Resource Type

Man and Woman in Yard; Portrait of Woman

Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Menvil Mae Buchanan and Scott Lavette Seastrunk standing in a yard with plants behind them, taken in 1924 in Putnam, Texas. The second picture is a portrait of Menvil Mae Buchanan Seastrunk in 1947, taken at the Baker Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Date: {1924,1947}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man and Woman; Portrait of Man; Portrait of Woman

1 copy negative of scrapbook pages with various photographs; three central photographs are fully visible with other, partially visible photographs surrounding them. The first, in the upper left shows an unknown woman in a long dress and apron standing in front of a house with a porch. A man stands behind her, with his arms wrapped around her. To the right, the second photograph is a portrait of Francis Marion Winfield Scott Seastrunk taken in 1923 and the third photograph is a portrait of Hallie May Harris Seastrunk taken in 1942.
Date: {1923,1942}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Men in Office; Man Standing in Creek

Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of a two men with initials L. O. S. and H. R. M. standing in the office of the Meyer Brothers and Perini wearing suits. There are handwritten notes at the bottom of the picture. The second picture is of a man standing on stones in a creek.
Date: {1926-12-20,1940~}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Girl

1 copy negative of two images. Image A is a portrait of Mary Adeline Xenia Buchanan taken in 1924. She is sitting on a stool with her ankles and her arms crossed. She is wearing a striped skirt and pearls. Image B is a close portrait of Bobbie Jean Williams taken in 1944.
Date: {1924,1944}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Sisters; Man by Car

Copy negative of two pictures. The first is a portrait of sisters Mary Adeline Xenia and Bertha Leo Buchanan taken in 1920. The second is of Robert R. Williams standing on a road by the back of a car, taken in 1926.
Date: {1920,1926}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woman in Park; Women by Storage Tank

Copy negative of two pictures. In the first, Bertha Leo Buchanan is standing in Cameron Park in Waco, Texas with plants and trees behind her, taken in 1929. In the second, Bertha Leo Buchanan and Elsie West are standing together in front of a storage tank in a field in Putnam, Texas with trees in the background, taken in 1939.
Date: {1929,1939}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woman in Yard

Copy negative of two pictures of Bertha Leo Buchanan standing in a yard. The first was taken in 1927 and there are bushes behind her. The second was taken in 1938 and there is a house with porch and vines behind her.
Date: {1927,1938}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Police Officer]

Photograph of an Abilene Police Officer is photographed in a full-length, front-facing pose standing with his hands by his sides; he is wearing a police uniform and other police officers are partially visible next to and behind him.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Building Exterior #1

Copy negative of the Wooten Hotel in Abilene viewed from the street. There are cars on the street, a stop light and another building on the left.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Building Exterior #2

Copy negative of the Wooten Hotel in Abilene viewed from the street. There are cars on the street, a stop light and another building on the left.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

H6 South Ward Coleman 1929

Photograph of 35 children and their teacher in H6 South Ward in Coleman, Texas. Each individual is pictured in a small square photograph. These photos are arranged in five rows.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Headshot of Thomas H. Taylor #2]

Glass lantern slide plate of Thomas H. Taylor as President of Howard Payne College.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locke and Massey Motor Company]

Photograph of of an "Invalid Coach" with a sign on the door "O. L. Noorth." A man is sitting in the driver's seat. The coach is parked in front of gas pumps which are in front of the Lock and Massey Motor Company.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Beside Train Engine #641]

Photograph of Bill Bray, a T&P fireman, later an engineer, standing beside the wheels of train engine #641 on railroad tracks. Handwritten text below the image says, "East Dallas, Texas Yard 1929 Bill Bray - T&P Fireman (Later Engineer)."
Date: 1929
Creator: Bray, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History

McMurry University Museum (1929-1960)

A photograph of the McMurry University Museum building, which was constructed in 1929 under the direction of William C. Holden. The building was demolished in 1960.
Date: 1929/1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Abilene Christian University Board of Trustees]

Group photograph of the Abilene Christian College Board of Trustees, standing on the front steps of a university building in three rows. Row 1 (from left to right): T. A. Russell, G. L. Helvey, Hollis Manly Sr., W. H. Free, J. S. Arledge, J. C. Reese, R. L. Cooner, ?. Row 2: (President) Batsell Baxter, George Pepper, ?, Alden D. Dabney, E. L. Crawford, C. A. Wade, Otto Foster. Row 3: ?, S. N. Allen, H. L. Hays Sr., G. W. Birchfield, R. H. McKay, J. E. McKinzie.
Date: [1929..1932]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of ACC Tennis Team]

Photograph of the TIA Champions Tennis team wearing white sweaters with "ACC" on the right chest. Back row-Dalton Hill (coach), Brakeer, Shipman, Taylor Carter, Caskey Livingston. Front row- Jane Cullar, Roy Moody, Hubert Derrick, Jerome Reese, Wallace Beasly.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Administration Building]

Photograph of the exterior of the Abilene Christian University Administration Building, showing the front of the three-story brick building. Original is from the Arledge collection.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Howard Payne College Track Team, 1929]

Photograph a group of twenty-six young men, all of whom except two are wearing track uniforms with flying "H"s on the front, arranged in three rows. The first two rows of young men are sitting - the first row on a grassy lawn, the second on a long bench. One man, at the very end of the third row, on the left, is wearing a suit and bow-tie. A grassy field, bleachers, and the spire of a tower are visible in the background of the photo. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicate the young men make up the Howard Payne College 1929 track team, and are conference champions that year. Typewritten text on the back of the photo indicates the photo should be returned to a Bruce M. Francis in Brownwood.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Hubert Derrick Sitting with His Feet Out]

Photograph of Hubert Derrick sitting on the ground with his feet straight out in front of him, showing the bottom of his shoes. A wooden structure can be seen in the background.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Preliminary Plans for Gymnasium Building]

A photograph of architectural plans by David Castle for a gymnasium building at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1929
Creator: Castle, David
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Simmons College Tire Cover]

Photograph of the back of an automobile, showing the Simmons College spare tire cover. The heads of Evelyn Harvey (later Brewer) and John Brewer can be seen sticking out of either window.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Taggart Sign Company]

Photograph of one of the inside production bays of Taggart Sign Company with two men standing in the middle of the floor with signs on either side of them, the one on their left reads "Hair Cuts 25 (cents) Ladies and Gents." One man is in overalls, and the other is wearing an open vest and tie. Both are wearing hats, but different styles.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Tennis Team]

Photograph of the 1929 TIA Champions, showing the men forming two rows with their tennis rackets laying at their feet. The coach, leftmost in the top row, wears a darker colored sweater and a striped tie. The scores of the competing teams -- including McMurry University -- are pasted to the photograph in the lower left and right corner.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History