Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell - 332 Matching Results

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[Photograph of a Front View of Harry Lloyd Desmond's Home]

Description: Photograph of a one-story house with wood-siding, a front porch, and an old wooden fence in front. There are four people and a dog on the front porch: a woman and girl sitting in chairs, an older man looking at the camera, and another older man holding the dog. Trees frame the edges of the photo, and there is a large luggage trunk resting at the base of the tree on the left. A decorative border surrounds the photo. There are handwritten notes on the back of the photo, noting the owner of the ho… more
Date: unknown

[Photograph of a Man in an Old Car]

Description: Photograph of a man sitting in an old car parked facing right in the street. The man is wearing a straw hat, a light-colored polo, and slacks. There are three houses, a large grassy area, and a wooded area in the residential area beyond the car. There is information about the car on the back.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of a Small Boy Driving a Goat-Cart]

Description: Photograph of a small boy sitting on a two-wheel cart, holding the reins to a large goat. The goat has long, light-colored hair and two long horns, and is attached to the cart. The boy has short hair and is wearing a small coat with a large collage, shorts, tights, and lace-up boots. The cart is parked right alongside a house with wood siding, and there is a wooden fence behind the cart.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of a Woman Playing a Violin]

Description: Photograph of a woman (Aara Desmond) playing a violin in front of a china cabinet and drawers, in a room with dark, floral wallpaper and wood features. The woman is wearing an old-fashioned, floor-length dress, and there is a music stand in front of her. A wooden chair is partially visible behind her. There is information about the photo on the back.
Date: 1911

[Photograph of a Woman Wearing an Uncle Sam Costume]

Description: Photograph of a woman standing in front of an open barn door. She is wearing pants and a jacket with stars and stripes, a top hat with stars on it, and a small fake beard. The top of a one-story house can be seen beyond a fence that is connected to the right side of the barn. On the back of the photo is a handwritten note reading, "Playing in Carlton, TX."
Date: unknown

[Photograph of a Young Boy and His Dance Partner]

Description: Photograph of a young boy and a young girl standing in front of a curtain on a stage. The boy, standing on the left, is wearing a light-colored silk costume with billowy sleeves and long pants, and the girl, on the left, is wearing a light-colored silk costume with shorts and a billowy shirt. Both are wearing loose, floppy hats and are standing with their left hands extended out to the side. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photo identifying the boy as Fisher Lloyd Forrest.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of Art Deco Building at Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph of an art deco building at the Texas State Fair grounds, taken at an angle from across the Esplanade fountain (a long, narrow pool of water arranged parallel to the building). There are two portico entrances sticking out from the building - one in the center, and one on the left - each of which has two rectangular columns and an alcove in the center of the front wall of the portico. In front of the building are small shrubs, flags lined up along the fountain, a tall pillar in between… more
Date: 1936

[Photograph of Black Forest Exhibit at Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph of long strip of multi-story, gable-roof buildings, each one in a different architectural style. The left-center building has a large, cubic clock tower coming out of the apex of the roof, while the building in the right-center of the strip is solely a tower, connected to its neighbor on the left by an enclosed bridge. A sign above the opening created by the bridge reads "Black Forest," and is flanked on either side by hanging flags. On the ground in front of the building are two gua… more
Date: 1936

[Photograph of Building Entrance at Texas Fair]

Description: Photograph of an entrance to a light-colored art deco style building at the State Fair of Texas. The entrance itself sticks out from the building, has two tall columns in front of the doors, a short flight of steps leading to the ground, and a tall, narrow window on either side of the opening. In front of the building is a small patch of grass in the middle of a concrete drive, which leads to a road running parallel to the building. There is a small group of people wearing hats and sitting on a… more
Date: 1936

[Photograph of Carhartt of Texas Employees]

Description: Photograph of a group of people arranged in seven rows, some crouching on the wood floor, some sitting, and some standing, with a sign that says "Carhartt of Texas." The group is mostly made up of women, with the six men on the front row. The group is in a high-ceiling factory warehouse room, with visible hanging pipes, light fixtures, and wires, as well as a sewing machine table (on the bottom right of the photo). There is a rectangular hole cut out of the middle of the group, where someone's … more
Date: December 1956
Creator: Garrett

