Main Street, Irving, Texas, c. 1908. West side of Main St. between First St. (Irving Blvd.) and Second St.

West side of Main Street, Irving, Texas, shortly after the founding of the town in December 1903.

Jerry and Della Story. When the post office moved from the Kit community to the town of Irving in 1904, Jerry Story served as temporary postmaster.

Card made of cardstock with spaces to hold 35 small photographs. 22 photographs are still in place within the card, each a portrait. On the back of the card each space is labeled with the names of the individuals pictured. Among the names is the inscription, "Miss Anna / from Vinette / Merry Xmas."

A lady standing on a porch at the Howard home at 318 Iowa (now O’Connor Rd.), believed to be Irving's oldest existing house, built in 1904.

This photo, made in 1906, shows a side view of the William Smith home in the Union Bower community. The house was built in 1888.

North Texas State Normal College, Chemistry Class Lab, 1900. Individuals in lab aprons gathered around a table with equipment on it.

William Herschel Bruce, President of North Texas State Normal College, 1906-1923. Man in suit seated at a desk and writing.

North Texas State Normal College, Journal staff, 1908. Men and women standing and sitting around a table with papers and a typewriter on it.

Photograph of the Trinity River flood waters. In the photograph, a train is surrounded by water.

Agnes Sueppel Schulze and a friend sit in a buggy in front of the Schulze home on Hastings Street, Irving, Texas, c. 1904. Agnes Schulze was the wife of Irving's co-founder J. O. Schulze.

Train at the Irving Depot. Completed in 1903, the site of the Chicago Rock Island & Gulf railroad depot also served as the location of the 1903 lot sale that founded Irving.

The children of E. M. Story. Left to right are: Louis, Myrtle, Clarence, and Jane, 1909. The Story family were some of the first pioneers in northwest Dallas County. They came to the Irving area during the mid-nineteenth century.

Joel Sutton Kendall, President of North Texas State Normal College, 1901-1906. Man in suit.

North Texas State Normal College, senior class play, 1907 to 1908, "She Stoops to Conquer". Men and women in costumes

North Texas State Normal College, Kendall-Bruce Literary Society, 1903 - 1904. Men in suits standing and sitting

North Texas State Normal College, Kendall-Bruce Literary Society, 1906 - 1907. Men in suits seated and standing.

Photograph of seven young girlfriends of Longview, Texas. The friends are pictured at Annie Castleberry's home in Longview. They are all dipping their bare feet in a pond. From left to right, the friends pictured are: Etta Wilkins, Nannie Howard , Birdie Cole, Annie Castleberry, Berdale Weeks, Opal Holt, and Nannie Holland Weatherby. The photograph is mounted on grey cardboard.

Matted photograph of flood waters at the Katy [Railroad] crossing at Turtle Creek.

Photograph of flood Waters at Oak Lawn and Alamo, the site of Turtle Creek Pumping Station.

Matted photograph of flood Waters at Oak Lawn and Alamo, the site of the Turtle Creek Pumping Station.

Photograph of Trinity River flood waters from a train track near Alamo Street. Trees are visible in the background, behind the flooding.

Virginia Tucker Schulze on horseback at a ranch in Pyote, Texas. Virginia was the wife of C. P. Schulze, Sr. The Schulze family owned the Irving Lumber Company form it inception in 1903 until it closed during the 1980s. Back of photo reads: "My first ride to Brown's tank, August 1910."

Railroad survey crew with surveying instruments, c. 1902. Members of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Gulf survey crew, who worked a ten-mile stretch of track between Dallas and Fort Worth, pose in their camp with their surveying instruments.