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- Cleburne, Texas Baseball Players, 1906
- Photo collage of the Cleburne baseball team in 1906. In the center of the collage is a studio photograph of the entire team with coach Doak Roberts seated in the center and young boy in front of him. Four members of the team are seated on the floor with the front two lying on the boy's knees. Surrounding the center photograph are thirteen studio portraits of the individual players with Coach Doak Roberts in the top center. Throughout the collage are cutouts of the players in action - catching the ball, batting and throwing. The players names are written illegibly underneath their pictures and the words, "Cleburne 1906" surround the center photograph. On the mat at the bottom is written, "In Group Doak Roberts, Bat Boy -"
- Coal Car in Strawn, Texas
- Steam engine and coal cars in Strawn, Texas. Engineers stand in front of the trains.
- Cobb-Burney House
- Photograph of the Cobb-Burney house in Fort Worth, Texas. It is a brick two-story house with a curved driveway. This house is located at 1598 Sunset Terrace. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
- Collage: Flag of Texas Hunters, Two men and a Woman during the Civil War period
- [Collage of the Flag of Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards surrounded by portraits of two men, one in Confederate uniform and a woman depicted during the Civil War period. The woman has been identified as Eudora Carolina Perry and the man as Robert Ross Wright] Newspaper clipping information: "The [Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards] flag is the handiwork of a group of young ladies of Marshall and Harrison County and was presented to the Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards on the occasion of their entry into the conflict."
- Collage of 65 individual portraits of fire fighters
- Collage of 65 individual cameos of unidentified firefighters.
- [Collage of Actors and Scenes in the Soap Smith Tragedy, 1898]
- Collage of scenes and portraits of actors from the Soapy Smith Tragedy play.
- Collage of Men and Vehicles in Ft. Worth, Texas, 1920s
- Collage of seven photographs of scenes in Ft. Worth, Texas in the 1920s. The top left, top right, and middle right photographs show several horse-drawn buggies with several men in them. The top center and middle center photographs show a horse-drawn buggy with a covered top and men in suits and straw hats as passengers. In front and beside the buggy is a motorcycle driven by a young man in a suit, boots, and newsboy cap. In the background of these photographs are city streets and stores. The middle left and bottom photograph show several men in suits and ties, one with a bow tie. Some are wearing or holding straw hats, jackets, and caps. Two are holding cigars and one is holding a cigarette.
- Collision of Two Texas and Pacific "Cannon Balls" in Jefferson, Texas
- Photograph of train crewmen and curious spectators posed beside crushed locomotives near Jefferson, Texas in 1903. Trains met head-on after a mix-up in orders. Engine crewmen jumped before the trains hit.
- Coming Men of America, Panther City Lodge No. 2640, 1904
- Photograph of seventeen young men who are members of the Coming Men of America in 1904. Six boys are seated in the front row and the other eleven are standing behind them. The boys are wearing suits, some with vests and all with ties or bow ties and a small pin on their lapels. In the front row, across the knees of the three of the boys, hangs a banner that reads, "1st. Prize Panther City, Lodge 2640, C.M.A., Fort Worth, Tex." They are atop a rug.
- Commerce Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1888
- Aerial photograph of Ft. Worth at Commerce Street in 1888. In the center is a large strip of buildings, homes and businesses, surrounded with dirt roads and more homes across those streets. A store on the right corner of the black has a sign that reads, "Black Smith Shop". In the foreground are dirt trakcs, a telephone pole, and a few horse-drawn wagons.
- Confederate Soldiers Reunion
- Photograph of nine men and three women at a Confederate Reunion. Six of the men are in Confederate uniform while the other three wear suits, one with a vest and one with a tie. Five of the men have ribbons attached to their coats. Five men have mustaches and four have beards. The man third from the right is holding a walking cane and the man five from the right, in the center, is B.B. Paddock. Behind the men stand three women in white dresses with large ribbons attached to their shoulders. The woman on the right is wearing glasses, gloves and holding a large Texas flag. Every person in the photo wears a hat. In the background is a brick building with curtained windows.
- Construction of the Couch Home in Fort Worth, Texas
- Photograph of the Couch home being constructed. The home is brick and two stories with a large wrap-around porch, two pillars, a stoop and two chimneys. There are twelve workers, eight seated on the porch and four seated on the stairs. They are wearing coveralls or suspenders and six are wearing hats. In the foreground are groups of weeds and wooden boards.
- Construction of the W.T. Waggoner Home in Ft. Worth, Texas, 1912
- Photograph of several construction workers building the W.T. Waggoner home in Ft. Worth, Texas. The bottom of the house has many wooden beams with brick pillars, and on top of that are twenty construction workers dressed in coveralls or suspenders, all with hats. In the foreground are stacks of bricks and wooden beams. In the bottom left-hand corner is written, "Waggoner, Res. Aug. 28th, 1912."
