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[Photograph of Daniel Baker College Graduating Class, 1895]

Photograph of the first graduating class of Daniel Baker College. The photo shows five young men in suits - four of whom have mustaches - standing behind three young women in light-colored clothes, who are sitting. The photograph has scripted text along the left side which has been cut off by the edge of the photo, and on the back of the photo is handwritten text indicating the year. The name Clark Coursey and the location, Brownwood, Texas has been written on the back of the photo.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Aerial View of Jennings Hall]

Photograph taken from the air showing a group of large buildings on a college campus, intermingled with trees, parking lots, and smaller buildings. Most of the buildings are multiple stories and have multiple wings. The photo has been mounted in matting and a label on the back of the matting identifies one of the buildings as Jennings Hall at Howard Payne College, completed in 1962.
Date: 1962~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Administration Building at Daniel Baker College]

Photograph of a three-story, stone building with spires and windows along each story, in the middle of a grassy lawn, dotted with trees, next to a road the runs along the right side of the building. On the back of the photo are handwritten notes identifying the building as the Daniel Baker College Administration Building in Brownwood, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Howard Payne Academy Students]

Photograph of 128 people arranged in about seven rows, with the young boys sitting on a wooden floor on the first row, the young girls behind them on the second row, a mixture of adult men and women on the third row, mostly young women on the fourth and fifth rows, and young men on the final rows. The group is arranged inside a high-ceiling hall with an archway visible behind them. There are two photos of men with facial hair hung on the two columns on either side of the group - the man on the left having a mustache and the man on the right having a thick, long beard. The photograph is set in a thick black mat. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph identify the people shows as part of the Howard Payne Academy, and even identify a few students and a teacher by name
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom from the Air]

Photograph taken from the air of a campus with several large buildings and several smaller buildings intermingled with trees. The most central structure is a large multistory stone building with turrets, spires, and a one-story extension that creates a gradual crescent shape at the front of the building. A larger, multistory building no windows sits to the right (behind) of this building. Cars drive along the the roads through campus and are parked in the few parking lots dotted around the area. A label on the back of the photo identify the central building as the Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J. Howard Hodge Memorial Towers Construction]

Photograph of workers pouring concrete from a concrete-mixing truck into a long curved frame on the ground to the right of the truck. The workers are using shovels to move the concrete inside the frame. The construction site is surrounded by trees, and just behind the concrete-mixing truck are three tall, thin stone pillars. There is a large pile of small rocks in the left foreground, and in the background, behind the trees, a two story building is partially visible. A sticker on the back of the photo indicates the workers are pouring the sidewalk for the J. Howard Hodge Memorial Towers.
Date: April 21, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dr. Guy D. Newman at Podium]

Photograph of a thin older man with a thinning hairline and large glasses, standing behind a dark podium with two large microphones attached to the top. The man is wearing a medium-colored, pin-striped suit with a thick tie. On the back of the photo, handwritten text reading, "John Neibel, Baylor Public Relations," has been crossed out, and the man's last name, Newman, has been written above it.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J. Howard Hodge Memorial Towers Pillars on Trucks]

Photograph of three 18-wheeler trucks, parked in a line along a long road, carrying long stone pillars held down by chains. The trucks are parked in front of a long row of trees. On the back of the photo is a sticker identifying the pillars as materials for the J. Howard Hodge Memorial Towers.
Date: April 18, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Howard Payne Walker Memorial Library]

Photograph of the front of the Walker Memorial Library at Howard Payne University. The building is a brick two-story building with windows along each floor and an ornate, gabled overhang above the double-door front entrance, which is supported by six stone columns. Windows line the front of the building, on both floors. Young men and women sit and stand on the short flight of front steps, while others are walking up to the building. There is a path leading to the front entrance with plant beds dividing the path. Printed text on the back of the photo identifies the photographer and location of the photo.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Nobs, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Howard Payne College Track Team, 1929]

Photograph a group of twenty-six young men, all of whom except two are wearing track uniforms with flying "H"s on the front, arranged in three rows. The first two rows of young men are sitting - the first row on a grassy lawn, the second on a long bench. One man, at the very end of the third row, on the left, is wearing a suit and bow-tie. A grassy field, bleachers, and the spire of a tower are visible in the background of the photo. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicate the young men make up the Howard Payne College 1929 track team, and are conference champions that year. Typewritten text on the back of the photo indicates the photo should be returned to a Bruce M. Francis in Brownwood.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Howard Payne Students Next to Plane]

Photograph a group of young people standing next to and on the stairs of a small Trans-Texas Airways airplane. There are four young men in the middle, two of which are carrying small bags with "Howard Payne Yellow Jackets" on the front, two male pilots and a stewardess to the left, and two older and middle-aged men in suits standing to the right. The young men are wearing dark suits as well.
Date: [1947..1969]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Old Main Building at Howard Payne University]

Photograph of the front of a three-story, light tan stone building with windows along each floor and a taller tower at the front of the building. A small flight of steps lead up to the double-door front entrance, below the tower. Several paths cut through the grassy front law, leading to the front entrance, and ivy grows up the side of the building between the windows. A few people are standing on the front steps and just in front of the steps.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom Building]

