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[Children Riding a Deer-Drawn Wagon]

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of two children, Hoyt and Burnetta L. Murphree, sitting in a small wagon that has a deer harnessed to it. According to handwritten information on the back, they are the children of Lena Beck Murphree.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. and Jimmie Kendrick]

Description: Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. and James "Jimmie" M. Kendrick at 2100 Colcord Avenue in Waco. Todd sits in the seat of a goat cart, and Jimmie is behind the wheel, making it look as though he is pushing the cart. A goat is hitched up to the cart. They are stopped in front of a plant bank, and a mailbox sits on the porch.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Women in a Parade, 1894]

Description: Photograph of six young women on a Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills Chariot in a parade. Text on the back reads: " 1894 Waco The queen was Miss Maude Chisolm of Waco & Maids of Honor she was sponsored by George Crippen of Waco...Texas Cotton Palace. ". Text on the front says " ~Slayden Kirksey Woolen Mills Chariot~ ".
Date: 1894
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

[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

[Scene on Public Square, Waco]

Description: Drawing of a scene at the public square at Waco, with the old city hall at right. Along a road to the left of the city hall is a large crowd of horse-drawn vehicles, horseback riders, animals tied to hitching posts, and other pedestrians. The city hall at center is depicted with a fence and with its large, prominent steeple nestled in the background. A man on horseback, drawn on the bottom right, watches the crowd.
Date: 1890
Creator: Spitter, W. V.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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