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[Goat-Pulled Beer Cask in a Park]

Description: Photograph of a goat-pulled cask of beer in a park-like grass lawn. Numerous people look at the cask from the sidewalk and under the shade of trees, either standing or sitting in the grass. A man in an apron and hat stands close to the cask, which is carried on wooden wagon. On the side of the wagon, a sign reads "ANHEUSER-BUSCH / St. Louis / LAGER BEER". A four-sided rectangular sign, with narrow pillar atop and a promotional drawing on each side, is placed above the cask. The goats pulling th… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hunters and a Deer]

Description: Photograph of a group of hunters posing with the carcass of a deer. The carcass is held by its legs on a raised branch. Another hunter, at right, stands with a deer skin from his waist. Each hunter poses with his gun.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hunters' Campsite]

Description: Photograph of a group of hunters with a deer carcass. They stand near their campsite, holding rifles and deer horns. The carcass hangs by its feet from a raised branch.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of an Unknown Family in Front of a House]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified family standing in front of their house. At left is a young child in a dress, a woman in a shirt dark-colored dress, and a man in a hat wearing work clothes. A dog, back facing the camera, sits in front of the woman, next to a wooden platform. A saddled horse stands idle at right. The house in the background is built on wood piers with vertical wooden siding and a gabled roof. Ivy and vines grow along the walls.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Frank Gregg Swindle]

Description: Photograph of Frank Gregg Swindle (1922–1990), a WWII Army Air Force veteran. He wears a button-up military shirt, a coat held under his right shoulder. He wears long pants, standing in a dirt road and smiling. Behind him is a field of grass, with houses, powerlines, and a metal trash can set on a platform to the left. Swindle was the son of John Henry Swindle of Waco.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Two Unknown Boys]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified boys, both wearing coats and bowties. The younger and shorter one stands at left with his hand on the armrest of a wicker chair. The taller one, at right, stands next to a short pillar. Both stand in front of a painted background. The photograph was purchased at the Thomas Elmo Gardner estate sale in Waco.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Dogtrot House and Family]

Description: Photograph of a dogtrot house and a family, standing in front of the house's steps. From left to right is a man in overalls and a hat, a woman in a long dress with a child standing at her right, and an older woman in a pleated dress. On the house's porch and in the breezeway are wooden chairs, and at the very end of the corridor is another man in a hat, possibly seated on a chair. The house, elevated on piers, is lined with clapboard and has a tall roof. A long pole with a bell at the top stan… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Imperial View Company
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Letitia Barnett Willis]

Description: Photograph of Letitia Barnett Hutchison Willis (1828–1925), wife of Dr. Thomas L. Willis. This portrait is a headshot of her. She wears a high-collared shirt with a pendant attached to her collar, and looks to the left. Letitia and Thomas are buried in IOOF Cemetery, Denton, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Robert Parker Kelly, Jr., Riding a Pony]

Description: Photograph of Robert "Bobby" Parker Kelly, Jr. (1931–2007), grandson of Bettie Parker Kelly, riding a pony..He wears a hat, a vest, and long chaps with a star and the numbers "2001" on them. The pony stands on the curb of a street, with a sidewalk, a house, and its lawn in the background behind Robert, who is smiling.
Date: July 1935
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Mr. Byrd, Heading to New Mexico]

Description: Photographs of a Mr. Byrd, heading west from South Carolina to New Mexico by ox-wagon. He is depicted here resting and eating in the Chickasaw Nation, seated on a stool with a plate in his hands and a cup on a small box in front of him. His covered wagon is behind him, with packages laid to its side. Oxen are seated at left, resting on the grass. Trees and bushes are scattered in the background.
Date: June 1, 1906
Creator: Eichelberger, George W.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Edgar Ragland]

Description: Photograph of Mr. Edgar Ragland, wearing a military uniform with a saber, a pair of epaulettes, and two medals sewn into the front of the vest. He holds out a pyramidal white cap with dark-colored feathers hanging from the top. A symbol, possibly Masonic, seems to be sewn onto the cap. Edgar faces forward with combed hair and a curled mustache.
Date: March 1891
Creator: Deane
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Anna Korenek]

Description: Photograph of Anna Korenek, smiling and facing forward. She wears a pink dress and rests her left hand on her neck. The pink of her cheeks and her dress has been handcolored.
Date: unknown
Creator: McCall's Studio
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Children in a School Play]

Description: Photograph of a school play in Waco, Texas. Several children stand in costume on a stage decorated with three cardboard cutouts of buildings. At left, near a hut of some sort, is a girl in a plaid dress, another in a black dress and bonnet, a child held by another girl in a white hat, and another girl holding a toddler in her arms, followed by a boy looking out of a window in the hut. All near the hut watch the proceedings with shock and interest. At center is a judge with a wig and gavel, his … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Hubbard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Unknown Gathering of People in Waco]

Description: Photograph of an unknown gathering of women in Waco, Texas, arranged in four rows. Many wear dresses, hats, necklaces, and ribbons, most holding a bouquet of flowers. Four men are scattered among the group. The group poses in a large room with a high ceiling, with arched white trellises on the left wall. Ivy grows on the pillars under that wall. An ornate illustration is on the back.
Date: 1914
Creator: Gildersleeve
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Students and Adults]

Description: Photograph of a group of students and adults arranged in three rows. The men wear dark-colored coats with flowers in their lapel; the women wear white dresses with flowers pinned to their chest. Several people in the photograph are named, including Olga E. Wolff Faudi (1878–1965), bottom top, center. The women identified include: Emma Kunkel[?] (top row, third from left), Mrs. Bohn (middle row, first on left), Lesa Nering (bottom row, first on left), Olga Faudi, Emily Klatt (middle row, second … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson, W. D.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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