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[Businesses built along railroad]

Photograph of business buildings built about 1915 along a railroad. The Brazos River Bridge (railroad bridge) can be seen on far right. A wooden ledge built next to the railroad tracks is visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Calvary Episcopal Church in Richmond, Texas]

Photograph of the old Calvary Episcopal Church in Richmond, Texas. White, wooden building with tall tower above front entrance (has three windows) with a cross at the top. There is a window on either side of the double (closed) door entrance; the windows have arched insets. There are trees on the left of photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Moore House, Richmond, Texas]

Photograph of the Moore House in Richmond, Texas. A front sidewalk is in the foreground. House is a two-story wooden house; six huge white columns extend from bottom floor to roofline. The front door has an arched window inset above the main entrance. There is a covered walkway to the right and a screened porch to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kinch-Hillyer House, Rosenberg, Texas]

Photograph of the Kinch-Hillyer House in Rosenberg, Texas. The house is a two-and-a-half-story wooden house with wrap-around porches at first and second story. The left side of photo shows the curb and lawn of another residence. A large tree on right partially obscures right side of Kinch-Hillyer House. There is a white house on the far right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. H. P. Davis Home in Richmond, Texas]

Photograph (copy) of the J. H. P. Davis Home in Richmond, Texas. Mr. And Mrs. J. H. P. Davis are standing in the doorway of the house and Mrs. George is standing to the left on the porch. The house is a white two-story wooden home with shutters and trim of dark paint. The house has a white picket fence in front. An African-American man is standing next to a carriage (on far side) pulled by a white horse. Top of fence post in right foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Anna's Well in Stafford, Texas]

Photograph of Santa Anna's Well in Stafford, Texas. Photograph shows a bricked hole with grass around the edges. Exposed dirt area can be seen in left, top corner. Photo has white strip on far left and a white spot near bottom right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anton Wessendorff.]

Copy print of an 1860 charcoal portrait of Anton Wessendorff, taken from a book. Wessendorff is visible from the chest up and is wearing a dark jacket and tie with a light-colored shirt; he also has a full beard and mustache.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

E. O. Campbell Farm, Richardson, Texas

Barn, E. O. Campbell farm, Richardson, Texas. Ben Coldwell and Jim W. Campbell standing in front, with team of mules.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Richardson, Texas

Mt.Calvary Baptist Church, Richardson, Texas, with people standing on steps (later known as: First Baptist Church.)
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cotton Gin "Old Red", Richardson, Texas

Cotton gin, two-story wooden frame building. Four 2-horsedrawn wagons containing cotton. 15 men visible. Telephone pole in foreground. Numerous outbuildings. Additional information: Telephone service in Richardson was established in 1900.
Date: 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newt Harris Barber Shop, Richardson, Texas

Barber shop interior, with 3 chairs facing a mirrored counter, and 2 men visible. No sinks, individual shaving mugs reflected in mirror, gas light. Electrical or pneumatic equipment visible.
Date: May 16, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newt Harris Barber Shop, Richardson, Texas

Barbershop interior, left to right: Newt [Thomas Newton] Harris owner, Walter Parks, Jack Echols, Dock Echols. 1 sink, ceiling fan, several electric lights, 2 barber chairs. Flag bunting draped above mirror. Additional information: Left to right: Newt [Thomas Newton] Harris owner, Walter Parks, Jack Echols, Dock Echols - Dallas Morning News 8/22/1984. Thomas Newton Harris, 30 Oct 1870 - 29 Jun 1952.
Date: 1930/1935
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Richardson Public Library, Richardson, Texas

Richardson Public Library looking southeast from the corner of Arapaho Road and Civic Center Drive. Red and white azaleas in foreground. Cars visible in parking lot. Civic Center [City Hall] building and water tower visible in right background.
Date: 1975/1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sun Oil Company, Production Research & Development Lab, Richardson, Texas

Aerial view. Sun Oil Company Production Research & Development Lab. Two one-story buildings, connected by a covered walkway. The larger building, in the foreground, is "E" shaped; the smaller is rectangular. Parking lot between with cars. Storage tank. Housing development visible in background, telephone/electrical poles, no trees or landscaping.
Date: July 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grissom Family Members, Richardson, Texas]

Photograph of two women, and one man standing on un-mortared brick surface. A fourth person is partially visible and there is corrugated metal, possibly a silo, visible in right background.
Date: 1930/1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Matt Turner and wife, Richardson, Texas

Copy of a photograph, a man and a woman, head and chest visible. The formal portrait is a horizontal oval mounted on stock. The man has a beard and moustache, is wearing a suitcoat and vest, with shirt and tie. The woman is wearing a dark dress, with dark moire satin bow at the neck, a brooch on her left side, and an earring visible on her left ear.
Date: 1890/1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Finis Ewing Allen Family and Residence, Richardson, Texas

Large, two-story wood clad residence with wrap-around roofed porch. The center section of the porch has a balcony porch on the 2nd floor. Two benches are visible on the porch; the foundation is skirted with brick; the porch steps are concrete. A small pied horse is standing in front of the porch. Four people are on the porch, a man standing, a boy standing, a man seated, and a woman standing partially behind him. Left to right: ALLEN, Robert Clint. Born Feb 1893. ALLEN, Cecil Butler. Born Sept 1899. ALLEN, Finis Ewing. Born 21 Apr 1857, Pettis Co MO; died 6 Jan 1918, Richardson TX. Allen, Lelia Ashby Butler. Born May 1862 KY. Robert Clint Allen, standing, wearing coat and hat;
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rock Island Survey Crew, c. 1902

In the fall of 1902, a Rock Island Railway survey crew was working a stretch of line between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth when two of the members decided to found a town along the route of the track. J. O. Schulze and Otis Brown finished their work with the railroad and remained in the area, where they founded the town of Irving in December 1903. C. P. Schulze, Jr, brother of J. O. Schulze is on the far left.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Train at the Irving Depot

Train at the Irving Depot. Completed in 1903, the site of the Chicago Rock Island & Gulf railroad depot also served as the location of the 1903 lot sale that founded Irving.
Date: 1905~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

J. B. Howard House

A lady standing on a porch at the Howard home at 318 Iowa (now O’Connor Rd.), believed to be Irving's oldest existing house, built in 1904.
Date: 1904~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of People by Trinity River]

Photograph of people on the bank of the Trinity River, surrounded with trees.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

First St. Luke's Catholic Church

First St. Luke’s Catholic Church, built in 1904. Located on the corner of Second and Jefferson, this building was used until 1920. Several French families, many from the defunct La Reunion colony, founded the parish. A parish list from 1890 includes the names of DeHaes, Chassang, Beaufford, and Boinard. Prior to 1904, Masses were held in private homes and later moved to the Lively School House on Britain Street. The city founders donated the lot for this church.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

C. P. Schulze, Sr., Otis Brown, and Fred Joffre in Schulze's Car

C. P. Schulze, Sr., Otis Brown, and Fred Joffre (in back) sit in Schulze's new Hupmobile. The house in the background is Otis Brown's house on Iowa Street (today 327 S. O'Connor Road). Brown built the house in 1905.
Date: 1912~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Albert Farine Home

Albert Farine home, constructed in 1906 and burned in the 1960s. The Farine family came to Texas in 1855 as part of the La Reunion colony and settled in the area that is now Irving in 1859.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History