TARRANT COUNTY, TX
Tarrant County Archives
Tarrant County Historical Commission: Photographs
The Tarrant County Historical Commission Collection contains many photographs. A keyword searchable list of photographs in this collection and their locations are provided below. Additional photographs related to Tarrant County historical markers are included within the Marker Research Files.
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Pictured: Medical Staff at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo
Pictured: Image of Edward H. Tarrant from copy negative
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| Box | Description |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Bobo House, nine prints, black and white |
| 1989 | M. G. Ellis School, one black and white print measuring 8 by 10 inches |
| 1990b | Judge James Tracy Morehead, five duplicate prints |
| 1990b | Polytechnic College, copies of panoramic photograph copied onto eight 8 by 10 inches photographs |
| 1990b | General Worth Square Dedication, 15 photographs, 1987 |
| 1990b | Minters Chapel Methodist Church, circa 1950s |
| 1990b | Frenchman’s Well, 1939 |
| 1990b | Graves of Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parker, and Prairie Flower in cemetery in Fort Still, Oklahoma, 1967 |
| 1990b | Tarrant County Courthouse, 1883 |
| 1990b | Fort Worth Fire Station, No. 1, two duplicates, 1983 |
| 1990b | Missouri Avenue Methodist church (St. Andrew’s Methodist Church), seven photographs, 1985 |
| 1990b | Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, 1982 |
| 1990b | Fort Worth Public Market Building/Cadillac Plastics, 1980 |
| 1990b | “Fairview,” William A. Bryce Home, 1982 |
| 1990b | Burk Burnett Building, 1982 |
| 1990b | Thistle Hill after renovation, three photographs, 1982 |
| 1990c | L. H. Cook’s General Store at Lonesome Dove, 1911 |
| 1990c | Boaz homestead at Birdville, Texas, north side of house |
| 1990c | Boaz home in Fort Worth at 300 Missouri |
| 1990c | Boaz family picnic in Benbrook |
| 1990c | Melinda Elizabeth (Duncan) Barkley, widow of Benjamin Barkley. Photograph taken September 1901 when Mrs. Barkley was 74. |
| 1990c | Handley Cemetery, six photographs, 1988 |
| 1990c | Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery, eight photographs, 1988 |
| 1990c | Fossil Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, three photographs, 1988 |
| 1990c | Ebeneezer Cemetery, Arlington, Texas, seven photographs, 1988 |
| 1990c | Entrance to Oakwood Cemetery |
| 1990c | Tarrant County Civil Courts Building after renovation, 1988 |
| 1990c | Handley School Project, 12 photographs, 1936 |
| 1990c | Original photograph of Brother Chism, Preacher |
| 1990c | Texas Historical Marker Dedication for the Arlington Heights Masonic Lodge #1184, two photographs and four contact sheet photographs, 1988 |
| 1990c | Photograph of watercolor of Fort Worth |
| 1990c | Confederate statue in Oakwood Cemetery |
| 1990c | Fort Worth Stockshow personnel, 13 photographs, 1928-1932 |
| 1990d | Tarrant County Courthouse, 1984 |
| 1990d | Tarrant County Historical Commission personnel: Kate McDonald, G. Gardner Williams, two photographs, 1986 |
| 1990d | Tarrant County Historical Commission meeting, 1983 |
| 1990e | Captain E. M. Daggett |
| 1990e | Captain E. M. Daggett |
| 1990e | C. B. Daggett |
| 1990e | Mr. and Mrs. Will Lake and children, Ollie and Tom |
| 1990e | Mary Swayne, Alla Merrill, Cora Daggett, and Laura Hogsett |
| 1990e | Tom Lake |
| 1990e | Cora Daggett (Mrs. K. V. Jennings) |
| 1990e | Home of Helen Daggett Moorman McKee |
| 1990e | Laura Palmer Daggett |
| 1990e | Home of E. M. Daggett |
| 1990e | “Mama Florence and an old slave, Wilia Turner, 104 years of age” |
| 1990e | Charles Turner and second wife |
| 1990e | E. B. Daggett Residence |
| 1990e | Daggett House, June 1890 |
| 1990e | Unidentified woman, 1937 |
| 1990e | Unidentified house |
| 1990e | Mosque Point, Lake Worth |
| 1990e | Matthew J. “Jack” Brinson |
| 1990e | William Milton Robinson |
| 1990e | White Settlement’s Allen Log Cabin in the early years |
| D/1 | Austin Patio Ranch, Grapevine |
| D/1 | Unidentified Queen Anne House |
| D/1 | Smithfield School students, classes One through Three, 1941-1942 |
