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[James B. Baker Brickyard]

Description: Photograph of a brickyard owned by James B. Baker (1847–1918) in East Waco. Hundreds of undried bricks are laid out in neat rows and stacks along the center of the image, with tens of workers standing among the stacks. Behind the stacks of bricks are small wooden houses, and a large water tank hoisted on a wooden platform. Many workers are Black, and wear work shirts and hats. Several children stand at right next to bricks, in front of a man with a hat in a suit and tie.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Meat Processing Plant, Waco]

Description: Photograph of a meat processing plant in Waco, Texas. Workers, mostly Black with a child on the left, hold cleavers and stand along butcher blocks with portions of meat, with beef hanging on hooks to the right. James Hamilton Bird stands at left in a hat and a coat. Bird was a brother of Cornelia Bird Davis.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of an Early Day Picnic]

Description: Photograph of an early day picnic near Abilene, Texas. Roberta Parker, a school teacher and a daughter of Sallie Ann Clarke and Robert Henry Parker, stands in the back row, far right (with a hat?). A man to her left holds a tall bamboo fishing pole. Musical instruments are held by three people, including guitars and a banjo. A woman seated in the front row with a bonnet holds a shotgun in her lap; to her left, a man holds a bottle of beer on the rug.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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