Old Timers Celebrate Fritz's Birthday

The caption reads: Old Timers Celebrate Fritz's Birthday. These 14 old timers of Denton were photographed at a party celebrating Dr. E. W. Fritz's 84th birthday. They are, back row, left to right, Noah Batis, farmer; Mrs. J. W. Underwood; Mrs. F. E. Piner, wife of an early judge; Mrs. Ida Williams, whose husband was an early photographer; Mrrs. A. J. Kittrell, wife of an early cattleman; Mrs. J. S. Chapman, wife of a mining operator; Mrs. T. A. Robinson, wife of a cotton buyer, and Mrs. Cora Elliott, dressmaker. Front row, left to right, J. W. Shaw, a photographer, Dr. Fritz; Charles Wilkins, ranchmans; J. C. Parr, farmer, Mrs. C. C. Bell, and C. C. Bell, a farmer. (photo courtesy of Sam Fritz)
Date: May 23, 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ada Francis Brake on tricycle]

Photograph of Ada Francis Brake, wearing a dress and bonnet, sitting in a tricycle. The front wheel of a vehicle is visible beside the child. A house with a porch is visible in the background. The names Ada Francis Break [sic], Miss Hallis and Aunt Retta are written on the reverse of the photograph. Based upon the names written on the back and the mountains in the background, we presume that the child is Ada Francis Brake who was born March 21, 1929 in El Paso, Texas to Eldon Nix Brake and Lucille Davis. They lived at 2506 Copper Ave. in El Paso, which was near the base of the Franklin Mountains which can be seen in the far left of the photograph.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Richard Wesley Prater]

Photograph of Richard Wesley Prater as an old man with a white beard, standing in a doorway holding a broom on the porch of his home in Garden Valley, Texas. He appears to have been sweeping off the inside of a screened in porch, directing the dust outside and is smiling at the person who is taking the photo. The shades are partially pulled down and a bare light bulb can be seen hanging to the left of him. Richard Prater was born on September 20, 1848, in Texas and died on October 2, 1936, in Garden Valley, Texas.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History