| D/1 | Two 14 by 10 inch black and white photographs taken by an unknown photographer (1981), during the “I-CARE” controversy, of West Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, by the United States Post Office Building. One image shows an “altered/enhanced” I-30 overhead, and the other is altered to show the effect of planned expansion of I-30 overhead and its proximity to the Post Office. |
| D/95 | Folder containing pictures of buildings and houses designed by W. G. Clarkson and Company, Architects. Folder containing pictures of buildings by M. R. Sanguinet, Carl G. Staats, Wyatt Co. Hendrick, and R. D. Gottlieb, Architects and Engineers. |
| 2000a | First Methodist Church of Azle Texas Historical Commission marker dedication, eight photos, October 29, 1995 |
| 2000a | Elisha Adam Euless Texas Historical Commission marker dedication, Euless Municipal Complex, 11 photographs, February 9, 1997 |
| 2000a | Keller Methodist Church Texas Historical Commission marker dedication, fourteen photographs, October 26, 1997 |
| 2000a | Fort Worth Stockyards Hog and Sheep Markets Texas Historical Commission dedication, 22 photos, October 19, 1996 |
| 2000a | William Jary Award presentation at Commissioners Court, three photographs, August 26, 1997 |
| 2000a | Opening reception for 1895 Room, dedicating placement of display cabinets, 15 photographs, November 6, 1997 |
| 2000b | First Methodist Church of Azle THC marker dedication, eight photos, October 29, 1995 |
| 2000b | Elisha Adam Euless THC marker dedication, Euless Municipal Complex, 11 photographs, February 9, 1997 |
| 2000b | Keller Methodist Church Texas Historical Commission marker dedication, 14 photographs, October 26, 1997 |
| 2000b | Fort Worth Stockyards Hog and Sheep Markets Texas Historical Commission dedication, 22 photos, October 19, 1996 |
| 2000b | William Jary Award presentation at Commissioners Court, three photographs, August 26, 1997 |
| 2000b | Opening reception for 1895 Room, dedicating placement of display cabinets, 15 photographs, November 6, 1997 |
| 2000b | Color photographs of Tarrant County Historical Commission members in archives. Pictured: George Hedrick, Lela Standifer, Susan Pritchett, and Alice Marie Lewis, four photographs, February 1997 |
| 2000b | First Baptist Church of Crowley, three photographs, May 30, 1993 |
| 2000b | Dismantling of old Precinct Line Road bridge, two photographs, 1994 |
| 2000b | Hanger Meditation Park in Kennedale, three photographs with duplicates of each, January 31, 1995 |
| 2000b | Tarrant County Courthouse centennial celebration and reception following Commissioners Court meeting which opened the celebration. The Court was attired in costumes of the era of 1895, six photographs, October 11, 1995 |
| 2000b | County Commissioner Dick Lewis |
| 2000b | Al Hayne bust made by Fort Worth sculptor Evaline Sellors for the Texas Spring Palace Memorial, [2000] |
| 2000b | Illustration of Texas Spring Palace in flames, possibly from the Leslie Illustrated Newspaper, [1890] |
| 2000b | North Fort Worth High School during construction of stairs and a stone retaining wall built as a Works Progress Administration project, 1935 to 1937. |
| 2000b | Photographs from “The Bohemian,” a literary magazine published in Fort Worth, 1899 to 1907 |
| 2000b | “Official Map issued by the Board of Trade,” Fort Worth with railroad lines, 1901 |
| 2000b | Tabernacle Christian Church |
| 2000b | Fort Worth High School, 1900 |
| 2000b | Professor Alexander Hogg, superintendent of Fort Worth Schools, 1900 |
| 2000b | Broadway Presbyterian Church, 1900 |
| 2000b | Denton County Courthouse, 1902 |
| 2000b | Washer Brothers Clothing Store, Century Building, 1901 |
| 2000b | Judge Anthony Banning Norton, editor of the Fort Worth Chief 1859 to 1961 |
| 2000b | The editors of “The Bohemian” and their friends on Banquet Day, 1904 |
| 2000b | Reunion of Mexican War Veterans, Fort Worth, May 22, 1902 |
| 2000b | Interurban train on Main Street, 1902 |
| 2000b | Special car “Sagamore” for Interurban Line between Fort Worth and Dallas, 1902 |
| 2000b | Interior view of the “Sagamore,” 1902 |
| 2000b | Dr. W. E. Duncan Sanitarium, 1902 |
| 2000b | Railroad depot at Dalhart, Texas, Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad, 1902 |
