Resource Type

[Portrait of Police Chief Hill]

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief John Thomas Hill, visible from the chest up. He has a mustache and goatee, medium-length dark hair parted in the middle, and is wearing a dark jacket with a star-shaped badge pinned on his chest.
Date: [1881..1886]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Chief John J. Clinton]

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief John J. Clinton. He has a horseshoe-shaped mustache and is wearing a button-down coat and a hat with a patch on the front. He is sitting down with his right arm by his side and his left arm resting on a chair and two people wearing button-down coats are partially visible behind him.
Date: [1888..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Horse-Drawn Cabin]

Photograph of a small log cabin constructed on a wagon base and pulled by a team of horses near Shelby, Texas. Several individuals and a dog sit on the cabin’s front porch. The identity of three are known. Oscar Fisseler is standing next to the wagon on the right side of the photo (the first adult man on the left, wearing the light colored hat). Oscar's wife Emma Albert Fisseler is seated on the wagon (far right, wearing the light colored dress). And their daughter Caroline “Lena” Fisseler is standing on the wagon next to the man and dog. On the reverse of the photo is written, "Scene at Shelby May Fest 1889 or 1890."
Date: [1889..1890]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Class in Walhalla]

Photograph of children posed for a class picture in front of the small school house. One of the girls in the front row holds a chalkboard. A handwritten note on the back of the photo indicates the locations for Walter and Alwin Schuhmann.
Date: [1897..1898]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Fire Department with People Standing in Front]

Photograph of the Abilene Fire Department with the people of the fire department standing in front. The men are wearing variations of uniforms and the women are wearing long-sleeve, floor-length dresses.
Date: [1909..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Abilene Fire Department]

Photograph of the front street view of the Abilene Fire Department with horses attached to carts standing in front; firefighters are sitting on and standing next to the carts.
Date: [1909..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Picnic]

Photograph of a man and several women and children enjoying a picnic lunch held on a blanket beneath a large tree. They are identified as L-R: Willard Schuhmann, Walter Schuhmann, Elsie Voelkel Schuhmann, unknown person in bowtie, baby Earle Schuhmann, Idie Voelkel, and the rest unknown. Taken in 1910.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Rowena Street]

Photograph taken from Rowena Street in downtown Rowena, Texas. Horse-drawn wagons can be seen parked on both sides of the street, and many citizens are shown entering the various stores.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Women in Horse-Drawn Buggy]

Photograph of three women seated beneath the umbrella of a horse-drawn buggy in the prairie. A fence is perhaps visible in the background.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Rowena in Snow]

Photograph taken from a field beside a church of a street in Rowena, Texas, under a bed of snowfall on Christmas 1910.
Date: December 25, 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Rowena Brass Band]

Photograph of the 1912 Rowena Brass Band, comprised of 12 members, posed in two rows with their instruments in front of the bank in Rowena, Texas. Standing, back row left to right: William H. Ruppoert, Joe Pavlicek, Charlie Beach, Arthur Ruppert, Ed Cervenka, Henry H. Ernst; Seated, front row left to right: Mike Feist, John Schuhmann, Alfred Ruppert, Hubert Cervenka, Joseph Zak, Anton Pustka.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Betty L. Towsen-Haley in Rocking-Chair]

Photograph of Abilene Fire Department's Betty L. Towsen-Haley sitting in a rocking chair and wearing a long-sleeve, floor-length dress with an updo hairstyle; she is looking down at a small stack of papers she is holding in her left hand and holding a pair of glasses in her right hand.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Fire Department, Groene]

Photograph of the men of the Abilene Fire Department. The men are wearing variations of uniforms and appear to be a range of different ages. Half of the men are standing in a row and the other half are seated in a row in front.
Date: February 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Chief Robert E. Burch]

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief Robert E. Burch; he has a mustache and short hair and is wearing a suit with a star-shaped badge pinned to the lapel.
Date: [1922..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Chief J. T. Dodson]

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief J. T. Dodson; he is wearing a dark-colored suit with a bow tie and has short hair that is parted on the side.
Date: [1927..1930]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Officer]

Photograph of an Abilene Police Officer is photographed in a full-length, front-facing pose standing with his hands by his sides; he is wearing a police uniform and other police officers are partially visible next to and behind him.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Chief William R. Sibley Riding a Horse]

Photograph of William R. Sibley riding a dark-colored horse and wearing a black police uniform with a star-shaped badge pinned on the left side of his chest.
Date: [1930..1937]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Zoar Evangelical Church Congregation]

Photograph of the congregation of the Zoar German Evangelical Church posed on the front steps of the unfinished building in Rowena, Texas.
Date: 1930~
Creator: Williams Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Zoar Evangelical Church Congregation]

Photograph of the congregation of the Zoar Evangelical Church posed on the front steps of the unfinished building in Rowena, Texas.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Fire Department Fire Truck]

Photograph of the left side view of a fire truck that has "Abilene Fire Dept." printed on the hood and equipment stored in various parts of the vehicle.
Date: May 26, 1934
Creator: T. S. Higginbotham Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Chief T. A. Hackney with Two Dogs]

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief T. A. Hackney posing with two black dogs; he is kneeling behind the dogs and wearing an all black uniform with a hat that has a badge on the front.
Date: [1937..1943]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Chief Bernice Lee "Hattie" Buster]

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief Bernice Lee "Hattie" Buster; she is wearing a dress and glasses and appears to be lighting a candle on a cake that is partially visible. The cake is sitting in a box and has flowers and a large decorative police badge on it.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Chief Robert "Bob" L. Buster]

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief Robert "Bob" L. Buster; he is wearing a suit with a striped tie, a light-colored hat with a black band around it, and glasses.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officer F. M. Pruitt on a Motorcycle]

Photograph of Officer F. M. Pruitt sitting astride a motorcycle. He is wearing a police officer uniform consisting of a light-colored a long-sleeve shirt, pants, hat, black boots, belt, and a bow tie. A flight of stairs are visible behind him.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History