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William Ross, His family, and His Tailoring Business

Description: Photo of William Ross and his family. The group is posed together around a bench. Title: The History of William Ross and His Tailoring Business. Short biography of the business of William Ross an Austin, TX tailor. Image of the Ross family business. Title: Giant Oaks From Little Acorns Grow: The William Ross Story. A biography of William Ross.
Date: unknown
Partner: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum

[An Early Delivery Truck]

Description: An early delivery truck, whose wording (on the side reads) "R.O. Norman, Tailor, Cleaning & Pressing, phone 514", is shown here. Note the vertical windshield, and the crank on the front of the truck. Note also the 3-digit telephone number on the side of the truck.
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[An Early Street Scene in Mineral Wells]

Description: This photograph shows the corner of Mesquite and Coke Streets (Now [2008] NE 1st Avenue and NE 2nd Street) The picture was taken in 1912 after the Ben Hur motor car had stopped running (note its tracks). The Whatley Motor Company is now located where the Livery Stable was on the left at the time of the picture. The "Old Post Office" replaced the buildings on the right, and the Chautauqua was the large white building a block further up the street at the center. Information about this ph… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Holland Tailor Shop

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Holland Tailor Shop at 612 Fourth Street in Orange, Texas. Five men are in the shop. One man is being measured. There are bolts of fabric and illustration of men's suits on the walls. On the back of the photo it states that Harry Merrill is the man taking measurements.
Date: 1917
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[People standing in front of a tailor shop in Mexico]

Description: Photograph of a group of men standing in front of a tailor shop in Mexico. Four of the men are standing in a group on the side walk around a bicycle and two other men are standing under the awning of the shop and talking. The building has a sign above the shop that reads "Sastreria 86 El Ca..." and there is a sign on a window display below that reads "Sastreria". The buildings are multiple stories and the entrance to the shop is set far back on the first story. There are three window displays v… more
Date: [1930..1950]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Insurrecto Mob in Juarez]

Description: Photograph of an armed mob of insurrectos walking down a commercial street in Juarez, Mexico. Several businesses line both sides of the street. On the left, there is a pharmacy (Farmacia Central), saloon (Los Pinos Saloon), barbershop (barberia), ice cream shop (neveria), shoe repair shop (La Fronteriza Zapateria), and a tailor (sastreria). A sign for the Uncle Sam Cafe can be seen on the right side of the photo. Further down the street, the W. ? Walz Co. is located inside a two-story build… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Downtown Street

Description: Copy negative of downtown Abilene with streets, cars, people, and buildings including Wooten Hotel and H&H Tailors.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Street Construction

Description: Copy negative of the corner of North 2nd and Cypress streets under construction. On the right side of the frame are several business signs that read, "Yes, We Are Still Open", "Bond Clothes, Two Trouser Suits" and "Lewis Foot Health Shop".
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Tailor Shop]

Description: Photograph of a portrait of two men standing in front of a tailor shop on 444 Austin Avenue. Text above the door of the shops says "J. F. Owens The Tailor." A bicycle is leaning against the building. Text on the bottom of the photograph says "444 Austing Avenue 1915." Accompanying material gives information about the tailor shop.
Date: 1915
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Owens Tailor Shop]

Description: Photograph of Owens Tailor Shop in Port Arthur, TX. The building is a wooden, two-story structure with a covered porch. Three men are standing on the porch, all wearing suits. Between them are two young children and a dog. The left child is Mary Owens. Her brother, Johnny Owens, is on the right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[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~
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society
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