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[St. Paul Choir]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people, most of whom are wearing choir robes, posing in three rows in the choir loft of St. Paul Baptist Church. Three people are seated in front of the group: a woman wearing a choir robe in the center, a man to the left, and a young man to the right. Writing on the wall above the loft says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other God Before [Me]" and handwriting on the back of the photo says, "St. Paul Bapt. Church."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.713860 -97.243479
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Golf Club Association Members]

Description: Photograph of fifteen African-American men posing outside a building in two rows for a group picture. The men in the front row are crouched down and holding golf clubs out in front of them; the men in the back row are standing and some of them have clubs. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says, "Fort Worth Golf Club Assn."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Attendees at Women's Tea]

Description: Photograph of participants at a women's tea, including a group of eight women and two men standing in a semi-circle behind a table, with two other women sitting on either side of the table at the front. The table has a bouquet of flowers and a tea tray with a metal tea set. Handwriting on the back says, "Morningside Bapt. Church"
Date: unknown
Creator: John Turner Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[St. John Elementary Department]

Description: Photograph of a large group of children seated in the choir loft of a church, with adults standing of seated around them. Visible on the wall behind them are a baptismal and a portrait of Jesus. A handwritten note on the back says "Elementary Dept. St. John Bapt. Church."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.748176 -97.318115
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Women Being Crowned]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified women wearing dark-colored dresses and corsages, posing together around a standing flower arrangement. There are six women standing a a row at the back, two women standing on the left side of the image, and, on the right, a man is placing a crown on the head of a third woman. A handwritten note on the back says, "Mt. Ararat Bapt. Church."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Choir on Decorated Stage]

Description: Photograph of a group of people gathered in a tight group on a slightly-raised stage, and a man facing them with his arms raised. The room is decorated with crepe paper streamers on the ceiling, metallic fringe on the walls, and greenery around the edge of the stage and on the upright piano in the center of the image. A woman is seated at the piano and looking at the group, to her left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[New Bethel Junior Ushers]

Description: Photograph of a group of thirteen girls and two boys of various ages posing in two lines at New Bethel Baptist Church with a man standing on the right side of the group and a woman standing to the left. Behind them, there is a closed curtain below a cross, and a loft area to the left, also with a drawn curtain. Handwritten on the back is, "New Bethel Jr. ushers."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.738949 -97.314235
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Group Portrait of Unidentified Men]

Description: Photograph of a large group of unidentified African-American men posing in four rows outside a brick building, at the head of a series of stairs. The men are wearing suits and several have clerical collars. Handwriting on the back says "Texas State Conference."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Women Conference Attendees]

Description: Photograph of thirteen African-American women posing in a group at the front of a church during a conference in Fort Worth. Eleven of the women are standing in two rows and there are two women facing one another in the front; the woman on the left is wearing a tiara and holding out a wrapped box for the woman facing her on the right. Handwriting on the back says, "Baptist Ministers Wives."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Imperial Choir at Mt. Gilead]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people wearing dark clothing, seated in four rows in the choir loft at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. In front of the loft, there is a pulpit, several empty chairs, and a small organ on the right side of the image, with a woman standing next to it. Handwriting on the back says, "Mt. Gilead Bapt. Church Imperial Choir."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.755063 -97.327736
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[I. M. Terrell High School Usherettes]

Description: Photograph of an I. M. Terrell High School usherette group, standing together in front of the school entrance. They are organized in two rows, facing forward and smiling. The usherette group's president was Gwendolyn Sanders, its vice president Ruth Baker, its secretary Harriet Pringle, and its sponsor, Mary Louise Thornton (front row, far right).
Date: 196X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.749695 -97.314285
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]

Description: Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Rev. C. A. Holliday in Conference Room]

Description: Photograph of Rev. C. A. Holliday standing in a conference room with other individuals. He is in the back row, center. There are seventeen individuals here, including one woman (front row, third from left). A radio and a few machines are placed on the main desk. These people might be members of a City of Fort Worth board.
Date: 196X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Rev. C. A. Holliday Giving Envelope to Dorothy M. Williams]

Description: Photograph of Rev. C. A. Holliday, standing at left, handing an envelope to Dorothy M. Williams, at center. Mrs. C. A. Holliday smiles and looks on from the left. Williams is dressed with a dark-colored neck wrap and a white robe.
Date: October 14, 1973
Creator: Washington, Joel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.759453 -97.324906
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Tyler Barber College Class of 1940]

Description: Photograph of the Tyler Barber College, class of 1940. The portrait of the college's president, H. M. Morgan, is at center, in front of illustrations of clippers and scissors. The graduating class is laid out in a grid, each wearing caps and gowns, set within a glass frame with decorative blue and red edges.
Date: 1940?
Creator: Teal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[3rd Anniversary for Rev. C. A. Holliday]

Description: Photograph of a 3rd anniversary celebration for Reverend C. A. Holliday at the Greater St. James Baptist Church. Rev. Holliday is standing in front of a wooden pulpit along other church leaders and choir members standing in rows behind him. A thermometer measuring cash donated for the church building fund has been placed between large bouquets of flowers in front of the pulpit, and a banner for Rev. Holliday is hung along the back wall of the church.
Date: 1955
Creator: Turner, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.759453 -97.324906
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Charles W. Norris in a Barber Shop]

Description: Photograph of Charles W. Norris (left), a tailor in Fort Worth, standing in a barbershop with a tape measure around his neck and a clipboard in his left hand. At right, there are three barbers each standing behind a chair, two with customers. The chairs are placed in front of mirrors with desks and have lightbulbs hanging above. Handwritten on back: "Charles W. Norris, tailor, Fort Worth circa 1924-1925."
Date: 1924~/1925~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Discussing the Voter, Urban League]

Description: Photograph of three individuals discussing voting education in Fort Worth, Texas. At left is Herman M. Sweatt, director of the southern regional office of the Urban League, who hands a "Planning Effective Non-Partisan Voter Education Campaigns" pamphlet to Marion J. Brooks (center), doctor and local civil rights leader, and an unidentified woman (right) looking onward.
Date: 1963
Creator: Turner, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society
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