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[Group of Portraits]

Description: Group of several portraits on a gray mat. The top row includes: Mrs. Brown, Wallace, Aunt Lilly; Clifford Thompson. Middle row: Belle Reed; Wallace Landreth. Bottom row: Arthur Perkins, Annie Caspin.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Laura Mary Burgess Weyant Album]

Description: Album containing photographs of a mustached man wearing a suit and bow tie, a girl wearing a dark dress, a mustached man wearing a dark suit, and a woman with her hair in a bun. A folder labeled "The Presidents" is attached to the inner back cover. The album is made of brown leather with golden scroll-work and has two metal latches attached to its surface.
Date: 1883~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Ada Stagner Collins]

Description: Full-length photograph of Ada Stagner Collins, wearing a light-colored long sleeve button-up blouse, dark skirt and tights, and lace-up boots. The woman sits on a wicker photographer's chair with her right hand propped against her chin, and strung around her neck with a piece of ribbon and tied to her shirt is a pocket watch. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Ada Stagner Collins, Mineola, Texas @ 1904. Married Robert Collins."
Date: 1904
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Agnes Weatherred]

Description: Photograph of Agnes Weatherred, wearing a black dress, sitting in a rocking chair on a porch with flowers in her lap. Behind the rocking chair is a wooden door and a screen door. A hand written note on the back reads, "From Agnes Weatherred to Agnes. Aug. 4, 1838 - Mar. 25, 1916, Hill Co., Tex., daughter of J. M. and E. C. Weatherred."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Alessandro's Band Member]

Description: Full-body photograph of Alessandro's band member, posed standing in front of a painting of a large window and elevated potted plant. He wears a double-breasted coat with wide, overlapping front flaps and a round brimless cap with a crown about three inches in height. In his left hand he holds a trumpet. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Alessandro's band member, Waco."
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson & Knight
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of an Unidentified Man Near Wood Fence]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man standing with his right hand supported against an interwoven wooden fence. Behind the man is a painted scene of moving water, trees, and shrubbery. He wears a three-piece suit, pattered tie, and a pocket watch. A hand written note on the back reads, "From album of Abbie Collier."
Date: unknown
Creator: Devenport
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Ann Harris Wright Barcus]

Description: Photograph of Ann Harris Wright Barcus, standing with a small clutch purse in her left hand, wearing a polka dot dress with a matching sweater. She also wears gloves, a shawl around her shoulders, a brimmed hat, and eyeglasses. Dense foliage and shrubbery can be seen behind her and one the ground; in the upper right hand corner of the photograph, the roof of a building can be seen. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Ann Harris Wright Barcus (Mrs. W. J. Barcus)."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Axtell Railroad Station]

Description: Postcard sent to Miss Loudie George in Houston, Texas. The image on the front features a photograph of the Axtell Railroad Station on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas with three women and a man standing outside the entrance. Buildings are visible in the background. A note written on the back is dated November 2, 1910 and says "I arrived home Tuesday morning and made an auto trip to [...] via Moody got home at 10 last night will be in Waco again tomorrow May get to see you in Waco or… more
Date: November 12, 1910
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Bessie Rose]

Description: Full-length portrait of Bessie Rose, wearing a light-colored gown, cinched at the neck and arms, dark-colored tights, and button-up boots. She is set atop an ornately designed table with her legs and feet dangling off to one side. Two hand written notes on the back read, "Bessie Rose," one in cursive, one in print.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Boy on Crutches]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified boy on crutches, wearing a dark-colored three-piece suit with a pocket square, checkered bow tie, and suit accessory. The boy stands on a rug with a flower design, and the background is created via a painted picture of a column and a flower arrangement in a floor vase.
Date: unknown
Creator: Southern Art Co.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Brazos River Flood]

Description: Photograph of the 1898 Brazos River flood. This picture was taken on Elm Street in East Waco, and it was purchased at the estate sale of J. A. Curry in Waco, Texas. An iron bridge used by the railroad can be seen above the water.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Brazos River Flood]

Description: Photograph of the May 1908 Brazos River flood in Waco, Texas. Several people stand on the Waco suspension bridge, looking at the water. Other buildings can be seen in the image. Purchased at the estate sale of J. A. Curry in Waco, Texas.
Date: 1908
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Brookview Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of the Brookview Methodist Church, a single story brick building. A sign advertising times of worship is in the right of the image, and it has a bike resting against it. Brookview Methodist Church of Waco was located at 3505 Colcord Avenue. The building is now used by the Brookview Church of Christ
Date: 2011
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Brookview Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of a long, single story, brick church with stained glass windows. Trees are visible on the edges of the image. Brookview Methodist Church of Waco was located at 3505 Colcord Avenue. The building is now used by the Brookview Church of Christ.
Date: 2011
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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