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[Austin Ave During WW I]

Photograph of Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas. Handwritten text on back identifies this photograph as taken during WW I. The Goldstein-Migel Co. building is on the left, the Amicable Life Insurance Company (A.L.I.C.O.) building in the center, and streetcars are visible lining the street.

Date: 1914~/1918~

Item Type: Photograph

[Calendar for 1914, with Photograph]

Calendar for the year 1914 with a photograph of a woman and small child reading posted on each page. The calendars at the bottom of the page fold back to reveal the rest of the months of the year.

Date: 1914

Creator: R. Chapman Co.

Item Type: Physical Object

[Christmas Postcard to John Todd Willis, Sr.]

Postcard at Christmas addressed to John Todd Willis, Sr. from his brother, Robert Parker Willis. John Todd Willis, Sr. worked for the Central Texas Exchange National Bank of Waco.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Postcard

[Cotton Yard in Waco]

Postcard of a colorized photograph of several rows of cotton bales and men with horses and carriages in a cotton yard in Waco; there are factories and other buildings featuring advertisements and some trees in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco, Texas. Cotton Yard." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.

Date: October 7, 1914

Item Type: Postcard

[First Baptist Church]

Postcard of a colorized photograph of First Baptist Church, a stone building with two towers and a red roof, on a street corner lined with trees with houses in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "First Baptist Church, Temple, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the post card and a handwritten note on the front that reads: "Tell Mr Brown it sure is work here I thought he worked me hard but that was play. M. S. R."

Date: December 12, 1914

Item Type: Postcard

[First Premium Ribbon]

Blue "First Premium" ribbon from the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Physical Object

[Four Men in a Hot Air Balloon]

Photograph of four men standing in between two painted pictures that make it appear as though they are standing in a hot air balloon. Three of them wear flat caps, while the third, who is labeled Paul, wears a straw hat. A sign on the hot air balloon painting reads "Above Them All In Hico."

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

[Four Men Playing Cards]

Photograph of four men sitting on a blanket playing cards. Their things can be seen in the upper right hand corner.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

[Girl With a Muff]

Photograph of a little girl standing on the porch of a house, dressed for warm weather. She wears a fur-lined coat, a bonnet, and a muff, also lined with fur. A house can be seen in the background.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

[Infantry Bivouac, Army Exhibition, Galveston]

Postcard of an army encampment (a bivouac) at an Army exhibition in Galveston, 1914. Tents are pitched across a grass field, with soldiers seated in groups or walking around them. Larger wooden encampments are visible in the left background, possibly built to resemble the Alamo with barred windows and arched walls. Soldiers stand on the structure, looking out from above. Other Army buildings are in the background at right.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Postcard

[J. Armstrong and Earl Ray Davis Standing Together]

Photograph of J? Armstrong and Earl Ray Davis (1894–1972) standing together next to wooden wagons with large wheels. Both are in uniform, wearing large hats with work boots.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

[King's Daughters Hopsital]

Postcard of a color image of the King's Daughters Hospital, a four-story brick building with three rows of large windows on the left and a white balcony and porch on the right, with trees in front of it and a white house on the right side. Printed on front of the postcard: "Main Building, King's Daughters Hospital, Temple, Tex."

Date: March 18, 1914

Item Type: Postcard

[Letter from Mrs. A. W. Koch and Mrs. W. O. Wilkes to Mrs. W. A. Crawford - October 26, 1914]

Letter from Mrs. A. W. Koch and Mrs. W. O. Wilkes to Mrs. W. A. Crawford, inviting her to the Cotton Palace's Woman's Day Parade on November 7 and instructing her about her position in the parade. The letter is typed on Texas Cotton Palace stationery. Mrs. W. A. Crawford's mailing address is at the Tietz Hotel of Waco

Date: October 26, 1914

Creator: Koch, Mrs. A. W. & Wilkes, Mrs. W. O.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from W. J. Neale to Mrs. W. A. Crawford - October 27, 1914]

Letter from W. J. Neale to Mrs. W. A. Crawford, thanking her for her work as chairman and inviting her to Opening Day at the Texas Cotton Palace.

