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[Archie Tucker]

Photograph of Archie Tucker, Ada Wren's son. He is visible from the chest up and wears a dark suit and tie. The photo is cut into a narrow oval and mounted on a cream colored board which has the studio imprint at the bottom right reading, "Gentry / Dallas." The back of the card has many inscriptions reading, "F.D. Emery / Ada Waa's son / Archie Tucker Dallas / Granma Emery's (cousin Mug's) grandson."
Date: unknown
Creator: Gentry
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Cassie Brown]

Carte de visite photograph of Aunt Cassie Brown seated sideways in a wooden chair with one arm over the chair back. She wears a long sleeve dress with small checkers, buttons up the chest, a lace collar, and dark brooch. She looks to the side of the camera, and has her hair pulled back from her face, but hanging long over her shoulders and back. The card has a printed border about the image, and the back has the following inscription: "Aunt Cassie Brown / sister of of [illegible] / Brown (my mother) / who became Mrs. J W Emery / Aunt Cassie died / young. never married / DEA."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Dollie Stirman]

Photograph of Dollie Stirman from the chest up. She wears a high collared white blouse with stripes of decorative lace going down the front. She has two small bows at the collar, wears wire frames glasses, and has her hair pulled up. The oval photo is mounted on a dark green or black board with embossed lines framing the photo. Along the bottom of the photo, written in pen, is the inscription, "Aunt Dollie Stirman."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Dollie Stirman holding parasol in garden]

Photograph of Aunt Dollie Stirman seated in a wheelchair in the grass outside of a brick house. She wears a long white patterned dress and a white bonnet on her head. She holds a black parasol over her shoulder. A person hidden behind Dollie is partially visible with their arm sticking out and holding the outside edge of the parasol. There is a white boarder around the snapshot, and an inscription on the back reads, "Aunt Dollie Stirman / Grandmother Emery's sister."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Dollie Stirman laid to rest in Kaufman, Texas]

Photograph of three women and two men standing next to a mounded grave, which is covered in flowers and wreaths. They all look down at the grave, and wear dark clothing. The women wear hats while the men hold their hats at their sides. A fence and foliage is visible to the right and behind them. The snapshot has a white boarder and the image is hazy around the edges. An inscription on the back reads, "Aunt Dollie Stirman laid to rest / Kaufman Tex. / Mrs P[illegible] / Maggie Hale / Eva Stirman Smith / Uncle Rollin / Fred Stirman."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Lizzie Emery]

Photograph of Aunt Lizzie Emery viewed from the chest up. She wears a dark high-collared dress with puffed out sleeves and a small decorative pattern and embroidery around the collar. She wears a white bow made out of a thin fabric at her neck, with a brooch directly underneath of a star with a wreath around it. She look austere with her gaze slightly away from the camera, hair tied back, and round wire-framed glasses. The photo is mounted to an off white board, which has a studio imprint at the bottom reading, "Leffler / Fort Worth, Tex." An inscription on the back reads, "Mrs. J W Emery / Aunt Lizzie Emery."
Date: unknown
Creator: Leffler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Benjamin Franklin Cathey, Texas State Representative]

Photograph of Benjamin Franklin Cathey, Texas State Representative. He is shown from the waist up, body and head facing towards the right of the camera. He wears a dark suit, white shirt, and dark bowtie. The photograph is mounted inside of a decorative gray envelope with ornamentation around the window. Handwritten below the photo is the inscription, "State Repr. Ben Cathey." The folder has a full length flap that folds down over the image, and a smaller flap at the bottom that folds up and tucks into a slit on the larger flap.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cantata "The Prince of Peace"]

Photograph, mounted on board, of Cantata "Prince of Peace" group, including Annie Belle Emery Bright, on a stage in front of a pipe organ. The men wear tuxedos and women wear full-coverage white dresses. Behind the group is a banner reading "Prince of Peace." On the back of the mounting board is handwritten text reading "Cantata "The Prince of Peace" / Ninth St. Christian Church, Washington, D.C. / Organ on which I learned to play. (ABE) / Annie Belle Emery."
Date: 190X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cassie Brown with hair up]

Cabinet Card photograph of Aunt Cassie Brown seen from the chest up. She wears a dark blouse with a diagonal row of embroidery and diagonal decorative buttons making a V on her chest. She wears a key as a brooch. Bellow the image is the studio imprint reading, "Barron's Studio / Opera Block, Terrell, Texas." The back of the card has an inscription reading, "Aunt Carrie [sic] Brown / (Mrs. Harper Brown.)"
Date: unknown
Creator: Barron's Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cassie Hale in two oval photographs]

