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[1924 Waco High School Football Team]

Description: Photograph of the 1924 Waco High School football team. Players are seated in three rows with striped shirts and socks, facing forward. Some wear coats and neckties. Players are identified along the bottom of the image in pen, corresponding to their position in the photograph. Paul L. Tyson, the head coach, stands in the back row at center in a coat and tie.
Date: 1924
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[1931 Baylor University Basketball Team]

Description: Photograph of a Baylor University basketball team. The players are arranged in two rows on a set of bleachers, with a male at center holding a basketball painted with the year "1931" on it. The team's coach, Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow, is seated rightmost along the bottom row, wearing a dark-colored coat with two fountain pens in his pocket.
Date: 1931~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Allen and Dawson Residence Hall Construction]

Description: Aerial photograph, looking south, of the Allen Residence Hall and the Dawson Residence Hall under construction at Baylor University, Waco. The Allen Residence Hall makes up the left portion of the long, thin building at center; the Dawson hall occupies the right half of the building. The large building with a pillared facade below the residence halls is the Memorial Residence Hall. Residential homes are on the side of the street across from the Dawson and Allen halls.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Artillery at Mounted Drill, Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of artillery at a mounted drill exercise at Camp MacArthur, Waco. Artillery batteries on wheels are pulled by horses mounted by soldiers, riding on a plain dirt field and picking up dust behind them. Other cavalry riders follow.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Chancel]

Description: Photograph of the chancel and the altar of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. Most of the chancel is raised on a platform. At the very back is the raised choir loft and the Kilgen organ console (mostly obscured). The back wall contains wooden paneling, tracery and facade organ pipes. A short upper wooden screen separates the choir from the main part of the chancel, on which are clergy seats, the pulpit, decorated with a parament, and the altar. This portion is accessible by stai… more
Date: December 22, 1953
Creator: Willis Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.549818 -97.138852
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Austin Avenue Methodist Church, Men's Bible Class]

Description: Photograph of the Men's Bible Class of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church. Men, dressed in suits and ties, are arranged in several rows on the steps of the church building. Some wear hats and others hold papers. John T. Willis, Sr. stands fourth from the right in the backrow. A bicycle leans against the church's wall on the left, above which a man looks through an opening on the wall.
Date: 191X
Creator: Cann, William A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.549818 -97.138852
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Austin Avenue Streetcars]

Description: Photograph of Austin Avenue in Waco, looking south. A long streetcar runs along the center of the road, destined for the Cotton Palace Park at the south of town. Along both sides of the streets are shops and stores, with banners hanging between the buildings and over the road. A clock, with a pawnbroker's sign of three balls hanging above it, is placed on a post at left in the sidewalk. The Sanger Brothers' department store is advertised with a banner reading "SANGERS" hanging across the road. … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.558076 -97.130311
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Camp MacArthur, 32nd Division Headquarters]

Description: Postcard of the 32nd Division headquarters at Camp MacArthur, Waco. Structures visible along the dirt road are triangular, tent-like buildings with power poles and signs nearby. A large thermometer, possibly indicating the amount of liberty bonds purchased, is at center left. Cars are parked besides the road at right.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Children in a School Play]

Description: Photograph of a school play in Waco, Texas. Several children stand in costume on a stage decorated with three cardboard cutouts of buildings. At left, near a hut of some sort, is a girl in a plaid dress, another in a black dress and bonnet, a child held by another girl in a white hat, and another girl holding a toddler in her arms, followed by a boy looking out of a window in the hut. All near the hut watch the proceedings with shock and interest. At center is a judge with a wig and gavel, his … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Hubbard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Company B Football Team, 127th Infantry Regiment]

Description: Postcard of a football team from the 127th Infantry Regiment, Company B. They mostly wear light-colored striped shirts, standing in two rows. A man at center, along the bottom row, holds a ball; a goalie with a dark shirt is seated at second from right with a helmet. One of the seated men, first from left, holds a white dog. The men stand in front of the encampments at Camp MacArthur.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Company Street, Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a company street at Camp MacArthur, with encampments alongside a dirt road. Two buildings are specified in pen: a bath house, a low rectangular building at center left, and a space between two camps at right, which shows where the stove is.
Date: 1918-03-15/1918-10-20
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Edgefield Baptist Church Congregation, 1910]

