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[David N. Myrick in a Buggy with a Horse]

Description: Photograph of David N. Myrick sitting in a small wooden buggy hitched to a horse. Myrick poses with his right leg placed on his left thigh, and his hat tilted slightly obscured. The buggy is stopped on a dirt road, in front of a building with an arch entrance.
Date: November 28, 1909
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Decorative Fencing Around Flagpole]

Description: Photograph of the decorative, three-sided iron fencing around a flagpole at a school in Waco. The fence includes a large emblem for the "Key Club" that dedicated flagpole shaped as a "K" in a circle, crossed with a vertical skeleton key. The other sides of the fence have decorative curlicues and the base of the flagpole and a trashcan are visible behind the fence. This is the original flagpole of Rich Field Army Base in World War I.
Date: August 13, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[District School, McLennan County, Texas]

Description: Photograph of school children in front of the 6th District School in McLennan County, Texas. Several boys sit on the ground in front of a bench, which is occupied by girls. There are both boys and girls in the back row, as well as an African American man at the far left.
Date: 1902
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Dogtrot House and Family]

Description: Photograph of a dogtrot house and a family, standing in front of the house's steps. From left to right is a man in overalls and a hat, a woman in a long dress with a child standing at her right, and an older woman in a pleated dress. On the house's porch and in the breezeway are wooden chairs, and at the very end of the corridor is another man in a hat, possibly seated on a chair. The house, elevated on piers, is lined with clapboard and has a tall roof. A long pole with a bell at the top stan… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Imperial View Company
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Downtown Waco]

Description: Photograph of downtown Waco in 1892. A Pacific Express Co. wagon pulled by a white horse stands at the curb. A man sits in the driver's seat in the wagon, and five men stand on the sidewalk behind the wagon. Behrens Drug Company is located on the bottom floor of the Cleveland and Cameron building, to the right. A man leans against a brick wall in the middle of the photo, and four more men stand in front of the store to the left of the Behrens Drug Company. The photograph was purchased at the Ab… more
Date: April 8, 1892
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Early Home of Eichelberger Family]

Description: Photograph of the early home of the Eichelberger family. In the image William A. Eichelberger and Hattie Eichelberger and their young boys are in a horse drawn carriage outside the home at 13th Street and Indiana Street in Waco. In the background the fenced in home is visible with a wooden swing in the front yard. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: 1904
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Edgefield Baptist Church Congregation, 1910]

Description: Photograph of a congregation posing in front of the Edgefield Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. The congregation is seated in several rows, and most of the people in the arrangement are children, with men and women mostly packed on the steps of the church at upper center. A boy, denoted in pen as Delman[?] holds a banner reading "EDGE FIELD"; on his left is another individual specified as "Andy". Along the bottommost row is a girl pointed out as "Billie". A note in the top left corner states that … more
Date: 1910~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Eichelberger Island]

Description: Photograph of unknown people at the Eichelberger Island on Bosque River. Part of the group is visible in a kayak and another part of the group is in the background on the island shoreline. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Encampments at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of Section C in Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. Several wooden buildings, a wooden shed, and power poles are visible along a horizontal dirt road. Another path, perpendicular to the horizontal road, carries a column of horses. Smaller encampments, short tent-like buildings are visible at left.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Evans and Kendrick Families]

Description: Photograph of friends from two families, the Evanses and the Kendricks, seated together and posed for a portrait. Pictured from left to right are Sarah Elizabeth Evans, Sue Kendrick, James M. Kendrick (the child standing in front), Maria Evans Sleeper, Charles Evans, Sr., and Blanche Kendrick holding Charles E. Kendrick in her lap.
Date: 1923
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Evans Family at Home]

Description: Photograph of the Evans family posed on the porch steps of their house in Waco, Texas. Standing in the top row wearing an apron are Sarah (AKA Sallie) Isabel Baker Evans and her husband William George Evans. Also pictured on the left are Charles Evans, Jr., Sarah Elizabeth Evans, William Warren Evans, Lillian Evans (as an infant), and Rosa Johnson Evans. On the right are two young brothers Harold and John Sleeper and their mother Maria Evans Sleeper.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Evans Family Relaxing Outdoors]

Description: Photograph of Nancy Caroline Sleeper Evans surrounded by her granddaughters, Elizabeth, Frances, and Ruth Evans, who are all of similar age. They are seated in the grass with toy dolls, just outside the Evans family home at 2100 Colcord Avenue in Waco, Texas.
Date: 1915
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[F. I. Meyer Jug]

Description: Pottery wine jug with light brown glaze impressed near the top of the body with the text, "F. I. Meyer." At the top, it has a worn opening filled with cork and most of the handle has been broken off.
Date: unknown
Creator: Meyer, Franz Ignatz
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Faculty of Hillcrest Elementary School]

Description: Photograph of the faculty of Hillcrest Elementary School in Waco, Texas. The three rows of faculty include eleven women and one man all wearing mix of light and dark color clothing. On the first row, far left, is Miss Lilla Mayes, next to her is Mrs. Evelyn Riola, fourth from the left is Mrs. Lillian Bailey, and on far right is Miss Marguerite Rast. On the top row is Adrian Gasperson, principal.
Date: September 22, 1954
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Family at a Grave]

Description: Photograph of a family sitting near a grave. Bundles of flowers are arranged under five female visitors, mostly dressed in black, looking into the camera. The small photograph is framed with cardboard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Family of James and Elizabeth Milam]

Description: Photograph of the Milam family, grouped together in two rows. James, sporting a long beard, and Elizabeth, in a long black dress, sit along the bottom row. The children are grouped by age. Top row, from left to right: Mary Lenora "Nora" Milam (1881–1966), Katie Viola "Ola" Milam (1878–1960) , James Milton Milam (1877–1919), Allen Milam (1875–1954), and Buren Milam (1883–1959). Bottom row: Henry Cumbee Milam (1890–1981), James Henry Milam (1854–1923), Elizabeth Ann Milam (1857–1931), who holds E… more
Date: 1895/1897
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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