[1961 Rockwall First Baptist Congregation #4]

Photograph of a congregation of the Rockwall First Baptist Church in 1961. The church members, standing on the church's open lawn across Goliad Street, are arranged in rows, demarcated by ropes attached to stakes in the ground. Children stand closer to the front, and older people stand closer to the back. Two men hold up a paper sign reading "THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MARCH 1961" in the very back of the gathered congregation.
Date: March 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1961 Rockwall First Baptist Congregation #2]

Photograph of a congregation of the Rockwall First Baptist Church in 1961. The church members, standing on the church's open lawn across Goliad Street, are arranged in rows, demarcated by ropes attached to stakes in the ground. Children stand closer to the front, and older people stand closer to the back. Two men hold up a paper sign reading "THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MARCH 1961" in the very back of the gathered congregation.
Date: March 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1961 Rockwall First Baptist Congregation #3]

Photograph of a congregation of the Rockwall First Baptist Church in 1961. The church members, standing on the church's open lawn across Goliad Street, are arranged in rows, demarcated by ropes attached to stakes in the ground. Children stand closer to the front, and older people stand closer to the back. Two men hold up a paper sign reading "THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MARCH 1961" in the very back of the gathered congregation.
Date: March 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1961 Rockwall First Baptist Congregation #1]

Photograph of a congregation of the Rockwall First Baptist Church in 1961. The church members, standing on the church's open lawn across Goliad Street, are arranged in rows, demarcated by ropes attached to stakes in the ground. Children stand closer to the front, and older people stand closer to the back. Two men hold up a paper sign reading "THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MARCH 1961" in the very back of the gathered congregation.
Date: March 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sephas Business School: 1965, Our Tenth Year (open access)

Sephas Business School: 1965, Our Tenth Year

Pamphlet providing information about Sephas Business School, a private school run by I. E. L. Sephas in Fort Worth. it includes a short history of the school, lists of graduates, students, and instructors, with local advertisements.
Date: 1965
Creator: Sephas Business School
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs Fiftieth Anniversary Observance (open access)

Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs Fiftieth Anniversary Observance

Program for the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs including a short history of the club, formed for regional African American women's clubs, and a short itinerary of events held for the celebration. Also featured are photographs of local clubs alongside felicitations and local advertisements.
Date: 1967
Creator: Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marion Brooks with Friends at a Club]

Photograph of Marion "Jack" Brooks and Reby Cary in a group of friends, seated together in a table in an Texan nightclub (possibly Fort Worth?). Cary sits fourth from left; Brooks sits third from right. The group is seated at a table with drinks, water pitchers, ashtrays, drink cups, and purses, all smiling and looking forward.
Date: 1960~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marie and Marion Brooks with Don Yarborough]

Photograph of Don Yarborough, Texan Democrat gubernatorial candidate, in the Brooks' house in Fort Worth. At left is Marie Norris Brooks, who pours Yarborough (right) a drink from an ornate pot wguke Dr. Marion "Jack" Brooks (center) looks on and smiles. Along the foreground is a table with dessert foods, and in the background, past the archway, is a low table with teacups and other party guests.
Date: 1962~/1964~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Discussing the Voter, Urban League]

Photograph of three individuals discussing voting education in Fort Worth, Texas. At left is Herman M. Sweatt, director of the southern regional office of the Urban League, who hands a "Planning Effective Non-Partisan Voter Education Campaigns" pamphlet to Marion J. Brooks (center), doctor and local civil rights leader, and an unidentified woman (right) looking onward.
Date: 1963
Creator: Turner, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scharbauer Hotel, 1962]

Photograph of the Scharbauer Hotel in Midland, a large six-story building on the corner of Loraine and Main Street in downtown Midland with shops along the ground floor such as a coffee shop, a drug store, and a barber shop.
Date: 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland-Odessa Symphony Debs, 1964-5]

Photograph of the Midland-Odessa Symphony "Debs", a group of women in light-colored dresses with pearl necklaces and matching hairdos. Four rows of four women stand on a staircase as the rest of the group fans out in front of them, each facing forward and smiling. A note at the top of the picture identifies Beverly Baker Thompson, fourth from left and indicated with a dot drawn above her head.
Date: 1964/1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland Rotary Meeting]

Photograph of a local Rotary meeting in Midland, held in a dining room with multiple dinner tables. At center, Dr. Kurt Lekisch stands with a microphone in front of him; to his left stands Jack Washburn, and to the right is Fred Kester. Washburn and Kester wear identical pins on their chest.
Date: 1963~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pliska's Blacksmith Shop, 1960]

Photograph of John Valentine Pliska's blacksmith shop, a large wooden frame building along the southwest corner of Texas Avenue and Baird Street. Metal equipment, junk, and scrap pieces are haphazardly placed in a fenced-in lot adjacent to the blacksmith shop (left). Office buildings in the Midland skyline are visible behind the shop. This building was torn down in 1962.
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wilco Building, Christmas 1964]

