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The 1911 Majestic Theater in Fort Worth

Photograph of Commerce Street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Majestic Theater is in the center of the frame with many signs and posters on it. Some read, "The St. Louis Limited. Road Through The Ozarks. Frisco Lines" Another poster reads, "Majestic, Venus, Alpha Sextette". This is Fort Worth's second Majestic Theater, built in 1911. Next to the theater is a building with awnings and a sign that reads, "Fisk Tires, Gasoline". Telephone poles and wires and horse-drawn buggies line the road.
Date: 1911?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
1918 classified directory : containing the names, addresses and phone numbers of representative manufacturing, business and professional interests of Fort Worth and vicinity. (open access)
Brief history of Fort Worth Methodism (open access)

Brief history of Fort Worth Methodism

A short history of the Methodists in Fort Worth.
Date: 1917
Creator: Williams, W. Erskine
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Construction of the W.T. Waggoner Home in Ft. Worth, Texas, 1912

Photograph of several construction workers building the W.T. Waggoner home in Ft. Worth, Texas. The bottom of the house has many wooden beams with brick pillars, and on top of that are twenty construction workers dressed in coveralls or suspenders, all with hats. In the foreground are stacks of bricks and wooden beams. In the bottom left-hand corner is written, "Waggoner, Res. Aug. 28th, 1912."
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Station No. 10]

Photograph of the new Fire Station No. 10 in Fort Worth, Texas. The firemen pose in front of the building with their horses and carriage. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: 1910
Creator: Hinsdale and Bryant
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Station No. 13]

Photograph of Fire Station No. 13 at 1625 E. Hattie in Fort Worth Texas. Steel for this building wad provided by Southwest Mechanical Company. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: 1919~
Creator: Hinsdale & Bryant
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth and the billion dollar circle (open access)

Fort Worth and the billion dollar circle

Promotional brochure for Fort Worth and the surrounding area. Includes statistical tables.
Date: 1919~
Creator: Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Worth High School Baseball Players, 1912

Photograph of the Ft. Worth High School Baseball Team in 1912. Four players are seated in the front row, three are kneeling in the center and five are standing in the back row. They are wearing baseball uniforms including tube socks, belts and baseball caps. On the uniform are the letters, "FWH". In the background is a field and a wooden fence. The men are numbered and the bottom of the mat reads, "1. Walton OF, Coleman 3B.P. Capt., 3. Vaughn 1B, 4. Sharpe, 5. Eagle P., 6. McKee 2B., 7. Vogle A, 8. Land OF, 9. Paddock SS, 10. Garth SUP, 11. Hanger OFC, 12. Clements Of. Mgr. Won Lost".
Date: 1912
Creator: Cone, D.A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Worth High School Champion Football Players, 1912

Photograph of the 1912 Fort Worth High School Champion Football team. There are fifteen young men total, one lying in the front row with a football, six sitting cross-legged in the second row, four kneeling in the third row and four standing in the back. They are wearing turtlenecks, football pants, tube socks and athletic shoes. In the background are trees and houses. Written on the boys are numbers that correspond to the writing on the bottom of that mat. It reads, "1. Coleman R.H., 2. Vaughn R.T.Capt., 3. Sharp R.B., 4. Nash L.H., 5. Garth A.E., 6. Thorne R.T., 7. Stewart G.R.T., 8. Watson L.E. Mgr., 9. Joplin Sub., 10. Massey Sub., 11. Carruthers R.G., 12. Eagle C., 13. Martin L.B., 14. Smith sub. 15. Thompson Mas."
Date: 1912
Creator: The Hinsdale Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grand Champions of National Feeders and Breeders Show, 1916

Photograph of the Grand Champions of National Feeders and Breeders Show. In the foreground are cattle standing on hay with a brick floor. Sitting behind them are seven men in dark suits with vests, boots, watch chains and cowboy hats. There is a large banner behind them that reads, "Nat. Feeders & Breeders Show 1916, Famous "6666", GRAND CHAMPIONS. Raised by S.B. Burnett, Fed by Sid Williams. Bought by Swift & Company. 12 cts. Highest Price Cattle U.S. 1916." Behind the banner are the Ft. Worth Stockyards and the Swift & Co. building with a smokestack.
Date: 1916
Creator: Bryant Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Second Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Second Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements. Indexes to the journal and advertisements are on page 98.
Date: November 1911
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J.E. Simmons to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris] (open access)

