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The 1911 Majestic Theater in Fort Worth

Description: Photograph of Commerce Street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Majestic Theater is in the center of the frame with many signs and posters on it. Some read, "The St. Louis Limited. Road Through The Ozarks. Frisco Lines" Another poster reads, "Majestic, Venus, Alpha Sextette". This is Fort Worth's second Majestic Theater, built in 1911. Next to the theater is a building with awnings and a sign that reads, "Fisk Tires, Gasoline". Telephone poles and wires and horse-drawn buggies line the road.
Date: 1911?
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Armistice Day Parade, Orange, Texas

Description: Photograph of an Armistice Day Parade in Orange, Texas. There is a large crowd holding a large American flag. In the bottom right hand corner is a tin roof and on the left hand side is a building under construction and a telephone pole. Written across the top is, "Nov. 11th 1918 Orange Tex".
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Charity Circus in Orange, Texas

Description: Photograph of a group of nine costumed people standing on a dirt road wearing large baggy clothing, face paint, and pointed hats. Further down the road is a man dressed in a kilt and a man in a clown costume riding a horse thats pulling a buggy. In the background is a two story brick building and behind that is a telephone pole, telephone wires, and trees.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Chisum Ranch in New Mexico

Description: Photograph of the Chisum Ranch. The ranch house is shrouded in trees and has a large front porch and tall chimney. In the front yard is an electric pole and wires. The property is surrounded by a picket fence. Printed below the photograph is, "The Old Chisum Ranch below Roswell, New Mexico".
Date: unknown
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Collapsed House After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a collapsed house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the foreground is a fallen wall with debris and a bed frame on top of it. Two figures are digging through the debris on the right side of the frame. In the background are trees and a telephone pole.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Crowd Waiting on U.S. Navy Torpedo Boats

Description: Photograph of a large crowd with many children on the waterfront waiting for the U.S. Navy Torpedo Boats to arrive in Orange, Texas in 1910. Most of the crowd wears hats and some carry umbrellas. In the foreground is an American Flag. In the background are telephone poles, fences, large buildings and trees.
Date: 1910
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Debris and Houses After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a large pile of wooden boards and a group of houses after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the foreground is a fallen telephone pole and the ground is covered with boards.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Delaware Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas

Description: 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.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Destroyed Hurley Building in Ft. Worth, Texas

Description: 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.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Evergreen Cemetary, Brown Mausoleum

Description: Photograph of an upright tent next to the Brown Mausoleum in Evergreen Cemetery. Beside, in front of, and beneath the tent are headstones, one with a small Virgin Mary. In the background is a chain link fence behind which is a pine tree and telephone pole.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Fire Department and Firemen

Description: Photograph of four firemen standing on or beside two firetrucks. They are wearing button-up short-sleeve shirts with pants and boots. On the doors of the trucks are the words, "Orange Fire Dept. 15". The word, "Pierce" is on the front of the truck within a circle. The trucks are parked in front of two garages of the fire department. The words, "Central Fire" are on top of the garage doors. In the background is a domed roof, treetops, and telephone poles. Typed across the bottom of the ma… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Flooded Henderson Street

Description: Photograph of a flooded Henderson Street. On the right side of the frame are four houses underwater with porches and awnings. There is a boat with people in it on the left side of the frame. In the background is a tall two-story building and telephone poles. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "Henderson St.".
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Front Street Looking East

Description: Photograph of a town street with horse-drawn carriages, old cars, and people. On the right side of the picture is a telephone pole and building with a sign that reads, "Acme BAR". On the left side of the photograph are people walking on a sidewalk, several two-story buildings, and street lamps.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Ft. Worth Cityscape, 1920s

Description: Photograph of the Ft. Worth cityscape in the 1920s. The photograph shows, from left to right, the Neil P. Anderson Building, City Hall, Star-Telegram Building, W.C. Stripling Company Building, Burk Burnett Building, Carnegie Library, W.T. Waggoner Building, First National Bank Building, Texas State Bank Building, F. and M. Bank Building, Flatiron Building, and the Texas Hotel. City Hall has a tall clock tower, the Carnegie Library has a rooftop balcony, the flatiron building has a rooftop wat… more
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Ft. Worth Street Scene

Description: Photograph of a street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The street is inlaid with trolley tracks with a trolley on them. On either side of the street are businesses and boardwalks with people on them. Lining the boardwalk are horses and horse-drawn buggies and in the foreground is a street lamp and an electric pole. Written at the top of the building on the right side of the frame is, "Drug Store".
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Green Avenue Parade with Japanese Costumes

Description: Photograph of the Green Avenue Parade in Orange, Texas. There is a man on the left side of the frame in a black uniform, a cart full of flowers in front of him and a long line of men and women in Japanese costumes with some holding umbrellas are walking away down the street. On the right side of the frame are two women in long dresses with hats and a few little boys wearing knickers and caps. Behind the parade are several aspen trees, a house with a porch and telephone poles.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Group of Men on Horses in Orange, Texas

Description: Photograph of eleven men and two young boys standing next to or on top of twenty horses. They are all wearing hats. In the background are several buildings, a water tower, telephone and electric poles and wires. In the foreground is a large patch of grass.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Hanging on Front Street in Orange, Texas

Description: Photograph of a hanging on Front Street in Orange, Texas. On the left side of the frame is a tree next to a storefront from which a man is hanging from one of the limbs. On the ground are several men and boys, some in hats and vests. Across the street are more buildings and a boardwalk with a sign that reads, "Saloon". On the right side of the frame is a train and railroad tracks that lead into the foreground. Typed across the top of the photograph is, "Hanging on Front about turn of centu… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum
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