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[Drill Field of Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard image of soldiers on the drill field of Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. Text on the front reads "a typical scene on the drill field at Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas". Handwritten text on the back reads "I received your letter in good health and hope that this card will find you the same". The postcard receiver is written to be Mr. Henry Huizen.
Date: November 29, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Waco Inland Cotton Market]

Description: Postcard image of an inland cotton market in Waco, Texas. Text on the image reads "Waco, the Largest Inland Cotton Market in Texas". Visible is rows of cotton bales covered by fabric. In the background other buildings are seen including the First Presbyterian Church in the center.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Twelfth & Franklin Streets]

Description: Postcard image of the intersection of Twelfth Street and Franklin Street in Waco, Texas. Within the image on the left a house is visible and next to it is the Austin Ave. Methodist Church. Pedestrians are visible on that side of the street heading to the church. Handwritten text on back reads "Austin Avenue Methodist Church".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Austin Ave. East From 18th St]

Description: Postcard image of Austin Ave. East from 18th Street in Waco, Texas. The image is positioned from 18th Street looking at an Austin Ave. neighborhood. Large white colored homes are visible with trees in both the yards and sidewalks. The home of William Waldo Cameron (1878-1939) is seen on the left. Handwritten text on back is addressed to Mr. H. C. Johle from Temple, Texas.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 31.546428 -97.143775
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Tents at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard image of rows of tents within Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. In the image rows of tents are visible and in the first row one man is leaning against his tent. In the background of the tents trees and other landscapes are seen. Handwritten text on back is addressed to M. A. Shuba of South Norwalk, Connecticut.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Line of Soldiers at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard image of uniformed soldiers standing in a curving line, with handwritten text in the lower-left corner: "The Mess Line. Camp MacArthur. Waco, Texas." Rows of large tents are visible to the left of the line and mess hall. Handwritten text addressed to Miss Ethel Reser and postmarked 1918 says: "Are you taking good care of the dogs? How's your lazy dad? This is how your uncle gets his eats. Al"
Date: October 20, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bird's Eye View of Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard image of a bird's eye view of Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. To the right of the camp a line of horses with soldiers riding can be seen marching behind one automobile. To the left of the image the rows of soldiers' tents and other buildings that make up the camp. In the background the camp itself is surrounded by trees. Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Mr. Isac Hill of New York Mills, Minnesota.
Date: 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Beth Israel Synagogue in Houston, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of Beth Israel Synagogue in Houston, Texas, which is built in the Moorish style with stained glass windows and one circular carving of the Star of David above the synagogue entrance. Handwritten text on back addressed to Teague, Texas: "Hello Cliff, guess you heard we were married & living in Houston. Come to see us when you can, Arthur & Jewell 1119 Elysia Pl."
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.676729 -95.488151
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[You Are Wanted Postcard]

Description: Postcard of Camp MacArthur that includes the debossed words "You Are Wanted". Purple ribbon and pink floral motifs are visible through out the text on the front. A large house with trees in the background look to also be debossed on the front. Handwritten text on the back describes how a solider is liking Camp MacArthur and how they wish to see the receiver of the postcard.
Date: 1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Al Quinn to Members of Cameron Quarter Century Club, October 4, 1948]

Description: Letter from Al Quinn to members of the the Cameron Quarter Century Club discussing the poor quality of a reproduction of a previously sent photograph of the members of the organization. This new letter enclosed a new higher quality reproduction along with an enclosed list of names of who was in the photograph.
Date: October 4, 1948
Creator: Quinn, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Young Girl Holding Feather]

Description: Trade card of a young girl wearing a patterned dress while holding peacock feathers in her arms. In the image she is standing on a patterned rug with a large patterned curtain to the right. Text under the photo reads "Compliments of B. T. Killough, Dealer in Stoves and General House Furnishing Goods, Fancy Goods A Specialty"; the name is stricken in pen, with the name "Wm. Winston" added above.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Image
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Kageler Family Reunion]

Description: Photograph of the Kageler Family Reunion at the Cameron Park Clubhouse in Waco, Texas. The photo includes four rows of the family members with the smallest children in the front. Text on back includes the names of all the members in attendance.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Artillery Club House]

Description: Postcard image of the Artillery Club in Galveston, Texas. The white colored building is two stories with a wrap around porch and balcony. Palm trees and other greenery grow around the club house. A cannon is present in the yard. In the background to the right of the club house another house is visible. Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Lillian Jerry of Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Providence Hospital]

Description: Postcard image of Providence Hospital in El Paso, Texas. The image is taken from a street view where trees and shrubs are visible in front of the main entrance of the hospital. There is handwritten text on the back.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Helene Wunderlich]

Description: Photograph of Helene Wunderlich captured from the chest up. She is positioned in front of a dark color background and wearing dark color clothing that has light color lace detailing. Handwritten text on back reads "My mama's mother - Helen Wunderlick Born Feb. 5, 1852 in Oldenberg Gernany, Died Feb. 28, 1918 in Waco, Texas. Came to USA in 1883, Berried (sic) in Oakwood Cemetery".
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson, Claudia E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Unknown Woman With Finger Waves Hairstyle]

Description: Photograph of an unknown woman positioned from the waist up. She is pictured in a dark colored top with a light colored textured center, and a necklace on her person. Text below the photo identifies Stauts Studio in Waco, Texas, as the photographer.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stauts Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Lake within Sam Houston Park]

Description: Postcard image of a lake within Sam Houston Park in Houston, Texas. On the shoreline surrounding the lake visitors are visible sitting or walking around. Within the lake there is one statue of a woman and to the left in the background a wooden bridge connects a small island of land to the main area of the park. Handwritten text on back is addresses to Mister Johnnie Huffman of Dallas, Texas.
Date: July 18, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: None
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of a Young Boy and Young Girl]

Description: Photograph of an unknown pair of children, one boy and one girl. The boy is positioned standing up with the young girl sitting down. The girl is pictured wearing a light colored dress and hair bow while wearing dark colored stockings and shoes. The boy is pictured wearing an all dark colored outfit with a light colored dress shirt underneath his jacket. Embossed text on the front identifies Heilmann in Waco, Texas, as the photographer.
Date: unknown
Creator: Heilmann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Imperial Hotel-Bath House]

Description: Postcard image of the Imperial Hotel-Bath House in Marlin, Texas. Also noted are the Majestic Hotel-Bath House and Torbett Sanatorium. In the background is the Imperial Hotel. The Hot Wells Pavilion is located on a grassy area with flowers and trees around it. Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Mrs. M. P. Feris of Kennedale, Texas.
Date: 1929
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Austin Ave During WW I]

Description: Photograph of Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas. Handwritten text on back identifies this photograph as taken during WW I. The Goldstein-Migel Co. building is on the left, the Amicable Life Insurance Company (A.L.I.C.O.) building in the center, and streetcars are visible lining the street.
Date: 1914~/1918~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Carnegie Public Library]

Description: Postcard image of the Carnegie Public Library in Corsicana, Texas. In the image the large white colored library can be with rounded windows, decorative roof, and white columns on either side of the entrance. In front of the church a small boy is leaning with his bike up against a tree. Handwritten text on back is addressed to Miss Merle Cook.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Unknown Men Working in Factory]

Description: Photograph of unknown men working in a factory. In the center of the photo there is a long table with fabric stretched out on either side of the table with men working on the fabric. To the right of the photo there is hanging fabric pulled along the length of the factory. In the left of the factory there is a man dressed in a dark color suit holding a clipboard looking at rolls of fabric stacked on one another. Towards the back of the left of the photo another man dressed in a dark color suit i… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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