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[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]

Description: Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Portrait of May Pearl Hollie McDonald]

Description: Photograph of May Pearl Hollie McDonald (1916–1995). She wears a coat with a fur collar and a high-collared shirt, looking to the right and smiling. This photo has been hand-colored and may have been taken by Emma Woodward, spouse of Walter Woodard.
Date: 1935~/1940~
Creator: Woodard, Emma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[William Madison McDonald Home, Partial Front View]

Description: Photograph of the front view of the William Madison McDonald home in Fort Worth, Texas. At center is the main entrance, raised and accessed by steps from a sidewalk lined with a lawn and a hedge. Around the entrance is a portico, and under it is a porch on the second floor.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.735771 -97.311936
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Funeral Program for William Madison McDonald, July 9, 1950]

Description: Funeral program for William Madison McDonald, born June 22, 1866 and died July 5, 1950. The funeral was held on July 5, 1950 at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. S. R. Prince. Funeral arrangements were made through Polk and Bailey Funeral Home Directors and he was buried in Old Trinity Cemetery, now Oakwood Cemetery, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: July 9, 1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Location: 32.750275 -97.320398
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Flyer for Bicentennial "Spiritual Awakenings" Events]

Description: Flyer promoting "Spiritual Happenings" to celebrate the American bicentennial and promote Black culture. Two events are listed: a soul music festival in the Will Rogers Auditorium, and a spiritual jubilee in the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Date: Spring 1976
Creator: Black Citizens Concerned with the Bicentennial
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Program: Sojourner Truth National Cultural Arts Festival]

Description: Program for the Sojourner Truth National Cultural Arts Festival, held in the Sheraton hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, from September 3 to September 6, 1976. It includes short histories and biographies of invited speakers, an itinerary of events, and advertisements.
Date: 1976
Creator: Sojourner Truth Players, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Location: 32.747634 -97.324860
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

Year Book 1929-1930 Alphin Charity and Art Club

Description: Yearbook of the Alphin Art and Charity Club including brief information about the group, a list of activities from the club meetings, membership for club committees, and a member directory. There is a handwritten list of financial transactions after the last page for 1929 and a page inserted at the front lists phone numbers for the members of the Sick Committee.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Alphin Art and Charity Club
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

The Masonic Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 12, August 1928

Description: Quarterly publication of the Masonic Temple in Fort Worth discussing various topics of interest to members and related to the activities of the organization. This issue focuses on relief funds, including fundraising from members and a tally of money paid out to Texas lodges for relief during the previous year.
Date: August 1928
Creator: Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge No. 148 (Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

I. M. Terrell High School All Student Class Reunion

Description: Program for the I. M. Terrell High School All Student Class Reunion, held in the Hotel Americana in Fort Worth, Texas, from August 20 to August 22, 1982. It includes background information, a list of congratulatory letters from major politicians, an itinerary of events, a list of former students and faculty, advertisements, and photographs.
Date: August 1982
Creator: I.M. Terrell High School Reunion. Souvenir Book Committee.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

The New 1957 Fort Worth Church Guide

Description: Directory of Black churches in the Fort Worth area with photographs, addresses, congregation sizes, and short histories and descriptions. The churches are organized alphabetically, by denomination, with a table of contents on page 2.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Cook and Royal Advertising Agency
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

Deliverer Life Insurance Company

Description: Booklet providing information about the Deliverer Life Insurance Company, one of the first life insurance companies for Black people in Fort Worth. It includes background about the establishment of the company; a list of employees with portraits and information about affiliations and experience; and a table of insurance premiums sorted by age.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Deliverer Life Insurance Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs Fiftieth Anniversary Observance

Description: Program for the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs including a short history of the club, formed for regional African American women's clubs, and a short itinerary of events held for the celebration. Also featured are photographs of local clubs alongside felicitations and local advertisements.
Date: 1967
Creator: Fort Worth Association of Women's Clubs
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Program for "Battle Stars and Battle Scars of the Black Man in America" Event]

Description: Program for a "Spiritual Jubilee" event held during the national bicentennial in Fort Worth, Texas, titled "Battle Stars and Battle Scars of the Black Man in America". Featured in the program is an overview of Black literature and folk music, related events, and an itinerary of songs to be performed during the event.
Date: 1976
Creator: Sojourner Truth Players, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Location: 32.750762 -97.328621
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Mary Louise and Ralph W. Thornton House]

Description: Photograph of the Mary Louise and Ralph W. Thornton house on 2764 Nies Street, Fort Worth. The house is a single story-home with a small square porch in front of the front door, its windows covered with awnings printed with the letter T on the front. A dark-colored car is parked in front of a garage along the right wall of the house, accessible from the road by a gravel path, and bushes and small plants are planted in the front lawn and along the front of the building.
Date: November 1954
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.767000 -97.306427
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Tyler Barber College Class of 1940]

Description: Photograph of the Tyler Barber College, class of 1940. The portrait of the college's president, H. M. Morgan, is at center, in front of illustrations of clippers and scissors. The graduating class is laid out in a grid, each wearing caps and gowns, set within a glass frame with decorative blue and red edges.
Date: 1940?
Creator: Teal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[3rd Anniversary for Rev. C. A. Holliday]

Description: Photograph of a 3rd anniversary celebration for Reverend C. A. Holliday at the Greater St. James Baptist Church. Rev. Holliday is standing in front of a wooden pulpit along other church leaders and choir members standing in rows behind him. A thermometer measuring cash donated for the church building fund has been placed between large bouquets of flowers in front of the pulpit, and a banner for Rev. Holliday is hung along the back wall of the church.
Date: 1955
Creator: Turner, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.759453 -97.324906
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Discussing the Voter, Urban League]

Description: Photograph of three individuals discussing voting education in Fort Worth, Texas. At left is Herman M. Sweatt, director of the southern regional office of the Urban League, who hands a "Planning Effective Non-Partisan Voter Education Campaigns" pamphlet to Marion J. Brooks (center), doctor and local civil rights leader, and an unidentified woman (right) looking onward.
Date: 1963
Creator: Turner, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society
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