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[World Trade Center Guitar Display]

Description: Photograph of a display of guitars in the Dallas World Trade Center. The guitars are acoustic and different in color, including normal beige, white, and black. Several small containers containing unknown colored objects are put in a white display stand at the bottom with a logo reading "PRO ARTS". Four spray cans are adjacent to the display stand. At the very right are small pamphlets titled "Self-Instruction Guitar Book for Beginners"; one of these pamphlets has been placed above the bridge of… more
Date: 1974~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[Women with a Thos. Goggan & Bros Piano]

Description: Photograph of two women sitting with an upright piano manufactured by Thos. Goggan and Bros. One woman at left sits in a wicker chair with a bouquet of flowers in her hand, and the other stands next to the piano, looking at papers on a stool with her hand resting on the keys. The lid of the piano is decorated with a shawl and a vase of flowers, above which hangs a portrait of a woman in a dress. At left is a table with a bust of a man; at right, behind the woman with the papers, is a table with… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Ebers-White
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of an Early Day Picnic]

Description: Photograph of an early day picnic near Abilene, Texas. Roberta Parker, a school teacher and a daughter of Sallie Ann Clarke and Robert Henry Parker, stands in the back row, far right (with a hat?). A man to her left holds a tall bamboo fishing pole. Musical instruments are held by three people, including guitars and a banjo. A woman seated in the front row with a bonnet holds a shotgun in her lap; to her left, a man holds a bottle of beer on the rug.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Souvenir Pamphlet for Violinist Rubinoff]

Description: Violin-shaped booklet advertising a "personal appearance" of violinist Dave Rubinoff in Waco, including background about Rubinoff and about his Stradivarius violin, information about the recital and ticket prices, a photo of Rubinoff playing the violin, and a blank space labeled "Personal Autograph"
Date: unknown
Creator: Waco Junior Chamber of Commerce
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Watson School of Music]

Description: Photograph of the Watson School of Music, standing outside the entrance of a brick building. Ned Watson stands at left, dressed in a white tuxedo and holding a small cello and bow. Lydie Watson, his sister, stands in the back row with a white hat, third from right. Other students are not identified, but most hold instruments, including trombones, two violins, a woodwind instrument, possibly a viola, and a trombone. A tube is placed on the concrete floor at right, and a child sits on a large dru… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Concert Band]

Description: Photograph of a Midland concert band standing together on the steps of the Midland County Courthouse. They wear matching dark coats with beret-like caps, have a large kick-drum with the "Midland Concert Band" name, and are arranged in three rows. Back row, from left to right: 1. unidentified man (euphonium), 2. Dee McCormick (oboe or piccolo), 3. J. M. Gilmore (baritone horn?), 4. Oliver Luther (euphonium), 5. Carol Holloway (euphonium), and 6. Arthur Taylor (trombone). Middle row, from left: 7… more
Date: 190X
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Spring Festival Koto Performance]

Description: Photograph of a koto performance during the Spring Festival at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Two female musicians, one reading from paper on a red music stand, perform on wooden kotos with plectra on their fingers. The performance, conducted on a red felt carpet, takes place in front of a fence at the Japanese Garden.
Date: Spring 1999
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Spring Festival Taiko Performance]

Description: Photograph of the Spring Festival at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Depicted is a kumi-daiko performance with an ensemble of drummers performing with multiple drums of various sizes. At right, there are two large drums placed on stands, played with wooden sticks, and at left, there are about four smaller slanted drums placed on smaller stands with accompanying performers. An audience at left, seated on the concrete footsteps of the open space, view the performance.
Date: Spring 1995
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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