Photograph of the front of a three-story stone building with a tall glass window at the front of the building. The building has turrets, spires, and one-story extensions on either side of the main building that are paneled with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. A person walks towards the left, in the concrete area in front of the building, which has small plant beds. The photo was taken from across a street running parallel in front of the building, and tree branches are visible in the background and foreground of the photo. Handwritten text on the back of the photo identifies the building as Howard Payne College's Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom and a date for dedication of the building.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dr. Guy D. Newman with William C. Westmoreland]

Photograph of a middle-aged man with graying hair and thick, dark eyebrows, wearing a dark military uniform and standing to the left of an older man with a receding hairline and thick, dark glasses. The man on the right is wearing a dark suit and a light-colored tie. Behind the two men are an American flag and a military flag, with large ribbons bearing date ranges, hang from flagpoles. Type-written text on the back of the photo identify the man on the left as Army Chief of staff William C. Westmoreland and the man on the right as Dr. Guy D, Newman, president of Howard Payne College.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J. Howard Hodge Memorial Towers]

Photograph of three tall towers made up of three tall, thin concrete pillars each. Each group of three pillars is connected by a large piece of metal with three holes arranged vertically. Each hole has a bell in it. The memorial site is surrounded by trees and each tower is surrounded by a circular concrete sidewalk.
Date: 1978~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J. Howard Hodge Memorial Towers Construction]

Photograph of a large stone pillar raised vertically by a construction crane, above the ground where two other pillars lay. The pillars are surrounded by trees, and three men look on from beside the crane. Two workers help secure the pillar at the bottom while another worker rappels from halfway down the pillar. In the background, several buildings are mostly obscured by trees. On the back of the photo is a sticker indicating the workers are constructing the J. Howard Hodge Memorial Towers.
Date: April 18, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Howard Payne College Girl's Dormitory]

Photograph of a large, brick, three-story building with a basement floor, taken from beneath two trees at the front right side of the building. The entrance to the building is covered by an overhanging balcony, which is in turn covered by another balcony. There are windows along each of the floors, including the basement floor, and a few shrubs border the brick steps leading up to the entrance. Printed and handwritten text at the bottom of the photo identify the building as the Girl's Dormitory at Howard Payne College and identify the photo's printer.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Sepia Illustration of Daniel Baker College Building]

Photograph of a sepia illustration of a three-story, stone building with window along each floor and spires at the roof.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two-Story Wood-Sided House]

Photograph of a two-story house with light-colored wood siding and dark shutters around the windows. There is a small balcony above the front door, on the second story, and a larger overhang supported by two large columns reaching down to the ground level, above the balcony. The sides of the house are obscured by thick trees, and manicured shrubs line the front of the house. There is dark writing just above the front door, which is screened-in.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Howard Payne University Cheer Team Members]

Photograph of three young women and three young men, arranged in two columns of three, on a large grassy lawn. All six of the young people have their arms akimbo, with their fists on their hips, and the first two rows are kneeling on the grass. Four megaphones reading, "Howard Payne," sit around the young people on the grass, two on each side of them, and one megaphone bearing the image of a wasp sits directly in front of the group. The young women are wearing short dress uniforms, while the young men are wearing wide-collared uniform shirts and pants. A photography label on the back of the photo gives information about the photo and indicates that it was taken in the 1970s.
Date: 197X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Winebrenner Hall of Sciene at Howard Payne College]

Photograph taken at an angle of the front right corner of a two-story, dark brick building with windows along each floor. The front of the building has an inverted section, with a small flight of steps leading up to it. The ground in front of the building is covered in loose dirt, and trees are visible on the left side of the photo.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Aerial View of Daniel Baker College Campus

Photograph taken from the air of a campus with several large buildings and dozens of smaller buildings intermingled with trees. At the bottom-center of the photo, there is a large multistory stone building with turrets, spires, and a one-story extension that creates a gradual crescent shape at the front of the building. A larger, multistory building sits to the right (behind) of this building. Cars drive along the the roads through campus and are parked in the few parking lots dotted around the area.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Girls' Dormitory at Daniel Baker College]

Photograph of a rectangular, two-story brick building with a light-colored balcony overhanging the front steps to the building. A path leads up the front door and around both sides, and the grounds surrounding the paths are dotted with trees. Printed text in the upper right corner of the photo indicates the building is the girls' dormitory at Daniel Baker College.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J. A. Walker Home in Brownwood, Texas]

Photograph a two-story brick house with a wrap-around, raised porch on the first floor, a wrap-around balcony on the second story, and a widow's walk at the very top of the house, supported by columns just outside the front door. Concrete steps lead up to the porch, and the crawl-space beneath the porch is vented. The yard outside the house is made up of loose dirt, and has a couple small trees. Behind the house, in the background, a smaller, wood-sided structure with stairs along the outside leading up to a second story. The photograph has been mounted on cardboard, and there is handwritten text at the bottom left of the photo and on the back, identifying the photographer and the house.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History