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[Blackstone Hotel]

Description: Postcard image of the Blackstone Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. Text on the back reads "In the tower of the Blackstone Hotel, twenty-two stories, above the ground, is located the broadcasting stations of WBAP, one of the largest broadcasting stations in the south. From here a remarkable view of the city may be obtained".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Elks Club in Ft. Worth, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of the Elks Club lodge in Fort Worth, Texas. The lodge is two stories built in a Spanish style with clay roofing tiles, rounded windows and iron work around the archways on the first floor. Trees are visible around the exterior of the lodge near the steps leading up to the entrance. Handwritten on the text address Miss. Sadie Costa of Roswell, New Mexico.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Gathering at Polytechnic Methodist Church, Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of a gathering in front of the Polytechnic Methodist Church in Fort Worth. Several women stand on the steps of the church's entrance in seven or more rows, most wearing black dresses, and some holding hats. Identified on the back is Katherine Bernice Mobley Parker (1873–1964, "second from left, first row") and Hope Stallings (1894–1978, "first person in second row"), a history teacher at Polytechnic High.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bryant Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Group Photo of Unknown Individuals]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified group posing for a picture in a living room. The majority of the subjects are women wearing dark-colored dresses, except for a young woman in a light-colored satin dress and a man in a suit in the center of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: Littlejohn Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, December 6, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, on December 6, 1944, thanking her for the Christmas box she sent him. He talks about the weather, and says that the food is getting bad because it's all canned, so her box is very welcome. He expresses hope that a relative made it safely to France.
Date: December 6, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie Letitia Willis, February 15, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie Letitia Willis, on February 15, 1944. He thanks her for a box she sent him at Christmas, and admits that Italy is better than Africa, and there are more things to take pictures of in Italy than in Africa, but he still wants to go home. He's heard that Margaret Ann is dating a soldier, and predicts that they will get married.
Date: February 15, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Man Wearing Suit and Tie]

Description: Portrait of an unidentified young man wearing a dark coat, suit and tie, posing in front of a light background. The borders of the card on which the photograph is printed are cut in a decorative pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Swartz
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Boy on Crutches]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified boy on crutches, wearing a dark-colored three-piece suit with a pocket square, checkered bow tie, and suit accessory. The boy stands on a rug with a flower design, and the background is created via a painted picture of a column and a flower arrangement in a floor vase.
Date: unknown
Creator: Southern Art Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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