Private Collection of the Tarver Family - 209 Matching Results

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[Three Men Posing Together]

Description: Photograph of three young men standing together with their arms around one another in front of a large shrubbery. They are wearing short-sleeved button-up shirts and slacks; the man in the center has a cigarette in his mouth. A brick building is partially visible in the background, to the right.
Date: 1948~

[Tommy Martinez in a Field]

Description: Photograph of Tommy Martinez wearing a military-style uniform, standing in a field with his left hand on his hip. Behind him, other people are standing and sitting along a fence, observing something in another field and there is a large, L-shaped building in the background.
Date: 1948~

[Two Pigs on a Farm]

Description: Photograph of two pigs standing side-by-side in an open field. The pig on the right is facing the camera and the pig on the left is looking toward the left side of the image; both of them are a dark color with a light stripe across the shoulders and front legs. A building is visible in the background on the right side of the image.
Date: 1948~

[Winifred McNair Outside Barracks]

Description: Photograph of Winifred McNair, visible from the waist up, wearing a military-style uniform and standing in front of double screen doors. There is text chalked around the doorway including, "[Welcome] Mothers" at the top, and "[...]ainview Bulldogs | [T]he Best [in] the West" in the lower right.
Date: 1948~

[Young Woman with Three Cows]

Description: Photograph of a young woman wearing loose clothing and a headscarf, standing to the right of three cows, looking toward them and holding their leads. Two are dark-colored cows and the one in the middle is lighter colored. Text written at the bottom says, "How do you like _my_ colors? Nice, aren't they?" Handwritten note on the back: "1 - Wendell or Laura or Emily or me."
Date: 1948

[A&M Barracks 206 Group Photo]

Description: Photograph of a group of sixteen young men posing together around a sign that says "Brks. 206. A&M Annex, Fall 1948" in three rows, with five of them crouching at the front and two standing rows. They are wearing informal versions of military-style uniforms, although several are wearing T-shirts or have removed their shirts. They are posing inside the barracks and shelving with personal items are visible on either side of the image. Names are handwritten on people and around the edges of the… more
Date: Autumn 1948

[Anton Backholt Outside Barracks]

Description: Photograph of a young man, identified on the back as Anton Backholt, wearing a military-style uniform and standing outside the door to the barracks at A&M College of Texas. The area around the doorway is decorated with lettering that says "Welcome Mothers" over the door, with other messages on either side.
Date: [1949..1954]

[Tarver Family Outside of a House]

Description: Photograph of the Tarver family standing together in a line outside of an unidentified house. From left to right: Wendell Lee, James Walden, John Agrippa, Selma Cleo, Elizabeth Ann, and Leta Joy (front). They are standing on the grass next to a flagstone walk; the corner of the house and trees are visible in the background.
Date: April 25, 1949

[Portrait of Wendell Tarver in Texas A&M Uniform]

Description: Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver, visible from the chest up, taken while he was a student at Texas A&M University. He is wearing a light-colored shirt and tie with a darker-colored jacket; the jacket has pins with crossed rifles and the initials A.M.C. on the lapels. A handwritten note on the photograph says "Love, Wendell;" a second note on the frame outside the photo says "Wendell L. Tarver." The photo is inside a red folder.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Aggieland Studio

[Wendell Tarver in a Room]

Description: Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver, visible from the waist up, standing with his arms crossed near a wall that has vertically-striped wallpaper and a window with the shade drawn to the right. He is wearing a light-colored shirt open at the collar with a darker jacket.
Date: [1950..1971]

[Wentell Tarver Seated on Couch]

Description: Photograph of Wendell Tarver seated on a couch in a living room leaning his elbows on his knees and looking toward the camera. The couch is in front of large windows with shutters and there is a coffee table holding various objects in front of the couch.
Date: [1950..1971]

[Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver]

Description: Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver, visible from the chest up, taken while he was a student at Texas A&M University. He is wearing a uniform that has a light-colored shirt and tie with a dark-colored jacket; the jacket has an "A.M.C." pin and eagle icon on either lapel.
Date: 1951~

[Wendell Tarver Class Ring]

Description: Class ring for 1952 with an image of an eagle holding a shield on the face and the school name written around it: "A&M College of Texas 1870." Other images are printed on the sides of the ring, including stars and rifles. Name inscribed on on the inner band: "W. L. Tarver."
Date: 1952

Graduating Seniors in Veterinary Medicine: Texas A&M College, Class of 1954

Description: Collage of individual portraits for the 44 graduating seniors in the Texas A&M veterinary medicine program as well as portraits for the 9 professors and dean across the top. In each case, the portrait is cropped to an oval shape and the name of the person is printed below. The title is printed below the faculty and above the students; an image of the caduceus overlaid with a "v" for veterinary medicine is in the center of the top line of students.
Date: [1953..1954]
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
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