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Portrait of Velma Greer

Photograph of a bust-length portrait of a woman identified as Velma Jewel Greer. She is wearing pearl earrings and a necklace. She was born in Richardson, Texas, on September 13, 1898, and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 7, 1997.

Date: 1915/1929~

Creator: Browne & Browne, Studio Deluxe

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of John B. Jordan, Fire Chief

Photograph of a bust-length portrait of John B. Jordan, Fire Chief. He is wearing a hat, a tie, and suit jacket. The Richardson Fire Department was organized in 1925, when the first water mains were laid. He moved to Richardson in 1917 and had spent nine years before on the Plano Fire Department.

Date: unknown

Creator: Classen Studio

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Terrace Park Pool

Photograph of Terrace Park Pool. Several children are in the water, and others are walking along the edge of the pool. In the background, there are children on diving boards. Behind them, there is a set of three metal tanks. Text below the photograph says "Terrace Pool."

Date: 196X

Creator: Conger Studio

Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Portraits of Sam Harben and Tillie Harben]

Two photographs of Sam Harben and Tillie Harben. The first photograph features a portrait of Sam Harben, husband of Tillie Harben. He is wearing a suit and patterned tie, and is holding rolled up papers in his hands. He was born September 12, 1878, and died in October 1960. The second photograph features a portrait of Tillie Harben. She is wearing a blouse with a pattern in the center and a skirt. She is posing with two dogs.

Date: unknown

Creator: Conger, Fred

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Stutlz Family

Photograph of a portrait of a group of men, women, and children identified as the Stultz family. Seven people are standing in the back row, and five people are sitting in a front row.

Date: 1890/1910

Creator: Dean, J. D.

Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Stultz Family Portrait]

Photograph of the Stultz family. In the front, two women are posed on either side of a man (identified as Antonio Lentz) and a young boy (identified as Robert Lentz) and the four of them appear to be seated on wicker furniture; a second man is leaning on one arm of the seat. In the back row, seven men of various ages are standing in a rough semi-circle. All of the men are wearing suits with vests and ties. The woman seated on the right side (identified as Philomena Catherine (Stultz) Lentz)… more

Date: 1890/1910

Creator: Dean, J. D.

Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Portrait of H. W. Greer]

Portrait of Henry Wise (H. W.) Greer, in a bust pose. He has a moustache and is wearing a dark jacket and a striped tie with a tie pin. The photograph is mounted inside a folded display folder. According to accompanying information, he died on March 14, 1942 (b. December 8, 1858).

Date: unknown

Creator: Gentry

Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Portrait of Ida Huffhines Greer]

Portrait of Ida Huffhines Greer, in a bust pose. She is wearing an embroidered jacket over her dress with a pearl necklace and earrings. The photograph is mounted inside a folded display folder. According to accompanying information, she died on March 10, 1964 at age 94 (b. August 7, 1869).

Date: unknown

Creator: Gentry

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Velma and Ruth Greer

Photograph of a girl and young woman identified as Velma Jewel Greer (Brandenburg) and Ruth M. Greer. The girl is wearing a hair bow, and both are wearing locket necklaces.

Date: unknown

Creator: Gentry

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Vera Huffhines

Photograph of a bust-length portrait of Vera France Huffhines at eight years old. She is wearing a hair bow and necklace. Text below the image says "Vera Huffhines." She is the daughter of Winfield Scott Huffhines and Francis Ann Harris Huffhines, and later married William Statler Stratton.

Date: 1908

Creator: Harper and Company

Partner: Richardson Public Library

John Meade Campbell Home

Photograph of an exterior view of John Meade Campbell home. The wooden house is two-stories tall, and a covered porch extends the wide of it. Bushes and trees surround the house. The house was built in 1914, and Methodist Richardson Medical Center now occupies the land.

Date: unknown

Creator: Harrison, Mary Campbell

Partner: Richardson Public Library

John Meade Campbell Home

Photograph of an exterior view of the John Meade home (built in 1914) and surrounding land. To the left of the image, there is a wooden barn and silo beside a pond. To the right and further back, there is a house. Additional information is given on the back of the photograph.

