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[Portrait of a Man]

Daguerreotype portrait of a man wearing a suit and bow tie. The photograph is housed in a decorative leather case with a brass matte.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Wise Home]

Photograph of the home of Samuel Curtis Wise and Frances Josephine Carlisle Wise east of Venus, Texas, where Thelma Lee Wise was born.
Date: 1899-02~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Goates Family]

Photograph of a family outdoors on a blanket with horses in the background. Names written on the back of the photo include Grandpa and Grandma Goates, Etta, Janie, Vinie Wyatt, Perry Wyatt, Christina Wyatt, Garland Wyatt, Zexie Goates, Charlie Goates, Pearl Goates, Joe Goates, Beaulah Goates, Angie Kirksey, Ed Kirksey, Treece Kirksey, Virginia Kirksey, Willie Goates, Ova Goates, and David Goates. User feedback: "Here are the names as dictated to me by Elizabeth Kirksey Davis, about 1985. Back (L to R): Bob, Janey & husband Clem McLaughlin, A. J. Goates, Ellen Reddell Goates, Etta, A. C., Ford Middle (adults): Vina & husband Perry White (should be Wyatt), Zexie Nelson Goates & Charlie Goates, Angie Goates Kirksey & J. E. Kirksey, Mamie Rambo Goates & Willie Goates Middle (children): Christine White (Wyatt), Pearl Goates, Jack Goates, Joe Goates, Jack Kirksey, Elizabeth Kirksey, Alice Goates Front: Emmett & Garland White (Wyatt), Virginia, Treece, Clarence, & Jessie Kirksey, Iva, David, & Vernon Goates."
Date: unknown
Creator: Taylor Bros.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Charley Thompson]

Portrait of a baby in a chair wearing a long white gown. This collection of photographs of African Americans was purchased from an estate in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hurst & Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Mrs. B. C. Epperson]

Portrait of Mrs. B. C. Epperson wearing a dark dress.
Date: unknown
Creator: Caradine
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of John Todd Willis, Jr.]

Portrait of John Todd Willis, Jr. (1921-1995) as a little boy, wearing shorts and a shirt with a large collar and black bow. He was the son of John T. Willis, Sr. and Clara Evans Willis of Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Weatherred and McDaniel Law Offices]

Photograph of five men sitting in a Marcus W. Weatherred and McDaniel Law Offices.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Engelke Family and Home]

Photograph of the Engelke family standing in front of their home with some horses and wagons in the background. Beneath the photo, C. L. Hickson is named as the artist.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hickson, C. L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Camp MacArthur Drill Field]

Postcard of an aerial view of drill fields at Camp MacArthur with soldiers on them and the rest of the camp in the distance. A note on the front of the postcard says: "Section F Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas."
Date: October 11, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Camp MacArthur Mess Halls]

Postcard of a row of buildings next to a dirt road, with a single man marching and holding a rifle. A note on the front of the postcard says: "Section F Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard says: "Each one of these buildings you see is a mess hall. There is a string of tents in back of each one of these where a hundred and fifty-four men or a full squadron stay. We are in a line like this. There are sixty squadrons in this section I believe. The artillery camp is just to the north."
Date: 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Brazos River]

Postcard of a river, taken from a rocky hill nearby. A printed note under the photo describes it: "Brazos River, near Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas."
Date: October 11, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Camp MacArthur Hospital]

Postcard of an aerial view of buildings at Camp MacArthur. A note on the front of the postcard says: "Base Hospital, Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Army Y. M. C. A. at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of men standing and sitting in rows in front of a wooden building. A note below the photo says: "Army Y. M. C. A., Camp MacArthur. Waco, Texas."
Date: 1917
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Waco Public Library]

Photograph of the Waco Public Library, a Beaux Arts style structure with trees and a well-manicured lawn. The structure was located at 1717 Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas. It was the former home of William Waldo Cameron (1878-1939) and was designed by Roy E. Lane.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cemetery in Brenham]

Photograph of a cemetery near Brenham, Texas, with a grave in the foreground covered in flowers and several gravestones and trees in the background.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Winkelmann, Friedrich Christian, Sr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grave in a Brenham Cemetery]

Photograph of a cemetery near Brenham, Texas, with a grave in the foreground covered in flowers and several gravestones and trees in the background.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Winkelmann, Friedrich Christian, Sr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Champe Carter McCulloch House]

Photograph of the Champe Carter McCulloch house in Waco, Texas, with Mrs. Emma B. McCulloch (1843-1929), wife of Champe Carter McCulloch, sitting on the front porch. The original one story structure on the right was built by Dr. Josiah Hatcher Caldwell (1822-1896). This original one story structure was later sold to C. C. McCulloch. The Caldwell-McCulloch house is located at 407 Columbus Avenue in Waco, Texas, and presently is owned by Historic Waco Foundation.
Date: 1918
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church]

Postcard of Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South. According to a note on the photo, the church was erected in 1901-1902 and dismantled in 1935. The edifice was located at Austin Avenue and 12th Street in Waco and was designed by William A. Cann of St. Louis.
Date: [1902..1935]
Creator: Cann, William A.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History