Pictured: S.L. Reese and wife, [ca. 1890-1900]
Summary: Donated by Donna Matney.
This collection contains photographs, scrapbooks and cabinet cards from Fort Worth and other Texas communities. Some items relate to military service and include World War II ration books. Some materials relate to businesses in Fort Worth, such as Swift and Company, Meacham's Department Store, Bachrach/Gittings Studio Photography and Scott Awning Company. Items within this collection date from approximately the 1870s to 1987.
Bracketed dates are approximated.
This collection contains three series: Photographs; Personal and Military Records and Ephemera; and Scrapbooks, Oversized Cabinet Cards and Portraits. The Photographs series contains studio portraits and snapshots, many of which are unidentified. Images listed within the Texas Cities Photographs are organized alphabetically based on written notes or printer stamp on the reverse of the photographs. Some images may be of places other than that of the printer stamp on the back. The Personal and Military Records and Ephemera series contains military correspondence, war ration books and a U.S. Air Force roster. This series also contains ephemera from Fort Worth and Texas. The Scrapbooks, Oversized Cabinet Cards and Portraits series contains three scrapbooks, seven large cabinet cards, one portrait and an artistic rendering of a couple. View the Donna and David Matney image gallery of photographs.
Places (all cities/counties in Texas unless otherwise noted)
Baileyville
Bowie
Bremond
Brenham
Cameron
Cisco
Cleburne
Corpus Christi
Dallas
DeLeon
Del Rio
Ellis County
El Paso
Ennis
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fort Worth
Fredericksburg
Gainesville
Galveston
Granbury
Greenbay School, Highland Park, Illinois
Greenville
Handley
Hico
Hillsboro
Hood
Itasca [Itaska]
Houston
Kent
Lockney
Lubbock
Mineral Wells
McKinney
Odessa
Palestine
Petula [Petulia]
San Antonio
Swisher County
Texarkana
Waco
West
Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Persons
Bray, Glen Dale
Craine, Kenneth
Edwards Family
Garriott, Bob
Garriott, Jessie
Gree, Lillie (Tillie)
Hook family
Horsman family (Lelia Horsman, possibly of Oklahoma)
Johnson, Eddie Ray
Kinsley, Blanche [Lane]
Linn, Gertie
Linn, Joe
Linn Sr., Chester
Long Family
McKee family
Robinson family
Rowland, Frank J. and Lorene
Stewart. John H. "Jack" and Mercedes
Watson, William "Bill"
Wiley, Harry Fulton and Llewellyn
Wilson, Don / James D.
Subjects
Bachrach / Gittings Studio
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) at Camp Maydelle, Texas
E. M. Daggett School
Female Athletes in Ennis, Texas
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank J. Rowland Watch and Clock Maker
General Dynamics
Meacham’s Department Store Ephemera
Monnig’s Department Store Ephemera
Nolan High School
Order of Railway Conductors of Texas
Sam Rosen Elementary
Scott Awning Company Ephemera
Swift and Company Pension
World War I
World War II
Photographs:
Personal and Military Records and Ephemera:
Scrapbooks, Oversized Cabinet Cards and Portraits:
Subject Files:
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