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[Postcard Series, Part 1: Sensation]

Description: Postcard one of a set of six entitled "Sensation" with a photograph of a man reaching for a woman's umbrella. The note on the back of the card reads: "Dear Harry. Before your fran had been here twenty four hours she started killing flies and broke my cream pitcher..."
Date: July 11, 1910
Creator: Collins, Rose
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Postcard from Harry Bahl to Mamie Collins, September 11, 1908]

Description: Postcard to Mamie Collins in Waco, Texas from Harry Bahl in Galveston, Texas with an illustration of "Fishing Boats on Wharf" at Galveston. The picture shows a large boat surrounded by other smaller boats in the bay. There is a note on the back of the card that says: "Wish you were here to enjoy the sight with us..."
Date: September 11, 1908
Creator: Bahl, John Philip Herlin (Harry)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

Oral History Interview with Laura M. Patton, February 1, 1998

Description: Interview with Laura M. Patton, whose father built the popular Arcadia Theatre, from Kerrville, Texas. Laura relates the history of the Arcadia Theatre, a well-known attraction in Kerrville, and describes some of the other local businesses and cultural phenomena in the area.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Peggy & Patton, Laura M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Semi-Photo Song Postcard, "Dreaming": Part 1]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a photograph of a man holding a woman close while they both hold onto the handle of an umbrella; there are music notes and lyrics printed at the bottom that read: "Dreaming of you always little girl my darling." There is a note on the reverse side of the card written in red ink that says: "Well I want a little loving now and then if that loving one is you!"
Date: October 19, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Semi-Photo Song Postcard, "Dreaming": Part 1]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a photograph of a man and a woman walking alongside a small pond while holding each other's hands; there are music notes and lyrics printed below that read: "Dreaming, dreaming, while the stars are gleaming." There is also a note written in red ink on the reverse side of the card that reads: "Meeting at Fish Pond, notice our new...Watch this series for it speaks what is in my head."
Date: 1908-10-16?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Illustrated Song Postcard, "One Sight of You": Part 1]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a picture of a man and a woman standing next to a tree truck with a full moon shining in the sky; the text printed at the bottom of the card reads: "I'm starving for one sight of you, Just for a glimpse of eyes so true." There is a note on the back of the card that reads: "Watch this verse for it sure is me."
Date: 1908?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Illustrated Song Postcard, "Go on Smiling": Part 1]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a tinted photograph of a man and a woman sitting in a yard of flowers and trees. The photograph has a caption on the bottom that reads: "Go on smiling darling, laughing don't be weeping the time will come for me and you." There is also a note written on the back in red ink.
Date: October 21, 1908
Creator: Scott & Van Altena
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Illustrated Song Postcard, "Same Old Story": Part 1]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a tinted photograph of a couple floating in a row boat down a small river. There are lyrics printed at the bottom of the card that read: "A man, a maid, a moon, a boat, Down the river gently float." There is also a note written on the back of the card in black ink and it says: "Here's "baby" and the "Fish Pond"."
Date: October 17, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Illustrated Song Postcard, "You're the Brightest Star of all My Dreams": Part 1]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a tinted photograph of a woman standing behind sunflower plants and is wearing one in her hair; the lyrics underneath the picture read: "You're the brightest star of all my dreams." There is a short poem written on the reverse side of the card in red ink and it reads: "Tell me you love me and say you'll be true I love nobody in this world but you, your heart and my heart in love...I know I have your love and you have mine."
Date: 1908-10?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Dance Program for Josephine Bahl's Benefit Ball]

Description: Dance program for a benefit ball "given by the Waco Engine Company No. 3," and Josephine Bahl's dance program. The program contains the order of dances and the presentation of badges; on the back of the program there are the names of the committee members involved.
Date: November 24, 1898
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Postcard of Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of automobiles driving on a dirt road between rows of buildings at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Alma Blank in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and says "Dear Friend - Received your letter and was very glad to hear from you. We have to go out on the shooting on the range. It is raining here a little tonight. Please send me your address when you go to Waupun. Will write a letter later. Billy."
Date: [1917-10-11,1917-11-29]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Couple]

Description: Portrait of a couple standing together, the man wearing a suit and the woman wearing a light-colored dress. The man's right arm rests on a wicker chair.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Boy]

Description: Portrait of a young boy wearing a suit and standing next to a candle on a stand, with a rosary in one hand and a small Missal in the other.
Date: unknown
Creator: Maresh
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Couple]

Description: Portrait of a couple wearing dark clothes, with the woman sitting on a stump and the man standing next to her, both holding hats in their hands. The man holds an umbrella in his right hand.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bergstrom, J. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of William Townley]

Description: Portrait of William Townley, a man with a mustache wearing a suit and tie. A handwritten note on the photo identifies him as "V.M.I.'s father," and another handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Wife to William, Mrs. B. Townley, Elm Mott, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Addie Day Royals]

Description: Portrait of Addie Day Royals (1892-1983) as a young girl wearing a white dress and standing with her hand on lace curtains hanging on either side of her. She is buried in Rosemound Cemetery of Waco.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of William Redrick Fogle]

Description: Photograph of William Redrick Fogle standing in a yard and wearing a suit and bow tie. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "William Redrick Fogle, Born 12/6/1851, 76 yr. of age. Father of Margaret L.B. Stauts." Margaret L. Fogle Stauts was the wife of Joseph Charles Stauts, a Waco photographer.
Date: November 1, 1927
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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