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[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

[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

[Brazos River by Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of the Brazos River with various vegetation and rock formations along the river bed. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Brazos River. Near Camp MacArthur in Waco Texas. © F. Mann 10-11-17."
Date: October 11, 1917
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

[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

[Waco Water Filtering Plant]

Description: Postcard of a color image of a water filtering plant, which consists of three red brick buildings, a water tower, and a smoke stack, with a horse-drawn carriage on the driveway in the foreground and trees and a blue sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco's New $300,000 Filtering Plant, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: October 5, 1917
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

[Corner building in Winter]

Description: Copy print of building that stands on corner of two of two street in winter time. The three-story brick building has a large sign that reads: " Gulf Refining Company That Good Gulf Gasoline And Supreme Auto Oil." Several early omdel automobiles are parked outside the building in a curved drive. Three men in dark coats stand at the corner, looking toward the camera. Snow dusts the ground and road.
Date: 1917~
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Early Model Automobile]

Description: Image of an early model automobile, a man sits at the steering wheel. "High Explosive" is written on the trunk and Nitro shoot torpedoes are mounted on the vehicle's side.
Date: 1917
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Cattle in Corral]

Description: Photograph of Hereford cattle closely-grouped in corral with a cowhand on horseback and trees in the background. Printed on the front of photograph: "Sonora, Texas. Sold to R. E. Gatewood, Cleburne, Texas, 9-1-17 at $100."
Date: 1917
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Kay Shuey with her Violin]

Description: Photograph of Kay Shuey sitting next to a piano holding a violin and bow; there is a wooden cupboard next to her on the left and there are several pictures hanging on the wallpapered wall in the background.
Date: March 27, 1917
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Last Day at Washburn School]

Description: Photograph of faculty (far left) and students posing, standing and sitting in several rows, in front of the Washburn School, a two-story brick building, on the last day of classes; the boys are wearing dark suits and ties and the girls are wearing light-colored dresses and many have bows in their hair.
Date: April 20, 1917
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Three Palm Men by Water]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified men, members of the Palm family, standing and sitting on boulders on the side of a small body of water with large boulders in the background. One of the men is standing leaning against a boulder on the left and the other two are sitting on two smaller boulders on the right. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Blue Springs.
Date: July 8, 1917
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Woman Between Rocks]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman (possibly Mathew Palm's wife) wearing a light-colored dress and hat posing balancing between two large boulders with trees and vegetation in the background and more boulders in the foreground.
Date: July 8, 1917
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Cumbie with Pillow]

Description: Photograph of Cumbie, a baby wearing a light-colored gown, sitting on the carpet next to an embroidered throw pillow with a chair and piano visible in the background.
Date: July 1, 1917
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
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