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[Unknown Gathering of People in Waco]

Description: Photograph of an unknown gathering of women in Waco, Texas, arranged in four rows. Many wear dresses, hats, necklaces, and ribbons, most holding a bouquet of flowers. Four men are scattered among the group. The group poses in a large room with a high ceiling, with arched white trellises on the left wall. Ivy grows on the pillars under that wall. An ornate illustration is on the back.
Date: 1914
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Artillery at Mounted Drill, Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of artillery at a mounted drill exercise at Camp MacArthur, Waco. Artillery batteries on wheels are pulled by horses mounted by soldiers, riding on a plain dirt field and picking up dust behind them. Other cavalry riders follow.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Company B Football Team, 127th Infantry Regiment]

Description: Postcard of a football team from the 127th Infantry Regiment, Company B. They mostly wear light-colored striped shirts, standing in two rows. A man at center, along the bottom row, holds a ball; a goalie with a dark shirt is seated at second from right with a helmet. One of the seated men, first from left, holds a white dog. The men stand in front of the encampments at Camp MacArthur.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Company Street, Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a company street at Camp MacArthur, with encampments alongside a dirt road. Two buildings are specified in pen: a bath house, a low rectangular building at center left, and a space between two camps at right, which shows where the stove is.
Date: 1918-03-15/1918-10-20
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Flood Damage in East Waco]

Description: Postcard of a flood and damage on Elm Street in East Waco. The floodwater appears to be knee-high, and houses are upturned and pushed aside, with fences felled, power lines tipping, and debris floating in the water. A carriage pulled by a horse pulls a handful of people eastwards, towards the photographer. Numerous intact buildings are behind the damaged structures, and in the far background, the silhouette of the ALICO building is visible.
Date: 1913
Creator: McCall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Fourth Street, Waco]

Description: Postcard of Fourth Street in Waco, Texas, lined with tall buildings on both sides. Cars are parked along the curbs of the road, and a streetcar line runs through the center of the road with wires overhead. A large hotel is visible at left with a large advert reading "HOTEL METROPOLE", and below that is a sign for a tailor. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks and between the cars.
Date: 1917-10-11~
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Sanger Avenue Elementary School]

Description: Photograph of the Sanger Avenue Elementary School, built in 1903. The school has a distinctive facade, with an arched entrance, two towers embedded into the building on either side of the arch, and a large belfry-like tower at the center of the building. Grass and trees surround the building.
Date: 1910~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.551150 -97.148073
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Ruby Barnes]

Description: Photograph of Ruby Barnes. She is dressed in a uniform with a hat and a dress, seated behind a bush and smiling. According to a note in the inner left flap of the picture's folder, this photo was "Made from a kodak picture taken from group of high school students, May, 1918."
Date: May 1918
Creator: Stauts
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Camp MacArthur, 32nd Division Headquarters]

Description: Postcard of the 32nd Division headquarters at Camp MacArthur, Waco. Structures visible along the dirt road are triangular, tent-like buildings with power poles and signs nearby. A large thermometer, possibly indicating the amount of liberty bonds purchased, is at center left. Cars are parked besides the road at right.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Edgefield Baptist Church Congregation, 1910]

Description: Photograph of a congregation posing in front of the Edgefield Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. The congregation is seated in several rows, and most of the people in the arrangement are children, with men and women mostly packed on the steps of the church at upper center. A boy, denoted in pen as Delman[?] holds a banner reading "EDGE FIELD"; on his left is another individual specified as "Andy". Along the bottommost row is a girl pointed out as "Billie". A note in the top left corner states that … more
Date: 1910~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.546505 -97.110612
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from Arthur to Helen M. Noyes - August 22, 1918]

Description: Letter from a soldier named Arthur to Helen M. Noyes of Burlington, Vermont, discussing his menial daily life at Camp MacArthur, Waco. He expresses support for her and suggests that she find a specific type of job. The front of the postcard depicts soldiers walk along a road along cabins in Camp MacArthur.
Date: August 22, 1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from Edwin Ray]

Description: Postcard from Edwin Ray at Camp MacArthur, Texas. The front of the postcard has illustrations of birds and flowers, with a printed greeting and a stamp bearing "Greetings from Camp Mac Arthur, Tex.". The postcard is not addressed to anyone.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: Ray, Edwin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from Hallie to Mrs. Joe Bigy - June 13, 1911]

Description: Postcard from Hallie to Mrs. Joe Bigy[?] in Coalgate, Oklahoma. Hallie writes about their home and beckons Mrs. B. to write back. The front of the postcard shows a collage of four places in Waco: in clockwise order from the top left, the New Exchange Hotel, its furnished lobby, its large dining room, and the Union Depot station.
Date: June 13, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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