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[Betty L. Towsen-Haley in Rocking-Chair]

Description: Photograph of Abilene Fire Department's Betty L. Towsen-Haley sitting in a rocking chair and wearing a long-sleeve, floor-length dress with an updo hairstyle; she is looking down at a small stack of papers she is holding in her left hand and holding a pair of glasses in her right hand.
Date: 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Abilene Library Consortium

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Catherine and Baby Cumbie]

Description: Photograph of Catherine, a woman wearing a light-colored dress and a bow in her hair, holding Cumbie, a baby wearing a light-colored gown, on her lap; behind them a chair and a piano are visible in the background.
Date: July 1, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Catherine and Cumbie]

Description: Photograph of Catherine wearing a light-colored dress and a bow in her hair sitting on the carpet holding Cumbie, a baby wearing a light-colored gown, in her lap; behind them a chair and a piano are visible in the background.
Date: July 1, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Catherine and Cumbie Outside]

Description: Photograph of Catherine wearing a dark dress and coat standing outside in a field holding her baby Cumbie, who is wearing a light-colored coat and hat; behind them two horses are visible in the pasture in the background.
Date: July 1, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Cumbie]

Description: Photograph of Cumbie, a baby wearing a light-colored gown standing, holding onto a floor lamp with a chair and a piano visible in the background.
Date: July 1, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Cumbie and Catherine]

Description: Photograph of Catherine wearing a light-colored dress and a bow in her hair, sitting on the floor holding up Cumbie, a baby wearing a light-colored gown; behind them a chair and a piano are visible in the background.
Date: July 1, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
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