Painting of Early Fort Worth by Miranda Leonard, 1873

Painting of an aerial view of Fort Worth in 1873. The painting depicts a town square with an American-flag topped courthouse in the center. Surrounding the courthouse are several buildings, some with fences. Throughout the painting are people, buggies, covered wagons and trees. On the right side of the frame is a sloping hill.
Date: 1873
Creator: Miranda Leonard
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woolworth Building, (bird's eye view of Ft Worth)]

Photograph of the Woolworth Building (located at 501 Houston) in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: 1876
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Total Solar Eclipse in Fort Worth (1878)

Photograph of seven astronomers -- Leonard Waldo, R.W. Wilson, J.K. Rees, W.H. Pulsifer, F.E. Seagrave, Alfred Freeman, and A.M. Britton -- with various telescopes set up out-of-doors near a large wooden barn or other structure. According to accompanying information they are on the S.W. Lomax farm, waiting to observe the total solar eclipse that happened on July 29, 1878.
Date: July 29, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History