[Letter from J.E. Simmons to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris]

Letter from J.E. Simmons to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The letter was sent on December 12, 1914.
Date: December 12, 1914
Creator: Simmons, J. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jessie N. to Lela Smith, August 2 1913] (open access)

[Letter from Jessie N. to Lela Smith, August 2 1913]

Letter from Jessie N. to Miss Lela Smith of Granbury, Texas. The letter is dated August 2, 1913.
Date: August 2, 1913
Creator: N, Jessie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jessie N. to Lela Smith, November 8 1913] (open access)

[Letter from Jessie N. to Lela Smith, November 8 1913]

Letter from Jessie N. to Miss Lela Smith of Granbury, Texas. The letter is dated November 8, 1913.
Date: November 8, 1913
Creator: Jessie, N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. Blaylock to Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris] (open access)

[Letter from L. Blaylock to Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris]

Letter from L. Blaylock to Reverend Isaac Zachary Taylor.
Date: October 31, 1914
Creator: Blaylock, L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W.J. Johnson to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris] (open access)

[Letter from W.J. Johnson to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris]

Letter from W.J. Johnson to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The letter was written October 30, 1914.
Date: October 30, 1914
Creator: Johnson, W.J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Makers of Fort Worth (open access)

Makers of Fort Worth

Each leaf contains a biographical note with photographic portrait and a caricature by Heppner Blackman, first cartoonist of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, or W.K. Patrick, cartoonist of the Fort Worth Record.
Date: 1914
Creator: Newspaper Artists' Association, Forth Worth.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Main Street, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1914

Photograph of North Main Street in Ft. Worth. The road is dirt with trolley tracks leading to trolleys in the center background. Lining the road are electricity and telephone poles and wires. Behind those are buildings and trees. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "North Main St. from foot of Padlock Viaduct Looking North."
Date: 1914
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officers and teachers of the Osceola Methodist Episcopal Church in 1912]

Photograph of the officers and teachers of the Osceola Methodist Episcopal Church in 1912. There are eight women and four men in the photograph.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Osceola Methodist Episcopal Church Congregation in 1912]

Photograph of the congregation of Osceola Methodist Episcopal Church in the summer of 1912. The group is shown standing in front the four-columned church. The children are shown in the front of the group and the adults are behind the children. There are stained-glass windows on the left and right.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photographs of Fort Worth. (open access)

Photographs of Fort Worth.

A book with photographs of early Fort Worth.
Date: 1917
Creator: Swartz, D. H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir of Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas (open access)

Souvenir of Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas

A souvenir booklet about Camp Bowie.
Date: 1918~
Creator: Camp Bowie (Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, farmers, stockmen and dairymen's directory : containing the names and addresses and amount assessed to each : acreage of farms and capacity of dairies. Parcel post rates and zones, also a complete copy Federal Farm Loan Act, suggestions, questions and answers regarding same (open access)

Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas, farmers, stockmen and dairymen's directory : containing the names and addresses and amount assessed to each : acreage of farms and capacity of dairies. Parcel post rates and zones, also a complete copy Federal Farm Loan Act, suggestions, questions and answers regarding same

The Farmers, Stockmen and Dairymen's Directory for Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Contains the names and addresses and amount assessed to each : acreage of farms and capacity of dairies. Parcel post rates and zones, also a complete copy Federal Farm Loan Act, suggestions, questions and answers regarding same.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegraph from A.L. Moore to Isabella Waters Morris] (open access)

[Telegraph from A.L. Moore to Isabella Waters Morris]

Telegraph from A.L. Moore to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The telegraph was sent on December 11, 1914.
Date: December 11, 1914
Creator: Moore, A.L.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History