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[Jennetta (left) and Lizzie (right) Wessendorff, ca. 1901.]

Photograph of Jennetta (left) and Lizzie (right) Wessendorff, ca. 1901. Girls are wearing similar white dresses with pin tucked yokes and sleeves. Body of Jennetta's dress is also pin tucked; Lizzie's is gathered. Dresses have ribbon clusters at both shoulders. Girls' heads are touching. Image is mounted on a black cardboard matte with gray borders immediately around image and double gray lines around edge of matte. Photographer's mark on right edge of matte, "C.R. Blackburn, Houston, Texas." Image dimensions: 14.0 cm x 9.9 cm. It appears like the back layers of the original matte have been peeled away, exposing tan cardboard interior on the back of the photo.
Date: 1901~
Creator: Blackburn, C.R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[McGirk School Students]

Photograph of a group of McGirk school children with their teacher, who is holding a bell to the left of the group. They are gathered loosely into rows outside of a rustic wooden building with an open entrance-way visible behind the top row. The bottom row of boys are sitting on the ground, and two girls standing the next row up are holding books. Empty, flat land is visible in the background to the right of the building. Two of the children are identified on the back of the card as Pleasant K. Caraway and Clemmie Caraway.
Date: January 30, 1901
Creator: Carson Bros.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Andrew L. Davis]

Photograph of Andrew "Andi" L. Davis, aged 14 months. He wears a white dress and lies on a blanket, looking rightward.
Date: 1901~
Creator: Chalmers, Richard Leon
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family riding donkeys in Mineral Wells]

Photograph of five people mounted on donkeys in a rocky outcrop with a rocky mountain wall behind them. They are all dressed up, the women wearing long dresses or skirts and the man wearing a three-piece suit, and the boy at center wearing a nice jacket. All wear hats except the man, whose hat has fallen on the ground, and the boy who holds his hat. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock which has an imprint in gold on the lower left corner that reads, "Photo Car / H. Clark / Mineral Wells, / Texas." On the back is an inscription naming the individuals from right to left: "Annie Emery - Dr. J. W. Allen - Paul Emery - Dr. F.D. Emery - ?" There is also a large imprint on the back for the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway.
Date: August 1901
Creator: Clark, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Frank Duncan]

Portrait of Frank Duncan with a dark mustache and wearing a suit. A handwritten message on the back of the photo states that it is a "self made" portrait.
Date: 1901
Creator: Duncan, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Daily Enterprise Newspaper Page]

Photograph of a page from the Daily Enterprise newspaper, highlighting an article entitled "A Geyser of Oil," which announces the spouting of oil from Spindletop oil well. Other ads are also visible on the page.
Date: January 10, 1901
Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Newspaper Article, "A Geyser of Oil"]

Photograph of a page from the Daily Enterprise newspaper, highlighting an article entitled "A Geyser of Oil," which announces the spouting of oil from Spindletop oil well.
Date: January 10, 1901
Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of The Beaumont Journal Page]

Photograph of a page from The Beaumont Journal with an article about Spindletop entitled "An Oil Geyser."
Date: January 10, 1901
Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bahl-Wheatly Wedding]

Photograph of the wedding of Josephine Bahl and Elmer H. Wheatly in Waco, Texas. They pose for their picture with three others, likely the best man, maid of honor, and flower girl.
Date: 1901
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Carlos Appell Lastinger on Wicker Couch]

Photograph of Carlos Appell Lastinger as a small child. He is dressed in a white gown and sits at the end of a wicker sofa on a pillow.
Date: [1901..]
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Josephine Bahl's and Elmer H. Wheatly's Wedding]

Portrait of a family of five. All are in wedding clothing. The text on the back says "Wedding of Josephine Bahl & Elmer H. Wheatly, Waco, 1901."
Date: 1901
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wedding Photo of Josephine Bahl and Elmer H. Wheatly]

Photograph of Josephine and Elmer Wheatly at their wedding. A bridesmaid stands next to Josephine, and a groomsman next to Wheatly. A little girl wearing white and holding a small plate stands in front of the groomsman.
Date: 1901
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family on mules in Mineral Wells]

