O. D. and Estelle Bates Collection - 73 Matching Results
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- Brick School Building Being Torn Down
- The Irving Independent School District was established in 1909. The district built a three-story brick school building in 1913. The building, which came to be known as "Old Red," housed the entire student body for a number of years. It later became the elementary school and then the administration building. It was torn down in 1959.
- Children in a Toy Car
- Howard and Lorene Lucas play in their early toy automobile, c. 1913. The children's father, Doug Lucas, ran a general merchandise store in Irving from 1906-1931.
- Model T Ford
- Model T Ford Pickup. In the vehicle are W. D. Lucas's sons Howard and Ray, c. 1915
- Hezekiah and Elizabeth Story
- Hezekiah and Elizabeth Story. The Story family came from Illinois to the area that would later become Irving in 1855.
- Hezekiah Story Family
- The Story family was one of the pioneer families to the region. Here Hezekiah Story is pictured with his family.
- Couple in Union Bower
- An unidentified couple enjoys an afternoon in the Union Bower community, c. 1910. Union Bower was a farming community that today is part of eastern Irving.
- Hawks Chapel Methodist Church
- The Union Bower community was settled during the 1880s. It was located about north and east of the town site of Irving, which was founded in 1903. The Reverend W. E. Hawks of Dallas, who had been preaching in the Union Bower area since 1887, directed the building of a church in the community. In 1907, Hawks Chapel Methodist Church opened. In this photo, members of the congregation pose in front of the church.
- Lloyd Smith and Brother
- Lloyd and Bertie Smith, sons of William and Virginia Smith, area pioneers in the Union Bower community, c. 1894.
- Musicians in the Union Bower Community
- This group of musicians played for square dances in the Union Bower community. Dances were held in the fall and winter because the weather was too hot during the summer. Left to right are: Tom Owens, Earl Steele, Lillie Owens, and Tom Wright. Lloyd Smith called the square dances, but is not in the picture. Union Bower was a farming community on the eastern edge of the city of Irving. The community was established about 1880.
- William Smith Home in Union Bower
- William Smith, area pioneer, built this house in the Union Bower community in 1888. It stood along what would become Maryland Street in Irving until it was torn down in the 1980s. Seen in this 1906 photo are L. G. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hood, Mrs. Mattie Smith, Bert Smith, Mrs. Jennie Smith, William Hood, and Frank and Charlie Voirin.
- William Smith House - Side View
- This photo, made in 1906, shows a side view of the William Smith home in the Union Bower community. The house was built in 1888.
- Earl Steele Delivering the Mail
- Earl Steele delivers the mail in Irving in his horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle, c. 1910.
- W. D. Lucas Store - Interior
- W. D. "Doug" Lucas operated a general store on Irving's Main Street from 1906 until 1931. In this photo, he is seen behind the counter.
- Jerry and Della Story
- Jerry and Della Story. When the post office moved from the Kit community to the town of Irving in 1904, Jerry Story served as temporary postmaster.
- Irving Train Depot
- Two men in front of the Irving train depot. The Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway built this depot in 1904.
- PTA Officers, 1936
- PTA officers for the Irving public school system in 1936. Seated left to right: Mrs. F. N. Broach, Mrs. H. W. Simmons, Mrs. W. H. George, Mrs. Edgar Davis, Mrs. Ralph Barr, Mrs. Clyde Kirkpatrick, and Mrs. W. R. Duckworth; standing left to right: Mrs. A. C. Bolden, Mrs. R. L. Kirkpatrick, School Supt. A. S. Johnston, Mrs. Johnston, and Mrs. Ben Hurwitz.
- Seiber Store - Interior
- Henry Alvis Seiber owned this general store along Main Street in Irving, Texas, c. 1915.
- West Side of Main Street, c. 1908
- Main Street, Irving, Texas, c. 1908. West side of Main St. between First St. (Irving Blvd.) and Second St.
- Cotton Gin
- Cotton gin, Irving, Texas
- Automobiles, c. 1930
- Photograph of automobiles parked in a line in front of store fronts along Main Street in Irving, Texas.
- Kit Store and Ike Story Family
- Postmaster Isaac Henry “Ike” Story sits in front of the post office and general store for the community of Kit. The sign on top of the building spells out the name of Kit, but with an eye instead of an "i". People in photo: Nancy Story (wife), Ike Story, Lillie Leona Story Kinney (daughter), Opal Elizabeth Kinney (granddaughter), and Sallie Jane Story Bell (daughter). The Kit community was about a mile east of where Irving would be established in 1903.
- Essie and Joe Keeling Family
- Essie and Joe Keeling were from two early Irving families. They married in 1910. The couple had three children. Here the couple is pictured with two of their children, Helen on the right and Weldon on the left, c. 1911-1912.
- W. D. Lucas with Children
- W. D. "Doug" Lucas poses with his three children: Howard, Roy (baby), and Lorene. W. D. Lucas owned a general store on Main Street in Irving from 1906 to 1931.