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Doug Lucas Family in Surrey

The Doug Lucas family in a surrey. Doug Lucas holds his daughter Lorene while his wife holds their son Howard.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Irving Student Body at the Water Tower

The student body of the Irving Independent School District gathers at the water tower, which was in the middle of the intersection of Main and First streets (Irving Blvd.), to celebrate growing to a district of 500 students, c. 1915.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brick School Building Being Torn Down

The Irving Independent School District was established in 1909. The district built a three-story brick school building in 1913. The building, which came to be known as "Old Red," housed the entire student body for a number of years. It later became the elementary school and then the administration building. It was torn down in 1959.
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children in a Toy Car

Howard and Lorene Lucas play in their early toy automobile, c. 1913. The children's father, Doug Lucas, ran a general merchandise store in Irving from 1906-1931.
Date: 1913~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model T Ford

Model T Ford Pickup. In the vehicle are W. D. Lucas's sons Howard and Ray, c. 1915
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hezekiah and Elizabeth Story

Hezekiah and Elizabeth Story. The Story family came from Illinois to the area that would later become Irving in 1855.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hezekiah Story Family

The Story family was one of the pioneer families to the region. Here Hezekiah Story is pictured with his family.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Couple in Union Bower

An unidentified couple enjoys an afternoon in the Union Bower community, c. 1910. Union Bower was a farming community that today is part of eastern Irving.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hawks Chapel Methodist Church

The Union Bower community was settled during the 1880s. It was located about north and east of the town site of Irving, which was founded in 1903. The Reverend W. E. Hawks of Dallas, who had been preaching in the Union Bower area since 1887, directed the building of a church in the community. In 1907, Hawks Chapel Methodist Church opened. In this photo, members of the congregation pose in front of the church.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lloyd Smith and Brother

Lloyd and Bertie Smith, sons of William and Virginia Smith, area pioneers in the Union Bower community, c. 1894.
Date: 1894~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Musicians in the Union Bower Community

This group of musicians played for square dances in the Union Bower community. Dances were held in the fall and winter because the weather was too hot during the summer. Left to right are: Tom Owens, Earl Steele, Lillie Owens, and Tom Wright. Lloyd Smith called the square dances, but is not in the picture. Union Bower was a farming community on the eastern edge of the city of Irving. The community was established about 1880.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

William Smith Home in Union Bower

William Smith, area pioneer, built this house in the Union Bower community in 1888. It stood along what would become Maryland Street in Irving until it was torn down in the 1980s. Seen in this 1906 photo are L. G. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hood, Mrs. Mattie Smith, Bert Smith, Mrs. Jennie Smith, William Hood, and Frank and Charlie Voirin.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

William Smith House - Side View

This photo, made in 1906, shows a side view of the William Smith home in the Union Bower community. The house was built in 1888.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Earl Steele Delivering the Mail

Earl Steele delivers the mail in Irving in his horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle, c. 1910.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

W. D. Lucas Store - Interior

W. D. "Doug" Lucas operated a general store on Irving's Main Street from 1906 until 1931. In this photo, he is seen behind the counter.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jerry and Della Story

Jerry and Della Story. When the post office moved from the Kit community to the town of Irving in 1904, Jerry Story served as temporary postmaster.
Date: 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Irving Train Depot

Two men in front of the Irving train depot. The Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway built this depot in 1904.
Date: 1906~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

PTA Officers, 1936

PTA officers for the Irving public school system in 1936. Seated left to right: Mrs. F. N. Broach, Mrs. H. W. Simmons, Mrs. W. H. George, Mrs. Edgar Davis, Mrs. Ralph Barr, Mrs. Clyde Kirkpatrick, and Mrs. W. R. Duckworth; standing left to right: Mrs. A. C. Bolden, Mrs. R. L. Kirkpatrick, School Supt. A. S. Johnston, Mrs. Johnston, and Mrs. Ben Hurwitz.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Seiber Store - Interior

Henry Alvis Seiber owned this general store along Main Street in Irving, Texas, c. 1915.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Side of Main Street, c. 1908

Main Street, Irving, Texas, c. 1908. West side of Main St. between First St. (Irving Blvd.) and Second St.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cotton Gin

Cotton gin, Irving, Texas
Date: 1910~/1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Automobiles, c. 1930

Photograph of automobiles parked in a line in front of store fronts along Main Street in Irving, Texas.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. O. Shulze Playing with a Fox Puppy]

Photograph of J. O. Schulze, the leader of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway survey crew, playing with the crew's pet fox, c. 1902. He is sitting on the ground outside of a tent and has the fox in his lap. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. In Texas, they worked a stretch of line between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. J. O. Schulze and Otis Brown, another crew member, remained behind and established the town of Irving along the tracks between Dallas and Fort Worth in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

J. O. and Agnes Schulze, c. 1904

J. O. Schulze and his wife Agnes Sueppel Schulze in the doorway of their home, c. 1904. J. O. Schulze co-foundef the city of Irving, Texas, in 1903. He married Agnes Sueppel during that same year. Both were natives of Iowa City, Iowa. Due to Agnes's poor health, the couple left Irving and returned to Iowa City in 1905. The man in the center of the doorway is unidentified.
Date: 1904~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History