Private Collection of T. B. Willis - 35 Matching Results

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[B. F. Hancock and Wife, Munger Farm]

Description: Photographs of B. F. Hancock, the business manager of the Munger gin and farm, and his wife. They pose together several yards in front of a wooden chapel-like building, to which is attached a tall wooden tower capped with a belfry and a steeple. Open field surrounds the couple.
Date: September 20, 1911
Creator: Eichelberger, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Camp MacArthur, 32nd Division Headquarters]

Description: Postcard of the 32nd Division headquarters at Camp MacArthur, Waco. Structures visible along the dirt road are triangular, tent-like buildings with power poles and signs nearby. A large thermometer, possibly indicating the amount of liberty bonds purchased, is at center left. Cars are parked besides the road at right.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Company B Football Team, 127th Infantry Regiment]

Description: Postcard of a football team from the 127th Infantry Regiment, Company B. They mostly wear light-colored striped shirts, standing in two rows. A man at center, along the bottom row, holds a ball; a goalie with a dark shirt is seated at second from right with a helmet. One of the seated men, first from left, holds a white dog. The men stand in front of the encampments at Camp MacArthur.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Company Street, Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a company street at Camp MacArthur, with encampments alongside a dirt road. Two buildings are specified in pen: a bath house, a low rectangular building at center left, and a space between two camps at right, which shows where the stove is.
Date: 1918-03-15/1918-10-20
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Edgefield Baptist Church Congregation, 1910]

Description: Photograph of a congregation posing in front of the Edgefield Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. The congregation is seated in several rows, and most of the people in the arrangement are children, with men and women mostly packed on the steps of the church at upper center. A boy, denoted in pen as Delman[?] holds a banner reading "EDGE FIELD"; on his left is another individual specified as "Andy". Along the bottommost row is a girl pointed out as "Billie". A note in the top left corner states that … more
Date: 1910~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.546505 -97.110612

[Flood Damage in East Waco]

Description: Postcard of a flood and damage on Elm Street in East Waco. The floodwater appears to be knee-high, and houses are upturned and pushed aside, with fences felled, power lines tipping, and debris floating in the water. A carriage pulled by a horse pulls a handful of people eastwards, towards the photographer. Numerous intact buildings are behind the damaged structures, and in the far background, the silhouette of the ALICO building is visible.
Date: 1913
Creator: McCall
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Fourth Street, Waco]

Description: Postcard of Fourth Street in Waco, Texas, lined with tall buildings on both sides. Cars are parked along the curbs of the road, and a streetcar line runs through the center of the road with wires overhead. A large hotel is visible at left with a large advert reading "HOTEL METROPOLE", and below that is a sign for a tailor. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks and between the cars.
Date: 1917-10-11~
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Hugh Clemens' Horse]

Description: Photographs of Hugh Clemens and his horse, bowing its head, at the Munger farm and gin in Limestone County. The horse is saddled and is led by the reins by Clemens. Both stand in a field of tall grass in front of large trees.
Date: August 27, 1911
Creator: Eichelberger, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Infantry Bivouac, Army Exhibition, Galveston]

Description: 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: Refine your search to only Postcard

[Munger Gin Remains After a Fire]

Description: Photographs of the remains of the Munger gin system after a fire in September 1911. Smoldering ruins are strewn across the background, with several workers standing nearby or sitting in front of the ashes. Twisted buildings and lumber lay behind the ruins.
Date: September 20, 1911
Creator: Eichelberger, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Portrait of Rev. H. C. Poehlmann and Others]

Description: Group photograph of Rev. Heinrich Carl Poehlmann (1879–1939) and other women and men seated near him. Poehlmann sits in a wicker chair at center, holding a Bible with a cross centered on the front cover. Besides him are six women, two seated on each side and two standing behind him, as well as three young men standing among the girls behind him. All are placed atop a rug and in front of a painted background, looking forward. Poehlmnann was the pastor of New Wehdem Lutheran Church in Brenham, Te… more
Date: 1915~
Creator: Winkelmann, Friedrich Christian, Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Portrait of Ruby Barnes]

Description: Photograph of Ruby Barnes. She is dressed in a uniform with a hat and a dress, seated behind a bush and smiling. According to a note in the inner left flap of the picture's folder, this photo was "Made from a kodak picture taken from group of high school students, May, 1918."
Date: May 1918
Creator: Stauts
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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