[Photograph of Carhartt of Texas Inc. Employees]

Description: Photograph of a group of adults arranged in five rows, some standing, some sitting, and some kneeling, with a sign that says "Carhart of Texas Inc" (may be a misspelling of Carhartt). The group is comprised of people of varying ethnicity, gender, and age, but most of the women have short hair. Behind the group, a simple, wooden staircase, against the back wall of the room, goes up to a door (out of shot) on the left. The photograph has a separate portion at the top, with a long photograph of fo… more
Date: 1966-11/1967-11
Creator: Garrett & Associates

[Photograph of Centennial Hall at State Fair of Texas]

Description: Photograph of the middle and right entrances to the Centennial Hall at the State Fair of Texas, taken from across a wide, narrow fountain pool, at an angle from the left. The art-deco style building has four columns and an alcove in the front-center of each entrance, is surrounded by small shrubs and trees, and has five flags on flagpoles between the building and fountain. There are large light boxes lining the far side of the fountain. The sky beyond the building is clear. There is a handwritt… more
Date: 1936

[Photograph of China Exhibit Building at Texas State Fair]

Description: Photograph (taken at an angle from the left) of a two- or three-story building with East Asian hip-and-gable roofs that turn up at the corners and four open entryways (two hexagon-shaped and two circular), partially hidden by a large tree. The building has several parts to it, of varying heights and shapes, including a short portion with a covered balcony and a tall tower with a double-tiered roof. Along the street that runs in front of the building, there are two cars parked facing away from t… more
Date: 1936

[Photograph of Church Exterior]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of a three-story church made of brick and light-colored dressings around the windows and corners of the bell tower, with steps leading up to the front doors. The photo is taken from across the street and to the left of the church, and there are two cars parked in front of another building just barely visible at the left of the photo. There is another, two-story building behind and to the right of the church, partially obscured by trees. Two large trees obscure the bac… more
Date: 193X

[Photograph of Clock Tower and Street in Dallas]

Description: Photograph of a brick and stone clock tower, taken at a 3/4 angle from down the street, to the left. Also visible are shorter buildings along the street beside the tower, cars driving up the street (towards the camera), and a tall skyscraper building in the background. The building visible on the far right has signs for an old post office parking station and "Moler." There are handwritten notes about the photo's location and date on the back, as well as a decorative border around the photo.
Date: 193X

[Photograph of Clock Tower in Dallas]

Description: Photograph of a brick and stone clock tower, taken at a 3/4 angle from down the street, to the left. Also visible are shorter buildings along the street beside the tower, and a tall skyscraper building in the background. The building visible on the far right has signs for an old post office parking station and "Moler." There are handwritten notes about the photo's location and date on the back.
Date: 193X

[Photograph of Concession Stand Vendors at Texas Fair]

Description: Photograph of two men in aprons and shirts with rolled up sleeves (one with a newsboy cap on), leaning on either side of the corner of a covered, wooden shack. The shack has a counter that wraps around the whole structure, except where the man on the left has opened a small door and is leaning. There are Coca Cola advertisements painted all the way along the front of the counter. On the back wall of the shack (at left) there are hanging and standing cabinets of various shapes and sizes. There i… more
Date: 1936

[Photograph of Cowboy Sculpture in Front of Building]

Description: Photograph of a sculpture of a cowboy pulling on the reins of a horse and lifting a rifle above his head with one hand, as he looks back over his left shoulder. There is a light-colored stone building and shrubs in the background, a man and woman walking behind the sculpture, and a person sitting in a chair in the entrance to the building. There are handwritten notes about the location and date on the back of the photo.
Date: 1936

[Photograph of Cowboy Sculpture in Front of Museum]

Description: Photograph of a sculpture in front of the entrance of a large, light-colored stone building with two cubic columns and text over the entrance that reads, "Dallas Museum of Fine Arts." The sculpture is a cowboy pulling on the reins of a horse and lifting a rifle above his head with one hand, as he looks back over his left shoulder. There are small trees in the area to the left of the entrance, a man and woman walking behind the sculpture, a person sitting in a chair on the left side of the entra… more
Date: 1936
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