Bedford School (Old Bedford School)
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: A picture of the outside of Bedford School. A few people are standing in the doorway of the school. The school was built in 1912 on the site of Bedford College. The photo was donated by Mike Patterson. (Bedford School, a.k.a. Old Bedford School) negative on file
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3922/
[Marie Wessendorff as a little girl (about 4 years old).]
Date: 1912
Creator: Blackburn, C.R.
Description: Photographic portrait of Marie Wessendorff as a little girl (about 4 years old). Wessendorff is wearing a white cotton eyelet dress with a dropped waist and lace ruffle. She is standing on a table next to a rattan chair. Taken by Blackburn Studio, Houston, Tex., about 1912. Image is mounted on a pale gray matte.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth366/
Irma Dru Hutchison (left, in pants) and Fannie Henry Farmer (right, in dress).
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph mounted on cardboard mat (with swirling pattern border on top, right, left) of Irma Dru Hutchison (left, in pants) and Fannie Henry Farmer (right, in dress). Picket fence in background. Corner of house seen in top, left of photo. House in background. Pencil description on back of photo.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth584/
["C.A. Moers hay baling crew"]
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of "C.A. Moers hay baling crew" as written on the back of the photograph. A young African-American boy is sitting on a hay baler that is beside two dark horses with harnesses. Two African-American men are on either side of a wagon. Man on horseback in background on left. A man is also standing on top of a wagon loaded with hay bales.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1513/
[A group of adults sitting on a porch in the summer of 1912.]
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph (copy) of a group of people sitting on a porch in the summer of 1912. They are only identified as: Brother Willie, Uncle Walter, Aunt Bell, Sister, Cuz Mamie and Caddie. Two men wearing suits are sitting in in a porch swing on the left. Three women are sitting in chairs on the right. Partial view of a fourth woman. Arches of porch and rail can be seen in background on left to center. Rocking chair in left foreground. Scanned image is of the copy.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1440/
[Children on tricycles.]
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph (copy) of children on tricycles. The children are identified as: Mary Ann, Dot, Mary Jones and Mamie on the porch. The child at front is on a scooter. She has her left foot on the scooter and her right foot on the sidewalk. Two other children can partially be seen behind her. There is a tricycle (no rider) to the right of the front steps. A woman can be seen sitting on a porch swing to left of porch. Scanned image is of the copy.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1435/
Scythe blade, painted black
Date: 1912 - 1913
Creator: unknown
Description: Scythe blade, painted black
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1002/
[Varnished/Lacquered scythe]
Date: 1912 - 1913
Creator: unknown
Description: Varnished/Lacquered scythe with two handles one at the bottom and one in the middle. All iron parts are painted black. Blade is attached at the top with two iron rings that slide on and off.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003/
[Col. Hugh B. Moore and General John J. Pershing]
Date: 1912 - 1919
Creator: unknown
Description: General John J. Pershing (on the left) and Col. Hugh B. Moore (on the right) are standing together on an open field or parade ground. Both men are in military uniform. General Pershing wears a military overcoat, while Col. Moore does not. In the background are a number of unidentified buildings, made of stone or brick. Some have two stories.
Holding Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15217/
Overland march with camels from Camp Verde, Texas to Tejon Pass, California, 1857-1858. Map
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Shows route of the Army camel train surveying for a wagon route across the West along the 35th Parallel under the direction of Lieutenant E. F. Beale, also used to test the feasibility of using camels as military pack animals. Shows relationship to U. S. Route 66.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11952/