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[Baptist Church, Pittsburg]

Description: Photograph of a large Baptist church, in Pittsburg, Texas. The church, designed by James Edward Flanders, has a large distinctive steeple with a mansard pyramidal roof, with entryways on two sides of the structure. Windows and entryways are built with distinctive pointed arches. The main chapel, which has a high roof, runs perpendicular to a paved road running left to right in the image. Along the road are dozens of people along the sidewalks on the lawn, leaving the church and heading towards … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Lockett, Julian
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Base of Waco School Flagpole]

Description: Photograph of the base of a flagpole at Waco High School, which is a white pole set in a pyramidal concrete block on a concrete slab surrounded by grass. A decorative metal fence is visible around the left, right, and back sides of the pole, and is leaning inward. A structure is partially visible in the background of the right side of the image. This is the original flagpole of Rich Field Army Base in World War I.
Date: August 13, 2022
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Beck Family Home]

Description: Photograph of the home of Roy Elmer Beck. It is a two-story American Craftsman-style house located at 1914 Mitchell Avenue in Waco, Texas. Parked by the curb in front is an automobile, next to which Mr. Beck is standing.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Behrens Drug Company]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Behrens Drug Company in Waco in 1892. A line of twelve white men stand in front of the store. To the right, two African American men stand. One of them wears an apron. The door to the store stands open.
Date: April 8, 1892
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bellmead Police Officers, 1979]

Description: Photograph of the Bellmead Police Department standing in front of a police station. The chief stands at far left in a suit and tie; seven police officers stand to his right. A note on the back indicates the department has four dispatch officers, currently unseen, and specifies George Meyers (1933–2016, second from right, back row).
Date: Spring 1979
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bernice and Thelma Gregor]

Description: Photograph of Bernie and Thelma Gregor. One of the girls is pictured sitting down on a wooden chair while her sister is standing up. Both young girls are wearing light colored dresses and dark colored Mary Jane style shoes.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann, Friedrich Christian, Sr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bird's Eye View Map of Coriscana, Texas, 1886]

Description: Illustrated pictorial map of Corsicana, Texas with a key at the bottom listing what each point represents on the map. According to the map, the major railroad runs right through the center of the town.
Date: 1886
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bishop W. McFerrin Stowe and his Cabinet]

Description: Photograph of Bishop W. McFerrin Stowe (center, wearing a stole) and his cabinet meeting at the Austin Avenue United Methodist Church in Waco. Reverend Henry Fred Meier, Jr., a former senior minister of the Austin Avenue Church, is on the far left of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Blessing Family]

Description: Photograph of the Blessing family. Callie C. and Solomon Thomas Blessing are both seated. Solomon T. Blessing holds their son, John T., on his lap, and their daughter, Anna, stands next to her mother, Callie Blessing. Solomon Thomas Blessing and his brother were noted Galveston photographers. Blessing & Co. was located at 174 Tremont Street in Galveston.
Date: 18XX
Creator: Blessing & Co.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[The Blessing Family]

Description: Photograph of the Blessing family. Callie C. and Solomon Thomas Blessing are both seated. Solomon T. Blessing holds their son, John T., on his lap, and their daughter, Anna, stands next to her mother, Callie Blessing. Solomon Thomas Blessing and his brother were noted Galveston photographers. Blessing & Co. was located at 174 Tremont Street in Galveston.
Date: 18uu
Creator: Blessing & Co.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Blood Donors at Waco Army Air Field]

Description: Photograph of a large group of men posing together outside of a Red Cross blood donation site at the Waco Army Airfield. Handwriting on the back of the photograph notes that only 30 of the men pictured could give blood. Mr. V. J. Jacox, Red Cross Field Director, poses in the center.
Date: April 4, 1944
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

["Blue Hole" at Eichelberger Island]

Description: Photograph of unknown people at the "Blue Hole" on Eichelberger Island. The island is on the Bosque River in Waco, Texas. In the foreground of the photo is the Bosque River and in the background a wooded area is visible. The photograph was purchased at the Eichelberger - Harrison estate sale in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Boxers at Camp MacArthur]

Description: Photograph of two soldiers boxing in Camp MacArthur. They fight in front of tents and sleeping cots on the dirt.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Boy in Hat]

Description: Portrait of a boy (identified as John Philip Herlin "Harry" Bahl) wearing a ruffled shirt with lace and a hat posing in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Curtis
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Boy in Suit]

Description: Portrait of an unidentified boy wearing a dark suit posing next to a wall in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Harper
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Brazos River During WW I]

Description: Photograph of the Brazos River with trees and shrubbery along the shoreline.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bride and Groom]

Description: Photograph of John T. Willis, Sr. and Clara Evans Willis on their wedding day in Waco, TX. They stand in front of tree, arm in arm. Clara Evans Willis holds a bouquet of flowers in the crook of her arm.
Date: April 29, 1917
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bride and Groom]

Description: Portrait of an unidentified couple posing in front of a painted backdrop; the woman is wearing a wedding dress and veil and is sitting in a chair on the left and the man is wearing a tuxedo with a white bow tie and a corsage on his lapel and is standing next to her on the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Deane
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Burton Barnes with a Tricycle]

Description: Photograph of Burton Barnes, pictured outside the stairs of a clapboard house with a tricycle. He wears a coat and a hat, looking at his tricycle to the right of him.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Byford Lee Winn Riding a Horse]

Description: Photograph of young Byford Lee Winn (1904-1965) on a horse that is both dark and light colored. Next to Winn a smaller cow is visible as well as other horses in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cabinet Portrait of an Unidentified Man]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man in a patterned suit posing for a portrait. The suit features a windowpane pattern and has a boutonniere pinned to the collar. He looks to the right of the photographer.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sparkman, W. M.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Callie Currie Barnes With a Pan]

Description: Photograph of Callie Currie Barnes holding a pan in her left hand in a backyard. In front of her is a small structure resembling the remains of a chicken coop; Barnes could be feeding roosters and hens nearby. She looks towards the camera.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Camp Fire Girls on Bus]

Description: Photograph of five Camp Fire girls in uniform standing in a line outside a bus filled with other girls and another bus of girls behind it; advertisements that read "Buy Rainbo" and "Drink Pepsi Cola" are visible on the sides and fronts of both buses and there are trees in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Marguerite
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Camp MacArthur Clothing Repair Shop

Description: A glass slide of a clothing repair building at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: State National Bank
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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