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[Anderson Memorial Church on Carlisle Street Dallas]

Photograph of Anderson Memorial Church, also known as "El Divine Salvador," on Carlisle Street in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Annex Under Construction #1]

Photograph of a group of people standing in front of a church under construction. Behind the group there is a half-built brick wall on which some of the children are standing on. Stacks of large concrete bricks surround the people, mostly in the foreground. The men are dressed in suits and the women are wearing sunday dresses. Handwriting is visible on the back of the photograph; it reads "The Annex under construction" and "Del Rio Annex".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Annex Under Construction #2]

Photograph of a group of people standing in front of a church under construction. Behind the group there is a half-built brick wall on which some of the children are standing on. Stacks of large concrete bricks surround the people, mostly in the foreground. The men are dressed in suits and the women are wearing sunday dresses. Handwriting is visible on the back of the photograph; it reads "Del Rio- annex in construction".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Mexican Presbyterian Church]

Photograph of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. The note on the back identifies the building and dates the photograph to May 1941. The church is a two-story building with stone around the bottom. There are power lines in front.
Date: May 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Auxiliary Group in Front of Church]

Photograph of a group of women standing in front of their church. The women, who are all older, are looking at the camera. They are all wearing long coats and dresses or skirts. Some of the women are holding purses or books. Behind the group, the front door of the light colored church is open, and more people are visible mingling around the entrance. There is a young boy in the foreground running toward the group of women. There is handwriting in both pen and pencil on the back of the photograph that reads, "Lovado en Feb. 1938 Magnolia Auxiliary". There is also stamp that reads, "522".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Back View of a Row of Several Seated Women]

Photograph of the backs of nine women sitting in a grassy clearing. On the left-hand side of the image, there are four women sitting on a long bench, and on the right there are five more seated on a platform on the ground. The women are facing three men, who are standing, and a woman who is sitting behind a large trunk. More people are sitting to the side and watching. The background is made up of trees, shrubs, and woodland. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Marcos 1950".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barren Courtyard of a One-Story Building]

Photograph of a barren courtyard at the back of a one-story building. There is a sidewalk that circumscribes the area, and at the center there is a small fountain. There are two men wearing suits and sitting in fold-up chairs in the background of the image on the long, covered porch of the building. There is a tall palm tree trunk in the foreground of the image. A faded handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Mc Millan Hall Pres Mex".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bay City Mexican Presbyterian Church and some members]

Photograph of some of the members of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Bay City, Texas. There are men, women, and children in the picture. They are posing in front of the entrance to the church. The church is a brick building with a covered front porch, and the sign above the entrance says "Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana." There is a fence in front of the church. According to the information on the back of the photograph, it was taken on December 27, 1937.
Date: December 27, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beeville Mexican Presbyterian Church]

Photograph of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Beeville, Texas. The church is a large wooden building with a tower in front, and there is a fence around it. The building is identified on the back of the photograph and the date is 1953.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beeville Mexican Presbyterian Church]

Photograph of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Beeville, Texas in 1953. The church is a large wooden building with a tower on the front. There is a fence around the church.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beeville Mexican Presbyterian Church]

Photograph of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Beeville, Texas. The church is a white wooden building with a fence around it. The entrance at the front is built to look like a tower. There is a shed at the back of the building to the left and another building behind it. According to the information on the back, this photograph was taken in 1953.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bible School of Beeville]

Photograph of the children attending bible school in Beeville, Texas. Written above the picture is "B. School of Beeville - 3 Weeks." Below the picture is written "some of the boys and girls." There are about forty-seven children in the photograph and three adults. The children are of varying ages, with the youngest in the front. They are posing in front of an unidentified building, maybe the church.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Getting Thrown into Water]

Photograph of a boy getting thrown into water by other boys. There is a large gathering of people in the background watching. There is a sign in the upper portion of the image that says "'B' Hall Duckin'."
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: Foster, William Hague
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Playing a Drum]

Photograph of a child playing a drum attached to his shoulders. He is standing out-of-doors in a grassy area, in front of trees and bushes. An inscription on the back of the photograph reads "Carlos leads the march at Kindergarten."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Walking Under a Grape Arbor]

