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Metropolitan Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1905

Photograph of the Metropolitan Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas. The building is brick and three-stories tall . On the front side of the building is a small balcony. On the side of the building is a sign that reads, "Metropolitan Hotel". The building is surrounded by a sidewalk and brick street with a few horse-drawn carriages. On the corner of the sidewalk is a street lamp.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Worth Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1905

Photograph of the Worth Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas. The buiding is five stories tall with arched windows and awnings and a store with display windows on the bottom floor. The sign in front of the store reads, "August's" and a sign further down the sidewalk reads, "Hotel Worth". In the foreground are telephone poles and wires.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Worth Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1905

Photograph of the Worth Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas. The building is several stories tall with arched windows a balcony full of people. It is surrounded by a sidewalk and brick road that is full of horse-drawn carriages and groups of men, women and children. The men are wearing hats and the women are wearing dresses. Painted near the roof of the building is, "Hotel". Typed at the bottom of the photograph is, "Hotel Worth - Fort Worth, Texas."
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mrs. T.C. Bunch, Mayfest, Ft. Worth, Texas in 1895

Photograph of Mrs. T.C. Bunch standing in front of a white horse attached to a decorated carriage. She is wearing white dresses with puffy sleeves, a sash, holding a fan and has a bow in her hair. She is looking at an elderly man who is holding the reins of the horse in one hand and a cowboy hat in the other. Behind the horse and buggy are stairs leading to an open room with streamers in the windows. Across the top of the door are the words, "Mayfest '95".
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Commerce Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1888

Aerial photograph of Ft. Worth at Commerce Street in 1888. In the center is a large strip of buildings, homes and businesses, surrounded with dirt roads and more homes across those streets. A store on the right corner of the black has a sign that reads, "Black Smith Shop". In the foreground are dirt trakcs, a telephone pole, and a few horse-drawn wagons.
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The 1911 Majestic Theater in Fort Worth

Photograph of Commerce Street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Majestic Theater is in the center of the frame with many signs and posters on it. Some read, "The St. Louis Limited. Road Through The Ozarks. Frisco Lines" Another poster reads, "Majestic, Venus, Alpha Sextette". This is Fort Worth's second Majestic Theater, built in 1911. Next to the theater is a building with awnings and a sign that reads, "Fisk Tires, Gasoline". Telephone poles and wires and horse-drawn buggies line the road.
Date: 1911?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Houston Street on Market Day in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1877

Photograph of Houston Street on Market Day in Ft. Worth, Texas. The frame is full of covered-wagons, horses, parcels and piles of goods, and many men and boys, most in dark jackets and cowboy hats. In the background are many business with signs.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Main Street in Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of Main Street in Ft. Worth, Texas. There are several very tall brick buildings lining the street, most of them with signs. The building on the right side of the frame has an entryway with pillars, a clock and a tall smokestack on the roof. A building on the left has an American flag on the roof. In the street are old cars, some horse-drawn buggies, and people. There are also people on the sidewalks and vending carts. Written on the photograph is, "Main Street City".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Main Street Looking North, Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of Main Street looking North in Ft. Worth, Texas. On the left side of the street is the Ft. Worth National Building which is many stories tall and has other business signs in the upper windows, such as, "Dr. J.T. Edwards DENTIST". There are several buildings next to the bank leading north towards the Courthouse. On the right side of the street are more businesses, and on the right side of the frame is a street light and two signs, one that says, "DRUGS" and "$15". The street is lined with trolley tracks, horse-drawn buggies, old cars and people, mostly men dressed in black with hats.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Main Street, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1914

Photograph of North Main Street in Ft. Worth. The road is dirt with trolley tracks leading to trolleys in the center background. Lining the road are electricity and telephone poles and wires. Behind those are buildings and trees. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "North Main St. from foot of Padlock Viaduct Looking North."
Date: 1914
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

7th Street Looking West, Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of 7th Street looking West in Ft. Worth, Texas. On the right side of the street is the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank with a clock over its doorway and many tall buildings next to it. Inlaid in the brick road are trolley tracks and overhead are electricity and telephone poles. On the road are many old cars, a horse-drawn buggy, and people.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ft. Worth Street Scene

