Home of Dr. Pepper

Photograph of the front entrance to the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas, taken from the parking lot across the street.
Date: May 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Home of Dr. Pepper

Photograph of the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas. Two windows and a door are housed in arches in the front facade of the building. The words "Home of Dr. Pepper" have been carved above the door.
Date: May 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco

Photograph of the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas. It is a red and tan building, and there is a red van stopped in front of it.
Date: May 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Albert Peyton George and two unidentified men wearing dark suits]

Studio photograph of Albert Peyton George and two unidentified men. Albert, who is standing in the center of the photograph, is wearing a dark three piece suit, white shirt, and dark tie. He is resting his left elbow on a brick structure to his left. Man on left is seated on a cement column and he has an umbrella (closed with tip on ground) in his right hand. Man on right is seated on a wooden bench. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate. Text below the image reads: "Deane. Waco, Texas". Text on back of photograph reads: "Deane. Waco, Texas."
Date: [1892..1895]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mamie E. Davis]

Photograph of Mamie E. Davis. Davis is wearing a white puffed sleeve blouse with a large rounded lace collar. Her dark hair is pulled up into a bun near the crown of her head. She is wearing diamond ear drop earrings. The portrait ends at the waist. Davis is facing the right. The photograph is mounted on a gray cardboard matte. Written on back of photograph in pencil: "Mamie Davis George at Baylor College". Image dimensions are: "14.1 cm x 9.7 cm. Similar to 2000.015.004 with the exception of hair style.
Date: [1891..1895]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Genie Blackshear]

Portrait of Genie Blackshear, visible from the chest up. She is wearing a blouse or dress with a high collar and decorative embroidery. Text on back of photo says: Cousin Genie Blackshear - New York.
Date: unknown
Creator: W.D. Jackson Photographic Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Craig Morris and Alf Morris Jr. at Waco, Texas]

(back of photo) Alf (right) Fall 1956 at Waco, Texas. The other (left) is Craig (M.D.) his brother. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Debris on street from Waco Tornado]

Photo of debris in street from the Waco tornado, 1953. Austin, Texas.
Date: May 12, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Collapsed building from Waco Tornado]

Photo of a collapsed building resulting from the Waco tornado of 1953. Austin, Texas.
Date: May 12, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Destroyed Building, possibly the R.T. Dennis building

Unidentified men stand or sit around and on an unknown building demolished by a tornado in Waco in 1953. This is possibly the R.T. Dennis building, a five-story building that was demolished in the tornado.
Date: May 12, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Waco sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, rock outcrops, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: 1906
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Waco Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of the Waco Area, Texas

Text describes the Waco area lying in McLennan and Bosque Counties in Texas. Included are location and boundaries of the area, history of settlement and agricultural development, climate, physiography and geology, soils, agricultural methods, and agricultural conditions.
Date: 1906
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Carr, Manley Earl
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[When this you see remember me, Hallie]

Photograph of Hallie posing in front of a backdrop. She is wearing a formal dress. The back of the card reads, "When this you see remember me, Hallie. 918 N 9th St. Waco, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903 (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903

City directory for Waco, 1902-3. Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals, commercial bodies, secret societies, street and avenue guide, etc.
Date: 1902
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Country Club, Waco, Texas]

Color postcard with a picture of the Country Club in Waco Texas. There is a large building with columns on the front with landscaping around it, a brick chimney, a semi-circular deck, and a widows walk on top of the roof. On the back is the correspondence, "Dear Dillie, Lyle still confined to her bed, will write as soon as I can. Love to you all from us both. - Your friend, M.L.H." It is addressed to Mrs. E.A. Dill in Oklahoma City. It is postmarked Waco, Tx., 1908.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Waco, Texas. New Bridge over Brazos River.

Color postcard depicting the new bridge that spans the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. A park is on the bank with landscaping and sidewalks. The city of Waco is in the background. Description on the back of the card reads, " New Bridge over Brazos River. The longest arch bridge in the country around Waco is this steel arch bridge erected across the Brazos River. It is 550 feet in length, 24 feet in width, and cost $110,000. It was christened in 1901 by Miss Katie Ross, a sister of the Ex-Governor Ross of Texas, and who, in 1870, had christened the bridge located a few hundred feet further up the river." Correspondence on the back of the card reads, "Dear Dillie, Lyle has had typhoid fever for five weeks been in bed three right sick today. Yours, M.L.H." It is addressed to Mrs. E.A. Dill, Box 838, Oklahoma City, Okla. It is postmarked Waco, Texas on Sep 5, 1908.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Y.M.C.A. in Waco, Texas]

Black and white photo of the Y.M.C.A. in Waco, Texas. It is a square building, three stories high with windows all around. The card is addressed to Mrs. E.A. Dill, Box 838, Oklahoma City, Okla. It is postmarked Waco, Texas on Sept 12, 1908.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Goldstein-Migel Annex]

Photograph of the Goldstein-Migel Annex in the 700 block of Austin Street in Waco, Texas. The store was having a "Rebuilding Sale" with clothes and carpets as well as wallpaper and mantels. An automobile stands on the street in front of the building. Spaces upstairs are for rent. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herrick Hardware Store]

Photograph of Herrick's Hardware Company in Waco, Texas. It is a large brick building with advertising painted on the walls. It has a water tower on the roof. Horses and carts are in the streets near the building. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: 1910~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Larry Domino 15, Champion Hereford Bull

Photograph of Larry Domino 15, a Grand Champion Hereford bull. The bull's harness is being held by a young man named Arnold Olson and standing behind the bull is an older cowboy in a cowboy hat. He is holding a banner that reads, "Grand Champion Hereford Bull, Heart O' Texas Fair, Waco 1933". In the background is arena seating.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1908
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fourth Annual Session (which is the tenth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fourth Annual Session (which is the tenth session since division), 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, index, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1919
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cottage Kitchen - Methodist Home]

[Cottage kitchen in a Methodist home.] A woman at a stove cooks a meal while three other women at a table bake a cake and read.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bob Ponder
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cottage Kitchen - Methodist Home]

[Dorm at a Methodist home.] Three female students study at a desk while another woman reads on a bed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bob Ponder
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History