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[Broadus Family]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Clyde Broadus with his family, working on his school board campaign effort in the kitchen. There are papers and possibly bumper stickers on the table. "Dr. Clyde Broadus Family" is written on the back of the photo. Dr. Broadus' wife has been identified as Lorraine.
Date: unknown

[Brownies in Uniform]

Description: Photograph of thirteen brownies and two troop leaders wearing uniforms, standing around a table with a tray on it. There is a portrait of a girl in a girl scout uniform glued to the front of the image. "Girl Scouts Circle T Council" is written on the back.
Date: unknown

[Camp Fire Girls Selling Candy on Church Steps]

Description: Photograph of Camp Fire Girls selling candy on the steps of a church. There are four girls wearing Camp Fire uniforms, two boys, and three adults. The children are all holding posters, banners, or boxes of candy advertising the Camp Fire Girls Candy Sale. "Camp Fire Girls Candy Sale" is written on the back of the photo. The adult woman is Zephyr Stansberry, the adult male on the right is Ben Stansberry, also are three sets of twins. the bottom are Michael and Marvis Stansberry, 2 girls on left … more
Date: unknown

[Charles W. Norris in a Barber Shop]

Description: Photograph of Charles W. Norris (left), a tailor in Fort Worth, standing in a barbershop with a tape measure around his neck and a clipboard in his left hand. At right, there are three barbers each standing behind a chair, two with customers. The chairs are placed in front of mirrors with desks and have lightbulbs hanging above. Handwritten on back: "Charles W. Norris, tailor, Fort Worth circa 1924-1925."
Date: 1924~/1925~

[Check to Ure Drug Store]

Description: Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Co. of Fort Worth, made out to Ure Drug Store for $4.25 and signed by William Madison McDonald for the purchase of cigars. McDonald was a cigar aficionado.
Date: June 5, 1944
Creator: McDonald, WIlliam Madison

[Check Written to the Grand Lodge F&AM]

Description: Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Company of Fort Worth, made out to the Grand Lodge, F&AM (Free and Accepted Masons) for $850.00 and signed by William Madison McDonald. McDonald was the Grand Lodge's Grand Secretary, and was a leader in the Black Masonic movement. His Fraternal Bank and Trust Company was located in the Grand Masonic Temple on East 9th Street.
Date: December 3, 1934
Creator: McDonald, WIlliam Madison

[Children at Corinth Baptist Church]

Description: Photograph of a group of children, ten girls and four boys, posing in three rows in a choir loft at Corinth Baptist Church; a young boy and girl wearing crowns are standing together in front of the loft. A painting depicting Jesus in a river and Calvary is visible on the wall behind them (right), and an upright piano is partially visible in front of the loft on the left side of the image. Handwritten text on the back says, "King & Queen Review, Corinth Bapt. Church."
Date: unknown

[Choir on Decorated Stage]

Description: Photograph of a group of people gathered in a tight group on a slightly-raised stage, and a man facing them with his arms raised. The room is decorated with crepe paper streamers on the ceiling, metallic fringe on the walls, and greenery around the edge of the stage and on the upright piano in the center of the image. A woman is seated at the piano and looking at the group, to her left.
Date: unknown
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