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J. Frank Norris speaking to The Texas Legislature

Description: Photograph of Norris standing at podium speaking. Norris was a constroversial fundamentalist Baptist preacher.
Date: February 17, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

J. Frank Norris Speaking to The Texas Legislature

Description: Photograph of J. Frank Norris approaching the podium to speak to members of The Texas Legislature. Norris was a controversial fundamentalist Baptist preacher who convinced the legislature to abolish racetrack gambling.
Date: February 17, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Downtown Arlington

Description: Photograph of downtown Abilene in the 1970s featuring the First Baptist Church. There are other buildings, cars, and streets.
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church

Description: Photograph of the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church congregation standing outside in front of the church before their Sunday Services. The church was organized in 1884. Behtlehem Baptist is the oldest African-American congregation in Beeville. Charter members included Matthew Broadus, Peter Flannigan, L. Broadus, Martha Bess, M. Peters, Salanas Davis, and Edna Canada. Served originally by a circuit pastor, the congregation held Sunday services in a schoolhouse donated by Captain A.C. Jones.… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission
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