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[1931 Baylor University Basketball Team]

Description: Photograph of a Baylor University basketball team. The players are arranged in two rows on a set of bleachers, with a male at center holding a basketball painted with the year "1931" on it. The team's coach, Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow, is seated rightmost along the bottom row, wearing a dark-colored coat with two fountain pens in his pocket.
Date: 1931~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[1934 Rockwall First Baptist Congregation]

Description: Photograph of a congregation of the Rockwall First Baptist Church in 1934, gathered together in dozens atop a large field in front of suburban homes. Several cars are parked behind the crowd of people, especially at left. Children are seated along the front of the crowd. A note on the back indicates the type of gathering ("Open-Air church mtg"), and the church's pastor at the time, E. K. Daugherty.
Date: 1934
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.924938 -96.461499
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Cactus Hotel Interior, Grand Opening]

Description: Photograph of the Cactus Cafe interior during its grand opening in 1937. Eddie and Calvin E. Trammell, owners of the cafe, stand second and third from left behind a long counter lined with chairs where Eddie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Handy, are seated. Other people, unidentified, stand next to Trammell in between rows of dining tables. A shelf of items is at the left corner, and lamps hang from the ceiling.
Date: 1937
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Friday's Boot Shop, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Friday's Boot Shop in Midland, which has shelves and display cabinets lined with boots and boot accessories. Straps of leather hang from the walls, and a shoe shine chair is placed along the right wall with brushes and polishes along the bottom of the seat. Several men stand along the back wall and most are identified on the back of the photograph: from left to right, George Friday, Hardie Friday, unknown worker, Bob Lee, Oswald Friday, Early Kinsey, Fred Jones, Di… more
Date: [1938..1939]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997641 -102.075238
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[H. L. Rodgers Company Men's Store, Bonham]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the H. L. Rodgers Compant men's store, located on the west side of the public square in Bonham. Standing in the store, from left to right, are Edwin Agnew, Robert S. Rogers (brother of Hugh, 1874–1944), Dwight Hackley (1890–1973), Claude Leatherwood (1892–1965), and Hugh L. Rogers (1873–1943). Mirrors are placed along the wall at left, and clothing is on display in glass cabinets along the right walls. A spittoon is placed in front of a table at center, and a tall … more
Date: 1930~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.577549 -96.177942
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Llano Hotel Cafe Interior, Bar and Employees]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Llano Hotel cafe in Midland. Behind the bar's counter, where tall bar chairs are lined up, three employees are standing: Calvin Trammell, the cafe's owner (at center), Eddie Trammell, his wife (right, next to cash register), and an unidentified waitress (left). Small shelves display boxed of merchandise and bottles of liquid behind the counter and along the concrete pillars. Glass windows cover the back wall.
Date: 1933
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997681 -102.074681
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Llano Hotel Cafe Interior, Christmas Decorations]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Llano Hotel cafe in Midland. The cafe, which has several dining tables with white tablecloths, a bar with a cash register, and shelves of food in the back, is decorated for Christmas, and cafe owner Calvin Trammell sits on one of the bar seats with his elbow resting on the counter. Large sparkling lights hang from the ceiling.
Date: December 1934
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997698 -102.074740
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Lower Rose Garden with Pool #1]

Description: Photograph of the Lower Rose Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At center is the "rose ramp", a wide rectangular set rose arrangements bordered with short hedges and lined with concrete steps along both sides. Above the "rose ramp" are a set of stairs leading to a raised platform containing a wide pavilion containing square colonnades on both ends of the structure and a trapezoidal roof. Below the "rose ramp" is the lower portion of the rose garden, which contains polygonal beds of roses … more
Date: [1934..1940]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.734766 -97.363882
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Men's Sunday School at the Midland County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a Sunday School class in front of the Art Deco facade of the Midland County Courthouse. Most wear hats, and a handful of women stand in the right corner along a man in a wheelchair. A man holding a baby, in the second row, fifth from right, is Troy Eiland, holding Bethel Eiland. The class's teacher was Paul T. Vickers, and its president Harry L. Haight, and they met in the Scharbauer Hotel Ballroom on the southeast corner of Loraine and Wall Street.
Date: July 1934
Creator: Lackey, Clint
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.998063 -102.076205
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of Irving Langdon Reese]

Description: Photograph of Irving Langdon Reese (1930–1997), aged one year, on Easter 1931. He wears a white gown and sits on a table next to to a hat and several stuffed Easter bunnies at left. This photograph is addressed to Mary Ann Sonntag.
Date: April 5, 1931
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Robert Parker Kelly, Jr., Riding a Pony]

Description: Photograph of Robert "Bobby" Parker Kelly, Jr. (1931–2007), grandson of Bettie Parker Kelly, riding a pony..He wears a hat, a vest, and long chaps with a star and the numbers "2001" on them. The pony stands on the curb of a street, with a sidewalk, a house, and its lawn in the background behind Robert, who is smiling.
Date: July 1935
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Thomas Building, 1930]

Description: Photograph of the Thomas Building, a six-story brick building, on Lorraine Street in Midland. Patterson's Pharmacy occupies the ground floor of the building with large display windows, a sign above the door, and an awning over the sidewalk, along which are parked cars. The structure, built by Dr. John B. Thomas in 1926, included floors for medical offices, an operating theater, and a hospital, with remaining space available for oil company offices.
Date: 1930
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.996944 -102.075767
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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