Abilene Photograph Collection - 34 Matching Results

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Band at State Fair

Description: Copy negative of the HSU Cowboy Band at the State Fairgrounds in the Hall of State building with a statue in the background. The band is arranged on steps, and standing in front of them are Mayor of Dallas Woodall Rogers, Wally Akin, and Harry L. Beal, President of the State Fair of Texas. There is a typed note in the bottom left corner and other pictures are partially visible below.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band With Cameras

Description: Copy photograph of the McMurry College Band preparing to perform for television cameras. The band members are in uniform and holding their instruments. Behind them is a banner that says, "McMurry College Band." In the foreground are two television cameras identified as WFAA-TV.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Children at Theater

Description: Copy negative of a group of children standing on the sidewalk in front of the Arcadia Theatre in Dallas, Texas. The movie "Big Time" with Lee Tracy and Mae Clark is advertised. Most of the children are boys, and one of them is holding a pair of roller skates.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Children Outside Theater

Description: Copy negative of a group of children and a couple of adults standing on the sidewalk, waiting in line for the kiddie show at the Arcadia Theatre. There is a car parked in the street on the right and a bicycle leaning on the building on the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Exterior Theater

Description: Copy photograph of two buses outside the Circle Theater in Dallas, Texas at the premier of the movie War Wagon. Banners on the buses read, "War Wagon Belles, War Wagon, World Premier, Dallas, Sat. May 27, Ft. Worth." There are several cars in front of the theater.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Four Men Dressed as Women

Description: Copy negative of three unknown men and Wally Akin dressed in women's clothing. The men are sitting in a line on a window ledge of a brick building. They are wearing women's skirts with socks, dress shoes, suit jackets, vests, ties, and hats. Handwritten notes are around the image.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Large Men's Group Shot

Description: Copy negative of the Quarter Century Class of Dallas Consistory - Scottish Rite. There are about 50 men sitting in chairs and standing on stairs in front of a building. The event took place on November 10-13, 1930 in Dallas, Texas. There is a handwritten note below the picture and a partially visible newspaper article on the right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Man and Woman in Yard; Portrait of Woman

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Menvil Mae Buchanan and Scott Lavette Seastrunk standing in a yard with plants behind them, taken in 1924 in Putnam, Texas. The second picture is a portrait of Menvil Mae Buchanan Seastrunk in 1947, taken at the Baker Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Date: {1924,1947}
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Parade

Description: Copy photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Six White Horses in the 1983 Cottonbowl Parade in Dallas, Texas. The riders, all women, carry the six flags of Texas. In front of them are two people carrying a banner that says, "Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas." Visible in the background is the Dallas International bank.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Parade

Description: Copy photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Six White Horses in a parade in Abilene, Texas. The riders, all women, carry the six flags of Texas. Behind the horses is a banner that says, "Hardin-Simmons University."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

People Standing

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band trip to the Dallas Texas State Fairgrounds. The group is standing in front of a mock version of the Republic of China. Some of the group members are wearing a traditional sweater of the college.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Postcard Ad for Electric Signs

Description: Copy negative of an advertisements for electric signs. On the left are pictures of three theaters with the signs, Mr. Harry Gould and Mr. Marsline K. Moore. There is typed text on the right with testimonials about the signs from the two men and Wally Akin. Above and below this ad are other partially visible pictures of theaters.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Theater Audience

Description: Copy negative of a crowd in the Arcadia Theatre in Dallas, Texas watching the Mickey Mouse Club perform. There are details printed under the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Theater Billboard

Description: Copy negative of a billboard for the Arcadia Theatre in Dallas, Texas. It is in front of a brick wall on a sidewalk. There are several advertisements on the billboard and some small piles of items on the sidewalk and street around it.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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