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[Letterhead for Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society]

Description: Blank sheet of stationery with letterhead for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society listing the names of the president and three vice presidents in the upper-left corner and the treasurer and secretary with address in the upper-right corner. The name of the organization is written in cursive at the top of the page with the text "We meet at the Hebrew Institute, 819 Taylor Street" above blank lines to add the date, pre-printed with "19__."
Date: 19XX
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Three Men in Western Attire]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified men in Western attire playing cards on a quilt. Each wears a hat, chaps, and a dark-colored shirt; the one at left wears a holster and a bandolier, and the man at center, resting on a saddle, holds a revolver in his hand. An open tent is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Botanic Garden Pond]

Description: Photograph of a pond in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, containing lily pads and leaves and lined by reeds, shrubs, and grasses. Trees are visible across the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Botanic Garden Trees]

Description: Photograph of a pair of trees at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At left is a mescal bean tree, and at right is a ginkgo tree. Both sit in front along a concrete footpath on a shady grass lawn in front of a large stone building.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

The New 1957 Fort Worth Church Guide

Description: Directory of Black churches in the Fort Worth area with photographs, addresses, congregation sizes, and short histories and descriptions. The churches are organized alphabetically, by denomination, with a table of contents on page 2.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Cook and Royal Advertising Agency
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

Deliverer Life Insurance Company

Description: Booklet providing information about the Deliverer Life Insurance Company, one of the first life insurance companies for Black people in Fort Worth. It includes background about the establishment of the company; a list of employees with portraits and information about affiliations and experience; and a table of insurance premiums sorted by age.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Deliverer Life Insurance Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Discussing the Voter, Urban League]

Description: Photograph of three individuals discussing voting education in Fort Worth, Texas. At left is Herman M. Sweatt, director of the southern regional office of the Urban League, who hands a "Planning Effective Non-Partisan Voter Education Campaigns" pamphlet to Marion J. Brooks (center), doctor and local civil rights leader, and an unidentified woman (right) looking onward.
Date: 1963
Creator: Turner, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Fort Worth Botanic Garden Plan]

Description: Photograph of a map of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, prepared by the "City of Fort Worth Park and Recreation Department Planning Division." The map is hand-drawn, colored, and contains an overview of the botanical garden's layout.
Date: 1989-11~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Rock Springs Garden Center East Side, 1944 #2]

Description: Photograph of the Rock Springs Garden Center building from the east side at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Taken in 1944, the building has a curved arch entrance, two narrow windows on both sides of the entrance, and a glasshouse part of the building at left. Shrubs adorn the front of the house, and the entire structure is nested around trees.
Date: 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Rev. C. A. Holliday in Conference Room]

Description: Photograph of Rev. C. A. Holliday standing in a conference room with other individuals. He is in the back row, center. There are seventeen individuals here, including one woman (front row, third from left). A radio and a few machines are placed on the main desk. These people might be members of a City of Fort Worth board.
Date: 196X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

Year Book 1929-1930 Alphin Charity and Art Club

Description: Yearbook of the Alphin Art and Charity Club including brief information about the group, a list of activities from the club meetings, membership for club committees, and a member directory. There is a handwritten list of financial transactions after the last page for 1929 and a page inserted at the front lists phone numbers for the members of the Sick Committee.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Alphin Art and Charity Club
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Charles W. Norris in a Barber Shop]

Description: Photograph of Charles W. Norris (left), a tailor in Fort Worth, standing in a barbershop with a tape measure around his neck and a clipboard in his left hand. At right, there are three barbers each standing behind a chair, two with customers. The chairs are placed in front of mirrors with desks and have lightbulbs hanging above. Handwritten on back: "Charles W. Norris, tailor, Fort Worth circa 1924-1925."
Date: 1924~/1925~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Japanese Garden Crossing Construction #1]

Description: Photograph of a crossing under construction in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. It consists of two straight wooden trunks laid across a small dirt gully connected to concrete bases on both sides. A stone path is visible at bottom. Small trees are visible on both sides of the gully.
Date: 1972-05~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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