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[Robert Evans, Sr. at Camp Bowie]

Photograph of Robert Warren Evans, Sr., standing at Camp Bowie in his military uniform. He is holding a rifle upright in front his body. Behind him is a row of pitched army tents and a fellow soldiers.
Date: December 2, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 2, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 2, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on December 2, 1943. He says no one is getting any mail from the U.S. at his camp, but their new mess hall is almost built, and he's glad they are showing movies closer by and more often.
Date: December 2, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Lucille Dabney]

Photograph of Lucille Dabney (1891-1948) posing for a portrait at age five. She wears a light-colored dress over dark stockings and sits perched on a rock next to an urn full of flowers. She carries a basket of flowers in her left hand and a single flower in her right. The back of the photograph reads "Lucille Dabney- for Ruth."
Date: December 2, 1897
Creator: Sanders
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Young Woman]

Photograph of Mrs. W. M. Himick posing for a portrait in a high-collared, dark-colored dress. The photograph is framed by an illustration of a potted plant and several books.
Date: December 2, 1901
Creator: Petersen, Conrad
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Methodist Church Historic Site Marker]

Photograph of a marker mounted on a wall inside the narthex of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church of Waco. The marker is rectangular with a rounded top and has a dark blue textured background with a raised metallic border and design. At the center, a minister on horseback is riding within a globe; the illustration has the text "United Methodist" above and "Historic Site No. 390" below. The Historic Site marker was awarded by the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church.
Date: December 2, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior Window of Austin Avenue Methodist Church]

Photograph of a tall, narrow stained glass window taken inside the tower of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church of Waco. The design is a series of rectangles in a marbled orange color, surrounded by thin panes in marbled green and orange that form a border around the entire window and also create a shape at the top like a pointed arch ending in a trefoil. The window is inset within a heavy, dark wooden frame and dates from 1925.
Date: December 2, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Methodist Church Chimes Dedication Plaque]

Photograph of a rectangular bronze plaque with a raised border and text, mounted on a wall inside the tower of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church of Waco. It says: "In order to further the worship of God through the ministry of music, and to commemorate the place that the music of Austin Avenue Methodist Church held in their hearts, the chimes in the tower of this church are affectionately dedicated to the memory of: Mr & Mrs. George W. Royalty by Mr. & Mrs. H. R. Edwards and George Royalty Edwards, A. D. 1940."
Date: December 2, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 2, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 2, 1918]

Letter to Emma Riecke discussing the issues with discharge. Hector explains that there are issues with the possibility of his discharge and that he must send an application by the net day. He discusses trying qualification writing to get away from his other work. In the postscript Hector asks Emma to have his mother attend to a local board issue.
Date: December 2, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History