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[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Chancel]

Photograph of the chancel and the altar of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. Most of the chancel is raised on a platform. At the very back is the raised choir loft and the Kilgen organ console (mostly obscured). The back wall contains wooden paneling, tracery and facade organ pipes. A short upper wooden screen separates the choir from the main part of the chancel, on which are clergy seats, the pulpit, decorated with a parament, and the altar. This portion is accessible by stairs on the very left and right. A narrow passage for the ministers is located between the lower screen of the chancel, nearly flush with the pulpit, and the altar rail. A small baptismal font is within this passage at right, elevated with a round cover. Kneeling cushions are placed along the entire length of the altar rail, with the pews visible along the very bottom of the image. On the left and right walls adjoining the chancel are the hymn boards, doors, and a raised balcony/gallery. The entire chancel is decorated for Advent and Christmas with spruce rope, garland, Christmas lights, and white poinsettias. A garland with a tied ribbon is hung above …
Date: December 22, 1953
Creator: Willis Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Poster for KAWA Radio Hosts] (open access)

[Poster for KAWA Radio Hosts]

Paper poster for Russ Johnston, a morning disk jockey, and Lloyd Worth Johnson, chief engineer of KAWA, a radio station serving Waco and Marlin. Johnston, at left, is titled "The Old Hoss", and Johnson is titled "Mr. Personality". They are both depicted standing together in the radio's station, smiling and facing forward. Both men have their name signed on the upper left and right hand corners.
Date: [1953..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[South Fifth Street and Austin Street, Waco]

Photograph of South Fifth Street and Austin Street in Waco, Texas. Along this corner is the R. T. Dennis & Co. house furnishing store in the Dennis Building at center, the Wood Bros. male clothing store, Chris's Cafe, and the "Grocery So Different" to the left of the Dennis Building, the Oriental Billards and Dominos building on the other side of the road. Cars and bicycles are parked along the curb, and people walk across the street and along the sidewalk.
Date: July 5, 1957
Creator: Gildersleeve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: The week in review] captions transcript

[News Clip: The week in review]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story covering a review of the week's most notable news stories.
Date: February 15, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Scrapbook] (open access)

[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Scrapbook]

Scrapbook documenting the history of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church including newspaper clippings, photos, letters, event programs, and other items.
Date: 1950~/2022~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Cliburn] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cliburn]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Baylor University honoring pianist Van Cliburn and minister Dr. Louis Hadley Evans.
Date: November 7, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Washburn] captions transcript

[News Clip: Washburn]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas trial of Harry Washburn, a man accused of murdering his mother-in-law with a car bomb.
Date: June 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Killer slain] captions transcript

[News Clip: Killer slain]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about convicted murderer Franklin C. Perkins being fatally wounded by police after he escaped his cell at the McLennan county jail.
Date: May 3, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Waco robbers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Waco robbers]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about two young men pleading guilty to charges of robbing a service station in Waco.
Date: March 19, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Pair confesses Waco slaying] captions transcript

[News Clip: Pair confesses Waco slaying]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the confessions and trial of two men for a robbery ending with the shooting death of a gas station clerk in Waco.
Date: February 11, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: SMU - Baylor] captions transcript

[News Clip: SMU - Baylor]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a football game between the Baylor Bears and the SMU Mustangs.
Date: November 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: McGowan trial] captions transcript

[News Clip: McGowan trial]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about three murder trials and one rape trial in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Waco.
Date: September 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Floods] captions transcript

[News Clip: Floods]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about flooding of the Waco's rivers into the city.
Date: April 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Newspaper Satchel]

Rectangular burlap bag with a handle printed across the front with "Waco News-Tribune Times Herald." Several folded miniature newspapers in plastic covers are arranged inside the satchel.
Date: 1950/1960~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Washburn trial] captions transcript

[News Clip: Washburn trial]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of Harry L. Washburn for the car-bomb death of his former mother in law, Mrs. Harry Weaver.
Date: December 9, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Coach Boyd of Baylor] captions transcript

[News Clip: Coach Boyd of Baylor]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Sam Boyd taking over as head football coach at Baylor University.
Date: December 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bomb death trial on live television] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bomb death trial on live television]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of Harry Washburn, who was accused of killing his former mother-in-law by planting a bomb in her car, being televised. The trial was the first murder trial to appear on television.
Date: December 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accident] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an accident that destroyed a car on Highway 81 near West, Texas. There were no serious injuries.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Skelton named head of loyal Democrats] captions transcript

[News Clip: Skelton named head of loyal Democrats]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a meeting of Texas Democrats in Waco electing a new chairman, Byron Skelton of Temple.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: McGowan considers appealing sentence] captions transcript

[News Clip: McGowan considers appealing sentence]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of Raymond F. McGowan, a Dallas man accused of shooting and killing his estranged wife at a Waco tourist cabin. McGowan's intended target was his wife's lover, who was also killed. McGowan is sentenced to prison time.
Date: September 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Eddie Weems, September 10, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Eddie Weems, September 10, 1956]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Eddie Weems mentioning that he has his card of 8th and that he has the liberty to quote what he has written.
Date: September 10, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Frogs overwhelm Baylor Bears 28-6] captions transcript

[News Clip: Frogs overwhelm Baylor Bears 28-6]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Southwest Conference football game between Texas Christian University and Baylor University.
Date: October 30, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from H. L. Block to D. W. Kempner, June 21, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from H. L. Block to D. W. Kempner, June 21, 1955]

Letter from H. L. Block to D. W. Kempner accepting the invitation to a dinner honoring Hyman S. Block.
Date: June 21, 1955
Creator: Block, H. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. R. Poage, September 24, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. R. Poage, September 24, 1954]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hon. W. R. Poage donating some money for Poage's campaign.
Date: September 24, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History