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[Portrait of John Edwards]

Description: Portrait of John Edwards, visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored jacket and light-colored shirt. He is buried in First Street Cemetery in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Myra's uncle - John Edwards. Aug. 8, 1847 - Dec. 14, 1891."
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson & Knight
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Carter J. Harris]

Description: Portrait of Carter J. Harris wearing a hat and seated on a wicker chair. The text on the back reads: "Carter J. Harris...-born in Robinson, McLennan Co., Texas...-buried in Rosemound Cemetery in Waco...-WWI veteran."
Date: unknown
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Ida Frances McSween]

Description: Portrait of Ida Frances McSween leaning on a small column covered with ivy and she is dressed in dark clothing. Text on the back reads: "Ida Frances McSween (Mrs. N. W. Harris)...Ida Frances McSween Harris born Nov. 20, 1851; buried Oakwood Cemetery, Waco."
Date: unknown
Creator: Deane
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Grave Marker of Bessie H. Beck]

Description: Photograph of the grave marker of Elizabeth Howell Beck, located in the Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas. It is a simple stone rectangle, with the words "Bessie H. Beck, 1891-1986" engraved.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Grave Marker of R. E. Beck]

Description: Photograph of the grave marker of Roy Elmer Beck, located in the Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas. It is a simple stone rectangle, with the words "R. E. Beck, 1885-1944" engraved.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Richard C. Smith]

Description: Portrait of Richard C. Smith as a young boy, sitting on the edge of an ornate wicker chair. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Richard C. Smith, 1888-1936, Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas."
Date: 1895~
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery]

Description: Postcard of Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas. In the group of markers in the left half of the photo are Richard Coke, Dr. David Richard Wallace, and the Edwin A. Sturgis family. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. Fritz Schulz in Hamilton County, Texas and is mostly illegible.
Date: 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, 1900]

Description: Photograph of Oakwood Cemetery, looking down a dirt path along several plots. There are white wooden hitching posts on the corners of intersections down the dirt road with other perpendicular paths. Several plots contain tall stone obelisks or are bordered by hedges, while others contain small round bushes or remain bare except for grave markers. Large bare trees are visible across the background.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Thompson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.538712 -97.111652
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Texas Cotton Palace]

Description: Postcard of the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas at night, the building outlined with small colored lights. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Fred Setchell in Canaan, Maine, and says "Dear Ross. I am at McGregor visiting Tina. Yesterday we spent all day in Waco. Went out to Oakwood to visit the little grave. Twenty-five years this month. The afternoon at Cotton Palace. Such a crowd. Will return home tonight. With great deal of love to all. From Aunt Effa."
Date: November 10, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Funeral Notice for Robert H. Thomason]

Description: Funeral notice for Robert H. Thomason, who died of "congestion of the brain" at 37 years old. The notice invites friends and acquaintances to his funeral and burial at Odd Fellow's Cemetery on South First Street in Waco, Texas.
Date: July 16, 1884
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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