| 2000b | Union Depot at Alamogordo [New Mexico], 1901 |
| 2000b | Texas and Pacific general office, Dallas, 1900 |
| 2000b | Passenger station, Denton, 1902 |
| 2000b | Biccochi Building after 1985 restoration in which historical errors were made (altering window styles, covering brick façade, etc.), 11 photographs |
| 2000c | Rehoboth Cemetery Texas Historical Commission marker dedication, nine photographs, April 5, 1997 |
| 2000c | Mansfield Methodist Church Texas Historical Commission marker dedication, 10 photographs, May 18, 1997 |
| 2000c | Mount Olivet Cemetery Texas Historical Commission marker dedication, two photographs, October 4, 1987 |
| 2000c | Hurst-Euless-Bedford School Board commendation for Tarrant County Historical Commission, two photographs, 1987 |
| 2000c | Vandalism to Texas Log Cabins Texas Historical Commission marker, two photographs |
| 2000c | Laneri School Building. Laneri was Fort Worth’s first Catholic high school for boys. The building was used for Trinity Valley School before becoming the site for Cassata Learning Center in 1975. Four photographs, July 1984 |
| 2000c | Seven Photographs, 5 by 7 inches, black and white, of Reverend L. G. Austin, pastor of St. John Missionary Baptist Church, at Mosier Valley Cemetery, July 1974. Twelve photographs, 5 by 7 inches black and white, at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Mosier Valley, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, 3324 House Anderson Road, July 1974. One photograph, 5 by 7 inches black and white press copy, children playing at a Mosier Valley Day Care Center, date from Mid Cities News tabbed note is March 28, 1974. |
| 2000c | Four glossy black and white photographs, 8 by 10 inches, at Greenwood Cemetery, 3100 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, date unknown. |
| 2000c | One black and white glossy, 8 by 10 inches, of Dr. Clay Johnson house at No. 3 Chase Court, Fort Worth [possibly for application for marker]. One color Polaroid photograph and six glossy black and white, 8 by 10 inches photographs of Wade-Ralls house, 2424 College Avenue, Fort Worth [possibly for application for marker]. |
| 2000d | First Presbyterian Church, copied from book Greater Fort Worth: The Gateway to the Great State of Texas, 1907 |
| Negatives | Johnson State Cemetery, 1981 |
| Negatives | Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train, 1987 |
| Negatives | Flat Iron Union Building, Fort Worth, 1987 |
| Negatives | Union Station (also called the Santa Fe Station), Fort Worth, 1987 |
| Negatives | Meadowbrook Methodist Church, 3900 Meadowbrook Drive, Fort Worth, marker dedication, 1993 |
| 2001 | One 5 by 7 inches black and white portrait of Middleton Tate Johnson (1810-1866). |
| 2002b | Texas Historical Commission annual conference in Austin and Tarrant County Commissioners Meeting, nine photographs, May, 1997 |
| 2003 | Two 8 by 10 inches black and white photographs [1965]; one with Judge Jesse C. Duval, John Brady, and Judge Weldon Bradley in the Criminal Courts building; one of Judge Weldon Bradley, standing behind his bench, with unidentified others, and John Brady (third from right). |
| 2003 | Historic Preservation Awards, three photographs, May 12, 1992 1. Tarrant County Historical Commission chairman Lela Standifer at podium giving remarks before bestowing William E. Jary Award to author Richard F. Selcer, Jr. Receiving award in his absence is his mother, Peggy (Mrs. J.B. Nelson) 2. Tarrant County Historical Commission chairman Lela Standifer at podium giving remarks before bestowing William E. Jary Award to author Richard F. Selcer, Jr. Receiving award in his absence is his mother, Peggy (Mrs. J. B. Nelson) 3. Mrs. Nelson holding Jary Award |
| 2003 | Texas Historical Commission Annual Conference, two photographs, April 23-26, 1992 1. Tarrant County Historical Commission chairman Lela Standifer, THC board member Karl Komatsu, and TCHC member and markers committee chairman, Joye Evetts. Karl is holding DSA given to TCHC at 1992 Preservation Conference 2. Karl Komatsu awarding John Ben Sheppard Award to Tarrant County Historical Commission member Joye Evetts |
