[Hand Pointing at Old Brick Wall With Chipped Paint]

Photograph of a hand pointing at an Old Brick Wall With Chipped Paint and the sentence 'Pull The Chain This Means You' stenciled on it.
Date: 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Brick Wall With Chipped Paint]

Photograph of an old brick wall with chipped paint and the sentence 'Pull The Chain This Means You' stenciled on it.
Date: 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About "My Father"] (open access)

[Personal Narrative About "My Father"]

Handwritten narrative written by B. J. Bradford, Jr. (minister of Mt. Horeb Baptist Church in Dallas) about his childhood and reflections on lessons learned from his father.
Date: 1990%
Creator: Bradford, Bishop Johnson, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for B. J. Bradford Sr, April 16, 1990] (open access)

[Funeral Program for B. J. Bradford Sr, April 16, 1990]

Funeral program for Reverend B. J. Bradford Sr. The funeral was held April 16, 1990 at Mount Horeb Missionary Baptist Church, presided by Dr. S. M. Wright Sr. Funeral arrangements were made through Bradford Mortuary Inc. and he was buried in Gates Hill Cemetery in Bohnam, Texas.
Date: April 16, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wilton Lanning and Two Individuals Pose with Museum Display]

Photograph of Wilton Lanning (right), Co-Founder and founding board president of the Museum, one unknown woman (center) and one unknown man (left) in front of a display for the Dr Pepper Museum and Free Enterprise Institute.
Date: September 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Building from the West Corner]

Photograph of the exterior of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) and the intersection in front of it as the building undergoes renovations.
Date: September 5, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction Viewed from Mary Avenue #1]

Photograph of the exterior of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) and the intersection in front of it as the building undergoes renovations.
Date: September 5, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction Viewed from Mary Avenue #2]

Photograph of the exterior of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) from the west, with the intersection in front of it as the building undergoes renovations.
Date: September 5, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Building During Renovation]

Photograph of a van outside of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) while the building is undergoing renovations.
Date: September 7, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Detail of Bottle Washing Machine #1]

Photograph of details on a rusted Meyer-Dumore Junior Bottle Washing Machine taken during renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company (the Dr Pepper Museum). Faded lettering on the side of the machine reads "CEO L Meyer MFC Co" followed by a line of illegible text and another line reading "USA."
Date: September 7, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Detail of Bottle Washing Machine #2]

Photograph of details on a rusted Meyer-Dumore Junior Bottle Washing Machine taken during renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company (the Dr Pepper Museum). Text on the machine reads "Meyer Dumore Junior."
Date: September 7, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Detail of Bottle Washing Machine #3]

Photograph of details on a rusted Meyer-Dumore Junior Bottle Washing Machine taken during renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company (the Dr Pepper Museum). Text on the side of the machine reads "Meyer - Dumore - Junior."
Date: September 7, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Detail of Dr Pepper Museum Entrance]

Photograph of an external wall of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum). The wall features small arched windows over a sign reading "Home of Dr Pepper" between them, with larger stone brick arches beneath them. A sign in a first-story window reads "Future Home of DR PEPPER MUSEUM and Free Enterprise Institute."
Date: September 7, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior View of Southwest Corner With Scaffolding]

Photograph of the exterior of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) and the intersection in front of it as the building undergoes renovations.
Date: September 7, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Entrance Near Start of Renovation]

Photograph of scaffolding in front of an external wall of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum). The wall features small arched windows over a sign reading "Home of Dr Pepper" between them, with larger stone brick arches beneath them.
Date: September 7, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Entrance of the Dr Pepper Museum]

Photograph of renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum) taken from down the street. The building's roof is partially incomplete.
Date: September 7, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scaffolding Over Main Entrance Looking Southwest]

Photograph of scaffolding in front of the main entrance to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr. Pepper Museum). The wall features three arched outlines with the entrance to the main door in the middle and an arched window in the others; a sign reading "Home of Dr. Pepper" is above the middle archway.
Date: October 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction Equipment Outside the Dr Pepper Museum]

Photograph of construction equipment outside of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum). An unknown individual sits inside of a yellow loader in a dirt patch.
Date: October 11, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Entrance Nearing Completion]

Photograph of scaffolding in front of an external wall of the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum). The wall features small arched windows over a sign reading "Home of Dr Pepper" between them, with larger stone brick arches beneath them.
Date: October 11, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Individuals Look for Archaeological Evidence]

Photograph of Mildred Walker (left), first Curator, and Joe Cavanaugh (right), first Director, looking for archaeological evidence during renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum).
Date: October 11, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Billboard for the opening of the Dr Pepper Museum]

Photograph of the first billboard advertising the opening of the Dr Pepper Museum in spring of 1991. It has an illustration of the front of the building at left with a large image of a Dr. Pepper bottle cap over the side of the building. Text at right says "Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Texas salutes Dr Pepper Museum, Waco."
Date: October 18, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction Worker on a Ladder]

Photograph of a construction worker on a ladder in front of a metal beam during renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Building (the Dr Pepper Museum).
Date: October 18, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[General Contractor and Two Unidentified Men on Construction Site]

Photograph of Charles Barrett (center), general contractor for the project, and two unidentified men (left and right), on the site of renovations to the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company building (the Dr Pepper Museum). On the left side of the frame there is a Dr Pepper vending machine.
Date: October 18, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Museum Founder Receives Small Copy of Billboard #2]

Photograph of W. W. "Foots" Clements (second left), co-founder of Museum and past Dr Pepper Company President; Joe Cross (right), second Museum board president; and two unidentified individuals. Clement is receiving a small copy of the first Dr Pepper Museum billboard.
Date: October 18, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History