[Certificate Awarded to Hester Beck Willis] (open access)

[Certificate Awarded to Hester Beck Willis]

Certificate awarded to Hester Beck Willis for 25 years of membership in the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. It reads: "Twenty-Five Years of Continuous Membership. This Certifies that Hester Beck Willis #012499 is a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, having been admitted to membership on January 11, 1984. In Witness Whereof the President General and Senior Members Committee Chair subscribe their names and have caused the seal of the Association to be hereunto affixed at Killeen, Texas this 16th day of May AD 2009."
Date: May 16, 2009
Creator: Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adam Helbich Portrait]

Portrait of Adam Helbich wearing a dark suit posing in front of a neutral background with an embossed decorative border on the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adelia Collins Keith Portrait]

Portrait of Adelia Collins Keith wearing a dark dress and glasses posing in front of a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alexander Johnson Kinchion Portrait]

Portrait of Alexander Johnson Kinchion (1905-1935) as a young man wearing a suit and bow tie posing in front of a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Teal Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alice, Cuba, and Andrew Keith Portrait]

Portrait of Alice, Cuba, and Andrew Keith posing in front of a neutral background; the two girls are wearing light-colored dresses and bows in their hair and the boy is wearing a suit and bow tie and standing next to them.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenue A]

Postcard of a color image of Avenue A in Temple, with two horse-drawn carriages on the left in front of a large building with a sign that reads "Fine Watch Repairing," a trolley, an bicyclist, and a few people standing on the right, and several buildings and a sunset in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Avenue A., Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenue A in Temple]

Postcard of Avenue A in Temple, Texas featuring a street corner lined with large buildings and two horse-drawn carriages in the street, with telephone poles lining the street."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby on Sofa]

Portrait of an unidentified baby in a white dress posing, standing on a sofa, in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell, Prairie Queen Gallery
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baca-City Drug Orchestra]

Postcard of members of the Baca Brothers Orchestra, nine men posing around a piano holding their instruments with a large drum that says "Baca Bros Orchestra." Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compliments of Baca-City Drug Orchestra K.T.E.M. Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baylor College in Belton"]

Postcard of a color image of Baylor College, a three-story yellow building with white columns around the front and side entrances, with a fountain and several trees in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Baylor College, Belton, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carnegie Library in Temple]

Postcard of the Carnegie Library, a yellow and white brick building with a dome and two columns in front of the entrance, with several trees in the foreground and other trees and buildings in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Carnegie Library, Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carnegie Library Interior]

Postcard of a color image of the interior of the Carnegie Library, featuring a round room with a white stone statue in the center and four smaller statues in recesses along the walls and two sets of stairs on the left and right side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Interior Carnegie Library, Temple, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cemetery in Temple]

Postcard of a collage of four photographs of a cemetery in Temple, Texas, featuring a house and a statue on a grave (upper left), several rows of graves and trees (upper right), a mausoleum surrounded by trees and bushes (bottom left), and a statue on a grave and rows of trees (bottom right). Printed on the front of the postcard: "Cemetery, Temple, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Child in Dress]

Portrait of an unidentified child wearing a light-colored dress and holding a wide-brimmed hat, posing by a gate in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wisdom
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Child in White]

Portrait of an unidentified child in a white dress posing, sitting, in front a light background.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Cottage Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Easter Bunny Postcard]

Postcard of a rabbit standing in a wagon filled with brightly colored Easter eggs, blue flowers, and a pink ribbon that is drawn by another rabbit wearing a harness and running on four legs. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Easter Greetings from Crawford Jewelry Co., Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elige Davis]

Photograph of Elige Davis positioned in front of a painted image background. He is pictured wearing a dark color suit with a light color dress shirt underneath. To his left is a stone structure that Davis is resting his hand on. Handwritten text on back reads "Elige Davis?"
Date: unknown
Creator: Hillyer
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family Portrait]

Portrait of an unidentified family posing in front of a light background; the woman wearing a dark dress is standing on the left, the man is wearing a dark suit and bow tie and sitting in a chair next to her with one child wearing a white gown on his knee, and a young girl is wearing a white dress and standing next to him on the right. The borders of the card on which the photograph is printed are cut into a decorate pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Favorite Photo Gallery
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Christian Church Temple]

Postcard of a black and white photograph of the First Christian Church, a stone building with two towers and rows of stained glass windows, on a street corner lined with trees and a colorized blue sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "First Christian Church, Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Methodist Church]

Postcard of a color image of First Methodist Church, a round brown brick building with a red tile roof and a row of large windows, on a street corner with a row of trees in front of it and houses on either side of it. Printed on the front of the postcard: "First Methodist Church. Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Methodist Episcopal Church]

Postcard of a color image of Second Street with the First Methodist Episcopal Church, a yellow building with several spires, on the left side and rows of trees on the left and right side of the street. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Temple, the Tree City. Second Street and First M. E. Church, Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grace Presbyterian Church]

Postcard of a color image of Grace Presbyterian Church, a large red building with stained glass windows and several towers, on a street corner with rows of trees in front of it and houses in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Grace Presbyterian Church, Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Henry Miller Portrait]

Portrait of Henry Miller wearing a dark suit posing in front of a neutral background with a decorative border embossed into the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. Hall Portrait]

Portrait of J. Hall, a small child wearing a white gown and holding a straw hat, posing in front of a neutral background. The borders of the card on which the photograph is printed are cut in a serrated pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Temple Favorite Photo Gallery
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History