Photograph of a street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The street is inlaid with trolley tracks with a trolley on them. On either side of the street are businesses and boardwalks with people on them. Lining the boardwalk are horses and horse-drawn buggies and in the foreground is a street lamp and an electric pole. Written at the top of the building on the right side of the frame is, "Drug Store".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of a street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The street is dirt and inlaid with trolley tracks with a trolley. On either side of the street are one and two-story commercial buildings with "Drug Store" painted on one of them. On the road are horse-drawn buggies and people. In the foreground are electric poles.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of a street scene in Ft. Worth, Texas. The street is full of horse-drawn buggies, a boy on a bicycle, and a trolley. Lining the street are electricity and telephone poles and tall commercial buildings. There is a sign on a building on the right side of the street that reads, "Ticket Office" and another that reads, "Hotel Worth".
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Houston Street Looking North in Ft. Worth, Texas c. 1907

Photograph of Houston Street looking North in Ft. Worth, Texas. In the center of the street is a boy riding a bicycle between trolley tracks towards trolleys and horse-drawn buggies. On either side of the street are tall buildings with signs such as, "Lyric Theatre", "A.J. Anderson Co Gun Store" and "Hotel Melba". Lining the street are telephone and electric poles. This photo is dated 1907 or later because the Flatiron building, constructed in 1907 can be seen on the left.
Date: 1907~
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of a street scene in Ft. Worth, Texas. The street has trolley tracks, old cars and horse-drawn buggies. Tall commercial buildings line the road and there are street lamps and people on the sidewalks. A sign on the left side of the frame reads, "CAFE". The building on the right has "F & M Nat'l Bank Building" on it and has been identified as the Hoxie Building located at 714 Main St. Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

State Cadet Battalion Marching

Photograph of the State Cadet Battalion marching. The young men are in uniform and lined up on a paved road. Most of the young men are holding guns except for a group of boys at the front holding instruments and a man on a horse. In the background are several large buildings and trees. In the foreground is a large circle of plants. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "State Cadet Battalion on the March."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

State Juvenile Training School in Gatesville, Texas

Photograph of the entrance to the State Juvenile Training School. In the foreground is a circular garden with lined shrubs, plants and trees. In the background are two multiple-storied buildings with an American flag flying in-between them. Behind the taller building is a water tower. Written on the bottom left hand side of frame is written, "Gildersleeve -Waco" and on the bottom right hand side is, "Entrance - State Juvenile Training School - Gatesville, Texas -."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hurley Building in Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of the Hurley Building in Ft. Worth, Texas. The building is stone and many stories tall. It has three arched stoops and a pillar. Next to it is a smaller buiding with a sign that reads, "G.Y. Smith & Co." It is surrounded by a street and sidewalk that is lined with horse-drawn buggies and men in hats. In the foreground is a telephone pole and wires.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co., 1881

Photograph of the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co., 1881. The building is three stories tall with stairs on the side and a covered sidewalk with a banner. The building is surrounded by a dirt road and many large telephone poles and wires. Written at the top of the frame is, "Fox Newspaper" and at the bottom is, "Office and East 2nd Sts, Fort Worth."
Date: 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Delaware Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of the Delaware Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas. The building is four stories tall and there is a storefront that reads, "Winter Daniel Co." There are three horse-drawn carriages and two men in hats surrounding the building along with telephone poles and wires.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Indians in front of teepee]

Photograph of a group of American Indians outside of a teepee. There is a child in the entry way to the teepee. There are animal skins hung up behind the group and a teepee in the background. Front of photograph: "Scene in camp of Mow-Wi. Last battle at Palo Duro Canyon.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Vine Lake Fishing and Hunting Club]

Photograph of a group of people sitting and standing in front of the Vine Lake Fishing and Hunting Club building. There are vehicles on both sides of the building. Some of the men are holding fishing lines.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mexican War Veterans of 1846]

Photograph of the Mexican War Veterans of 1846. The group of men are standing on steps. The men on the front row are seated.
Date: unknown
Creator: Swartz, C.L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History