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[Three Men Sitting Next to a Canoe]

Description: Photograph of three men sitting next to a canoe on a creek bank. The photo was taken through the trees, so that the men appear small. The creek isn't very wide, and the canoe isn't very large. The boys who are sitting are both shirtless.
Date: 1915~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Rev. H. C. Poehlmann and Others]

Description: Group photograph of Rev. Heinrich Carl Poehlmann (1879–1939) and other women and men seated near him. Poehlmann sits in a wicker chair at center, holding a Bible with a cross centered on the front cover. Besides him are six women, two seated on each side and two standing behind him, as well as three young men standing among the girls behind him. All are placed atop a rug and in front of a painted background, looking forward. Poehlmnann was the pastor of New Wehdem Lutheran Church in Brenham, Te… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Winkelmann, Friedrich Christian, Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Three Boys on a Cot]

Description: Photograph of three boys sitting on a wooden cot placed on the rocks by an unidentified body of water. The boy on the left holds a beer bottle in his hands. The boy in the middle has a cigarette between his fingers. Pillows and blankets are visible behind the boy on the right, who wears a flat cap. A shoe has been discarded next to the boy in the flat cap. A box can be seen to the left of the boy with the bottle.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Three Men in a Canoe]

Description: Photograph of three men in a canoe next to a creek bank. The men at the front and rear of the canoe are both shirtless. The man in the middle stands in the canoe. None of them is rowing.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Five Men in Bathing Suits]

Description: Photograph of five men in bathing suits sitting on top of a beam over a roaring river. They all look down. One sits off to the side on the left. The second from the right is labeled "Paul".
Date: 1915
Creator: Wiseman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Six Men in Bathing Suits Carrying a Canoe]

Description: Photograph of six men in bathing suits carrying a canoe above their heads. Trees are visible in the background, although they are fenced off with barbed wire. Two of the men wear shoes on the beach; the rest are barefoot. The second from the left has something white in his mouth.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Two Men on a Water Wheel]

Description: Photograph of two men in bathing suits on a water wheel. One of them sits on the wheel, and the other stands on his shoulders. The water is on the right of the picture, the ground and trees on the left.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Three Men in a Canoe]

Description: Photograph of three men in a canoe. The two men at the front and rear of the canoe are naked, while the one sitting in the middle is fully dressed. The man on the left holds an oar in the water. The other naked man is standing, but bent over.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Two Men in a Canoe]

Description: Photograph of two men in a canoe on a creek. The man on the left is fully clothed, while the other is partially naked. They are surrounded by trees that creep up on the creek bank.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Students Posing with Teacher]

Description: Postcard of several female students posing with Mamie Easton, their teacher. The back of the card lists the subjects as Maxine Harris, Ayleene McGuire, Ruth Norris, Rachel Kerr, Colean Thompson, Allegra Byers, Nell Norris, Netlie Hudson, Netlie Bell Pinkston, Grace Brenier, Cassie Ellard, and Geraldine Kerr. The girls hold a ball with "CGS '15" written on it.
Date: 1915?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Acting Troupe in Blackface]

Description: Photograph of an acting troupe, all men, in black face. One of them, in the back row, is dressed as a woman, with a blouse and a feathered hat. The man in the front row wearing a striped hat holds a horn instrument. The man on the far right does not wear black face, and is dressed in a three-piece suit and tie.
Date: [1911..1915]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Booklet for The Queen's Ball]

Description: Booklet for the Queen's Ball, a celebration of the coronation of Her Majesty Queen of the Year at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco. It was held at the Cotton Palace Coliseum. Included in the booklet is a list of members of the royal court, a program of dances and songs, and a list of duchesses for Texas.
Date: November 11, 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Alamo Building at North Texas College]

Description: Postcard image of the Alamo Building at the North Texas College in Sherman, Texas. Within this building is the Kidd Key Conservatory. The two story building has four large white columns along the front porch entrance where benches are visible. In the foreground is a smaller white statue positioned on the front lawn. Handwritten text on the back addresses Miss Pearl Yancey.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Camp Cotton]

Description: Postcard of Camp Cotton located in El Paso, Texas. In the center of the image are rows of 20th Infantry tents attached to the ground. Soldiers are shown positioned between the rows of tents and in a group to the left of the tents. The postcard is addressed to Miss Judith Locke of San Antonio, Texas.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: W. H. Horne Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Albert's Buckhorn Saloon]

Description: Postcard of the "wild and domestic sheep and goat heads to be seen at Albert's Buckhorn Saloon, San Antonio, Texas" as an inscription at the bottom of the card states. The photograph on the front of the card features a number of taxidermy animal heads mounted on a beige background. The back of the card advertises "12 different Post Cards of this famous establishment."
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.426205 -98.488951
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Invitation from Blair Stribling to Etta Mae Carroll - October 5, 1915]

Description: Invitation extended to Miss Etta Mae Carroll of Abbott, Texas to serve as Duchess of Abbott in the Texas Cotton Palace of Waco, Texas. It is signed by Blair Stribling, the Queen's Chancellor. Included with the invitation is information for visiting duchesses and their attendants at the queen's court and a court calendar.
Date: October 5, 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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