- Cornerstone Laying for packing houses in Ft. Worth TX, March 12, 1902
- Large group of men stand together during a corner stone laying for packing houses in Ft. Worth, Texas on March 12, 1902. People identified with numbers written above their heads. 1. Dr. J.L. Cooper 2. Paul Waples 3. Unidentified 4. Tom Murray, alderman 5. B.L Waggoman, alderman 6. William Rea, chief of police 7. Hugh L. Calhoun, supt. of city waterworks 8. W.G. Newby 9. Van Zandt Jarvis 10. J.J. Jarvis
- [Corthouse in Ozona]
- Photograph of the courthouse in Ozona, Texas. There is a dirt road and a fence in front of the courthouse.
- [Couple in horse buggy]
- Photograph of a couple inside of a buggy.
- [Courthouse and Cottle County Officials]
- Photograph of 11 Cottle County Officials standing in front of the courthosue in 1900. All of the men are wearing hats. Back of photograph: "Some of the men shown in the picture, with the old courthouse at Paducah in the background, were instrumental in the organization and early development of Cottle County. The old courthouse, built in 1884...Seen in the picture, which was made in 1900, are left to right), H.P. Cook, tax assessor; J.C. Evans, commissioner; M.F. Knowles, county judge; J.H. Doolen, justice of the peace; J.M. Barron, sheriff; Dan Jenkins, county treasurer; Roddy Neff, county clerk; John W. Carroll, surveyor; J.J. Thomas, Joe Robertson and G.W. Woodley, commissioners."
- [The Courthouse and Jail at Rising Star, Texas]
- Photograph of a man standing next to a horse and a dog. Behind the man, horse, and dog are the local courthouse and jail. Handwritten below the photograph is, "the Courthouse and jail at Rising Star."
- [Cowboy Camp at the Fort Worth Stock Show]
- Photograph of a cowboy camp at the Fort Worth Stock Show. There are two horses near the group.
- Cowboys at the Bar S Ranch
- Photograph of cowboys dancing to a fiddle at the Bar S Ranch which was located in Reagan and Irion Counties out in west Texas. A wagon and building stand in the background.
- [Cowboys at the Fort Worth Stock Show]
- Photograph of a group of cowboys on horses at the Fort Worth Stock Show.
- Cowboys Chapping another Cowboy on the Bar S Ranch
- Photograph of eleven cowboys on the Bar S Ranch located in the west Texas counties of Reagan and Irion. The men appear to be horsing around after work, giving one man a "chapping." The cowboy on his stomach is restrained while the man on the far right prepares to strike him with the leather chaps laying over his shoulder.
- Cowboys Getting Ready for a Roundup
- Cowboys on the W Ranch getting ready for a roundup in 1908. W.S. Priest is the third man from the right.
- Cowboys Having Dinner at the Bar S Ranch
- Photograph of fourteen cowboys having dinner on the Bar S Ranch. Most of them sit on the ground to eat. The chuck wagon stands behind them.
- Cowboys Having Dinner at Unknown Ranch
- Photograph of ten cowboys having dinner on a ranch near Clarendon, Texas in May 1904. Most of them sit on the ground to eat.
- Cowboys Having Dinner in Coke County, Texas
- Photograph of cowboys having dinner on a ranch in Coke County. The lid for a skillet in the foreground was used for baking bread. On the lid of the chuck box, lowered to serve as a cook table, can be seen an old time coffee grinder and leg of roasted beef. An oil lantern hangs on the bow above the chuck box and the harness is hanging over the front wheel. The men are, L-R: Henry Russell, unknown, Jack Montath, Ned Richards, Jake Stubblefield, and John Dodd.
- Cowboys in the Corral at Pennington Ranch
- Cowboys changing horses at noon in the corral at the Pennington Ranch near Claude, Texas in 1900.
- Cowboys Removing a Cow from a Bog along the Pecos River
- Photograph of three cowboys removing a cow from a bog along side the Pecos River.
- [Crowd in Pecos]
- Photograph of a large crowd in Pecos. There are multiple horse-drawn carriages. Some of the people are sitting on horses and in carriages or standing. There is a dog sitting on the ground on right.
- Crushed Garage After Galveston, Texas Storm, 1915
- Photograph of two men and a crushed car amongst piles of debris after a storm in Galveston, Texas. The car is underneath piles of brick and a man in a newsboy cap is leaning on it. On the car are the numbers, "1507". In the background is a large pile of bricks and a man in suspenders, all within tin walls.
