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[Photograph of Nellie Alexander and Three Others, 1905]

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cotton Baling Inside Mill]

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Paul L. Tyson]

Description: 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]
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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