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[Portrait of Sallie Letitia Willis]

Description: Photograph of Sallie Letitia Willis (1887–1971), daughter of Sallie Ann Parker Willis and Thomas Middlebrook Willis. She wears a pleated shirt with a pendant bearing a person's head in profile around her neck. She looks slightly to the left of the photographer.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[A Presbyterian Communion Table]

Description: Photograph of a communion table inside the chapel of the First Central Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas. The table was donated to the First Presbyterian Church by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry Parker.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Sallie Parker Willis and Family]

Description: Photograph of Sallie Ann Parker Willis, far left; Parker Willis, standing behind her; Josephine Willis, wearing a corsage, Abbie T. Willis, standing behind Josephine; John Todd Willis, Sr. wearing a tie; and John Todd Willis, Jr., holding pistols. They stand in front of a brick building.
Date: 19uu
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Thomas Middlebrook Willis (June 27, 1859 - November 27, 1937)]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Thomas Middlebrook Willis (June 27, 1859 - November 27, 1937) in Abilene, Texas. Text: Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, Thomas Middlebrook Willis was an important early leader in Abilene. Willis moved to Waco, Texas with his parents, Dr. Thomas L. and Mrs. Letitia Willis, in 1866. T. M. Willis first came to this area in 1878 to investigate range possibilities. In 1883, after graduating from the law school of Cumberland University in Lebanon, … more
Date: 2009
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Title Page of the Parker Family Bible]

Description: Photograph of the title page inside a pictorial family bible belonging to the Robert Henry Parker family. The page, which is pink in color, presents the necessary information on the publisher, the editor, and other aspects of the edition.
Date: unknown
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Two Young Girls and One Boy in Dark Clothing]

Description: Photograph of three unknown children that includes two girls and one boy. The two girls are wearing identical dark color dress with the girl to the left of the boy has dark color plaid trim on her dress. The young boy is positioned sitting down between the two girls on a tree log. Each girl has one arm resting on the boy.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ward
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Unknown Group of Children]

Description: Photograph of three unknown children all captured sitting down. The three girls are all positioned sitting on large rocks with the smallest of the three in the center. The girl in the center is seen wearing light colored clothing while the two on either side of her are seen wearing dark colored clothing.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ward
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Willis Children]

Description: Photograph of Sallie L. Willis, right, and John Todd Willis, Sr., left, as children. John T. Willis, Sr. sits in chair with a hat in one hand and a toy in the other. His sister stands next to him.
Date: unknown
Creator: Miller Bros.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Willis Children]

Description: Photograph of Sallie L. Willis, left, and John Todd Willis, Sr., right, as children. John T. Willis, Sr. wears a large bow at his throat. They were the children of Judge Thomas Middlebrook Willis of Abilene, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Miller Bros.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Woman with the Parker Bell]

Description: Photograph of Lavinia Ward, née McDaniel, standing outside of her brick house with a small hand bell, known as the Parker Bell, that belonged to her grandfather, Robert Henry Parker. It is resting it on the lip of a planter or urn in front of the house. A handwritten note on the back claims that the bell was once "used to call slaves in each day."
Date: 1985
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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