Photograph of a convention of Baptist adult Sunday schools in Rockwall organized by the Philathean Society. Several women stand on the steps of a church building, arranged in four rows. Two groups of women along the front row each hold a sign, a pennant at left reading "Philathea" and a flag-shaped banner at right reading "First Annual Convention Banner." Names of attendees is listed on the back of the photograph.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man in the far left distance standing in a pasture strip for terrace outlet and waterway. A tractor and possible a group of workers are located on the far right side of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Pasture strip for terrace outlet. Sprig sodded in March 1947 to Bermudagrass & then planted to corn. Corn plowed 3 times & yielded 30 bu. per ac. Land was bedded & sprigs dropped at 3 ft. intervals rebedded, & corn planted on beds. Strips 100’ wide at upper end & 175’ wide at lower end. Approximately 65 acres of terraced land will drain on this strip. Strip will be fenced & used as pasture after terraces are constructed. Group 2 blackland [sic].”

Photograph of an unknown residential suburban community on the Eastern shores of Lake Ray Hubbard in North Dallas.

Photograph of the residential community of Rockwall, Texas near the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard. Highway 66 crossover the lake and cuts through the middle of the residential community disappearing amidst the network of streets and roads.

Photograph of a multi-hole golf course in the center of a residential community on the shore of Lake Ray Hubbard. To the right of the community is a marina with six (6) covered boat docks and one uncovered boat dock. Above the marina is interstate 30 (highway 67).

Photograph of two (2) small residential neighborhoods separated by undeveloped land on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard.

Photograph of large portions of undeveloped land in Heath, Texas near the shore of Lake Ray Hubbard.

Photograph of a small residential neighborhood near the shore of Lake Ray Hubbard. To the left of the neighborhood is Terry Park. Additional residential homes are scattered across the landscape breaking up undeveloped plots of land.

Photograph of a "The Gift" choir, arranged in the main sanctuary of the Rockwall First Baptist Church, which is decorated for Christmas with poinsettias and biblical imagery. The choir members, wearing red stoles and holding, red choir books, stand in three rows behind the conductor's podium and music stand, in front of the pews, where congregants are seated. A logotype reading "The Gift" is projected or printed above the choir.

Portrait of infant Will Elmer Barnes in a stroller looking directly at the camera.

Photograph of Mary Roberts, a member of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. She wears a necklace with a flower pendant.

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. A crowd of people stand along the sidewalk and around the marker, currently obscured with a covering wrapped around it. The corner of Goliath Street and Boydstun Avenue runs across the image, behind the crowd.

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. A crowd of people stand along the sidewalk and around the marker, currently obscured with a covering wrapped around it. The corner of Goliath Street and Boydstun Avenue runs across the image, behind the crowd.

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two men stand on each side of the historical marker, facing forward. A crowd of people is scattered behind the marker.

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two men stand on each side of the historical marker, facing forward. A crowd of people is scattered behind the marker.

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two men are removing the covering from the historical marker, while a crowd watches from behind. The church building is in the background (right).

Photograph of the Howland family, members of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall, standing outside the church building. Several family members are named, including their method of membership into the church: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry (Phyllis) Howland, by letters (transfer from another Baptist church), and Tracy Howland, by baptism.

Photograph of members of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall gathered for the church's 125th anniversary. They are gathered in a large crowd on a lawn in front of the church's worship center, facing South Goliad Street behind the photographer.

Photograph of a ground-breaking ceremony for a new educational building for the Rockwall First Baptist Church on March 13, 1983. A man holds a spade, digging from a small dirt patch in a grass field, surrounded by multiple people. A list of names of people present at the groundbreaking is included.

Photograph of foundation work outside the First Baptist Church of Rockwall for a parking lot. A concrete retaining wall has been built along the corner of the church property, with a large and uneven field of dirt spanning within the wall. Suburban neighborhoods are visible in the background.

Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Two men, holding shovels, dig out clumps of soil from a field of dirt on the church grounds while a handful of people watch from nearby, looking onward.

Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Two men, holding shovels, dig out clumps of soil from a field of dirt on the church grounds while a handful of people watch from nearby, looking onward.

Photograph of ceremony participants for a new worship center's groundbreaking ceremony at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The participants stand side by side in front of a paved parking lot, with an amplifier on a tripod stand and a microphone placed before them. Two men at right stand near a small pile of upturned dirt.

Photograph of a crowd at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church, gathered on a parking lot adjacent to the church building. In front of the crowd are prominent leaders of the church, some wearing hard hats, standing near four shovels wrapped with bows and lodged in the dirt. Inside the church, people watch the ceremony from a window (center right). The church's steeple and the city's water tower are both visible behind the church building.