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[Portrait of Carter J. Harris]

Description: Portrait of Carter J. Harris wearing a hat and seated on a wicker chair. The text on the back reads: "Carter J. Harris...-born in Robinson, McLennan Co., Texas...-buried in Rosemound Cemetery in Waco...-WWI veteran."
Date: unknown
Creator: Sanders, M. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Red Paper Poppy]

Description: Flower made of red paper for the petals and green paper and wire for the stem. Green and yellow ribbons are attached, as is a slip of paper that reads "In Memoriam". The other side of the paper says "The American Legion. American Legion Auxiliary. Veteran Made Poppy."
Date: November 11, 1933
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Veterans' Hospital Campus, Waco]

Description: Photograph of the Veterans' Hospital (now the Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center) in Waco, Texas, looking southeast. At center is the complex's main building, accessible by an oval road attached to the main road. A parking lot is paved at left. Further buildings, located along curved, sweeping roads, are visible in the top left. Fields, a water tower, and other utility buildings are at right, separated from the main campus.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.512944 -97.163797
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of J. D. Davis and Another Soldier]

Description: Photograph of Captain J. D. Davis and another soldier, both wearing Army uniforms (uniforms which were prescribed in the 1890s) with the initials T. V. G (Texas Volunteer Guard) on their collars. Davis, sitting below, wears a square cap decorated with an eagle, and the other soldier, standing above Davis at right, wears a campaign hat and appears to have the shoulder mark of a first lieutenant. The men hold light cavalry sabers, model 1860. These soldiers may have served in the Spanish-American… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Leslie Spindler as a Child]

Description: Photograph of Leslie Spindler (1892–1986) as a child. He wears a bow on his white shirt and poses with his right arm on the armrest of a wicker chair. A note on the back states he was a veteran of World War I in his later life.
Date: unknown
Creator: Harper & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Camp MacArthur Cabins]

Description: Postcard of cabins at Camp MacArthur, visible at left along a dirt road with soldiers in uniform marching parallel into the background. Smaller camps are at the right of the dirt road. A note on the picture points to the right margin of the postcard, noting the location of the photograph is "in front of my home." A note on the back states "this picture was taken in front of my home".
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: Mann, F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from R. H. Moore to Mrs. Moore - June 16, 1942]

Description: Postcard from Sgt. R. H. Moore, "468th SS", to Mrs. F[?] R. Moore. He concisely describes how he feels and the weather in Waco. The front of the postcard depicts a mineral water swimming pool in Leroy, Texas, which is at right. A circular pond and benches are at center, and a house is at left.
Date: July 16, 1942
Creator: Moore, R. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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