Description: Photograph of a congregation posing in front of the Edgefield Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. The congregation is seated in several rows, and most of the people in the arrangement are children, with men and women mostly packed on the steps of the church at upper center. A boy, denoted in pen as Delman[?] holds a banner reading "EDGE FIELD"; on his left is another individual specified as "Andy". Along the bottommost row is a girl pointed out as "Billie". A note in the top left corner states that … more
Date: 1910~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.546505 -97.110612
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[F. C. Olds' Residence, Waco]

Description: Postcard of Frederick Charles Olds' residence on Austin Avenue, Waco. The house here is a two-storied house with a large portico set on stone pillars and balconies on both floors extending in both directions for the house's front facade. A covered driveway juts out from the house's side at left, with a paved pathway leading up to the side of the house.
Date: December 24, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Fifth Street, South from Austin Avenue]

Description: Postcard image of Fifth Street, looking south from Austin Avenue, in Waco, Texas. The road is at center, paved and filled with carriages and pedestrians, with a streetcar rail line embedded into the street. Large multi-storied stone and brick buildings stand on all four corners of the street, including a drug store with a prominent sign at right, and a home furnishings store in a light-colored building at left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 31.556731 -97.131886
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Flood Damage in East Waco]

Description: Postcard of a flood and damage on Elm Street in East Waco. The floodwater appears to be knee-high, and houses are upturned and pushed aside, with fences felled, power lines tipping, and debris floating in the water. A carriage pulled by a horse pulls a handful of people eastwards, towards the photographer. Numerous intact buildings are behind the damaged structures, and in the far background, the silhouette of the ALICO building is visible.
Date: 1913
Creator: McCall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Fourth Street, Waco]

Description: Postcard of Fourth Street in Waco, Texas, lined with tall buildings on both sides. Cars are parked along the curbs of the road, and a streetcar line runs through the center of the road with wires overhead. A large hotel is visible at left with a large advert reading "HOTEL METROPOLE", and below that is a sign for a tailor. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks and between the cars.
Date: 1917-10-11~
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Franklin Street, Waco]

Description: Postcard image of Franklin Street in Waco, Texas, a wide paved road lined with large stone and brick buildings and shops. Horse-drawn carriages traverse down the road, near striped awnings and porch-like canopies. At left is a large, narrow teal tower with balconies and a spire. Other towers are along the right, heading into the background, with cone tops on towers along building facades.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hanukkah Card from Clif Bishop]

Description: Hanukkah greeting card sent from Clif Bishop to John T. Willis, Sr. and Clara Evans Willis. The front of the postcard has the text "best wishes" and above, a cut-out Star of David outlined in red, through which a drawing of a snowman is visible. It wears a hat, a scarf, and mittens, standing on hills of snow against a dark blue sky. Under the illustration, in the inside of the card, Clif Bishop's name is printed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bishop, Clif
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Ice Cream Parlor, Waco]

Description: Photograph of an ice cream parlor or a bar in Waco, Texas. The bar, visible across the bottom half of the image, bears several spigots and a short cylinder topped with an art-glass lamp with fringe; the cylinder also contains two spigots or spouts. Numerous knickknacks, signs, and banners are behind the bar, including Coca-Cola signs, a small doll, several round, possibly glass balls, and a large Dr. Pepper sign banner hanging from above.
Date: unknown
Creator: Meyers, Perna E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[James B. Baker Brickyard]

Description: Photograph of a brickyard owned by James B. Baker (1847–1918) in East Waco. Hundreds of undried bricks are laid out in neat rows and stacks along the center of the image, with tens of workers standing among the stacks. Behind the stacks of bricks are small wooden houses, and a large water tank hoisted on a wooden platform. Many workers are Black, and wear work shirts and hats. Several children stand at right next to bricks, in front of a man with a hat in a suit and tie.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

James Dowell: Paintings

Description: Exhibit catalog for paintings by James Dowell displayed at The Art Center in Waco including an essay about Dowell's art, images of paintings, and a checklist of the exhibition, as well as staff affiliated with the organization.
Date: 1983
Creator: Art Center (Waco, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Location: 31.591423 -97.170713
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Knights of Columbus Hall, Waco]

Description: Postcard of the Knights of Columbus Hall in Waco, Texas, a two-story hip-roofed building with a set of stairs and a portico extending from the entrance of the building. The Knights of Columbus emblem is placed on the portico, under the tiled roof, with gas lamps adjoining on both sides of the portico's pillars. Above the portico is a balcony with short stone corner pillars. Sidewalks and turf adjoin the building.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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