Resource Type

[Avondale School]

Photograph of husband and wife rural school teachers standing in front of a school building. Their 44 students are lined up in between them. There are partial views of five windows. Class names are as follows. First row (bottom front): Junior Lasater, Ernest Allmon, unidentified first name Wilson, unidentified first name Whitaker, unidentified first name Whitaker, Billie Lasater. Second row (first middle): Woodrow Wilson, Leonard Wilson, J.C. Shirley, Woody Singleton, Noble Lee Rust, J.C. Thompson, unidentified first name Rust, Harold Easley, Ray Rust, J.G. Harris. Third row (second middle): Margarete Harris, unidentified, Edith Hall, Onedia Hall, Pauline Graham, unidentified first name Brown, Sarah Jane Waldrop, Lois Browder, Virginia Reynolds, Dorothy Bledsoe, unidentified first name Harris, Alice Brown. Fourth row (top): Mr. Clark, Mattie Bonner, Bill Waldrop, Marie Haney, Bill Robinson, Agnes Lasater, Louise Butler, Louise Lasater, Stella Brown, Georgia Rust. Fifth row (top back): Earl Singleton, J.W. Hearn, Olin Wilson, George Brown, Ed Davis, Mrs. Clark, Tennie Thompson.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Class photo with Charles Williams]

Class photo featuring Charles Robert Williams on the 3rd row, 2nd from the left. Possibly Alice Carlson Elementary School, c.1930.
Date: [1929..1930]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of a Buffalo Killing at Staley Place]

Photograph of a group of people standing behind a building at Staley Place while ranch workers work on skinning a buffalo. According to the back of the photograph the group is standing behind the "pump house and smoke house." There are a number of children in the group, though most in attendance are adults but all are wearing heavy coats.
Date: December 18, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Buffalo Killing]

Photograph of a buffalo killing taking place at Staley Place; the buffalo is lying under three large poles and some of the men are working on it with tools. The text on the back of the photo reads: "Buffalo killing at Staley Place Dec 1928 W. S. Burnett center right facing camera."
Date: December 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Group of People at Staley Place]

Photograph of a group of people lined up at Staley Place to watch a buffalo killing; the text on the back of the photo reads: "Peopl at buffalo killing at Staley Place Dec 1928 W. S. Burnett and Dr. Reed of Keller in center."
Date: December 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men Skinning a Buffalo]

Photograph of a group of men skinning a buffalo at Staley Place; most of the men are kneeling around the carcass working on the animal. There is a note on the back of the photograph that reads: "Buffalo Killing at Staley Place Dec 1928 Baskon Perkins facing camera."
Date: December 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Cowboy Band, 1929]

Official group photograph of the 1929 Simmons University Cowboy Band. The uniformed men stand in two rows and display their instruments.
Date: June 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1928 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Photograph of the 1928 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing on the altar (called a bimah) of the synagogue located downtown in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the confirmands are: Rebecca Luskey, Cecile Bodzy, Martha Daiches, Mrs. Abraham Bengis (teacher), Rabbi Abraham Bengis, Esther Klimist, Sally Kruger, Sarah Garston. Behind the confirmands is a replica of the Ten Commandments which rests above the curtained ark, which houses the Torah scrolls. In front of the dais is a seven-branched menorah.
Date: May 27, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Roundhouse in Fort Worth, Texas]

Photograph of an aerial view of the T&P roundhouse in Fort Worth, Texas. There are tracks visible running on either side of the photo, and a large building below the roundhouse. Written beneath the image is "Fort Worth, Texas Feb 7th 1928 - 32 stall roundhouse."
Date: February 7, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery, 1928, grave of Ben Levy]

Photograph of Ben Levy's grave and tombstone in the Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery in October of 1928. The grave is covered with flowers. Ben Levy, (b. 8-31-1881, d.10-14-1928) was a jeweler. This is the family plot in which his parents and brothers are also buried.
Date: 1928
Creator: White Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photo Atop a T&P Train]

Copy photo of a group picture of the T&P Fort Worth Roundhouse employees posing on top of train #639. Written below the image are "Fort Worth, Texas 1928 - Mr Gore squatting on Boiler top, second from cab" and "Ed Robinson (-Herbert Gore Collection)."
Date: 1928
Creator: Robinson, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mulkey Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South Reunion]