Two photographs on the same strip of paper, each in a separate oval, of cousin Cassie Hale. In both photos she wears a high collared white blouse with hair pinned up. In the left photo she is turned slightly to the left and does not wear a hat. In the photo on the right she faces the camera directly and wears a straw boater hat with a dark ribbon and feathers sticking up on one side of the brim. The photo is creased throughout, and the left edge is torn at a diagonal. An inscription on the back of the photo reads, "Cousin Cassie Hale / Rusk County."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cousin Ben Johnson]

Cabinet card photograph of cousin Ben Johnson. He is visible from the chest up, and wears a jacket over a white collard shirt with striped tie. He has short hair and a large moustache. An inscription on the back of the card reads, "Cousin Ben Johnson / Rusk Co. / Mrs. Neil Johnson Brown's brother."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Daughter of Ada Wren Tucker and husband]

Photograph of a woman and man wearing fine clothing. The woman is positioned behind the man with one hand resting over his shoulder, their heads in line with each other. She wears a large hat with a short embroidered veil atop her pinned up hair, and a white blouse with lace collar. The man wears a dark suit jacket with a flower on the lapel, a light vest, and patterned tie. The photo is mounted in a cream colored folder with an oval window. A piece of onion skin paper folds over the image from the left, and has an inscription at the top reading, "Daughter of Ada Wren Tucker." The left interior cover of the folder has a mirror transfer of the photograph, and the right folder flap has an inscription that reads: "[illegible] Tucker & husband."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Diptych of Carl and Cathinka Venth with seventeen pupils, left, and eight young women in formal dress with stringed instruments, right]

Two photographs mounted side by side on card stock. The image on the left shows Carl Venth, Cathinka Finch Myhr, Sheila Emery Allen, and sixteen other young female music students lined up in front of a house. Sheila Emery Allen and Cathinka Finch Myhr Venth are standing on either side of a large basket and are holding stuffed toy dogs. An inscription on the vero of the original frame read "Pupils at T. W. C., Mrs. Venth & Sheila Allen with dogs." The image on the right shows a group portrait of eight young women in formal dress posing with stringed instruments. An inscription on the verso of the original frame read "String Group, Acc. - Virfian England [Este], Sheila Allen." A handwritten inscription in pencil on the verso top left reads "Mrs. G. W. Parker, 2432 Colonial Park, Ft. Worth, Texas, 76160, 375-7149."
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen snapped one night in front of Will Rogers Auditorium]

Unaddressed and unposted Ansco photographic postcard of Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen at night. She is wearing a hat, gloves, and long coat. Sideways blue ink handwritten inscription on verso middle reads "Snapped, one night, in front of Will Rodgers [sic] Auditorium. Is awful. F. has been in Dallas 2 weeks. S. went over on Bus this morn. am expecting them back about 3 P.M. neighbor (Boyd) [illegible] [illegible] in living room. I'm trying to suppress a cough."
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eve Brown Houghton]

Carte de visite photograph of Eve Hougton from the chest up. She wears a dark blouse with puffed up shoulders, and a high collar. The collar and a section of the dress are made from a different darker fabric. She wears a brooch of a bouquet of five flowers, and a white ribbon under her collar which is tied in a bow at the side of her neck. Her head and gaze is turned slightly away from the camera, and her hair is pinned up. the back of the card has an inscription that reads, "Eve (Brown) Houghton / mother's sister."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eve Houghton, husband, and child]

Cabinet card photograph of Eve Brown Houghton, her husband, and son posed together in front of a backdrop with fence and foliage, and on top of a rug that is bunched up under the man's feet. Sybil stands at the left with one hand on the back of the chair her husband sits in, and the boy stands between them. They all wear dark clothes. At the bottom of the card is the studio imprint reading, "F. A. Montee, Artist." On the back is an inscription which reads, "Sybil Harmon / Helen Harmon does [illegible]."
Date: unknown
Creator: Montee, F. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five young women in a row, possibly the Wren sisters]

