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[Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Pledges, Wiley College]
Photograph of pledges from the Zeta Phi Beta sorority of Wiley College, standing together on a flight of stairs in three rows and holding buckets painted with the sorority letters.
Date:
1947~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Mary Louise Pardee Thornton]
Photograph of Mary Louise Pardee Thornton, longtime registrar at I. M. Terrell High School. She wears a light-colored dress with bead necklaces and faces the left.
Date:
1936
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mary Louise and Ralph W. Thornton House]
Photograph of the Mary Louise and Ralph W. Thornton house on 2764 Nies Street, Fort Worth. The house is a single story-home with a small square porch in front of the front door, its windows covered with awnings printed with the letter T on the front. A dark-colored car is parked in front of a garage along the right wall of the house, accessible from the road by a gravel path, and bushes and small plants are planted in the front lawn and along the front of the building.
Date:
November 1954
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer for Bicentennial "Spiritual Awakenings" Events]
Flyer promoting "Spiritual Happenings" to celebrate the American bicentennial and promote Black culture. Two events are listed: a soul music festival in the Will Rogers Auditorium, and a spiritual jubilee in the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Date:
Spring 1976
Creator:
Black Citizens Concerned with the Bicentennial
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Sojourner Truth National Cultural Arts Festival]
Flyer welcoming visitors to the Sojourner Truth National Cultural Arts Festival, held during September 1976 in Fort Worth, Texas, listing guest artists at the eventand contacts for further information.
Date:
1976
Creator:
Sojourner Truth Players, Inc.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Sojourner Truth National Cultural Arts Festival]
Program for the Sojourner Truth National Cultural Arts Festival, held in the Sheraton hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, from September 3 to September 6, 1976. It includes short histories and biographies of invited speakers, an itinerary of events, and advertisements.
Date:
1976
Creator:
Sojourner Truth Players, Inc.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Guinn Reflector, Yearbook of James E. Guinn Junior High School, 1944
Yearbook for James E. Guinn Junior High School in Fort Worth, Texas, including photos of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and local clubs.
Date:
May 1944
Creator:
James E. Guinn Junior High School
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Year Book 1929-1930 Alphin Charity and Art Club
Yearbook of the Alphin Art and Charity Club including brief information about the group, a list of activities from the club meetings, membership for club committees, and a member directory. There is a handwritten list of financial transactions after the last page for 1929 and a page inserted at the front lists phone numbers for the members of the Sick Committee.
Date:
1929~
Creator:
Alphin Art and Charity Club
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tyler Barber College Class of 1940]
Photograph of the Tyler Barber College, class of 1940. The portrait of the college's president, H. M. Morgan, is at center, in front of illustrations of clippers and scissors. The graduating class is laid out in a grid, each wearing caps and gowns, set within a glass frame with decorative blue and red edges.
Date:
1940?
Creator:
Teal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Masonic Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 12, August 1928
Quarterly publication of the Masonic Temple in Fort Worth discussing various topics of interest to members and related to the activities of the organization. This issue focuses on relief funds, including fundraising from members and a tally of money paid out to Texas lodges for relief during the previous year.
Date:
August 1928
Creator:
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge No. 148 (Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
I. M. Terrell High School All Student Class Reunion
Program for the I. M. Terrell High School All Student Class Reunion, held in the Hotel Americana in Fort Worth, Texas, from August 20 to August 22, 1982. It includes background information, a list of congratulatory letters from major politicians, an itinerary of events, a list of former students and faculty, advertisements, and photographs.
Date:
August 1982
Creator:
I.M. Terrell High School Reunion. Souvenir Book Committee.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Dining Car]
Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company dining car. Several Black men are seated along all the seats within the dining car, turning to face the photographer. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date:
July 1948
Creator:
Smith, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]
Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date:
July 1948
Creator:
Smith, W. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Brick Room #1]
Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held in a Colorado and Southern Railway building. Seven Black men are seated in a windowless glazed concrete brick room, looking forward with three white men standing behind them.
Date:
July 12, 1948
Creator:
Fancher
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Brick Room #2]
Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held in a Colorado and Southern Railway building. Six Black men are seated in a windowless glazed concrete brick room, looking forward with three white men standing behind them.
Date:
July 14, 1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[3rd Anniversary for Rev. C. A. Holliday]
Photograph of a 3rd anniversary celebration for Reverend C. A. Holliday at the Greater St. James Baptist Church. Rev. Holliday is standing in front of a wooden pulpit along other church leaders and choir members standing in rows behind him. A thermometer measuring cash donated for the church building fund has been placed between large bouquets of flowers in front of the pulpit, and a banner for Rev. Holliday is hung along the back wall of the church.
Date:
1955
Creator:
Turner, John
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rev. C. A. Holliday in Conference Room]
Photograph of Rev. C. A. Holliday standing in a conference room with other individuals. He is in the back row, center. There are seventeen individuals here, including one woman (front row, third from left). A radio and a few machines are placed on the main desk. These people might be members of a City of Fort Worth board.
Date:
196X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rev. C. A. Holliday Giving Envelope to Dorothy M. Williams]
Photograph of Rev. C. A. Holliday, standing at left, handing an envelope to Dorothy M. Williams, at center. Mrs. C. A. Holliday smiles and looks on from the left. Williams is dressed with a dark-colored neck wrap and a white robe.
Date:
October 14, 1973
Creator:
Washington, Joel
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The New 1957 Fort Worth Church Guide
Directory of Black churches in the Fort Worth area with photographs, addresses, congregation sizes, and short histories and descriptions. The churches are organized alphabetically, by denomination, with a table of contents on page 2.
Date:
1957~
Creator:
Cook and Royal Advertising Agency
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Deliverer Life Insurance Company
Booklet providing information about the Deliverer Life Insurance Company, one of the first life insurance companies for Black people in Fort Worth. It includes background about the establishment of the company; a list of employees with portraits and information about affiliations and experience; and a table of insurance premiums sorted by age.
Date:
1955~
Creator:
Deliverer Life Insurance Company
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Little Tommy Tucker School 10th Anniversary Booklet]
Photographic booklet for the tenth anniversary of the Little Tommy Tucker School in Fort Worth, Texas, including a list of faculty (named) and students (unnamed), photographs of events and classes, and local advertisements.
Date:
1970
Creator:
Little Tommy Tucker School
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Charles W. Norris in a Barber Shop]
Photograph of Charles W. Norris (left), a tailor in Fort Worth, standing in a barbershop with a tape measure around his neck and a clipboard in his left hand. At right, there are three barbers each standing behind a chair, two with customers. The chairs are placed in front of mirrors with desks and have lightbulbs hanging above. Handwritten on back: "Charles W. Norris, tailor, Fort Worth circa 1924-1925."
Date:
1924~/1925~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1951 Portrait of Marion Jackson Brooks]
Photograph of Marion Jackson "Jack" Brooks, a Fort Worth civil rights leader. He is pictured here around the time he completed his Doctor of Medicine at the Howard University School of Medicine, circa 195. He has eyeglasses, combed hair, and a suit and neck tie.
Date:
1951~
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