Photograph of two boys walking under a large grape arbor. The boys are in the background walking on a sidewalk toward the camera. The arbor is made of natural logs assembled in a criss-cross pattern. Grapevines are visible on the outside of the arbor. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "Mo- Ranch. Mo-7 Grape-arbor walk Boys coming from class."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brick Manse with a Hispanic Family on the Porch]

Photograph of a brick manse with a young Mexican family standing on the porch. The front of the building is one long brick wall with a corner at the entrance. The primary wall has three tall windows and a screened door; two of the windows are coupled together. The wall coming out of the corner has two more shorter windows and another screened door. There is a simple wooden deck with no railing that runs along both walls. Stairs leading up to the deck connect to a sidewalk. The front yard is made up of sparse and patchy grass and a few trees and shrubs. The young Mexican family is standing in a group on the deck in front of the two doors. The family consists of a couple and their six young children. Handwriting on the back of the image reads, "Laredo - manse familia Olivares 8-51".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Building in Front of the Del Rio Annex]

Photograph of five men building alongside the road in front of the Del Rio Annex. The men are wearing jeans and button down shirts. One man is bent over working on a wagon wheel, while another man watches him with his hands on his hips. There are wooden planks along the road and leading up to the annex. Trees and a house surround the annex on both sides. Visible handwriting on the back of the photograph reads "Del Rio".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bus Parallel Parked in Front of a Church]

Photograph of a bus parallel parked on a dirt road in front of a small wood-slatted church. The bus, which has curtains on the inside of the windows, has large lettering on the side that reads, "Missouri Pacific Trailways", "A Service Institution", and "National Trailways Bus System". The church, which is in the background behind the bus, spans the entire image. It has a tall belfry that is cut off at the top of the image. A covered parking area is visible on the far left-hand side of the image. There are several power lines and poles also visible in the background. There is a handwritten note on the back of the image that reads, "Taft, [Taken at convention, 3-23-1947?]".
Date: March 29, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car Parked in Front of a Church]

Photograph of a car parked on the street in front of an old church. The street extends from the foreground to the left-hand side of the background. Parallel to the street, there is a wood-slatted church which is closest to the foreground, a small manse, and a large brick church in the background. The manse and the wooden church is separated by clumps of trees, bushes, and shrubs. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Benito 1952 old and new churches, manse in between".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car Parked in Front of a House]

Photograph of a car parallel parked on the street in front of a Presbyterian manse. There is a large tree situated in between the manse and the car. The manse is elevated from the ground on short stilts. There is a front door and a small porch leading up to it, as well as two front windows behind the tree and two visible at the side of the manse. More houses are visible behind the manse on the left-hand side of the image. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "New Braunfels, manse".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car Parked in Front of the Side of a Building]

Photograph of a car parked on the grass in front of the side of a house. There is a man sitting in the driver's seat of the car. The house is one-story and has a small, covered porch at the front on the left-hand side of the image. There is a road in front of the house, and more buildings are visible in the background. There is a decorative border around the image, and a handwritten note in Spanish on the back that translates to read, "Foglor Parsonage, about 1947 or -8".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car Parked in Front of Two Church Buildings]

Photograph of a car parallel parked in front of two church buildings. Both of the buildings are light-colored brick, have covered porches, and have a line of windows at the side. There is a sidewalk in front of the buildings as well as several shaped bushes and shrubs. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "Waco - Manse at night Entrance to annex at left".
Date: October 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car Parked on a Dirt Road in Front of Two Small Houses]

Photograph of a car parked on a winding dirt road in front of two small houses. The first house is on the far left, and the second is in the middle in the background. Both of the house are made of wood and have large open porches with sloping roofs. The car is parked in between the two houses and in front of the second house. There is a child standing with her arms up behind the house in the background. On the right in the foreground, part of another house is visible. Trees and shrubs surround the buildings. Writing on the back of the photograph reads, "Lockhart - showing limited space around ch."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars and People Gathered Around the Front of a Church]

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered around the entrance of a small brick church. The building has an ornately-shaped roof, two windows, and a dark, open double entrance at the front. There are several cars parked around the building. A sign that translates to read "Presbyterian Church" stands in the front. A neighborhood is visible in the background. There are power lines spanning the entire image in several different directions. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "San Marcos".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History