Photograph of five women on a diamond shaped photograph. The women are in a row stacked with one behind the other, their heads going from the bottom corner of the photo to the top. Each wears a ruffled, high collared dress, and has their hair pinned back with small curls around their faces. on the two bottom edges of the cream colored board the photograph is mounted to is the studio imprint reading, "Leffler / Fort Worth, Texas." On the back of the board is the inscription, "Possibly the Wren sisters."
Date: unknown
Creator: Leffler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five young women, possibly the Wren sisters]

Photograph of five young women grouped together. Each can only be seen from the chest up. All wear high necked ruffled dresses, and have their hair pinned up with small curls around their faces. The photograph is in a diamond shaped and mounted to a slightly larger white board. An inscription on the back reads, "Possibly the Wren sister."
Date: unknown
Creator: Leffler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Worth High School class photograph]

Photograph of the Fort Worth High School class taken on the steps of the brick and stone building. A few students are seated in the first two rows while the rest stand. The women wear long dresses or skirts with long sleeve blouses. The men wear dark suits with ties. Some students wear hats. The photo is mounted to an off-white board with gold printed designs framing the photo and the words "The D. H. Swartz View Co., Fort Worth, Texas." The board is mounted to another board that has paper strips with typewritten text reading: "Fort Worth High School taken by D H Swartz Co. . date c 1890s Third row from top , fourth from left, above and to left of girl with rose in hand is FRANCES DAISY EMERY. Her head is tilted to her right / Her sister Annie Bell (sic) Emery is third from bottom row and third from left. She is holding the hand of a close friend Lucy Nored( later Mrs Lucy Runnels Wright)." A hand written inscription on the back reads, "1890-1894-Hi Sc" and also lists Frances and Sheila Allen's address.
Date: 189X
Creator: D. H. Swartz View Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Worth University and students]

Photograph of the Fort Worth University building with the student body in front of it. Most people are standing or seated in an arc, while others stand on the windowsills or look out of windows. Everyone wears dark formal clothing, and men hold their hats. The photograph is mounted on a board which is mounted on another board. Strip of paper on board has printed text that reads : "Fort Worth University undated, probably 1890s." Inscription on back of board reads: "Frances and Sheila Allen / 2256 Fifth Avenue / Fort Worth, Texas 76110 / Tel. 924-4461 / June 1973."
Date: 189X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank Crew's home on Henderson]

Photograph of a two story craftsman style house, with a front porch that wraps around the left side of the house. In the shallow front yard, there is a wooden bench swing, and a low wire fence at the edge of the sidewalk. Trees stand in front of the house in the grassy area between the sidewalk and the street. The photo damaged in a few areas with scratches and loss to the image, and is missing the lower right corner. The photograph is mounted on an off-white board which is also heavily damaged with water stains and rips at the top left and bottom right corners. The back of the board has two sets of inscriptions. The blue ink inscription reads: "Crews (Frank) Ella- / on Henderson / [illegible] Ella was Horace Cherry's sis- / Frank Crews given by Tofosie Pufman." The inscription in pencil is a long list of words with numbers at the end. The back has tape corresponding to the rips in the board.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fred R. Stirman]

Cabinet card photograph of a young boy, standing next to a chair with a blanket with geometric designs draped over it. He leans towards the chair with one arm resting on the chair back and one foot crossed over the other. He stands in front of a backdrop showing part of a window or doorway. The studio imprint is on the bottom of the card and reads, "Peery's Studio, Kaufman, Texas." An inscription on the back reads, "Fred Stirman."
Date: unknown
Creator: Peery's Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freddie Houghton as an infant]

Carte de visite photograph of Freddie Houghton as an infant. He is seated on a fur covered chair and wears a gown with a lace collar and bib, and lace around the lower hem. He also wears dark boots and has light colored hair at the top of his head. On the back of the card is an inscription in pencil reading, "Fred Houghton," and the photographer's studio imprint which reads, "F. H. McMillen, portrait and landscape photographer / Duplicates of this photo can be secured at any time / Second floor, Evans block, Riverside, California."
Date: unknown
Creator: McMillen, F. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harper Brown]

Cabinet card photograph of Harper Brown visible from the chest up. He has his head turned to a three-quarters profile view, and wears a long moustache. He wears a three piece suit and tie with a jeweled pin in the tie knot. The card has decorative indentations on the edges, and the studio imprint at the bottom reading, "Barron, Terrell, Texas." An inscription above the imprint and another on the back reads, "Harper Brown.'
Date: unknown
Creator: Barron
System: The Portal to Texas History