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[Harry G. Thompson seated at his desk at Imperial Sugar Company]

Description: Photograph of Harry G. Thompson seated at his desk at Imperial Sugar Company. Circa: 1947. Thompson has thinning gray hair and is wearing wire frame eyeglasses. He is wearing dark pants, white shirt and striped tie. He has his hands clasped together and resting in his lap. A phone is hanging on the wall on right of photograph. Window with blinds in top, left background. Back of photo is stamped in red: HORACE G. TUCKER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER THE HOUSTON POST. Also written in black: 1 Col. Please sa… more
Date: 1947
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Roy and Dorothy Schmidt and their Aunt Lillie Maresh Gentry]

Description: Roy and Dorothy Schmidt posed in front of automobile with their Aunt Lillie Maresh Gentry during WWII. Children are both wearing overalls. Lillie is wearing a short sleeved shirt with below the knee hemline. The dress ties at collar and has ruffled front with buttons. Lillie has shoulder length dark hair. Dorothy has short, curly blonde hair. Roy's cap is covering his hair. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1944
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Employees of the Imperial Sugar Company.]

Description: Group photograph of employees of the Imperial Sugar Company taken at their employee appreciation dinner in November of 1947. The group includes 46 men and two women (front row). Roof of a tin building in background. Imperial Sugar main building (brick with windows) in top right corner of photograph. Employees are identified as front row left to right: Gus Stabler, W. L. Friend, Mabel Dunkerly Woolley, Myrtle Friend Stabler, J. E. "Daddy" Blair, Claude Douglas, Homer Johnson, R. B. "Bob" Sheppar… more
Date: 1947
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Group of men at Travis Park]

Description: Photograph of a group of men identified on back in pencil as: Travis Park, (Dutch) Walter Luedecke, Jerry Humpola, Charlie Koupa, G. B. (Mutt) Lehmann, Mart Cole, and Dr. Wilbur Yates. In the background is a the Travis Park Pavilion (brick columns). Photograph may have been taken at the opening of the park. Photograph is a copy of a 9 in X 11 in taken by Leonard Tormey in 1942.(The two men on far right are shaking hands). Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1942
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[John Moore, Jr, and Dorothea Guenther Moore]

Description: Photograph of John Moore, Jr, and Dorothea Guenther Moore standing in front of a fireplace. He is wearing wire rimmed eyeglasses, a light colored pin-stripe suit with dark tie. His left hand is resting on the mantle. Dorothea is wearing a dark knee-length dress and shoes. He has her right hand on John's hip. Bottom of a large portrait can be seen hanging above the fireplace in background.
Date: 1947
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[John M. Moore, Jr. Family in the Moore home]

Description: Photographic portrait of John Moore, Jr. Family, taken in parlor of Moore home, ca. 1947. Pictured left to right: John Moore III, Dorothea Guenther Moore, Charlien Martin (age 7), Edwina (Mrs. John II) Moore, Philip Moore (age 1), John Moore, Jr., Hallie Kellie Peareson (Mrs. Hilmar) Moore, Himar Moore, Dorothea Moore (age 3), Marie Bachman Guenther.
Date: 1947
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Photograph of Albert Peyton George holding the lead rope of a white Brahman bull]

Description: Photograph of Albert Peyton George holding the lead rope of a white Brahman bull. George is wearing a striped three-piece suit (pant bottoms tucked in boots) and felt cowboy hat; and he has his left hand in his pocket. The photograph was taken on the George Ranch. White wooden barn (with sliding doors opened) in background. Automobile to the left background. Trees to the right, left, and behind barn.
Date: [1940..1955]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Hallie Kellie Peareson Moore]

Description: Photographic portrait of Hallie Kellie Peareson Moore (Mrs. Hilmar Moore) and sons, Hilmar and Philip, 1949. Peareson is seated at a desk with Hilmar (age 2) sitting on the desk wearing a white jumper and Philip (Age 4) standing in front of her wearing a white shorts set. Photographer's mark, "S.L. Poor 1949"
Date: 1949
Creator: Poor, Stuart Lindsey, 1887-1978
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Mary Jones Prowell on outdoor stairs]

Description: On back: "Mary Jones Prowell on stile going from 762 to Observation Post - Mary drove about 1 mile from the George Ranch house to the O.P. Late spring, 1943. Car was parked on 762 - and stile was the way across the fence - to reach O.P." Mary Jones Prowell is wearing a checked print dress and looking towards the right.
Date: 1943
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Virginia Davis Scarborough and Mary Jones Prowell with binoculars at Observation Post]

Description: On back: "Virginia Davis Scarborough Mary Jones Prowell at Observation Post on George Ranch property - spring, 1943. Observation Post had electricity and a telephone." Virginia Davis Scarborough is standing on top step leading to white building behind her, looking towards the right through binoculars. Mary Jones Prowell is standing on second step and also looking towards the right.
Date: 1943
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Mary Jones Prowell and Virginia Davis Scarborough in the yard of the George home]

Description: On back: "Mary Jones Prowell & Virginia Davis Scarborough in yard at A.P. & Mamie George home, spring, 1943." These two young women are sitting a yard with a white picket fence extending from distant left side of photo to center right. Mary Jones Prowell, on left, has her hands in her lap while Virginia Davis Scarborough is leanign on her right hand. Trees line the background.
Date: 1943
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Virginia Davis Scarborough, Mary Jones Prowell, and Elizabeth Williams by a fence at George Ranch]

Description: On back: "Virginia Davis Scarborough, Mary Jones Prowell, Elizabeth Williams at George Ranch, spring, 1943." These three young women are leaning against a wood and wire fence. Elizabeth Williams, on right, is holding a handbag under her left arm. Virginia Davis Scarborough and Mary Jones Prowell have their hands behind their backs. Trees are in the background.
Date: 1943
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Helen Jane Farmer, Elizabeth Williams, and Mary Jones Prowell at George Ranch house]

Description: On back: "Helen Jane Farmer Elizabeth Williams Mary Jones Prowell at George Ranch house, late spring, 1943". These three young women are standing behind a white gate. Helen Jane Farmer, on left, and Mary Jones Prowell, on right, are standing on the bottom of the gate, thus appearing taller than Elizabeth Williams in middle. A tree is in the left, center of the photo.
Date: 1943
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Negative of Mary Jones on the steps of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority House]

Description: Negative of Mary Jones on the front steps of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority House. Mary Jones is standing on the third step and leaning on her left side against a bricked column with both of her hands by her side. She is wearing dark shoes and socks, a dark skirt that falls just below her knees, and a dark sweater over a white collared shirt.
Date: 1943
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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