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[Portrait of Twelve Men Holding Hats]

Description: Photograph of twelve men arranged in two rows of six. Most of the men are holding hats, the seated row below having their hats placed in their laps and the standing row above holding their hats aloft. The third man from left on the bottom row holds a sword from its grip.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hamilton, I. B.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Railroad Survey Crew Poses with Survey Tools, c. 1902

Description: Six members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf survey crew pose around their surveying tools for a professional portrait, c. 1902. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the crew members remained in the area and founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Partner: Irving Archives
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