Photograph of the Wilco Building in Midland, its office lights illuminated in the shape of a double cross for Christmas, 1964. The tower's radio mast glows brightly above, as does the streetlamps and lights along the buildings below.
Date: December 24, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Opening of State Women's Bowling Tournament, Midland Lanes]

Fisheye photograph of the opening of a state women's bowling tournament in Midland Lanes, viewed from between two bowling lanes. Across the aisles, bowlers release their bowling balls in front of a busy crowd standing behind the ball dispensers.
Date: July 28, 1964
Creator: Davis, Frank
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial of Petroleum Building and Western Life Building]

Aerial photograph of the Petroleum Building (center) and the Western Life Building (left) as viewed from the southwest. The Petroleum Building has Gothic-styled spires along the front edges of the building, textured relief features between windows, and a large "SHELL" sign on the roof. The Western Life Building is made of smooth concrete, with a large sign reading "PETROLEUM LIFE" along the southeast corner of the building. Cars are parked along Texas Avenue, adjacent to the buildings.
Date: 1961~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland City Hall Cornerstone Ceremony]

Photograph of the cornerstone ceremony for the Midland City Hall, arraigned by the Masonic Lodge. The cornerstone is held by chains above the base of the City Hall's wall, nine courses of bricks partially built with a Mason holding a trowel above one of the corners of the wall. A band with sheet music stands is behind the wall, seated and watching the lowering of the corner stone, while the Texan flag is visible at left.
Date: November 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Homefurnishing Mart Orange Showroom #3]

Photograph of a furniture showroom in the Dallas Homefurnishing Mart. At bottom center, a large sofa with a large floral print is surrounded both sides with gray and orange armchairs, with a small blue rug and two round end tables in front of the sofa, between the arm chairs. A woman with a floral dress stands in the arrangement and looks to the left. Around the room are more armchairs and sofas, as well as desks with fluorescent orange lamps. A man sits in an armchair at far left.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[World Trade Center Men's Bathroom]

Photograph of the men's lounge bathroom at the World Trade Center in Dallas. Depicted here are three skins, each with a soap dispenser and a hole for trash, as well as urinals and paper towel dispensers. A full-length mirror is in front of the sinks, with slim textured lights above.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WTC Concept Art, Lobby Drawing #2]

Copy photo of concept art for the World Trade Center at the Dallas Market Center. The illustration pictures a large and open atrium-shaped lobby in the inside of the building, with stacked balconies opening up from every floor on each side of the atrium's walls up to the roof of the building. Large, square skylights shine light from above, and ivy plants and vines line the edges of the balconies. At the bottom is a grand fountain and circular beds for trees. Two vertical arrangements of flags are hung from the ceiling and reach to the floor below, depicting the flags of multiple countries. Small people are illustrated in and around the lobby, as well as along the balconies.
Date: 1960~/1974~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WTC Concept Art, Lobby Drawing #1]

Copy photo of concept art for the World Trade Center at the Dallas Market Center. The illustration pictures a large and open atrium-shaped lobby in the inside of the building, with stacked balconies opening up from every floor on each side of the atrium's walls up to the roof of the building. Large, square skylights shine light from above, and ivy plants and vines line the edges of the balconies. At the bottom is a grand fountain and circular beds for trees. Two vertical arrangements of flags are hung from the ceiling and reach to the floor below, depicting the flags of multiple countries. Small people are illustrated in and around the lobby, as well as along the balconies.
Date: 1960~/1974~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[World Trade Center Aerial Illustration]

Copy photo of an illustration of the World Trade Center (WTC) at the Dallas Trade Center. The WTC is at center, a tall seven-story beige building with a plain white concrete frieze along the roof of the building. The Trade Mart is illustrated at left, next to the WTC, and the Homefurnishing Mart is visible at right. Parking lots line the front of the building, adjoined by Interstate 35E at bottom left. A large four-sided rectangular entry sign is illustrated in front of the WTC.
Date: 1960~/1974~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WTC Concept Art, Mall Drawing]

Copy photo of concept art for the World Trade Center at the Dallas Market Center. The illustration pictures a mall-like arrangement, with stacked balconies on every floor opening up to the ground floor. The outer walls of the corridors would have displays and stores, much like shops at a mall. The ceiling has a roof-shaped skylight, bordered by opaque white concrete blocks on both sides from which potted plants are hung. Several businesspeople are depicted walking along the corridors and standing on the balconies.
Date: 1960~/1974~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trade Mart Lobby, Interior Garden]

Photograph of a small indoor garden inside the Dallas Trade Mart lobby. The garden is placed along the lobby's stone floors, curving towards the foreground. Short yellow flowers and ferns are planted in the garden, as well as thin palm trees. The floating walkways of the Trade Mart lobby, connecting balconies from opposite ends of the atrium, are visible in the background.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History