6th Ward School in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1893

Photograph of a large group of schoolchildren with their teacher in front of the 6th Ward School House in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1893. There are twenty-five boys, seventeen girls and one teacher. Some of the boys are seated or kneeling in the front row and the girls are taking up most of the middle row, standing. The boys are wearing knickers and jackets with boots and the girls are wearing dresses with jackets. There is a very large wooden door and arched doorway behind the group.
Date: 1893
Creator: Bryant Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street Scene in Plainview, Texas

Photograph of a hotel being moved from Demmitt (45 mi. away) into Plainview, Texas in 1893. It was supported by eight wagons that were pulled by 32 horses. Businesses along the street include a hotel, Mrs. M. B. Fowle Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, etc. and City Drug Store.
Date: 1893
Creator: Britain's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

In Loving Rememberance of Mrs. Mattie H. Cook

Printed card remembering Mrs. Mattie H. Cook, who died on Dec. 9, 1893 at age 38. Her name is printed on an image of a Bible and a poem is printed below. The poem reads, "We miss thee from our home dear; We miss thee from thy place; A shadow o'er our life is cast; We miss the sunshine of thy face We miss thy kind and willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care; Our home is dark without thee- We miss thee everywhere."
Date: December 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Allie, 20 December 1893] (open access)

[Letter to Allie, 20 December 1893]

Letter to Allie from an unidentified family member.
Date: December 20, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Employees of First National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas, 1893

Studio photograph of ten employees of the First National Bank of Fort Worth. All of the men are wearing suits with vests, five are wearing watches with chains, four are wearing bow ties, four are wearing neckties, and one is wearing a corsage. Two of the men have beards and mustaches and four have mustaches. Four men are seated on chairs in the front row. They are on top of a rug and in front of a fake backdrop. In the back row from left to right is J.M. Tewmey, T.P. Martin Jr., Norman Enelson, J.W. Valliant, Taylor Cupp, and J.P. Smith Jr. In the front row from left to right is W.D. Peak, M.B. Loyd, E.B. Harrold and T.W. Slack.
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Allie Smith c. 1893] (open access)

[Letter to Allie Smith c. 1893]

Letters to Mrs. Allie Smith from October 3, 1893 and July 8, 1893 from Sallie M. P.
Date: 1893~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History