[Ambassadors Debutantes]

Photograph of nine Ambassadors debutantes holding flowers, standing around an archway. There is a small platform with the arch that three women are standing on, with the others on either side. "Ambassadors Debs" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: [1947..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Queen with Attendents]

Photograph of a girl being crowned queen, holding a flowers and wearing a cape, flanked by six other girls wearing white or pale colored dresses. "HP YMCA" is written on the back of the photo. The accompanying information states this was likely at the Highland Park branch of the Fort Worth YWCA.
Date: [1940..1968]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four People Seated a Banquet Table]

Photograph of four people sitting at a banquet table in Fort Worth, Texas. They're identified on the back of the photo, from left to right: "Otis Martin, Res. of South Central Region, International African Chamber of Commerce; Adelle Martin, Coordinator for Fashion Show International African-American Culture and Educational Society; Nigerian dignitary; Leonard Black, Executive Director, International African Chamber of Commerce."
Date: [1947..1983]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Como High School Basketball Team]

Photograph of the Como High School basketball team. There are thirteen players in uniform and two coaches wearing shirts and ties. The photo"State AAA Champs, Como High" written on the back.
Date: 1948?/1963?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Dining Car]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company dining car. Several Black men are seated along all the seats within the dining car, turning to face the photographer. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Guinn Reflector, Yearbook of James E. Guinn Junior High School, 1944 (open access)

The Guinn Reflector, Yearbook of James E. Guinn Junior High School, 1944

Yearbook for James E. Guinn Junior High School in Fort Worth, Texas, including photos of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and local clubs.
Date: May 1944
Creator: James E. Guinn Junior High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Pledges, Wiley College]

Photograph of pledges from the Zeta Phi Beta sorority of Wiley College, standing together on a flight of stairs in three rows and holding buckets painted with the sorority letters.
Date: 1947~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tyler Barber College Class of 1940]

Photograph of the Tyler Barber College, class of 1940. The portrait of the college's president, H. M. Morgan, is at center, in front of illustrations of clippers and scissors. The graduating class is laid out in a grid, each wearing caps and gowns, set within a glass frame with decorative blue and red edges.
Date: 1940?
Creator: Teal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check to Turner and Dingee] (open access)

[Check to Turner and Dingee]

Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Co. of Fort Worth, made out to Turner and Dingee for $25.10 and signed by William McDonald.
Date: March 2, 1942
Creator: McDonald, WIlliam Madison
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check to Ure Drug Store] (open access)

[Check to Ure Drug Store]

Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Co. of Fort Worth, made out to Ure Drug Store for $4.25 and signed by William McDonald for the purchase of cigars. McDonald was a cigar aficionado.
Date: June 5, 1944
Creator: McDonald, WIlliam Madison
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History