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[Photograph of Brick Building Across Street]

Description: Photograph of a large, three-story building at the corner of two wide intersecting streets. The building has three arches at the front, leading the the entrance and supporting a covered balcony on the second floor. The balcony's overhang is supported by tall columns. Windows to a basement are visible around the bottom of the building. An automobile is parked at the curb in front of and to the left of the front entrance, and the small lawn around the building has both bare and full trees. A larg… more
Date: [1900..1929]
Location: None
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

Historic Plaque, Brooke Smith, Brownwood

Description: Photograph of a historic marker about Brownwood citizen, Brooke Smith. It reads: "One of ten children, Brooke Smith was born in 1853 to Paulina Thilman (Doswell) and John Snelson Smith, Jr. in Hanover County, Virginia. The family moved to Indiana in 1860 and then to Waco, Texas ten years later. There, Brooke became a clerk at Lyons, Cohn & Co. and decided to move west and open his own store in 1876. Partnering with Sol Lyons and Otto Steffens, he opened a general store in Brownwood, then a fron… more
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Scrapbook Page: Military Scenes]

Description: Scrapbook page with seven photographs depicting military scenes. The first column includes a photo of a road to Sanger, Texas, an airplane at Love Field, and people crowding a street at the 1918 Liberty Loan Parade in Denton, Texas. The second column includes a photo of an RFC soldier and another soldier named Ford. The third column includes a photo of the Guard Mount at Camp Bowie and Corporal Ford and Jule in 1912.
Date: 1918~
Partner: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
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