Photograph of a Mulkey Memorial Methodist Episcopal South reunion. The reunion was for the Wesley Bible Class. The photograph was taken by Jernigan c. 1920's
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Handlers with a Buffalo]

Photograph of handlers dealing with a buffalo in a large pen; the back of the photograph has a description that reads: "probably Staley Place - similar photos of "Buffalo Killing"."
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of J. B. Booth]

Photograph of J. B. Booth posing in front of a dark backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket and a white dress shirt with a tie.
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Front View of Spirit of St. Louis]

Photograph of the front view of the Spirit of St. Louis, parked in front of a hangar at Fort Worth Airport's Meacham Field. Men stand to the left, and there is a water tower in the background.
Date: [1927..1928]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of First and Second Grade Students]

Photograph of the first and second grade students at an elementary school in Haslet, Texas. There are five rows of children in the picture and the teacher is standing behind them; the names of some of the students are written on the back of the picture along with the names of the teacher, janitor, and superintendent.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Ranch House at Staley Place]

Photograph of the ranch house located on Staley Place; this building has windows all along the right wall, four large windows on the second level wall, a car port on the far right side, and two chimneys sticking out from the roof. There is a note on the back of the photo that reads: "Brick Ranch House on Staley Place 1927 or 1928."
Date: [1927,1928]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Spirit of St. Louis]

Photograph of two people looking in the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh's airplane. It is parked in front of a hangar at Fort Worth Airport's Meacham Field. People look on from behind a chain link fence to the right.
Date: [1927..1928]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1926 - 1927 Birdville School]

Photograph of the 1926 - 1927 Birdville School class standing together in front of some white doors. One boy sits at the bottom step of the building, while the other students stand behind him in rows.
Date: [1926,1927]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bill Mary Ruth, and Kathryn Reeves]

Photograph of Bill Mary Ruth and Kathryn Reeves posing together outside with a tree with low hanging leaves in the background. Kathryn and Mary Ruth both wear short dresses with collars. On the back of the photograph written in handwriting is "Kathryn, Mary Ruth, Bill".
Date: [1926,1927]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three boys at Trinity Park]

Photograph of three boys, possibly the Williams brothers, at Trinity Park in Fort Worth. They are standing in three different spots, creating a triangular shape with their backs to the camera. Trees are present throughout the park and leaves cover the ground. A train bridge is visible in the background.
Date: 1926
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Ahavath Sholom Sunday School Students]

Photograph of the Ahavath Sholom Congregation Sunday School students. They are standing on the front steps outside the synagogue in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, top to bottom, the students in the photograph are: Row 1: Betty Carshon, Rachel Kruger, Dora Laves, Lena Rovinsky, Udys Weinstein, Lily Dworkin, Joe Ray Schwartzberg. Row 2: Charlie Anton, Milton Mehl, Arthur Rosenbaum, Charlotte Ray, Lily Levine, Molly Finger, Freda Hurwitz, Rae Carshon, Mary Bliss, Sylvia Shosid. Row 3: Alex Victor, William Hurwitz, Irving Kershman, Julius Scolnic, Mary Resnick, Sophia Blum, Mary Herman, Ida Berg, Beatrice Frankrich, Reva Nebrat, Gertrude Ellis, Raymond Dan. Row 4: Sidney Deutch, David Tuck, Rubin Anton, Norma Resnick, Lily Alpert, Rose Chicotsky, Hannah Chicotsky, Anna Gordon, Martha Daiches. Row 5: Nathan Frankel, Abe Goldstein, Abe Shosid, Paul Herman, Johanna Winer, Sadie Rovinsky, Sarah Garston, Irving Rosenthal. Row 6: Sidney Marks, Minnie Snofsky, Esther Klimist, Rebecca Lutsky, David Bernstein, Max Perlman, Sarah Kruger, Rosalie Bliss. Row 7: Morris Schwartz, Grace Dworkin, Lola Bozokofsky, Hyman Jacobson, Cecil Bozokofsky, Helen Kassover, Sonia Gulila, Sam Weisblatt, Florence Kassover, Patricia Jacobson.
Date: 1925
Creator: Jernigan Studios
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Pathway]

Photograph of a pathway made of natural paving stones in a section of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The path curves toward the back-right of the image ind is surrounded by bushes and trees on the left, with decorative stones and flowers at right.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hurst School First - Ninth Grades, 1925

Students and teacher in front of school. Principal and teachers identified on back.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History