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May Day Celebration

Description: Copy photograph of sixteen children dancing in a May Day celebration. The children are lined up in pairs. Each couple holds hands with each other and the adjacent couple. Behind them is a brick building. The girls are all in light-colored dresses, and the boys are wearing overalls.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[General Colquitt's staff at the Houston carnival in 1914]

Description: Nine army officers in full dress uniform, Governor Oscar Branch Colquitt in long coat and top hat, and a gentleman in a costume composed of a crown, a pastel dress with lace, a shawl, white stockings and slippers stand as a group near the end of a wooden pier or boat slip. Two gentlemen wearing naval caps are at the back of the group. From left to right in the first row is Col. Hugh B. Moore, then Governor Colquitt, then the man in the costume, then another army officer. The man in costume ha… more
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[An Easter Egg hunt at the Davison home in 1913]

Description: At least six children of varying ages look for Easter eggs on the lawn at the Davison home. Six men, dressed in dark suits, and one woman wearing a white shirtwaist and long white skirt stand near the children watching. The woman holds an infant. Two of the children hold baskets. On the back of the photograph is written: "1913".
Date: 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Fathers day card with Frank Cuellar Sr.'s portrait]

Description: Photograph of a father's day card from "Rudy". The very top of the card says "Happy Father's to 2 Great Dads - From Rudy and El Chico". The left side of the card has an illustration of one of the founding fathers, George Washington, with the date 1776 (the year the declaration of independence was signed) and on the right is a picture of Frank Cuellar Sr. with "My Dad - 1976" written below.
Date: 1976
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Holiday of Succot, ca. 1949-1950]

Description: Students of the Beth-El Congregation celebrate the Holiday of Succot around 1949-1950. They built a succah, a tabernacle or booth covered with seasonal greens and fruits, on the altar of the synagogue at 207 W. Broadway Ave., Fort Worth.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Pentecost Kneeler]

Description: Photograph of a Pentecost Kneeler given by Todd Bradford Willis to the First United Methodist Church in Waco in honor of his brother David P. Willis. A rendering of a dove with wings spread occupies the center of the kneeler. To the left is a lit menorah, to the right is a red and gold censer with blue and grey wisps of smoke coming from it.
Date: 1984
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Culpepper Christmas Card]

Description: Greeting card with a photographic print from the family of Cody and Maud Culpepper of Longview, Texas. The couple are pictured sitting in a horse-drawn car, and there is a colored illustration of a candlestick. The card includes a note that reads: "With the best of Holiday Wishes." It is signed by the couple.
Date: 1908
Creator: Culpepper, Cody B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Nativity scene at a church]

Description: Photograph of a nativity scene outside of a church. The figures for the scene are very small and are placed in front of bushes. The figures of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are under a wooden structure that has an angel attached to the roof, looking down on them. There is a star above the scene hanging on the side of the building. The photograph is tacked on each corner to a dark, textured surface.
Date: December 17, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[City of Denton: City Hall, 221 N. Elm decorated for Christmas]

Description: Exterior view of the Denton City Hall, 221 N. Elm St, Denton, Texas, at night. The “originator” of the idea of Christmas lights on City Hall, can be attributed to Mrs. William R. Hicks, a former city secretary, who began the tradition in the early 1930s. The lights changed from time-to-time, but in 1945, the words Merry Xmas and the large stars on top were added.
Date: 1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

May Day Festival

Description: The crowning of the Queen at the May Day Festival in Henrietta on the SW corner of the courthouse lawn. She is surrounded by girls and young women in white dresses. A Maypole is in the foreground. Many spectators are holding umbrellas to shade themselves.
Date: 1910~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Clay County Historical Society
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