Date: October 27, 1914

Creator: Neale, W. J.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Wm. Cameron & Co. to Belford Lumber Co. - September 16, 1914]

Letter written to Belford Lumber Co. in Georgetown, Texas from William Cameron & Co. in Waco, Texas, which says "We wish to call your attention to car #62918, which is now due, and will ask that you kindly let us have exchange to cover."

Date: September 16, 1914

Creator: William Cameron & Co.

Item Type: Letter

[Photograph of a Man]

Photograph of a man wearing a suit jacket, vest, and tie staring intently at the camera. A child has scrawled "1914" across his forehead in pencil, a copy of the "1914" in the upper right corner.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of an Unknown Child Holding a Floral Arrangement]

Photograph of an unknown young child. She is dressed in light color clothing with a matching bow in her hair. In her hands is a medium sized floral arrangement.

Date: 1914

Creator: Voorhees & Burdsal

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of May Worley and Emma Nichols]

Photograph of May Worley and Emma Nichols standing in a yard near a tree with a dog and a parrot on the grass in front of them and a house in the background.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Men at 1914 Texas Cotton Palace]

Photograph of three men in a car at the 1914 Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas. Their car features a Cotton Palace pennant.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.545780 -97.134107

[Photograph of Weatherred and McDaniel Law Offices]

Photograph of five men sitting in a Marcus W. Weatherred and McDaniel Law Offices.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Frances K. Prather Darden as a Toddler]

Photograph of Frances K. Prather Darden (1912–1986), pictured here as a toddler, aged 19 months. She has short, curly hair, and wears a white dress. She looks to the right.

Date: June 1914

Creator: Thompson

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Mildred Newberry Henson]

Postcard of Mildred Newberry Henson (1900–1990), taken from the top up against a black blackground. She wears a white dress and has bows in her ears. Biographical notes are written in the back.

Date: 1914~/1916~

Item Type: Postcard

[Soldiers Along Brazos River]

Photograph of four soldiers sitting along the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. The soldiers are positioned on the shoreline of the river with trees and shrubs in the background of them.

Date: 1914~/1918~

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldiers Along Machine Gun Trench]

Photograph of soldiers along machine gun trench in Camp MacArthur. Four soldiers are seen standing to the left of a mound of soil with handwritten text identify it as the machine gun trench.

Date: 1914~/1918~

Item Type: Photograph

Private Collection of T. B. Willis - 30 Matching Results

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[Austin Ave During WW I]

[Calendar for 1914, with Photograph]

[Christmas Postcard to John Todd Willis, Sr.]

[Cotton Yard in Waco]

[First Baptist Church]

[First Premium Ribbon]

[Four Men in a Hot Air Balloon]

[Four Men Playing Cards]

[Girl With a Muff]

[Infantry Bivouac, Army Exhibition, Galveston]

[J. Armstrong and Earl Ray Davis Standing Together]

[King's Daughters Hopsital]

[Letter from Mrs. A. W. Koch and Mrs. W. O. Wilkes to Mrs. W. A. Crawford - October 26, 1914]

[Letter from W. J. Neale to Mrs. W. A. Crawford - October 27, 1914]

[Letter from Wm. Cameron & Co. to Belford Lumber Co. - September 16, 1914]

[Photograph of a Man]

[Photograph of an Unknown Child Holding a Floral Arrangement]

[Photograph of May Worley and Emma Nichols]

[Photograph of Men at 1914 Texas Cotton Palace]

[Photograph of Weatherred and McDaniel Law Offices]

[Portrait of Frances K. Prather Darden as a Toddler]

[Portrait of Mildred Newberry Henson]

[Soldiers Along Brazos River]

[Soldiers Along Machine Gun Trench]