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Full-length portrait of a girl tentatively identified as Mose Grossman, wearing a light-colored dress with patterned tights and button-up boots. She is standing with her right hand supported against a bale of hay and in front of a landscape painting of trees and foliage.
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Portrait of Grover Hopkins, visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored suit with a light-colored waistcoat and patterned necktie. A handwritten note below the photograph, on the mat, reads, "Grover Hopkins, Dallas, Tex., has passed on."
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Photograph of John P. Bahl at the Anson and Scott Barbershop in Waco. A wall of shaving mugs stands in the back of the photograph. This image was purchased from the Elmer Wheatly estate of Waco.
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Photograph of a military review in Fort Worth, Texas, perhaps during World War One. Spectators watch the military as they parade down the street.
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Portrait of Miss Leah Hellman, visible from the chest up, wearing a light-colored top with puffy sleeves and a dark-colored vest with ruching down the front. A hand written note on the back reads, "Miss Leah Hellman, Kyle, Hays Co., Texas."
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Photograph was taken in an East Waco neighborhood. It is believed that the large structure on the right was the cotton mill owned by John Baylis Earle. This mill helped supply uniforms for Confederate soldiers. Several buildings, trees, and a road can be seen from an elevated position.
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Full-length photograph of Ada Stagner Collins, wearing a light-colored long sleeve button-up blouse, dark skirt and tights, and lace-up boots. The woman sits on a wicker photographer's chair with her right hand propped against her chin, and strung around her neck with a piece of ribbon and tied to her shirt is a pocket watch. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Ada Stagner Collins, Mineola, Texas @ 1904. Married Robert Collins."
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Portrait of Isabel "Bell" Nickerson Chapman, visible from the neck up but overexposed, wearing a slouchy turtleneck with a bow on the side and a straw hat with a ribbon. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Isabel Nickerson Chapman (Bell)."
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Portrait of Daisy Call, seated on a pattered couch, wearing a light-colored gown. A hand written note on the back reads, "Daisy Call, Purchased at Charles Call, DDS estate sale in Waco, 2011."
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Portrait of Eliza McFerrin Smith Gilliland, visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored dress and sheer finger-less gloves. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Eliza McFerrin Smith Gilliland (1812-1871). M. F. B.'s mother. (The mother of grandmama Barcus)."
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Photograph of a line of men and boys in front of the Waco Examiner newspaper office in Waco, Texas. The words "Waco Examiner" are printed on the building.
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Photograph of an interior room inside St. James Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. A table with pamphlets and flowers takes up much of the room, and several plaques hang on the wall.
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Photograph of Uncle Jack, who sits in a wooden wheelchair wearing a dark-colored cardigan and pants, and Cousin Walter, who stands to the right of Jack in a dark suit. A hand written note on the back reads, "To Miss Mary G., Waco, Tex. Uncle Jack and cousin Walter."
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Portrait of John Edwards, visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored jacket and light-colored shirt. He is buried in First Street Cemetery in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Myra's uncle - John Edwards. Aug. 8, 1847 - Dec. 14, 1891."
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Photograph of the James F. Davis home in East Waco. It was built in the 1850s by James F. Davis (Oct. 21, 1823-Oct. 22, 1885), a pioneer attorney and judge in McLennan County. The historic house has been used as a rectory for the St. John the Baptist (St. John’s) Catholic Church at 1312 Dallas Street in East Waco. The house is made of pink sand brick. The leaves of trees obscure much of the structure.
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Photograph of Townsend Hall at Texas Christian University. This photograph was taken after the March 22, 1910 fire in Waco, Texas. The words "Girls' Home" is written over one entrance, and a crowd of people are gathered on the lawn.
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Photograph of Robert "Bob" Milam, who poses in front of his picture in front of a backdrop. The back of the photo reads: Uncle Bob Milam, Born February 5th 1873, Great Grandfather half brother, Marya's son.
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Photograph of Waco City Hall. The building has multiple stories, and has a tall tower. Trees line the outside of the building. A man can be seen walking away from the structure.
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Photograph of the Smith family - Mr. R. S. Smith and Mrs. R. S. Smith sit in chairs side by side while their children surround them - one child is position standing behind and between Mr. R. S. Smith and Mrs. R. S. Smith while two children stand on the outside, forming a line of four. A small child sits on the lap of Mrs. R. S. Smith. A hand written note on the back reads, "Mr. R. S. Smith (Richard Samuel), Mrs. R. S. Smith (Emma Adella Hoffman), S. M. Smith (Sarah Minerva), L. P. Smith (Lillia…
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Photograph of a stained glass window at Saint John's Methodist Church of Waco, viewed from the outside. The window features varying colors, but no images.
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Photograph of the Chapman family - Isabel "Bell," Ada, and Jay D. Chapman - posed sitting side by side on a bench. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Jay and Bell and Ada," and in a different hand, "Jay D. Chapman, wife Bell (Isabel)."
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Photograph of three stained glass windows in St. James Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. The center window features a depiction of Jesus looking upward toward a beam of light in the Garden of Gethsemane. The left and right windows have varying colors of glass but feature no images. Window given in memory of M. Berry by Mr. and Mrs. W. Rainey. Window given in memory of Our Loved Ones, S. Johnson, R. C. Smith, Mable Evans, and M. Thompson, by Mrs. S. L. Johnson and family. Window presented by Mr…
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Portrait of Louis Wagner, visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored suit jacket with a striped tie and boutonnière. A hand written note on the back identifies him as "Louis Wagner."
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