. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mess Hall, Co. A 1st Wis. Inf., Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas."
Date: [1917..1918]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Christmas Tree]

Description: Photograph of a large tree under an arch surrounded with a white rail, with four wreaths lining the rail of the altar. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Torreson Tree, First English Lutheran Church."
Date: 1916
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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