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[Royal Air Force Photo Album]

Description: Photo album that includes pictures of Royal Air Force (RAF) camps, airplanes, and people, as well as landscapes and other personal images. Some of the pictures have handwritten captions below them. On the last page of the album, there is an invitation from 'The General Officer Commanding and Staff' to attend 'The First Annual Sports Day of the Royal Airforce'.
Date: 1914
Partner: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

[Division Headquarters at Camp MacArthur Postcard]

Description: Postcard of Camp MacArthur with tents on the right side, division headquarters in the back (center), and houses and cars on the left side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Division Headquarters. Camp MacArthur Waco Texas. Mann." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: May 11, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Section F at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of an intersection of two dirt roads with a row of barracks and telephone poles on the right side of one road and a row of tents on the other side. On the right side a soldier is standing with a firearm on his shoulder and there are more telephone poles and tents in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Section F Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas. Mann." There are also handwritten letters (left to right) "(c), a, B" with arrows pointing downward to the respective sections and… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Field at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of several groups of men standing in a large field with barracks, trees, and other buildings in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Sec. F. Camp Mac Arthur. Waco Texas. © F Mann 10-11-17." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: 1917~
Creator: Mann, Fred & Gillespie, L. L.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Men at Canteen at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of a group of men standing and sitting outside the canteen at Camp MacArthur; several men are eating or drinking from metal cups and there are two trash cans on the left side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "The Canteen. © I. F. S." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Officer and Men at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of eight men, including an officer (far right), sitting on the ground in front of a forest with other men and trees in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Officer Demonstrating Squad Movement by Use of Stones." There is also a handwritten note at the top of the image that reads "903 Speight St. Waco Tex." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: January 23, 1918
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hotel Watt in Waco]

Description: Postcard of a color image of the Hotel Watt in Waco with several people standing on the street in the foreground and clouds in the sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Hotel Watt, Waco, Texas."
Date: October 14, 1917
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Camp MacArthur Mess Hall]

Description: Postcard of a mess hall at Camp MacArthur with two long rows of benches and tables set with dishes and napkins; garlands and branches are hanging from the rafters in the ceiling and there are two American flags displayed on the wall on the left side and one hanging from the rafters (center). A handwritten note on the front of the postcard reads "19 XMAS. 17. G: M."
Date: December 1917
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Infantry Charge at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of several infantry men in uniform running and holding firearms on a field at Camp MacArthur; there are trees in the background and another group of men visible in the distance. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Life in the U. S. Army. U. S. National Guard - Camp MacArthur, Waco, Tex. 1871. An Infantry Charge."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Soldiers at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a group of 18 soldiers in training uniforms posing in two rows, 8 sitting and 10 standing, in front of a building with open doors; two men standing in the middle of the second row are wearing hats and appear to be superiors.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Camp MacArthur Hospital]

Description: Postcard of an army hospital with men in two long rows of beds on the left and right side and a wood heater in the middle of the room; there are several men sitting in chairs and standing in the middle and two nurses standing next to patients' beds on the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Section G at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a line of automobiles driving on a road at Camp MacArthur with trees and telephone poles on the left side and barracks on the right side; there are people and more trees and telephone poles visible in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Section 'G'. Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: June 14, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Musicians at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of members of a military band holding their instruments (tubas, trombones, euphoniums, horns, bugles, etc.) posing in between two rows of tents at Camp MacArthur. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Ready to March 128th Regimental Band. Camp Mac Arthur, Waco Texas. Mann."
Date: unknown
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Tents and Barracks at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a dirt road at Camp MacArthur with a row of barracks on the right and a grouping of tents on the left and rows of telephone poles on both sides. A man is standing in front of a barrack on the right, another man is riding a tractor down the dirt road, and there is a small group of men on the left side and some trees in the background. Written on the front of the postcard is the text: "125-126. U. S. Inf'try Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas. F. Mann. © 10-11-17."
Date: December 10, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Lovers Leap Near Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of two people standing on a large rock overlooking a ravine filled with trees and water with more trees and hills in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard is the text: "Lovers Leap near Camp MacArthur Waco Texas. Mann." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: September 26, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Company Street at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a dirt road lined with tents on both sides and a group of five soldiers in uniform and hats on the right and two soldiers standing on the left; there are other soldiers, houses, and telephone poles in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "No. 1. A Company Street. Camp MacArthur, Waco Texas. © F. Mann. 10/20/17."
Date: October 20, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Rich Field Army Base Flagpole]

Description: Photograph of a flagpole with a marble plaque at its base and small iron fence around it; there is a tree and several buildings in the background. Rich Field was a World War I military airfield in Waco, Texas. This is the original flagpole of Rich Field Army Base.
Date: 198X
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Rich Field Army Base Flagpole Plaque]

Description: Photograph of an engraved marble plaque that reads: "The original Rich Field Army Base Flagpole presented to Richfield High School by Key Club Erected May 8, 1969." Rich Field was a World War I military airfield in Waco, Texas.
Date: 198X
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Headquarters, 2nd Co. B.]

Description: Postcard of several tents with cots underneath them and a message written with small rocks that reads "Headquarters 2nd Co. B. [...] with desert plants in the foreground.
Date: June 25, 1917
Creator: Sholin
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter to Alma Hiller, October 8, 1917]

Description: Letter to Alma Hiller from her little cousin, "Hef", who writes about what it's like for him at Camp MacArthur, a military training base in Waco, Texas. The letter also discusses other family members, including a newborn baby in the family. The stationery letterhead has on its left and right side, respectively, an American flag image and a symbol that consists of a triangle within a circle, and it reads, "National War Work Council, Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Associations, 'with the col… more
Date: October 8, 1917
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Barracks and Tents at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of two rows of barracks and several groupings of tents at Camp MacArthur; there are trees, hills, and more barracks and tents in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Camp MacArthur Waco Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Mann, Fred
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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