Joseph Weisberg Collection

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Joseph Weisberg was a journalist and photographer in Fort Worth, Texas. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Weisberg moved to Fort Worth to attend Texas Christian University. In 1941, he enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps. Weisberg worked in marketing and advertising in the years after the war until his retirement in 1973. During his retirement he focused on photojournalism. Most of his work centered around aviation history, but he also documented people and places across Texas, including the Fort Worth Stockyards and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. 

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The Joseph Weisberg Collection consists of photographs, reproductions of photographs, and postcards, with some related promotional material, maps, and documents. The collection covers topics throughout the Americas but mainly covers the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. See below for the subjects included in the collection. The materials are dated from the 1870s to the 2000s, with a majority being from the 1960s to the 1980s.

View the Joseph Weisberg image gallery.

 

Along with donated materials to the Tarrant County Archives, Joseph Weisberg donated more of his personal and professional papers to the Special Collections at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Visit the UTD Joseph A. Weisberg Papers webpage for more details. 

 

 

SUBJECT TERMS

The following Subject Terms list represent the majority, but not the entirety, of the topics within the Joseph Weisberg Collection.

Businesses and Organizations

  • Adams Studio, Greenville, Texas
  • American Airlines
  • Bell Helicopter International
  • Brittingham and Sawyer Photography Studio
  • Carswell Air Force Base
  • Cub Scout Troop BSA 396, Arlington, Texas (Boy Scouts of America)
  • Fern's Sandwich Shop, Alvarado, Texas 
  • First State Bank (Cow Pasture Bank), Rio Vista, Texas 
  • Fort Worth Fire Department
  • Fort Worth Police Department
  • Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
  • Green Valley Raceway, Smithfield, Texas 
  • Hermann Hospital
  • J. E. Daniel Photography
  • Lucore and Ward Photographers
  • Monnig Dry Goods Company (Monnig's Department Store)
  • Niles City Police
  • North Fort Worth Fire Department
  • Paris and Rothwell Photography Studio, San Antonio, Texas
  • Tandy Center
  • Tex Cen Hemophilia Summer Camp
  • Weatherington Brothers, Dallas, Texas
  • Willett's Gallery, Ohio
  • Works Photography

Persons

  • Beyer, Admiral Raymond H. 
  • Carter, Amon Jr.
  • Carter, Amon Sr.
  • Garros, Roland
  • Locklear, Ormer Leslie
  • Williams, Alverna (Powder Puff Derby pilot from Grand Prairie)

Places

  • Alvarado, Texas
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Burkburnett, Texas
  • Dallas, Texas
  • Fort Worth, Texas
  • Guatemala
  • Mexico
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Rio Vista, Texas
  • Smithfield, Texas

Subjects

  • Arlington Stadium
  • Automobiles (1890s-1930s)
  • Aviation
  • Dirigibles / Blimps / Airships
  • Experimental Aircraft
  • Female Aviators
  • Fort Worth Stockyards 
  • Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo
  • Fort Worth Water Gardens
  • Helicopters 
  • Hemophilia 
  • Medicine (discipline)
  • Military Aircraft
  • Oil Industry / Oil boom in Burkburnett, TX (circa 1918)
  • Parachuting/ Skydiving 
  • Photojournalism
  • Railroads
  • Space Exploration
  • Stunt Pilots
  • Tarrant County Courthouse
  • Texas Spring Palace Exposition
  • Will Rogers Memorial Complex / Amon Carter Square
  • World War I
  • World War II

Interior view of Monnig's Dry Goods Store

Interior View of Monnig's Dry Goods Store, undated

B36 bomber plane flying over Fort Worth dated 1940s or 1950s

B-36 bomber flying over Fort Worth with Meacham Field in the background, circa late 1940s or early 1950s