Jamie Powell Sheppard Collection

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Image shows a colorful photograph postcard of a mid century sign, cars in a parking lot, and the roller rink building exterior with mid century modern zigzag canopy over the entrance.

Jolly Time Roller Rink, color postcard, photographed and published

by Strykers' Western Fotocolor, circa 1955

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Jamie Powell Sheppard, both a Photographer and Photograph Archivist, started at the Tarrant County Archives as a volunteer in 2017. She served as an Assistant Archivist from 2018 to 2022, when she moved up into the Assistant Archives Officer position. While Jamie is particularly interested in 20th century photographic processes, she also collects ephemera related to Tarrant County. These items, which tend to be overlooked, can offer more detail about the subjects, hint at the social atmosphere of that time, and even illustrate a history of changes in graphic design. One of Jamie’s hobbies includes roller skating, and she collects materials related to roller skating in Texas.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Jamie Powell Sheppard Collection consists of two series:

Series 1: Tarrant County, 1870s-2010; undated

The Tarrant County Series contains advertisements, small artifacts, clippings, ephemera, negatives, photographs, postcards, programs, publications, slides, scrapbooks, snapshots, and transparencies. The items have been organized by the following topics:

  • Aviation
  • Businesses and Organizations
  • Education
  • Entertainment and Recreation
  • Events
  • Fort Worth – General
  • Military
  • Other Municipalities
  • People – General
  • People – Hawkins-Wallace-Morgan Family
  • People – McCord-Emmins Family
  • People – Frank Moody Family
  • Postcards and Mail
  • Scrapbooks and Photograph Albums
  • Transportation and Vehicles – General
  • Transportation and Vehicles – Rail
  • Transportation and Vehicles – Rail - Peter Ehrlich
  • WBAP TV Advertising Slides

 

Series II: Texas Roller Skating, 1907-2023; undated

The Texas Roller Skating Series contains admission tickets, small artifacts, ephemera, photographs, postcards, programs, publications, and stickers from Texas roller skating rinks and organizations.

Cities include:

  • Abilene
  • Arlington
  • Austin
  • Barstow
  • Beaumont
  • Brenham
  • Corpus Christi
  • Dallas – General
  • Dallas – Cockrell Hill
  • Dallas – Oak Cliff
  • Dallas – Vickery
  • Denison
  • El Paso
  • Fort Worth
  • Grand Prairie
  • Grapevine
  • Harlingen
  • Houston
  • Irving
  • Mid-Cities
  • Killeen
  • Lewisville
  • Pampa
  • San Antonio
  • Temple
  • Waco
  • Wichita Falls
  • White Settlement

The image shows an illustration of an unplugged green power cord, with vertical orientation, and yellow text reading One Moment Please appearing between the two ends of the cord. The image is on a dark purple or magenta background.

WBAP TV advertising slide, 1960s

The image shows a colorful illustration of a woman climbing into a single engine, low wing aircraft. Text below includes information about Globe Aircraft Corporation's The Swift.

The Swift aircraft advertisement, clipping, by Globe Aircraft Corporation, 1940s

 

The image shows an illustration of the left profile view winged skate outlined in red on a cream background. Red text below reads Moran's Skateland Fort Worth, Texas.

Moran's Skateland winged skate sticker, ephemera, 1940s or 1950s