Photograph of five members of the Allen family mounted on mules in a rocky outcrop, with trees and a rocky mountain wall behind them, in Mineral Wells, Texas. They are all dressed up, the women wearing long dresses or skirts and the man wearing a three-piece suit, and the boy at center wearing a nice jacket. All wear hats. The photograph is mounted to gray cardstock with a stamp at the lower left corner reading "Judson McClure, / Mineral Wells Texas,." On the back is a handwritten inscription, "Dr. F. D. Emery / August 1901."
Date: August 1901
Creator: McClure, Judson
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family seated on rocks]

Photograph of Allen family seated on rocks during their donkey ride in Mineral Wells, Texas. They sit in a row on rocks and a fallen tree trunk in a rocky outcrop, each dressed nicely and with hats in their laps, except for Dr. J. W. Allen whose hat is on his donkey's head behind them. All look face forward except for Dr. J. W. Allen who looks towards Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen. The camera in his lap also faces her. Five donkeys stand behind the group. The photograph is mounted on gray cardstock which has a stamp at the lower left corner reading, "Judson McClure / Mineral Wells Texas,." A very faint inscription on the back reads, "Mrs. C. Emery."
Date: August 1901
Creator: McClure, Judson
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Allene Freeman]

Portrait of Allene Freeman dressed in white with flowers in her hands.
Date: September 2, 1901
Creator: Miller
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Lace Blouse]

Photograph of a woman wearing a light colored blouse with a high collar, lace, and tucks. The date, "Apr. 1901," is written on the back on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 1901
Creator: Pennington & Burger
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 2217-05]

Photograph of a historic property located at 1104 W Fourth in Corsicana, Texas.
Date: January 23, 1901
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oil Field in Beaumont, Texas, 1901

Photograph of very many derricks in an oil field. In the foreground are wooden shacks, stacks of wooden boards, smokestacks with smoke plumes rising out of them. In the bottom right-hand corner is the name, "Trost".
Date: 1901
Creator: Trost Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

Women in a Park

Two women at Lake Erie Trolley Park Picnic Area in Handley, Texas facing the boat dock: one seated, one standing, both have large hats.
Date: [1901..1915]
Creator: Utley, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Boy with a Bow Tie]

Photograph of an unidentified boy with a coat and a bow tie. He has combed hair and looks to the left. Notes are faintly written in pencil on the back.
Date: 1901~
Creator: Winkelmann, Friedrich Christian, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Antelope Hunt, Midland County]

Photograph of an antelope hunt south of Midland, with numerous hunters standing in a grass plain, holding rifles, with antelope carcasses laid out in front of them. Numerous horses, pulling carriages, stand in the back. A list of names are identified on the back, from right to left: Jesse Frizzell, Kate Frizzell (kneeling), unknown ("a cowboy - ?"), Jim Flanagan, Joe Curtis, unknown ("a cowboy - ?"), Arch Whitaker, Porter Rankin (child), Ewing Rankin.
Date: [1901..1902]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T. B. Wessendorff residence in Richmond, Texas]

Photograph of the T. B. Wessendorff residence in Richmond, Texas. This photograph copy was found in envelope 2000.053.010a. The house is a two and a half story white wooden house with dark trim. The house has a porch that wraps around one corner. The house has diamond shaped accents on windows and painted on the turret above the corner porch. There is a second floor balcony area on either side of the turret. Each gable of the roof has an half circle shaped window. There is a dormer to the left of the turret. The house is enclosed by a white picket fence. There is a hexagon shaped building to the left rear of the house and a white wooden building to the right rear. Text at bottom of photo reads: "T. B. Wessendorff. Res. Richmond Tex. 11."
Date: [1901..1905]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T.B. Wessendorff Residence, Richmond, Texas, 1901.]

Photograph, T.B. Wessendorff Residence, Richmond, Texas, 1901. Ornate two story Victorian home with white picket fence enclosing yard. Wrap around porch on lower level, two smaller porches on upper level divided by a turret. Diamond pattern repeats in the roof tiles and in leaded windows in the upstairs turret and downstairs bay window. Image is mounted onto a tan cardboard matte. Bottom half of matte is in poor condition. Entire bottom edge is missing, plus bottom corners are broken off. Image is intact. Image dimensions: 19.3 cm x 11.9 cm See 1972.093.169 for another copy of this photo.
Date: 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History