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[Portrait of Pendleton King]

Description: Full-length photograph of Pendleton King, dressed in a sailor suit. The boy is standing behind a fence with a stone façade and a wooden gate. A hand written note on the back reads, "Pendleton King: Age 7 years, 1897.”
Date: 1897
Creator: Lindsey's Art Parlors
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph Sent From Tom]

Description: Photograph of a man in dark clothing with the collar of his shirt up. Text in the back reads: " your friend Tom B-"
Date: 1897
Creator: Boyd
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Exterior of Sabine Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the Old Sabine Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas. Several horse-drawn carriages are stopped in front of the building, and people stand on the porch.
Date: April 27, 1897
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Procter Street]

Description: Photograph of stores, including restaurants and a real estate agency, on either side of a dirt road in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: April 24, 1897
Location: 29.889775 -93.917891
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Port Arthur Skyline]

Description: Photograph of the skyline of Port Arthur, Texas, viewed from the old Pleasure Pier. The ocean is visible in the foreground.
Date: April 24, 1897
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Three Kids at Pier]

Description: Photograph of three children and a man sitting by a railing on a pier by the Gulf of Mexico in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: January 1897
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[The Hexagon Hotel], Southside

Description: This photograph is a cleaned-up version, by A.F. Weaver, of the Hexagon Hotel, at approximately the time of its completion. (The site has been cleaned, and the trash removed.) Construction of the Hexagon Hotel started in 1895, and it opened for business in 1897, to ameliorate Mineral Wells' torrid summertime heat years before air-conditioning became available, its design was such that it could catch every vagrant breeze, and cool the hotel. … more
Date: 1897/1959
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Street Scene in Plainview, Texas

Description: Photograph of the downtown area in Plainview, Texas in 1897 showing businesses on the west side of the square. Two freighting teams, comprised of horses and carts, fill the block. Businesses include: Mrs. M. B. Fowle Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, etc.; Irick and Dyer Groceries; City Drug Store; Williams Bro's. Cheap Cash Store; and Donohoo and Ware Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Groceries and Hardware.
Date: 1897
Creator: Britain's Studio
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Lizzie Wessendorff as a child, 1897.]

Description: Photograph of Lizzie Wessendorff (written on back of photo in ink). The little girl has on a white dress with a small, white bow in the back of her hair. She is standing in front of a mirror. Floral print carpet in foreground. Photograph is mounted on a pale gray cardboard mat. Bottom of mat in red reads: Lorenz Art Gallery Extra Finish (in palette with brushes) Richmond, Texas. Photograph is faded and has yellow spots across it.
Date: 1897
Creator: Lorenz, C.O.
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Portrait of a Boy]

Description: Portrait of a young boy standing on a thick rug next to a wooden chair.
Date: [1897..1899]
Creator: Wisdom
Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Portrait of Elda Henry Lawrence]

Description: Portrait of Elda Henry Lawrence wearing a striped dress with a high, ruffled collar.
Date: March 29, 1897
Creator: Marken, J. R.
Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Flood Damage in El Paso, 1897]

Description: Photograph of flood damage in the city of El Paso, Texas, after a large flood hit the area in 1897. A store call "John Finnigan and Co." can be seen in the right background of the photo, and remaining floodwaters can be seen in the foreground.
Date: May 1897
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[El Paso Flood, May 1887]

Description: Photograph of the town of El Paso,Texas, taken from the top of the county courthouse after a large flood hit the area.
Date: May 1897
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Family Photograph of the Reeves]

Description: Photograph of Nora, Nan, Leona, John, Mary Belle (Granny), and W. O. Reeves posing together. Mary Belle and W. O. Reeves are both wearing black while the children are wearing white. There is a decorative backdrop with a wicker chair to the left of Mary Belle Reeves and a table right of W.O Reeves which he presses his hand upon.
Date: 1897~
Partner: Birdville Historical Society

[Rabbit Hunt in Gunsight, Texas]

Description: Copy slide of a photograph of mostly men wearing lined up to begin a rabbit hunt. Some of the men are seated on the ground and others are standing holding leaves. There is text below the photograph reading "Club 2243 Scalps May 27, 1897".
Date: May 22, 1897
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Abilene High School Class of 1897]

Description: Copy slide of a photo array of individual portraits of the members of the Abilene High School Class of 1897 of which John Sayles is a member.
Date: 1897
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Rabbit Hunt in Gunsight, Texas #2]

Description: Copy slide of a photograph of mostly men wearing lined up to begin a rabbit hunt. Some of the men are seated on the ground and others are standing holding leaves. The photograph is labeled "Gunsight Rabbit Club 2243...".
Date: May 22, 1897
Partner: McMurry University Library

Fulton's Ice Cream Parlor

Description: Two men and a little girl at the bar. A rooster is standing on the stool next to the girl. Fulton's was located at 1608 Lavaca St.
Date: March 20, 1897
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[The Hexagon Hotel]

Description: A color photograph of the Hexagon Hotel is shown here. Please note the Convention Hall to the right (north) of the Hotel. The Convention Hall was built in 1925 to accommodate the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention, and was built over a portion of the foundation of the electric power plant of the hotel. In 1897 Galbraith was granted, by city ordinance, a 50-year franchise to illuminate the city. The Hexagon Hotel was torn down in 1959. Ira Tarwater (who had been contracted to do the w… more
Date: 1897/1959
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Lizzie Wessendorff as a toddler (about 2 years old).]

Description: Photographic portrait of Lizzie Wessendorff as a toddler (about 2 years old), ca. 1897. Wessendorff is wearing a white cotton dress with lace around neck, arms, and hem. She is also wearing a brooch, necklace, and bracelet. Wessendorff is posed sitting on a stool in front of a mirror. Image is mounted on white matte with embossed vine pattern around perimeter. Photographer identified on matte as "Lorenz. Richmond, Tex."
Date: 1897
Creator: Lorenz, C.O.
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Annie Belle Emery Bright's Fort Worth High School graduation class, 1897]

Description: Photograph of the Fort Worth High School graduating class of May 1897. The fifteen individuals wear formal attire, men in tuxedos and women in white, full-coverage dresses. The photograph is mounted to a board, and below the photograph an additional strip of board with handwriting listing the names of the individuals is attached to the backing board. Top row, left to right: Ronnea Wilson, Walter Sudarth, Emma Griffith, Sam Truplett, Mary Young, Mable Simpson, Salby Atwell. . Middle and bottom r… more
Date: May 1897
Partner: Tarrant County Archives

[James W. Emery's house at 415 Wheeler Street, now College Avenue, where Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen first hung her shingle]

Description: Mounted photograph of the front of a house with various women and children posing on the porch and front steps, the front yard, and the second floor balcony. Handwritten blue and black ink inscriptions below the image read: "(Annie, Daisy, Lottie Emery.) 415 Wheeler St. (now College Ave.) Bertha Preuitt, Sybil Wilson, Lois Wilson holding Aline, Fannie with Paul, Bess Wilson, and Grandmother Emery (Dr. D. Emery Allen's mother.) It was at this home I hung out my 'shingle' 1897."The recto bottom l… more
Date: 1897
Partner: Tarrant County Archives

[Portrait of an Unknown Child in a Large Hat]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified young child standing for a portrait on a wicker chair. The child wears a wide-brimmed hat, a light-colored tunic with an ill-fitting belt over dark tights, and dark shoes with bows on them.
Date: 1897~
Creator: New York Studio
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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