First Baptist Church Member Wearing a Hat

Photograph of a woman wearing dressy clothes including a hat and jewelry. She is a member of First Baptist Church and is walking through a room. Other people are partially visible behind her, sitting in chairs, as well as a vending machine against the back wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Member Wearing a Hat

Photograph of a woman who is a member of First Baptist Church wearing a hat. She is standing behind a table, holding a piece of paper. There are decorated tables and other people visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Member Wearing a Hat

Photograph of a woman who is a member of First Baptist Church wearing a hat. She is standing in the middle of a room; other people are sitting at a table and are partially visible behind her.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Members

Photograph of a group of members of First Baptist Church in Austin, TX. They are standing in a row in a room and most of them are wearing coats. Decorated tables are partially visible behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Members

Photograph of members of First Baptist Church. The group includes women and children, standing in a line; the women are dressed up and the young boys are wearing suits. Behind them, several people are sitting at a table.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Members Having a Meal

Photograph of a group of members of First Baptist Church enjoying a meal at the church. The people are seated at long tables in a room and various objects are visible on the tabletops.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Members Having a Meal

Photograph of members of First Baptist Church enjoying a meal at the church. They are seated at long tables; bulletin boards are visible on the wall behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Members Outside a Restaurant

Photograph of a group of members of First Baptist Church outside a restaurant. They are posed in two rows with several women sitting on a bench and others standing behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Members Wearing Hats

Photograph of a man and a woman who are members of First Baptist Church. Both of them are wearing jackets and hats and they appear to be in a room standing in front of a soda machine.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church Members Wearing Hats

Photograph of several women who are members of First Baptist Church wearing hats.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church - Picnic

Photograph of a group of people at a picnic honoring Rev and Mrs. Pius in 1922. Pictured are: Rev. and Mrs. Pius, Annie Roberts, La and Bueland Murphy, Ruth A. Pius, Mollie Perry, Rena Belle Leonard, Tracy Lewis, Janie Perry, Edna Stevenson, Rev. J.B. Knox, Lewis Mitchell, Mamie Smith, Birdie Lee, and Bessie Dotson.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church - Travis Heights Trio

Photograph of the Travis Heights trio; the three women are standing outdoors in front of a group of trees.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Five Members of First Baptist Church

Photograph of five members of First Baptist Church posing together. The one man in the group, identified as Milton Gooden, is seated with four women standing behind him.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Frank Strain Family

Photograph of a family including a man and woman seated with a young girl as well as two older girls and young boys standing around them. Frank Strain (Mahala's second oldest child) is pictured with his wife and five children. Frank Strain was the porter on the first train to make a trip to Austin, a Houston and Texas Central train from Houston.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Frank Strain Residence on Speedway Blvd.

Photograph of Frank Strain's residence on Speedway Blvd; the house and portions of the surrounding yard are visible. Frank was one of the oldest members of Metropolitan. He is a janitor for North Austin white school. The home is surrounded by the richest white citizens in Austin. He has been offered a handsome price for this place on the account of its surroundings but he is holding it for a higher price, which he feels confident he will get.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

G.W. Norman School Faculty

Photograph of the faculty from the G.W. Norman Elememtary School in Austin, TX around 1970. The 3rd lady on the left is Ida Hunt. She would become principal of Blackshear Elementary School. Also, Mr. Allen standing in the back was the current principal at the time, and also taught at Blackshear, in Austin, under F. R. Rice.
Date: 1970~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grandma Dedrick

Photograph of Grandma Derick, a member of Wesley Chapel M.E. Church in Austin, TX. She provided the sacrament bread for Old Weslay
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

H.T. Kealing

Portrait of a man, labeled "Prof. H. T. Kealing" in handwritten text at the bottom of the photograph. H.T. Kealing (1860 - 1918) was a principal, teacher, writer, editor, and distinguished Methodist Episcopal layman. He was among the first generation of blacks to attend school during the Reconstruction. Kealing Junior High School in Austin was named for him.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hortence Webster

Photograph of a young girl (identified as Hortence Webster) in a light-colored dress, posed on a flight of stairs. She is sitting on a patterned rug near two houseplants. Hortence Webster, the great granddaughter of Mahala Murchison, the first African American to live in Austin.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Joshua West Sr. Contractor

Photograph of a new home under construction; the building appears to be mostly finished, although the doors and windows are open. A man is visible inside the house and a ladder is propped against the roof to the right. A sign in front of the building lists Joshua West, Sr. as the contractor.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Joshua West Sr. Contractor

Photograph of a new home under construction. Seven men are posing outside, around the front door and a ladder is leaning against the room to the right. A sign in the yard names Joshua West, Sr. as the contractor.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Joshua West Sr. Contractor

Photograph of a new home under construction. Several men are standing in front of the house which is still only a frame. Two of the men appear to be working on the building and three others on the left of the photograph are looking at a piece of paper. A sign in the foreground lists Joshua West, Sr. as the contractor.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Joshua West Sr. Contractor

Photograph of a new home under construction by Joshua West, Sr., Contractor. Two men are working on the siding of the house while three others consult a paper. A wooden sawhorse and picnic table are visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Joshua West Sr. Contractor

Photograph of a new home under construction. Five men are standing in front of the frame of the house, three of them are looking at a piece of paper. A sign in the foreground names Joshua West, Sr. as the contractor.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History