- Delaware Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas
- Photograph of the Delaware Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas. The building is four stories tall and there is a storefront that reads, "Winter Daniel Co." There are three horse-drawn carriages and two men in hats surrounding the building along with telephone poles and wires.
- Denner-Record and Capps Building in Ft. Worth, Texas
- Photograph of the Denner-Record building and the Capps building on Fifth and Throckmorton Streets in Ft. Worth, Texas. The building is five stories tall and brick with a fire escape. It is surrounded by a sidewalk that is lined with bicycles and horse-drawn buggies. On the left side of the frame is a church tower and on the right is a sign that reads, "SUCCESS".
- Destroyed Hurley Building in Ft. Worth, Texas
- Photograph of the Hurley Building in Ft. Worth, Texas on fire and crumbling. The building was several stories tall and is surrounded by large piles of debris and telephone wires. Two strong streams of water on directed at building. There are other buildings and a church on the surrounding streets.
- [L.E Chapman posed with his quarry]
- Photograph of L.E Chapman posed with his quarry of what appear to be ducks. His dog sits on a bench on the far right corner of the picture.
- [Early Oil Rig]
- Photograph of a group of three men and one woman standing around an oil rig. There is a horse and structure in the background.
- [Elevated Cooling Tower]
- Photograph of an elevated cooling tower. The steel structure below is featured in this photo. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
- [Elevated Cooling Tower]
- Photograph of an elevated cooling tower. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
- [Elevated Cooling Tower and Stacks]
- Photograph of an elevated cooling tower and smokestacks above a brick building. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
- [Elvis Presley performing with the Blue Moon Boys]
- Elvis Presley and his band the Blue Moon Boys playing music. D.J. Fontana can be seen playing the drums with Bill Black on stand-up bass.
- Employees of First National Bank of Fort Worth, Texas, 1893
- Studio photograph of ten employees of the First National Bank of Fort Worth. All of the men are wearing suits with vests, five are wearing watches with chains, four are wearing bow ties, four are wearing neckties, and one is wearing a corsage. Two of the men have beards and mustaches and four have mustaches. Four men are seated on chairs in the front row. They are on top of a rug and in front of a fake backdrop. In the back row from left to right is J.M. Tewmey, T.P. Martin Jr., Norman Enelson, J.W. Valliant, Taylor Cupp, and J.P. Smith Jr. In the front row from left to right is W.D. Peak, M.B. Loyd, E.B. Harrold and T.W. Slack.
- [Ennis Ice House]
- Photograph of the Ennis Ice Company in Ennis, Texas. The large brick warehouse has a large wooden cooling tower on its roof, two smokestacks, and two water towers nearby. This is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
- Ernest O. Thompson, Overland Automobiles 1909
- Photograph four old automobiles with drivers parked in front of a dealerships. The tops are down and the drivers wear suits, two with caps, one with a cowboy hat and one with goggles. Behind the cars is a wooden building with a sign that reads, "Ernest O. Thompson Overland Automobiles". Next to that is a lumber yard with the words, "Amarillo Lumber & Coal" painted on the roof.
- Faculty of Fort Worth High School, 1900
- Photograph of the Fort Worth High School faculty sitting at two long tables, 1900. The lades are wearing long fabric dresses and large hats. The principal of the school at the time was W.D. Williams.
- [Father of the Spring Palace]
- Photograph of the "Father of the Spring Place". The man in the photograph may be General R.A. Cameron.
- [Fire Department Parade]
- Photograph of a parade for the fire department of Stamford, Texas. Men, women, and horse drawn carriages line a street that consists of local stores and businesses.
- [Fire Department Parade]
- Photograph of a parade for the fire department of Stamford, Texas. Men, women, and horse drawn carriages stand if front of the local hardware and furniture stores. Typed on the back of the photograph is, "Stamford's fire department in 1908. Dr. J.R. Sledge (right foreground) was chief. C.L. Meeker, assistant to the chief (left foreground). Dr. Sledge is still a resident of Stamford (Dec., 1936), as is Meeker, fire marshal, and R.L. Penick, who organized the fire department with Sledge in 1900."
- [Fire Station]
- Photograph of a Fire Station in Fort Worth. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
- [Fire Station No. 10]
- Photograph of the new Fire Station No. 10 in Fort Worth, Texas. The firemen pose in front of the building with their horses and carriage. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
- [Fire Station No. 12]
- Photograph of Fire Station No. 12, built in 1910. Four firemen with a hook and ladder truck pulled by two horses pose in the driveway. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
- [Fire Station No. 13]
- Photograph of Fire Station No. 13 at 1625 E. Hattie in Fort Worth Texas. Steel for this building wad provided by Southwest Mechanical Company. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.