[Fort Worth University Medical Department First Term]

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Photograph of the Medical Department in their first term at Fort Worth University. The group of all men are positioned in front of a brick wall with tall windows, arranged in four rows with the front row seated. They all wear dark suits, and most wear bowler or top hats. Written in pen on the photograph next to a man in the top row at right is "Dr. Walter Allen." The photograph is mounted to a black board with a strip of paper at the bottom with printed text that reads: " Medical Department, Ft Worth University, first term / … continued below

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1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm. on mat 28 x 36 cm. on mat 31 x 39 cm.

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Swartz View Co. January 25, 1895.

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Photograph of the Medical Department in their first term at Fort Worth University. The group of all men are positioned in front of a brick wall with tall windows, arranged in four rows with the front row seated. They all wear dark suits, and most wear bowler or top hats. Written in pen on the photograph next to a man in the top row at right is "Dr. Walter Allen." The photograph is mounted to a black board with a strip of paper at the bottom with printed text that reads: " Medical Department, Ft Worth University, first term / Jan 25, 1895 taken by Swartz View Co. Top row, far / right James Walter Allen." The black board is mounted to a white board.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm. on mat 28 x 36 cm. on mat 31 x 39 cm.

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Frances Marion Allen Collection

The collection of Frances Marion Allen, a longtime resident of Fort Worth who died in 1997, contains material collected by herself, her parents, James Walter Allen, M.D. and Daisy Emery Allen, M.D., and her sister, Sheila Emery Allen. The collection contains numerous photographs and correspondence dating from the mid-19th century to the late-20th century.

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  • January 25, 1895

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  • Sept. 16, 2023, 9:41 p.m.

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  • Oct. 20, 2023, 12:01 p.m.

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Swartz View Co. [Fort Worth University Medical Department First Term], photograph, January 25, 1895; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1595071/: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.

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