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[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hunters and a Deer]

Description: Photograph of a group of hunters posing with the carcass of a deer. The carcass is held by its legs on a raised branch. Another hunter, at right, stands with a deer skin from his waist. Each hunter poses with his gun.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hunters' Campsite]

Description: Photograph of a group of hunters with a deer carcass. They stand near their campsite, holding rifles and deer horns. The carcass hangs by its feet from a raised branch.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of an Unknown Family in Front of a House]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified family standing in front of their house. At left is a young child in a dress, a woman in a shirt dark-colored dress, and a man in a hat wearing work clothes. A dog, back facing the camera, sits in front of the woman, next to a wooden platform. A saddled horse stands idle at right. The house in the background is built on wood piers with vertical wooden siding and a gabled roof. Ivy and vines grow along the walls.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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

[Portrait of Two Unknown Boys]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified boys, both wearing coats and bowties. The younger and shorter one stands at left with his hand on the armrest of a wicker chair. The taller one, at right, stands next to a short pillar. Both stand in front of a painted background. The photograph was purchased at the Thomas Elmo Gardner estate sale in Waco.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Dogtrot House and Family]

Description: Photograph of a dogtrot house and a family, standing in front of the house's steps. From left to right is a man in overalls and a hat, a woman in a long dress with a child standing at her right, and an older woman in a pleated dress. On the house's porch and in the breezeway are wooden chairs, and at the very end of the corridor is another man in a hat, possibly seated on a chair. The house, elevated on piers, is lined with clapboard and has a tall roof. A long pole with a bell at the top stan… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Imperial View Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Letitia Barnett Willis]

Description: Photograph of Letitia Barnett Hutchison Willis (1828–1925), wife of Dr. Thomas L. Willis. This portrait is a headshot of her. She wears a high-collared shirt with a pendant attached to her collar, and looks to the left. Letitia and Thomas are buried in IOOF Cemetery, Denton, Texas.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bull Riding]

Description: Photograph of a bull-rider on a field with a companion mounted on a horse besides him. The bull bucks and is in mid-air, while the man on the horse rides alongside the bull. Note on front: "Copyright applied for by Rohlfing."
Date: unknown
Creator: Rohlfing
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Joe Graham on a Panther Hunt]

Description: Photograph of Joe Graham on a panther hunt. He is among a group of hunters with horses, a large carriage with a makeshift animal-skin covering, and several small animals, including several dogs and a large wildcat on a leash.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

Tha Halff Lands, Now Open to Settlers: Farm and Ranch Properties Improved and Unimproved

Description: Booklet advertising 80,000 acres of land in Midland County for sale by Henry Halff with descriptions of the land and potential usage such as specific crops and livestock, brief information about the county and the town of Midland, and statements by various people in the area about their experiences.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Halff, Henry M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of Five Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of five cowboys, gathered together in two rows in front of a painted backdrop. Along the top row, seated on a bench: Pat Talmadge, Charlie Brown (holding a lasso), and Bob Preston. Along the bottom row, seated on the floor: Joe Stokes and Bud Milligan.
Date: 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Robert Parker Kelly, Jr., Riding a Pony]

Description: Photograph of Robert "Bobby" Parker Kelly, Jr. (1931–2007), grandson of Bettie Parker Kelly, riding a pony..He wears a hat, a vest, and long chaps with a star and the numbers "2001" on them. The pony stands on the curb of a street, with a sidewalk, a house, and its lawn in the background behind Robert, who is smiling.
Date: July 1935
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

The Masonic Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 12, August 1928

Description: Quarterly publication of the Masonic Temple in Fort Worth discussing various topics of interest to members and related to the activities of the organization. This issue focuses on relief funds, including fundraising from members and a tally of money paid out to Texas lodges for relief during the previous year.
Date: August 1928
Creator: Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge No. 148 (Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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