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[Postcard of Farmers Union Warehouse]

Description: Postcard of a man standing between stacks of cotton bales in a large barn, with the caption, "Rogers Tex. Farmers Union Warehouse." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Annie Wiggers in Temple, Texas and says, "Hello. How are you this eve? I am down in the bottom cutting wood now. Got 8 more boys with me. We are having a good old time. Well how was preaching Sunday? Mattie & Leo. Kreuger were at our house Sunday. All went to Knob Creek to prayer meeting Sunday nig… more
Date: January 24, 1907
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Waco Inland Cotton Market]

Description: Postcard image of an inland cotton market in Waco, Texas. Text on the image reads "Waco, the Largest Inland Cotton Market in Texas". Visible is rows of cotton bales covered by fabric. In the background other buildings are seen including the First Presbyterian Church in the center.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Compress in Temple]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of the Temple Cotton Compress, a wooden structure with a tower and smoke stack, with rows of bales of cotton and several men moving individual bales in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compress, Temple, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: May 1, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cotton Yard in Waco]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of several rows of cotton bales and men with horses and carriages in a cotton yard in Waco; there are factories and other buildings featuring advertisements and some trees in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco, Texas. Cotton Yard." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: October 7, 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Houston Cotton Wharf]

Description: Postcard of a color image of a cotton wharf in Houston featuring many bales of cotton and a structure in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Cotton Wharf at Houston, Tex., The Greatest Cotton Market in the World."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Compressing and Loading Cotton]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of a boat loaded with cotton bales in a canal with several men standing in front of a cotton compressing and loading facility and a railway bridge in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compressing and Loading Cotton, Houston, Texas."
Date: July 26, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Downtown Waco]

Description: Photograph of downtown Waco with cars, including a police car, parked on the street and several businesses visible, including Harry Kestner Furniture, Hardware, and Appliances, John Q. Fitch Co. General Electric Appliances, Willie's Cafe, J. B. Holder & Co. Cotton, and W. D. Hunter Cotton.
Date: 1967~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of a Cotton Blockade in a Railroad Yard]

Description: Postcard of a Cotton Blockade in a Houston Railroad Yard. Several parallel lines of track are packed full of trains and train cars loaded with bales of cotton. Several workers sit on the top of a bale of cotton on the right side of the frame. There are many buildings spread across the background on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Cotton Warehouse]

Description: Postcard of a cotton Warehouse in Chilton, Texas. Handwritten text on the back of the postcard reads "Dear Ruth, I am coming home Thursday. Tell Hattie to meet me. It is awful hot today Aunt Marta" The card is addressed to Miss Ruth Blair of Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard Souvenir of Waco]

Description: Postcard of a woman standing with baskets full of cotton in a cotton field. Handwritten text on the card reads: " I made a mistake in names, it should have been E[. . .] instead of Grost. Thus I will reach you before you write them. B[. . .] see what made me make such a mistake L[. . .] May." The card is addressed to Mrs. M. Linus H[. . .]" of Oakland, California.
Date: October 16, 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[William Eason Findley's Cotton Yard]

Description: Stereographic photographs of William Eason Findley's cotton yard. Four workers face the camera standing among of long rows of cotton bales set on the grass. A building and a set of machinery, known as the Munger gin process, are visible in the background.
Date: August 25, 1911
Creator: Eichelberger, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[B. F. Hancock and Wife, Munger Farm]

Description: Photographs of B. F. Hancock, the business manager of the Munger gin and farm, and his wife. They pose together several yards in front of a wooden chapel-like building, to which is attached a tall wooden tower capped with a belfry and a steeple. Open field surrounds the couple.
Date: September 20, 1911
Creator: Eichelberger, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Farmers Union Cotton Yard]

Description: Photographs of a farmers' union cotton yard in Coolidge, Texas. On an wide, plain field are horse-drawn wagons full of cotton. In the far background are possibly piles or stacks of cotton bales.
Date: September 1, 1911
Creator: Eichelberger, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from M. M. Schiller to Miss Mattie Bele - January 11, 1947]

Description: Postcard from an Mitha[?] M. Schiller to Miss Mattie Bele of Fayetteville, Arkansas, thanking the correspondent for a map card and addressing recent icy weather and pictures the writer had taken. The front of the post card depicts a cotton compress factory in Taylor, Texas.
Date: January 11, 1947
Creator: Schiller, Mitha M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Percy Willis Truck]

Description: Photograph of a Percy Willis truck in Waco, Texas. Two people can be seen in the seats of the truck. The vehicle carries a sign that reads "The Modern Way, Farmer Jones Coming to Town." The truck carries bales of cotton and hay, a can of milk, and a crate of chickens. Arthur James Crow is driver of the truck, and Sam Craven is a passenger. This vehicle was in the Texas Cotton Palace parade. A sign for Maxwell & Co. is on the front of the building.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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