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[Postcard of Medina Dam]

Description: Postcard of workers in the quarries used to build Medina Dam. Text on the back of the card reads "Showing Quarries from which rock is taken for making concrete for the dam More than 2500 laborers are at work in this project. Dam is located in left of picture in Distance." The card is addressed to Mr & Mrs. Harry Morland.
Date: March 9, 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.539200 -98.933347
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of New Years Wishes]

Description: Postcard of an sundial clock with poinsettias and candles on either side of the clock. Text below the clock reads "This brings from me a hearty wish, and a friendly greeting true. The best of health and the best of luck is my New Year wish for you.". The postcard is addressed to Sam Knight from Waco, Texas.
Date: December 31, 1922
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery]

Description: Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas. In the group of markers in the left half of the photo are Richard Coke, Dr. David Richard Wallace, and the Edwin A. Sturgis family. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. Fritz Schulz in Hamilton County, Texas and is mostly illegible.
Date: 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of William Henry Gordon and Fred Smith]

Description: Postcard of William Henry Gordon of Porter, Oklahoma and Fred Smith wearing striped shirts, dark vests, and hats. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard says "Compliment of William Gordon to Ida Leroy." This collection of photographs of African Americans was purchased from an estate in Dallas, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Young Men and Women]

Description: Postcard of Irene Cross and Clifford Burkes sitting in a chair with Mable Blair and Nathan Plummer standing behind them. This collection of photographs of African Americans was purchased from an estate in Dallas, Texas.
Date: September 30, 1923
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 20, 1923]

Description: A postcard addressed to Johnie Louise Bruyere. The front bears a drawing of a boy and girl lighting candles, from which green streamers hang. It reads: "Happy, Happy all day through, Merry Christmas." The note on the other side reads "Dear Johny, I wish you a Merry X Mas and Happy New Year. Pearl Anna."
Date: December 20, 1923
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 23, 1928]

Description: A postcard addressed to Johnie Louise Bruyere. The front has a drawing of two girls, one sitting on a sled and the other pulling her. They wear heavy winter clothing, and the ground is covered in snow. There are houses, fences, and bare trees in the background. It reads: "Christmas Greetings. I hope Santa Claus/Before he goes back/Will stop at your house/And empty his pack."
Date: December 23, 1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard to Mrs. J. P. Bahl - December 7, 1920]

Description: Postcard addressed to Katharine Bahl, "Mrs. J. P. Bahl", of Waco, Texas, from Harry Bahl in San Antonio. Harry states he is having a "good time" and anticipates he will be home soon. The front of the post card depicts a large pagoda at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio. At left, people walk past footpaths lined with ferns onto stairs that lead to the leftmost wing of the pagoda. Along the bottom of the picture is a lower section of the park, below the pagoda, which contains more pathways, … more
Date: 1920-12-07~
Creator: Bahl, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Sacred Heart Academy Class of 1926]

Description: Photograph of the Sacred Heart Academy of Waco, Texas's class of 1926. The younger girls sit on the ground. Several of the older girls hold flags, and the girls in the middle of the first standing row hold a sign that says "Academy of Sacred Heart." Two girls in the back row hold a sign that says "Our Jubilee". They stand next to the school building, and trees and cars can be seen in the background.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[School Children]

Description: Photograph of school children in front of a wooden building. Most of them stand on the steps leading up to the building's door. The first three rows are made up of boys, the last three of girls. The photograph was purchased at the Abel estate sale in Waco.
Date: 1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Scrapbook Page of 3 Photos]

Description: Scrapbook page of the 3 photographs. The first photo is of a marching band performing in a parade at Mid Winter Valley Fair, December 1922. To the right of the band is a crowd of people watching the parade. The second photo is of two men in dark clothing plowing onions in a field. The third photo is of a group of mules standing in a pen at Magic Valley.
Date: 1922
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Scrapbook: The Girl Graduate]

Description: Scrapbook template entitled "The Girl Graduate," filled with photos, invitations, and other memorabilia documenting the graduation of Mildred Bruyere from Waco High School.
Date: March 12, 1923
Creator: Bruyere, Mildred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Scruggs Family Scrapbook]

Description: Photo album of descendants of James Robert Scruggs (1860-1937) and Mary "Molly" Thomas Brown Scruggs (1856-1933) of Baxter, Texas. The album includes photos of a parade at the University of Texas, Austin, The Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, and various scenes from the 1930s-1940s.
Date: 1924-01-11/1941~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[St. Paul's Episcopal Church Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Waco, featuring rows of wooden pews in the foreground, an altar with the phrase "Holiness Becometh Thine House O Lord Forever." painted above it, and a pipe organ on the left, and a row of stained glass windows on the right.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Gildersleeve, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.558456 -97.134704
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[State Meeting of W. H. and F. M. Society]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people at the State Meeting of the W. H. and F. M. Society at the Shiloh A. M. E. Church in Galveston, including Mrs. M. A. Carr, Mrs. L. M. Sewell, L. M. Sanders, and Rev. W. D. Johnson. The people are sitting and standing in several rows in front of the side of the church with stained glass windows in the background. Written on the front of the photograph: "State Meeting of the W. H. and F. M. Society. Mrs. M. A. Carr. Pres. Mrs. L. M. Sewell, sec. at Shiloh A. … more
Date: August 13, 1926
Creator: Palmer Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.295333 -94.797952
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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