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[Charles A. Eichelberger and Classmates]

Description: Photograph of Charles A. Eichelberger and his unknown classmates. Eichelberger is pictured at the right end of the first row and identified by handwritten text on front. The class photo is taken on the steps of a building with the front doors in the background. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Charlie Eichelberger and 2nd Grade Class]

Description: Photograph of Charlie Eichelberger and his 2nd grade class. The image includes the four rows of children in the class at the 2nd district school. Eichelberger is identified with a hand drawn star on the lower front row. Handwritten text identifies the school year as 1906-1907. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Child with Doll]

Description: Portrait of a young child wearing a white gown and holding a doll posing in front of a wicker bench and a painted backdrop.The borders of the card on which the photograph is printed are cut in a decorative pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson, W. D., Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Children in a School Play]

Description: Photograph of a school play in Waco, Texas. Several children stand in costume on a stage decorated with three cardboard cutouts of buildings. At left, near a hut of some sort, is a girl in a plaid dress, another in a black dress and bonnet, a child held by another girl in a white hat, and another girl holding a toddler in her arms, followed by a boy looking out of a window in the hut. All near the hut watch the proceedings with shock and interest. At center is a judge with a wig and gavel, his … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Hubbard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Children of Joe Welch]

Description: Photograph of Lillie, Edgar, and John Welch. Lillie sits in between her brothers on a balustrade in front of a painted backdrop. The boy to the right wears plaid pants and a white shirt, and the boy to the left wears a gown.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: E. R. Smith & Bro.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Chum-On]

Description: Photograph of Chum-On, John Todd Willis Jr.'s dog. He sits panting on the grass in front of a large building.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Gildersleeve, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Church of the Assumption]

Description: Postcard of a color image of the Church of the Assumption, a large stone building with a red roof, a tower, a rose window, and rows of stained glass windows; there are two people standing in front of the church and several houses in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Church of The Assumption, Waco, Texas. Rev. P. J. Clancy, Rector."
Date: unknown
Creator: Clayton, Nicholas
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Citizens National Bank]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Citizens National Bank in Waco, Texas. The cashier's counter at right is decorated with corn and cotton representations. A man peers out of the cashier window, while two more pose in the back of the room.
Date: 1906
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[City of Waco $1 Certificate]

Description: Engraved certificate the size of a bank note with images and text on the front that says: "The City of Waco, State of Texas, Will pay to bearer One Dollar." There are black-and-white images on the front including a man carrying a spear on horseback (lower-left corner), a brick suspension bridge over a river with a city behind (center), and a train engine pulling a coal car (lower-right). The back of the certificate has a decorative design in blue ink surrounding the text "Receivable for all A… more
Date: 1875
Creator: Waco (Tex.)
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Clara Evans' Wedding Journal]

Description: Journal belonging to Clara Evans detailing her relationship with John T. Willis, Sr., from their first meeting to their wedding. Newspaper announcements, wedding invitations, fabric samples from Clara Evans' bridal trousseau, pressed flowers, and photographs have been pasted into the book, along with descriptions of important events written by Clara Evans. It also contains articles pertaining to the Willises' Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1967.
Date: 1917/1967
Creator: Willis, Nannie Clara Evans
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Clara Willis Holding John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Description: Photograph of Clara Evans Willis holding her son, John Todd Willis, Jr. She has a gauze veil on her head, and the baby has only a blanket. She looks down at him. The photograph is housed in a brown folder which opens up and was probably meant to be used for presenting it in a household.
Date: 1921
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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