| 2006a | Four copy prints from negatives, 8 by 10 inches 1. 1876 bird’s eye map of Fort Worth by D. D. Morse 2. Fort Worth Courthouse and Jail (copy of engraving) 3. Aerial view of Tarrant County Courthouse [early 1920s] 4. Pen and Ink sketch of Tarrant County Courthouse by James Record |
| 2006a | One negative of Gary Logan’s Sundance Square Night Shot, Original, 1997 Eight color photographs of Downtown Fort Worth, with descriptions written on the back of each photograph in blue ink, with negatives in envelope, Photographs taken by Sergio Piumatti, undated Nineteen color photographs of “Marker Seminar Photos,” in envelope with Art Weinman’s name on it, undated |
| 2007b | DeVitt House, 1634 West Jennings, built circa 1910, two photographs, late 1980s |
| 2007b | Fort Worth City Hall, later Public Safety and Courts Building, built 1938. |
| 2007b | Wyatt Hedrick and Elmer Withers, architects. Photograph by James Pittman, December 1978 |
| 2007b | World War One parade, 36th Division from Camp Bowie, April 11, 1918 |
| 2007b | Fort Worth Stockyards Hotel and Exchange, building on hill where Swift plant was built later, circa 1901 |
| 2007b | Fort Worth Medical College Phi Chi fraternity on parade, Fifth and Calhoun, circa 1908 |
| 2007b | Lily B. Clayton School, 2100 Park Place Avenue, circa 1935, when second addition was being built (Preston Green, architect); earlier one story by Wiley G. Clarkson, 1921. Two photographs. |
| 2007b | Robert McCart house |
| 2007b | Jopling-Melear cabin, Arlington |
| 2007b | United States Post Office, Crowley, circa early 1980’s |
| 2007b | Rufus Chapman’s Clover Farm Store, Crowley, 1945 |
| 2007b | [Crowley] Depot after storm |
| 2007b | Fort Worth bank lobby, circa 1910 |
| 2007b | Mitchell Cemetery, Fort Worth, Mrs. E. B. Thornton, Mr. T. P. Leath and boy, William Sanders. From Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1935 |
| 2007b | Houston Street, south from Third Street, circa 1890’s |
| 2007b | Fort Worth City Hall |
| 2007b | Jennings Street Viaduct, replaced in 1931 by present bridges and underpasses, circa early 1900’s |
| 2007b | Main Street, north from 14th Street, late 1890’s |
| 2007b | Residences: C. H. Silliman, J. W. Swayne, Sam Davidson, F. M. Ball, K. M. Van Zandt, Mrs. W. T. Scott, J. B. Slaughter, W. B. Garvey, J. F. Moore |
| 2007b | Phillip Greenwall family |
| 2007b | St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 901 Lamar, 1909 to 1912 |
| 2007b | Santa Fe Union Depot, 1501 Jones, 1899 to 1900 |
| 2007b | Smithfield High School class, 1923. |
| 2007b | Smithfield Elementary School, Room One, 1923. |
| 2007b | Smithfield Elementary School, circa 1920’s. |
| 2007b | Smithfield Elementary School, circa 1920’s. |
| 2007b | Smithfield High School basketball team, 1918 to 1919. |
| 2007b | Smithfield High School girls’ basketball team, circa 1920’s. |
| 2007b | Smithfield High School girls’ basketball team with first names, circa 1920’s. |
| 2007b | Grapevine community band visiting Smithfield, circa 1910’s. |
| 2007b | Tarrant County Precinct No. 3, county garage at 3200 Bewley. Commissioner: J. W. Owens, two copies, December 1954. |
| 2007b | Smithfield School being built. |
| 2007b | Smithfield School being built, workers on second floor. |
| 2007b | Smithfield High School class |
| 2007b | Woodmen of the World burial, Camp No. 1437 |
| 2007b | Bedford School, fifth grade class, circa 1940’s |
| 2007b | Keller Depot |
| 2007b | Gambrell House, Fort Worth |
| 2007a | Baldridge House, 5100 Crestline Road, Fort Worth, three photographs, taken for state historical marker application |
| 2007a | Edward Hampton Tarrant, chief justice of Navarro County and namesake of Tarrant County |
| 2007a | Dee Barker accepting Distinguished Service Award from Texas Historical Commission chairman T. R. Fehrenback, April 1987 |
| 2007a | Tarrant County Historical Commission chairman Duane Gage accepting state award for Historic Preservation in the Texas Historical Commission annual meeting from state representative Ralph Wallace and Texas Historical Commission chairman Harry Goleman, April 1987 |
| 2007a | Dee Barker holding certificate for best newsletter with Texas Historical Commission chairman T. R. Fehrenbach at the Texas Historical Commission annual conference, April 1987 |
| 2007a | Evelyn Cushman accepting Outstanding Committee Chairman award from T. R. Fehrenbach at Texas Historical Commission annual conference in Brownsville, Texas, April 1988 |
