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[Rev. Benjamin W. Roberts Portrait]

Portrait of Reverend Benjamin W. Roberts wearing a dark suit and posing in front of a light background. The photograph is signed on the front: "Truly yours B. W. Roberts."
Date: [..1904]
Creator: Academy of Art
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rev. J. Harvey Jones Portrait]

Portrait of Rev. J. Harvey Jones wearing a dark suit with a Masonic pin and posing in front of a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson's
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown African American Woman with Lace Collar]

Portrait of an unidentified young African American woman wearing a dress with a lace collar posing in front of a light background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ansley & Tinkle
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flying Certificate for Ellen J. Pitts] (open access)

[Flying Certificate for Ellen J. Pitts]

Certificate stating that Ellen J. Pitts has completed 320 hours of a parachute training course. An illustration in blue ink of a plane can be seen printed behind the text.
Date: unknown
Creator: Army Flying School
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory: Austin Avenue Methodist Church (open access)

Directory: Austin Avenue Methodist Church

Book from a Methodist church in Waco that is a directory of members and businesses, encouraging the congregation to shop within its local community. The date "1910-1914", can be seen written in pencil on the the top right corner of the first page.
Date: 1910~/1914~
Creator: Austin Avenue Methodist Church
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Presbyterian Church in Waco]

Postcard of a color image of Waco's First Presbyterian Church, a large brick and stone building with a tower in the front and stained glass windows; there are trees lining the street corner and two automobiles on the intersecting streets in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas." There are two handwritten notes on the back of the postcard.
Date: September 6, 1934
Creator: Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Unknown African American Man]

Portrait of an unidentified African American man wearing a suit and tie posing in front of a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Berner Marks Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Unknown African American Woman]

Portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing a dress and lace collar posing in front of a light background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Biddle
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carnegie Library]

Postcard of the Carnegie Library, a brick building with a dome and columns by the entrance, with several trees in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Carnegie Library, Temple, Texas." There is a handwritten note on the front of the postcard: "Do you remember one night during the carnival on there [...]" and another note that reads "Right x here" in the center of the postcard. There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: March 27, 1907
Creator: Black, M.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Temple]

Postcard of a color image of Temple, Texas from above with the Santa Fe Depot and train tracks in the foreground, and many other buildings and a sunset in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Birdseye View, Temple, Texas, Santa Fe Depot in Foreground." There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: unknown
Creator: Black, Mrs. H. C.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two African American Babies]

Portrait of Robert and Clinton, two African American babies wearing light-colored gowns posing in a wicker chair in front of a dark background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Boetcher
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Unknown African American Man in Suit]

Portrait of an unidentified African American man with a mustache wearing a suit and tie posing in front of a light background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brockmeyer
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown African American Woman Behind Gate]

Portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing a dark skirt and light-colored blouse posing behind a wooden gate standing next to a tree in front of a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brockmeyer
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown African American Woman in Window]

Portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing a dress posing from behind a backdrop painted to resemble a window in front of a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brockmeyer
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grace Methodist Church]

Postcard of Dallas's Grace Methodist Church, a brick and stone building with a tower and large stained glass windows, on a street corner with a tree in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Grace Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas." The church was designed by William A. Cann.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cann, William A.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Church of the Assumption]

Postcard of a color image of the Church of the Assumption, a large stone building with a red roof, a tower, a rose window, and rows of stained glass windows; there are two people standing in front of the church and several houses in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Church of The Assumption, Waco, Texas. Rev. P. J. Clancy, Rector."
Date: unknown
Creator: Clayton, Nicholas
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Unidentified African American Man with Mustache]

Portrait of an unidentified African American man with a mustache wearing a suit and tie posing in front of a light background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Coleman
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Unknown Woman in Floral Dress]

Portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a floral-print dress posing in front of a light background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Daniel, J. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anna Loebritz Portrait]

Portrait of Mrs. Anna Loebritz wearing a light-colored dress posing in front of a light background.
Date: November 22, 1895
Creator: Deane
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Young African American Man in Suit]

Portrait of an unidentified young African American man wearing a checkered suit and striped bow tie posing in front of a neutral background. The edges of the card on which the photograph is printed are cut into a decorative pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Duff, N. F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Curtis Butler Portrait]

Portrait of Curtis Butler wearing a dark suit and bow tie posing behind a chair in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: 1919
Creator: Fey's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Unknown African American Man]

Portrait of an unidentified African American man wearing a coat and bow tie posing in front of a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gatch
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sanger Avenue School]

Postcard of Waco's Sanger Avenue elementary school, a large, two-story brick building, with hundreds of students posing in several rows, standing and sitting, in front of the school and more students standing in the windows inside the school. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Sanger Avenue School, Waco, Texas 692 Pupils."
Date: May 26, 1931
Creator: Gildersleeve, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[St. Paul's Episcopal Church Interior]

Photograph of the interior of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Waco, featuring rows of wooden pews in the foreground, an altar with the phrase "Holiness Becometh Thine House O Lord Forever." painted above it, and a pipe organ on the left, and a row of stained glass windows on the right.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Gildersleeve, Fred
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History