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[Portrait of John Sturgis as a Child]
Photograph of John Sturgis, pictued here as a child. He sits in a chair with combed hair, dressed in a gown and looking to the left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a Young Man in a Hat]
Photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a hat. He is dressed in a suit and poses against a stone pillar in front of a painted background with a potted plant at his feet. He wears a ring on his left pinkie.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bergstrom, J. L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Angie Cheney]
Photograph of Angie-Lin[?] Cheney, aged seven and a half months. She wears a light-colored gown and is seated on a chair, looking left.
Date:
1894?
Creator:
Jackson, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boxers at Camp MacArthur]
Photograph of two soldiers boxing in Camp MacArthur. They fight in front of tents and sleeping cots on the dirt.
Date:
1917~/1919~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Chancel]
Photograph of the chancel and the altar of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. Most of the chancel is raised on a platform. At the very back is the raised choir loft and the Kilgen organ console (mostly obscured). The back wall contains wooden paneling, tracery and facade organ pipes. A short upper wooden screen separates the choir from the main part of the chancel, on which are clergy seats, the pulpit, decorated with a parament, and the altar. This portion is accessible by stairs on the very left and right. A narrow passage for the ministers is located between the lower screen of the chancel, nearly flush with the pulpit, and the altar rail. A small baptismal font is within this passage at right, elevated with a round cover. Kneeling cushions are placed along the entire length of the altar rail, with the pews visible along the very bottom of the image. On the left and right walls adjoining the chancel are the hymn boards, doors, and a raised balcony/gallery. The entire chancel is decorated for Advent and Christmas with spruce rope, garland, Christmas lights, and white poinsettias. A garland with a tied ribbon is hung above …
Date:
December 22, 1953
Creator:
Willis Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wesley Baraca Sunday School, Class of 1920]
Photograph of the Wesley Baraca Sunday School Class of 1920 at the Austin Avenue Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. Numerous men are on the steps of a frame, bungalow-style structure located behind the church. They are all dressed in dark coats and neckties.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Fuller, G. E. & Boyd, F. M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Austin Avenue Methodist Church, Men's Bible Class]
Photograph of the Men's Bible Class of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. Men, dressed in suits and ties, are arranged in several rows on the steps of the church building. Some wear hats and others hold papers. John T. Willis, Sr. stands fourth from the right in the backrow. A bicycle leans against the church's wall on the left, above which a man looks through an opening on the wall.
Date:
191X
Creator:
Cann, William A.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Edgefield Baptist Church Congregation, 1910]
Photograph of a congregation posing in front of the Edgefield Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. The congregation is seated in several rows, and most of the people in the arrangement are children, with men and women mostly packed on the steps of the church at upper center. A boy, denoted in pen as Delman[?] holds a banner reading "EDGE FIELD"; on his left is another individual specified as "Andy". Along the bottommost row is a girl pointed out as "Billie". A note in the top left corner states that "the Wyricks lived across the street from the Church."
Date:
1910~
Creator:
Gildersleeve
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Poster for KAWA Radio Hosts]
Paper poster for Russ Johnston, a morning disk jockey, and Lloyd Worth Johnson, chief engineer of KAWA, a radio station serving Waco and Marlin. Johnston, at left, is titled "The Old Hoss", and Johnson is titled "Mr. Personality". They are both depicted standing together in the radio's station, smiling and facing forward. Both men have their name signed on the upper left and right hand corners.
Date:
[1953..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Benny Doss Promotional Picture]
Promotional picture of Texas Benny Doss holding a guitar and leaning forward while wearing a cowboy hat. He is given the subtitle "The Original Cass County Kid", and further contact information is listed below the photograph in the bottom right corner. The photograph has been signed by Texas Benny Doss in faint green-blue marker on the left half of the image.
Date:
196X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Poster for The Drifting Texans of Waco]
Poster advertising "The Drifting Texans of Waco", with the subtitle "Sweet, Sad and Swing Music". Attached is an image of the band posing together for a photograph: from left to right, the instruments the players hold are a lap steel guitar, an acoustic guitar, a drumset, a classical guitar, and a fiddle-like instrument. A microphone stands in the center of the stage.
