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[Home in Galveston, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of a home in Galveston, Texas. Within the image on a small portion of the house is visible with greenery growing on the exterior. Different types of flowers and trees are growing in the yard that leads up to the house. Text on the front reads "A Home on the "Treasure Island", Galveston, Tex."
Date: 1923
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #2]

Description: Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the large lot with people walking along the street. Wood structures and logs are piled on the left side of the photograph and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: October 13, 1923
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction]

Description: Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. A group of people stand along the sidewalk looking at a large lot with a pile driver on the plot. Wood structures and logs are piled on the left side of the photograph and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: October 2, 1923
Creator: Verkin Photo
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #3]

Description: Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the construction site with people walking along the street and a trolley traveling by. Wood structures and logs are piled on the left side of the photograph and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: October 27, 1923
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #4]

Description: Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the large lot with people walking along the street. Wood structures and logs are piled on the left side of the photograph and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: November 24, 1923
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #5]

Description: Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in the large lot with people walking along the street. Wood structures and logs are piled on the left side of the photograph and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: December 8, 1923
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #6]

Description: Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. People are walking along the street, with a trolley and parked cars in the left side of the photograph. Wood structures are placed a long the construction boundaries and established buildings fill in the background.
Date: December 22, 1923
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
Partner: Rosenberg Library

First Self-Propelled Scraper J5G

Description: Photograph of the first self-propelled earth scraper, built by R.G. LeTourneau in 1923. According to Eric C. Orlemann, who published several books about the company's earthmoving equipment, the machine used "an all-electric drive design, powered by a front-mounted gasoline engine and dynamo. " It was capable of carrying a 12-cubic-yard payload.
Date: 1923
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

[University Ave]

Description: Postcard image of University Avenue in Austin, Texas. In the center of the image a long gravel pathway leads to multiple large building structures. This walkway has trees lining either side and in the middle has planted areas of grass and flower bushes. In the background the focal point is a large building with 3 large spires spaced throughout. Handwritten text on back is addressed to Mr. Will B Puckett of Waco, Texas.
Date: 1923
Creator: C. T. American Art
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Parkers at Funeral, First Presbyterian Church]

Description: Photograph of the Parkers during the first funeral held at the First Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas. They stand on the threshold of the uncompleted south entrance to the church, with temporary wooden planks installed between short brick walls. Sallie Ann Parker Willis stands with two of her children at left. Her mother, Sallie Ann Clarke Parker, stands second from right, and Margaret Parker Cox stands at far right, seated against the right short brick all. All face forward.
Date: 1923/1924
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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