| 2007a | Dee Barker accepting the DSA award for the Tarrant County Historical Commission at the Texas Historical Commission annual conference in Brownsville, pictured with T. R. Fehrenback, April 1988 |
| 2007a | Dee Barker accepting the Best Program of Work for 1987 from T. R. Fehrenbach at the Texas Historical Commission annual conference in Brownsville, April 1988 |
| 2007a | Dee Barker receiving a resolution commending the Tarrant County Historical Commission for their 1987 program from the Tarrant County Commissioners Court from County Judge Roy English, 1988 |
| 2007a | Dee Barker and Evelyn Cushman with Resolution from Tarrant County Commissioners Court, 1988 |
| 2007a | Tarrant County Historical Commission members outside Tarrant County Commissioners Court: Dee Lynn Aguilar, Sue McCafferty, [unknown], Bette Wilson, Dorothy Rencurrel, Carla Hoskins, Dee Barker, Evelyn Cushman, Ruth R. Stone, and Oliver Cozby, 1988 |
| 2007a | Tarrant County Historical Commission members gathering in Tarrant County Commissioners Court, 1988 |
| 2007a | Hitch Cemetery marker dedication. Pictured: E. D. Hitch, unknown woman, and Evelyn Cushman |
| 2007a | Hitch Cemetery clean up |
| E10 | Photographic poster of 1895 Courthouse. This image is a detail from the Joseph Weisburg Collection original. |
| 1989 | "Fake Historical Marker" for Cobbs Barber Shop in Smithfield, August 1995 |
| 1989 | Proposed Markers, “CK with Joy Ebbets,” undated |
| 1989 | Negatives for historical markers, including marker replacement at F.M. 1220 for 1865 Indian Creek Raid, Hick Field 1992 and WWI buildings, Homes and Churches, McFarland, St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Magnolia, Hemphill Presbyterian, Eighth Avenue, December 8, 1992, Open House, undated, 1992 |
| D/1 | Panoramic photograph, Miller’s Mutual Fire Insurance, from Bea Hagood Rall, undated |
| D/1 | Cabinet card, unidentified school or church building, undated |
| Miscellaneous 1 | Sarah Hardin Reynolds, undated |
| Miscellaneous 1 | Greenwood Cemetery – Royal Canadian Flying Corps, 1993 |
| Miscellaneous 1 | Camp Wolters – Ruby Schmidt Collection (Abby Moran estate), undated, 1940-1941, 1973, 1975 |
| Miscellaneous 1 | Aviation (Tarrant County and Confederate Air Force), undated, 1993 |
| Miscellaneous 1 | Unidentified, undated |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Bear Creek Bridge, undated |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Bowen Motor Coach Lines, 1939 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Cattleman’s Association Museum, 1987 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Event at Garvey House, 1994 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Fort Worth Courthouse and Jail, undated |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Fort Worth Houses, unidentified, undated |
| Miscellaneous 2 | George M. Martin and Mrs. E. H. Beall, 1888, 1921 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Grunewald Park and Hotel, undated |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Lobby, Stockyards National Bank, undated |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Log Cabin Village marker restoration, 1991 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Negatives – from Michael Patterson, undated, 1987, 1989, 1993-1994 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Negatives – Archives, 1990-1991 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Northside High School, 1932 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Oakwood Cemetery, 1993 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Pioneer man, undated |
| Miscellaneous 2 | PWA Inspection Division of Texas Meeting, Fort Worth, August 14, 1935 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Rock Strata – Downtown Fort Worth Construction, undated |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Sagamore High School (Fort Worth), ca. 1926 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Southwestern Bell/early telephone/utilities, undated, 1880, 1925, late-1920s |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Tarrant County Court and Judges, undated, 1971, 1977 |
| Miscellaneous 2 | Tomlin Cemetery, Arlington, 1985 |