[Roy Elmer Beck at Home]

Photograph of Roy Elmer Beck standing in front of his home in Waco, Texas. He is an elderly man clad in a short-sleeved shirt, a tie, and pants.
Date: July 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home of Clara and John T. Willis, Sr.]

Photograph of the home of Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. at 2025 Colcord Avenue taken in June of 1943. The photo shows the porch and sidewalk leading up to the porch.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Clara Willis]

Photograph of Clara Evans Willis in August 1944. She is sitting down on the steps of her house. She wears a button up dress and pearls.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clara Willis in Clinton, Missouri]

Photograph of Clara Evans Willis standing in front of a house in Clinton, Missouri. A car is parked on the far left side of the photo.
Date: July 25, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. He sits down on the sidewalk, leaning against a fence which has been strung up with the fish he has caught. He holds a wooden fishing pole in front of him.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John Todd Willis, Jr. at Fort Dix]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. standing in the snow at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in his army uniform. Trees and houses are visible behind him.
Date: [1942-12..1943-01]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. He is visible from the chest up, with his arms crossed in front of him. He grins at the camera, and his hair is slicked back. He wears a suit and tie.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John, Todd, and Clara E. Willis]

Photograph of Todd Willis and his parents. He stands between them, with John T. Willis, Sr. to the left, and Clara E. Willis to the right. Todd Willis has a hand on the back of his parents' necks. Clara Evans Willis has a purse over her arm and a handkerchief in her hand. They stand in front of a large bush.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John and Todd Willis]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr., left, and John T. Willis, Sr., right. They stand in front of their home at 2025 Colcord Avenue in Waco, Texas. Both men wear slacks, a belt, and a button-up shirt.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Todd Willis and Friend]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr., left, and a friend, possibly Bill Clark, sitting at a table in a garden. Steps lead off somewhere to the left, and trees grow in the background.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Hester Mae Beck]

Photograph of Hester Mae Beck, smiling. She wears pearls and a white sweater.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hester Beck at Her College Graduation]

Photograph of Hester Mae Beck in her cap and robe at her college graduation at Baylor University in 1945. She is holding her diploma in front of her, and smiles at the camera.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hester Beck Outside Theater]

Photograph of Hester Beck outside what appears to be a movie theater. She holds something in her hands, and smiles at the camera.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographs of Hester Beck]

Photographs of Hester Beck pasted to a strip of black construction paper. In the photographs on the side labeled with her name, she is wearing a white collared shirt and a bow in her hair. On the other side, she wears a black shirt and necklace.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Frances Johnson McLean]

Photograph of Frances Johnson McLean (1864-1948) posing for a portrait in a hat and a lace collar. She looks to the right of the photographer.
Date: 1946
Creator: Royce Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Loose Page Covering A. J. Moore High School]

Scrapbook page of 7 different photos of A. J. Moore High School in Waco, Texas. These photos cover different groups of students in different activities in the school.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the 339th Army Air Force Band]

Photograph of the 339th Army Air Force Band. The band is from Blackland Field Army Flying School in Waco, Texas. The young men are lined up with their instruments in hand and in uniform.
Date: December 24, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of One Woman and One Man on a Street]

Photograph of a man and woman walking down Houston Street in San Antonio arm in arm. The man is wearing a dark suit with a light color hat and pocket square. The woman is wearing dark color heels, and a dark color dress that has a light color lace neckline. She is also wearing a dark color hat and holding her handbag in her arm. The South Texas National Bank is in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Junior High School Football Team Poses with Coach]

Photograph of the West Junior Yellowjackets of 1943, a junior high school football team in Waco. Their coach, B. A. Loudermilk, poses on the far left in front of the farthest row of boys. The majority of the boys are dressed in numbered uniforms, though the three boys in the front row wear regular, casual attire.
Date: 1943
Creator: Hubbard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from M. M. Schiller to Miss Mattie Bele - January 11, 1947]

Postcard from an Mitha[?] M. Schiller to Miss Mattie Bele of Fayetteville, Arkansas, thanking the correspondent for a map card and addressing recent icy weather and pictures the writer had taken. The front of the post card depicts a cotton compress factory in Taylor, Texas.
Date: January 11, 1947
Creator: Schiller, Mitha M.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Eating, Waco Field]

Photograph of soldiers eating together in a common room at Waco Air Field in 1944. They eat out of boxes and appear to be conversing together. Several are sitting, and others stand, huddling around each other.
Date: March 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Front of the Alamo]

Photograph of three soldiers posing for a picture in front of the Alamo. They smile and face forward, the front stone facade of the Alamo slightly out of focus behind them.
Date: July 16, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[54th Day Room]

Photograph of airmen in the Waco Army Air Field relaxing on the grass near several buildings. Most lay on towels together, wearing trousers. A note is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 3, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Family with Military Father]

Photograph of a family of three with a young child. At left is the mother in a black shirt, and at right is the father in an uniform with a garrison cap. Their son, wearing overalls, sits in the middle, looking at the camera and smiling.
Date: 1944-XX-30
Creator: Stauts, J. C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History