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[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

[Auditorium, Texas Lutheran College]

Description: Photograph of Texas Lutheran College's auditorium room, which has rows of wooden chairs and a square stage set in a large niche in the wall. Upon the stage there is a grand piano, a table, and two windows along the back wall. An organ and a radiator are to the right of the stage.
Date: 1917/1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[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

[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

[Flood at Main and Wall Street, Midland]

Description: Photograph of a flood on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland. Water flows towards the right on Wall Street (bottom-left corner to center-right side), and people stand on the sidewalks of Main Street examining the flood. In front of the First National Bank, the large Neoclassical building on the street corner, more people have gathered, with stores visible to the left of the bank.
Date: May 8, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997600 -102.074269
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[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

[Lab Room, Texas Lutheran College]

Description: Photograph of a lab room in the Texas Lutheran College. Mortars and pestles are placed in front of seats on a long wooden table, at the end of which are flasks and a model of the human body. Maps and globes are scattered across the back of the room, and a shelf with additional glass implements is placed in the left corner.
Date: 1917/1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Men Near Galveston Beach]

Description: Photograph of two men including Dr. George Butte (left) standing on a sidewalk next to a carved stone pillar. Part of a large, two-story building on stilts is visible on the beach at right, which has an advertising banner hung on the wall. A third person is visible in the background at left, walking near another building.
Date: August 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.289694 -94.788456
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Postcard from Edwin Ray]

Description: Postcard from Edwin Ray at Camp MacArthur, Texas. The front of the postcard has illustrations of birds and flowers, with a printed greeting and a stamp bearing "Greetings from Camp Mac Arthur, Tex.". The postcard is not addressed to anyone.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: Ray, Edwin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Structure on Galveston Beach]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified person walking on the Galveston beach in front of a large, two-story, wood-paneled building raised up on stilts. The building L-shaped and has a gabled roof, with a square tower at the corner where the wings meet and a flag flying from the end visible at left. There are advertising signs hung on the side of the building.
Date: August 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.289442 -94.788572
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Student Rooms, Texas Lutheran College]

Description: Two photographs of the old Main Building's student rooms at the Texas Lutheran College, marked (22) and (23). Picture (22) depicts a dorm room with a dresser, a chair, along the back wall, two single beds on opposite sides of the room, and a desk at right; picture (23) depicts a dining room with a large wooden dining table with shelves of books along the table's legs, a large bookshelf, and a wooden dresser.
Date: 1917/1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.572757 -97.982030
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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