Date:
195X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[South Fifth Street and Austin Street, Waco]
Photograph of South Fifth Street and Austin Street in Waco, Texas. Along this corner is the R. T. Dennis & Co. house furnishing store in the Dennis Building at center, the Wood Bros. male clothing store, Chris's Cafe, and the "Grocery So Different" to the left of the Dennis Building, the Oriental Billards and Dominos building on the other side of the road. Cars and bicycles are parked along the curb, and people walk across the street and along the sidewalk.
Date:
July 5, 1957
Creator:
Gildersleeve
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letterhead for Waco Electrical Supply Company]
Sheet of blank letterhead for the Waco Electrical Supply Company, listing company officers at the top and other business information below the logo, which has a winged angel holding an object in the center. A light blue border runs around the outer edge of the stationery, with illustrations of various household goods including (clockwise) a lightbulb, shaded lamp, toothbrush, Hampton Beach vacuum, desk or stove, plugged-in clock, ornate chandelier, toaster, fan, desk lamp, tureen, and iron.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Waco Electrical Supply Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[James B. Baker Brickyard]
Photograph of a brickyard owned by James B. Baker (1847–1918) in East Waco. Hundreds of undried bricks are laid out in neat rows and stacks along the center of the image, with tens of workers standing among the stacks. Behind the stacks of bricks are small wooden houses, and a large water tank hoisted on a wooden platform. Many workers are Black, and wear work shirts and hats. Several children stand at right next to bricks, in front of a man with a hat in a suit and tie.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Meat Processing Plant, Waco]
Photograph of a meat processing plant in Waco, Texas. Workers, mostly Black with a child on the left, hold cleavers and stand along butcher blocks with portions of meat, with beef hanging on hooks to the right. James Hamilton Bird stands at left in a hat and a coat. Bird was a brother of Cornelia Bird Davis.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hanukkah Card from Clif Bishop]
Hanukkah greeting card sent from Clif Bishop to John T. Willis, Sr. and Clara Evans Willis. The front of the postcard has the text "best wishes" and above, a cut-out Star of David outlined in red, through which a drawing of a snowman is visible. It wears a hat, a scarf, and mittens, standing on hills of snow against a dark blue sky. Under the illustration, in the inside of the card, Clif Bishop's name is printed.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bishop, Clif
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Name Card for Mrs. R. R Beville]
Card with the text "Mrs. R. R. Beville, Waco, Texas" printed to the right of an illustration above the text "Waco Commandery No. 10 K. T." The image is oval-shaped with a shining star at the top, above a fringed banner that has the text "in hoc signo vinces" with a skull-and-crossbonees and the freemasonry compass symbol; in the foreground of the image, there is a crown on laurel leaves with items leaning crosswise through the crown including a cross (left) and two decorative daggers (right).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mooreville Boosters]
Photograph of the "Mooreville Boosters", possibly part of a parade of cars in either Mooreville or Lorena. The cars carry banners with words painted on them. A band stands in front of the cars, holding drums, trumpets, and horns. A row of shops is visible in the background, including the Evans-Westbrook Mercantile Company.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hill
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a Group of Unknown People]
Photograph of an unidentified group of people. Seated below from left to right is a young woman with a cross necklace, an older woman, and an older man with a cross lapel pin. Standing behind them are two younger women with necklaces.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Urbanovsky, Daniel Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a Woman with a Diploma]
Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on a wooden stool with a rolled diploma and a bouquet of flowers in her lap. She wears a light-colored dress and a ribbon in her hair.
Date:
1916/1958
Creator:
Urbanovsky, Daniel Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of an Unknown Young Woman in a Silk Dress]
Photograph of an unidentified young girl. She wears a light-colored shirt, facing forward and smiling.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
The Brubakers
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Dress]
Photograph of an unidentified woman in a light-colored dress. She wears eyeglasses, and a flower brooch is attached to her chest. She sits on a raised wooden bench and looks forward.
Date:
1916/1958
Creator:
Urbanovsky, Daniel Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of an Unknown Woman with a Bow Tie]
Photograph of an unidentified woman in a dark-colored shirt. She wears a bowtie and eyeglasses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Brubaker Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Marie Johnson]
Photograph of Marie Johnson. She wears a scarf and a white shirt, looking forward.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Stauts
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History