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[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Lockney, Texas Businesses]

Description: Photograph of businesses in Lockney, Texas, with cars parked in front of them. The businesses include Morgan & Co. Mercantile Company, Weber Wagons, First National Bank, D. P. Carter, Wise Grocery, J. H. Cruver, Cowart Hardware, Miller Furniture, Riley Brewster & Reed Groceries, E. L. Ayers Dry Goods, and G. S. Morris & Co. Groceries.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of a Grocery Store in Waco, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the inside of a grocery store in Waco, Texas. Within the image two men are pictured standing within the grocery store both wearing light colored shirts with suspenders and dark colored pants. To the left of the image display cases are visible and to the left are shelves filled with stacked cans. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store No. 4]

Description: Photograph of a Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Waco, Texas. Three cashiers stand at center behind a checkout desk with a cash register and a roll of paper. In front of them is a glass display of candies, visible at right. Along the walls of the room are canned and packaged foodstuffs, arranged in neat rows. Above the shelves along the leftmost wall are lines of wooden baskets. Ceiling fans and golden lights hang from the ceiling, with further displays positioned at the back wall above the groce… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[South Fifth Street and Austin Street, Waco]

Description: Photograph of South Fifth Street and Austin Street in Waco, Texas. Along this corner is the R. T. Dennis & Co. house furnishing store in the Dennis Building at center, the Wood Bros. male clothing store, Chris's Cafe, and the "Grocery So Different" to the left of the Dennis Building, the Oriental Billards and Dominos building on the other side of the road. Cars and bicycles are parked along the curb, and people walk across the street and along the sidewalk.
Date: July 5, 1957
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.556733 -97.131729
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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