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[The Abel Family and Home]

Description: Photograph of the Abel family and home at 777 South 17th Street and Ross in Waco. From left to right, they are Ida Victoria, Maud Vivian (standing), Lillie Jane, Robert Downman, Clarence Albert (standing), Hector Valdemar, and Valdemar. Ida Victoria sits in a wooden rocking chair on the porch, and Lillie Jane sits in a wicker chair next to her. She holds Robert Downman, and Maud Vivian stands behind her chair. Clarence Albert stands on the porch steps, while Hector Valdemar sits on the arm of a… more
Date: August 13, 1898
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.541345 -97.136368
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Waco, Texas in 1917]

Description: Aerial photograph of downtown Waco, Texas as seen in 1917; the old city hall and the square around it can be seen directly in the center of the picture. The Brazos River can seen on the right side of the photograph.
Date: September 13, 1917
Creator: Stauts & Sons
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[State Meeting of W. H. and F. M. Society]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people at the State Meeting of the W. H. and F. M. Society at the Shiloh A. M. E. Church in Galveston, including Mrs. M. A. Carr, Mrs. L. M. Sewell, L. M. Sanders, and Rev. W. D. Johnson. The people are sitting and standing in several rows in front of the side of the church with stained glass windows in the background. Written on the front of the photograph: "State Meeting of the W. H. and F. M. Society. Mrs. M. A. Carr. Pres. Mrs. L. M. Sewell, sec. at Shiloh A. … more
Date: August 13, 1926
Creator: Palmer Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.295333 -94.797952
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Firefighters With Fire Hose]

Description: Photograph of firefighters holding a fire hose. The men positioned near the ground outside the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. The water from the hose is spraying towards the large facade window of the church.
Date: November 13, 1954
Creator: Drum, Windy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Firefighters outside Austin Avenue Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of firefighters outside Austin Avenue Methodist Church. In the foreground there is a long water hose in 13th Street that goes up the side steps of the church. Firefighters are standing on the steps of the church facing towards the stained glass windows. Another group of people are standing on the sidewalk and looking towards a ladder that is propped up on the church.
Date: November 13, 1954
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of C.M Patillo's Home]

Description: Postcard of C. M. Patillo's home in Stamford, Texas. A large, green, 2.5 story house is seen from a diagonal view. Vines grow along the left side of the porch, and low, wire fencing surrounds the house. Text on the back of the card reads "How is latin? I like it fine out here, tho' it is already very cold. Snowed yesterday! nearly all day. Give my kindest regards to all of the teachers, there that I know. Tell Jennie "hello." Minnie Elliot." The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: November 13, 1907
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Decorative Fencing Around Flagpole]

Description: Photograph of the decorative, three-sided iron fencing around a flagpole at a school in Waco. The fence includes a large emblem for the "Key Club" that dedicated flagpole shaped as a "K" in a circle, crossed with a vertical skeleton key. The other sides of the fence have decorative curlicues and the base of the flagpole and a trashcan are visible behind the fence. This is the original flagpole of Rich Field Army Base in World War I.
Date: August 13, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.542175 -97.185170
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Base of Waco School Flagpole]

Description: Photograph of the base of a flagpole at Waco High School, which is a white pole set in a pyramidal concrete block on a concrete slab surrounded by grass. A decorative metal fence is visible around the left, right, and back sides of the pole, and is leaning inward. A structure is partially visible in the background of the right side of the image. This is the original flagpole of Rich Field Army Base in World War I.
Date: August 13, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.542202 -97.185129
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Flagpole Viewed from North]

Description: Photograph of a white flagpole, surrounded by low, decorative fencing at Waco High School, looking south. The flagpole is surrounded by a lawn and, in the background, part of a school building is visible at left, as well as a tree with a bench under it, and a mechanical structure at right. This is the original flagpole of Rich Field Army Base in World War I.
Date: August 13, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.542236 -97.185138
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Flagpole Viewed from South]

Description: Photograph of a flagpole at Waco High School, looking north toward school buildings, visible in the background. The flagpole is painted white and has a low, decorative metal fence around it on three sides, with a trash can at the open end, at right. This is the original flagpole of Rich Field Army Base in World War I.
Date: August 13, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.542133 -97.185157
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco]

Description: Postcard showing people and buildings on Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco, Texas, with Austin Avenue Methodist Church visible on the left side of Twelfth Street. A handwritten note on the back of the card is addressed to Mrs. W.D. Barton in Ozona, Texas and says, "I guess you think I have forgotten you but I haven't. I am fine. I don't know when I will be thru. I like Waco fine. Go to Sunday School and Church every Sunday. We have about 500 members in Sunday School when I go. A Meeting has … more
Date: May 13, 1911
Creator: Cortes, Charley
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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