Date: unknown

Creator: Harrison, Mary Campbell

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Charles Blewett

Photograph of a portrait of Charles Henry Blewett. He is wearing a World War I uniform, and has two medals pinned on the right side of his jacket.

Date: unknown

Creator: Hutchcraft

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Arapaho Road at U. S. 75

Photograph of an intersection of Arapaho Road and U. S. 75. Two cars and two trucks are driving down one road. On the left of the road, there are houses; on the right, there is a construction site.

Date: 1958~

Creator: Martin, Jerry

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Belt Line / Main Street at U. S. 75

Photograph of the intersection of Belt Line/Main Street and U. S. 75. Several cars are heading north on U. S. 75. In the background, there are signs in a lot, a parking lot with cars, and houses.

Date: 1958~

Creator: Martin, Jerry

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Thomas V. Wheeler

Photograph of a portrait of a man identified as Thomas V. Wheeler, age seventy-two. He is holding the newspaper telegram telling the death of Abraham Lincoln. Wheeler is the grand-nephew of the founder of Richardson, Texas, Billy Wheeler.

Date: 1980

Creator: Matula, Eva

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Harben - Spotts Company, Harben's Drug Store and Richardson Telephone Company Annual Picnic

Photograph of a group portrait at the Harben-Spott's Company annual picnic at Kidd Springs. The picnic involved Harben's Drug Store and Richardson Telephone Company. The men, women, and children are identified as (seated on ground, first row) Earle Harben, Ray Chap Harben, Marjorie Mae Meyer, Lewis, (second row) Mrs. M. M. Meyer, Miss Florence Ingle, Mrs. Walter Williams, Miss Ethel Christopherson, Mrs. P. E. Riley, Miss Stella Moody, Mrs. Sam P. Harben, Mrs. Doyal Taylor, Mrs. Sherwood Spott… more

Date: July 1, 1926

Creator: McAnally, C. C.

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Portrait of Greer Family

Photograph of a portrait of the Greer family. They are identified as Ida Lee Huffhines Greer, Velma Jewel Greer (Brandenburg), Ruth M. Greer, and Henry Wise Greer.

Date: 1898/1899

Creator: Pennington and Burger

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Richardson Schools

Photograph of a group of fifty-three school children and one teacher on Greenville Avenue. They are standing in front of a wooden building with double wooden doors.

Date: unknown

Creator: Rutledge, Amy

Partner: Richardson Public Library

1919 Richardson High School Football Team

Photograph of twelve students and one coach identified as the Richardson High School football team. Coach W. H. Galloway is standing in between four boys on the back row, and eight boys are sitting in the front row. One boy in the center is holding a football with "R. H. S." written on it. Text below the image says "1919 Richardson High School Football Team." The boys are identified on the back of the image.

Date: 1919

Creator: Smith, Morris J.

Partner: Richardson Public Library

Girls' Basketball Team Reunion

Photograph of two laughing elderly women, identified as Irene Cain and Carrie Lee Ashby Fender. The women were both members of the Richardson Girls' Basketball Team, around 1919. Bill Wechter took this photograph for an article written by Shirley Reynolds of the Richardson Daily News.

Date: 1986

Creator: Wechter, Bill

Partner: Richardson Public Library

1919 Girls' Basketball Team

Photograph of a group of eight young women identified as the 1919 girls' basketball team. They are posing in a car on the corner of Main Street and McKinney Street in Richardson, Texas. Five of the women are sitting in the car, and three are standing on the sides of the car.

Date: 1919~

Partner: Richardson Public Library

1938 Richardson High School Football Team

Photograph of the 1938 Richardson High School football team. They are seated in bleachers, and posing in three rows. All but two boys are wearing football uniforms; one boy in the center-front row is holding a football. Text below the image says "1938 Football Team," and has each of their names listed.

Date: 1938

Partner: Richardson Public Library

1939 Richardson High School Football Team

Photograph of the 1939 Richardson High School Football Team. The boys are posed in five rows with two men on the ends of the fourth row. All but three of the boys are wearing uniforms. They are identified by name on the back of the image.

Date: 1939

Partner: Richardson Public Library

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