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[Postcard of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church]

Description: Postcard of the interior of St. Peter Evangelical Church. A note on the front of the postcard says: "Ev. Luth. St. Petri Kirche Bei Walburg, Tex." A handwritten message on the back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Olga Fuchs in Manor, Texas and reads: "Hello Olga! How did you and your brother get over your trip? I came home the 30 after having a delightful time. With love to you from Olga Granzin."
Date: 1907
Creator: Granzin, Olga
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Paul L. Tyson]

Description: Portrait of Paul L. Tyson. A handwritten note on the front of the photo says "To Joe - whose friendship and memory is a treasure of by gone days. P. L. Tyson." Another note on the back of the photo reads: "Oct. 25, 1884 - Sept. 9, 1950. Football coach for Waco High School. Several state championships and one national championship. Oakwood Cemetery, Waco. Purchased at Joe L. Ward estate sale in Waco Nov. 2013."
Date: [1905..1935]
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of William Edward Harrison]

Description: Portrait of William Edward Harrison (1904-1908), a young child wearing a white outfit and sitting on a stool. A handwritten note below the photo says "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
Date: [1904..1908]
Creator: Deane
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Old Maid's Convention]

Description: Photograph of a group of women standing on a stage, with a note on the photo indicating that it was taken at an "Old Maid's Convention" in McGregor, Texas. Also attached is a clipping of a newspaper article about the Crain family's upcoming family reunion.
Date: March 11, 1904
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Douglas Select School Football Team of 1908]

Description: Photograph of the Douglas Select School football team of 1908. The team members are: (left to right) standing: Hal Hays, Green, Barton King, Bickham Cartwright, Jimmie Humphries, Prof. Stephen A. Douglas, Marcus Barnes, Andrew Crow, Hugh Eichelberger, Wade Russell, and Jesse McLendon; and sitting: Wady Sims, Arnold Floyd "Jim" Crow, Newton Lacy, and Tom Chapoton.
Date: 1908
Creator: Heilmann
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Men on Horseback]

Description: Photograph of men on horseback wearing uniforms with feathered hats. A few names are written on the photo: Rodney, Joe, and Harber. The photograph was purchased at the Rufus W. and Virginia Nash estate sale in Waco, Texas in May 2008.
Date: 1908
Creator: Thompson
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cemetery in Brenham]

Description: Photograph of a cemetery near Brenham, Texas, with a grave in the foreground covered in flowers and several gravestones and trees in the background.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Winkelmann, Friedrich Christian, Sr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church]

Description: Postcard of Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South. According to a note on the photo, the church was erected in 1901-1902 and dismantled in 1935. The edifice was located at Austin Avenue and 12th Street in Waco and was designed by William A. Cann of St. Louis.
Date: [1902..1935]
Creator: Cann, William A.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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