Private Collection of T. B. Willis - 22 Matching Results

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[Cotton Baling Inside Mill]

Two near-identical images of a cotton baling press in use at a mill. A bale is at the front and a man is standing just behind it at left, near the machinery. There is a blur where the man moved during the exposure. Descriptive text printed below the images in the lower-right corner: "7722- Baling Cotton--a powerful press just releasing a 500-lb. bale--at a mill in Texas." The same text is printed on the back in six languages

Date: 1905

Creator: Sun Sculpture Works and Studios

Item Type: Photograph

Cultivating Cotton, Dallas, Texas

A stereographic image of a man standing in a cotton field with a plow and a mule. Another man, also with a plow and a mule, is visible in the distance.

Date: 1905

Creator: Keystone View Company

Item Type: Photograph

[Letter from Nash, Robinson & Co. to A.M. Montieth - April 1, 1905]

Letter written to A.M. Montieth in Belton, Texas from Nash-Robinson & Co. in Waco, Texas, asking for remittance and giving a deadline and penalty if the deadline is not met.

Date: April 1, 1905

Creator: Nash, Robinson & Co.

Item Type: Letter

[Man with Book]

Portrait of an unidentified man wearing a dark suit, bow tie, and corsage posing holding a book next to a table in front of a painted backdrop.

Date: October 29, 1905

Creator: Conrads, A.

Item Type: Photograph

[Paul W. Dorbritz and Family]

Photograph of Paul W. Dorbritz (1865-1925) and family. The family is pictured outside with a home in the background. There are 11 females in the picture all lined up with 2 males behind them. Handwritten text identifies 2 of the females as Ella, Hedwig (Heddy), and one of the men as Paul.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

[Photo of the Westbrook & Evans Mercantile Store]

Photograph of an unidentified man standing in front of the Westbrook and Evans Mercantile Store in Lorena, Texas. A large house is visible in the distance on the right side of the frame.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Merchant William Colgin, Sr.]

Portrait of Dr. Merchant Wm. Colgin, Sr. as a young man. Text on the back says that he lived from 1883 to 1934.

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Mrs. Alexander in a Polka-Dotted Dress]

Photograph of elderly Mrs. Alexander in a dark polka-dotted dress, seated and looking to her right. Text on the back reads: "1905...Waco Texas...Alexander Family...Photo taken by Zeta Farmer...Zeta Virginia Farmer (1890 - 1934) Waco."

Date: 1905

Creator: Farmer, Zeta Virginia

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Mrs. Alexander in Her Room, 1905]

Photograph of elderly Mrs. Alexander in her room in a white dress. Text on the back reads: " 1905 Mrs. Alexander Waco Texas...Taken by Zeta Farmer (1890 - 1934) Oakwood Cem. Waco ".

Date: 1905

Creator: Farmer, Zeta Virginia

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Mrs. Alexander Standing Behind a Settee, 1905]

Photograph of Mrs. Alexander standing behind a settee in a dark polka-dotted dress. Text on the back reads: " 1905 Mrs. Alexander Waco, Texas...Taken by Zeta Farmer (Zeta Virginia Farmer) Waco, 1890-1934 ".

Date: 1905

Creator: Farmer, Zeta Virginia

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Nellie Alexander and Five Others, 1905]

Photograph of a group a five sitting on a fence and an individual in a tree. Text on the back reads: " 1905 Waco Texas..L-R...The gang...1___ 2 Nellie Farmer Alexander 3___ 4___ 5___...Taken By Zeta Farmer (1890 - 1934) ".

Date: 1905

Creator: Farmer, Zeta Virginia

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Nellie Alexander and Six Others, 1905]

Photograph of Nellie Alexander with six others outside of the porch of a house. Text on the back reads: " The gang...Front...1___ 2___ 3 Nellie Farmer Alexander...Taken By Zeta Farmer ".

Date: 1905

Creator: Farmer, Zeta Virginia

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Nellie Alexander and Three Others, 1905]

Photograph of Nellie Farmer Alexander and three others in the woods. Text on the back reads: " Waco Texas...1905...Fishing Bosque River Near Waco...L-R...1___ 2___ 3 Nellie Farmer Alexander (1888 - 1955) 4...Taken By Zeta Farmer (1890 - 1934) ". The women appear to be eating plums and bananas.

Date: 1905

Creator: Farmer, Zeta Virginia

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Nellie Alexander and Two Others, 1905]

Photograph of Nellie Alexander with two others. Text on the back states her full name and the name of the photographer.

Date: 1905

Creator: Farmer, Zeta Virginia

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Vanderbilt Medical Students with Cadaver]

Photograph of five Vanderbilt University medical students working on a cadaver. Listed on the back are the following names: Merchant William Colgin (Waco, Texas), Robert Mann (Brownsville, Tennessee), Prichette Dr. (Tennessee), George Evans (Waco, Texas), and T. J. Morris (Gainesville, Texas).

Date: 1905

Creator: Dury's

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinic]

Photograph of people standing on the steps of the hospital and clinic building at Vanderbilt University.

Date: 1905

Creator: Dury's

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of a Group of Young Women]

Portrait of a group of young women wearing dresses. Several names and cities are written on the back of the photo, but are mostly illegible.

Date: May 1905

Creator: Thompson

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Paul L. Tyson]

Portrait of Paul L. Tyson. A handwritten note on the front of the photo says "To Joe - whose friendship and memory is a treasure of by gone days. P. L. Tyson." Another note on the back of the photo reads: "Oct. 25, 1884 - Sept. 9, 1950. Football coach for Waco High School. Several state championships and one national championship. Oakwood Cemetery, Waco. Purchased at Joe L. Ward estate sale in Waco Nov. 2013."

Date: [1905..1935]

Item Type: Photograph

[Providence Sanitarium, Waco]

Photograph of Providence Sanitarium (later Providence Hospital), a large five-storied building with an arched portico with stairs leading to the entrance underneath, porches attached to the sides of the building, and arched parapets rising parallel with the building's hip roof. Cars are parked on the dirt road in front. The photographer's credit, reading "Gildersleeve", has been partially obscured on the bottom right.

Date: [1905..]

Creator: Gildersleeve

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.557404 -97.153702

[Twenty-Five-Year-Old Maude Kitchens]

Photograph of twenty-five year old Maude Canion Kitchens. She's wearing a hat with a large feather and a coat over her dress. She's standing with one arm behind her back and is holding a purse in her other hand.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

[Twenty-Five-Year-Old Maude Kitchens, Version Two]

Photograph of twenty-five year old Maude Canion Kitchens. She's wearing a hat with a large feather and a coat. She's holding a purse with her left hand.

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

[Unknown Children at Picnic]

Photograph of an unknown group of children at a picnic. The children are pictured all close to one another with the girls wearing light colored dresses and the boys wearing various styles of dark colored clothing. They are standing barefoot in a small stream of water with a large tree in the background. Photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger-Harrison estate sale, Waco.

Date: August 16, 1905

Item Type: Photograph