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[Postcard of Medina Dam]

Description: Postcard of workers in the quarries used to build Medina Dam. Text on the back of the card reads "Showing Quarries from which rock is taken for making concrete for the dam More than 2500 laborers are at work in this project. Dam is located in left of picture in Distance." The card is addressed to Mr & Mrs. Harry Morland.
Date: March 9, 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.539200 -98.933347
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Paving 5th Street]

Description: Postcard image of the first paving of North 5th street in Waco, Texas. Groups of men are seen to the left and right of the street paving. Towards the background of the image workers are noticeable with brooms working on the street. Telephone poles and wire are visible in the top portion of the image as well. Handwritten text on the back identifies North 5th street and a bakery called Krause Bakery Store to the left side of the image. Photograph purchased at Eichelberger-Harrison estate sale, Wa… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Allen and Dawson Residence Hall Construction]

Description: Aerial photograph, looking south, of the Allen Residence Hall and the Dawson Residence Hall under construction at Baylor University, Waco. The Allen Residence Hall makes up the left portion of the long, thin building at center; the Dawson hall occupies the right half of the building. The large building with a pillared facade below the residence halls is the Memorial Residence Hall. Residential homes are on the side of the street across from the Dawson and Allen halls.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Austin Avenue Streetcars]

Description: Photograph of Austin Avenue in Waco, looking south. A long streetcar runs along the center of the road, destined for the Cotton Palace Park at the south of town. Along both sides of the streets are shops and stores, with banners hanging between the buildings and over the road. A clock, with a pawnbroker's sign of three balls hanging above it, is placed on a post at left in the sidewalk. The Sanger Brothers' department store is advertised with a banner reading "SANGERS" hanging across the road. … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.558076 -97.130311
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Parkers at Funeral, First Presbyterian Church]

Description: Photograph of the Parkers during the first funeral held at the First Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas. They stand on the threshold of the uncompleted south entrance to the church, with temporary wooden planks installed between short brick walls. Sallie Ann Parker Willis stands with two of her children at left. Her mother, Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, stands second from right, and Margaret Parker Cox stands at far right, seated against the right short brick all. All face forward.
Date: 1923/1924
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.453098 -99.738099
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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