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View fullsize Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas 1918 🪖⚡️ Photo and pennant from our personal collection, purchased at auction, photographer unknown 🫡 #FortWorthHistorical #FortWorthTexas #Tx #Texas #1918 #veterans #veteransday #armisticeday #campbowie #wwi #1900s
View fullsize Niles City, 1904 🐂 The heart of what we now know as The Fort Worth Stockyards. 📸 Swipe to explore more of this fascinating image! Back in the day, Niles City was known as ‘the richest little city in Texas’ due to its booming corpor
View fullsize Fort Worth Elevator & Warehouse on vintage stereocard, c. 1930 🌾 swipe for camera 1, camera 2. These silos sit at the corner of Alice and West Dickson. Built between 1924 and 1926, driving by (headed to grandmas house) I would be in awe of th
View fullsize Longhorn Sparklers, made by Longhorn Fireworks Co., Fort Worth, Texas c. 1940s 🧨✨ I can’t begin to tell you how much joy this artwork brings me 💫 #july4th 🇺🇸 Original ephemera purchased at auction, now in our personal collection 🎆 #Fort
View fullsize July 1, 1981 Grateful Dead Backstage Pass, when they (almost) played at the Will Rogers Coliseum, 43 years ago 💀⚡️🌹🍄🎸 Ephemera purchased at auction. Sold on FWH.com 🎸 #FortWorthHistorical #FortWorth #FortWorthTexas #Texas #Tx #deadhead #gratef
View fullsize June 19th marks the 159th anniversary of emancipation in Texas ✨ The above photo shows a Juneteenth scene at Sycamore Park, Fort Worth, Texas 1977 📸 Photo by Peter Feresten (Photo is a personal favorite) Next photo also by Feresten, a young girl i
View fullsize Vintage Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Visitor Guide c. 1950 🌈✨ ‘You’ll like gay and friendly Fort Worth!’ Happy #pride Fort Worth! 💗 Ephemera purchased at auction, now in our personal collection ✨ #FortWorthHistorical #fortw
View fullsize La Grave Field, Fort Worth Cats 1946 ⚾️💥 Photographer unknown. Photo purchased at auction. Now in our personal collection #playball⚾️ #FortWorthHistorical #FortWorth #FortWorthTexas #fortworthtx #forttworthcats #texas #baseballhistory #texashisto
View fullsize Forest Park Miniature Railroad, c. 1950 🚂☀️ Chuggin’ on into the weekend!🎢 📸 Photo by Wilburn Davis. Purchased at auction, now in our personal collection ✨ #FortWorthHistorical #FortWorthTexas #FortWorth #Texas #Tx #forestpark #1950s #min
View fullsize This is my mother Sara, c. 1960, Worth Heights neighborhood, Fort Worth, Texas 🌷 Mom is no longer with us, but she attended Trimble Tech High School, raised 4 kids and for 30 years, she worked tirelessly at the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. downt
View fullsize Happy 91st birthday, the man, the legend, Willie Nelson!! Here he is at Panther Hall, July 1966 🎙✨ It was here when he recorded his Live Country Music Concert, over two nights at Panther Hall, Willie’s home away from home in Fort Worth. A tr
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View fullsize Sally Rand’s Nude Ranch, 1936 👙 Rand, a burlesque dancer, knew how to put on a show! In 1936, she came to Texas for the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial Exposition for a performance - that show would be the first at the original Casa Manana The
View fullsize Haas Cafe, Grandbury Rd., Fort Worth, Texas 1968 🍔 One of my favorite late Saturday afternoon Spring time memories as a kid was when my mom would take me here as @charleys_hamburgers 🥤🍟 mmmmm. Photo from our personal collection, photographer unk
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View fullsize Riding high into the weekend ⚡️ Cowgirl Trick Rider Berenice Dossey doing what she does best. Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, 1949 🐎💥 📸 Photograph by James Cathey. Purchased at auction, now in our personal collection. #FortWorthHistorical #F
View fullsize Gene Autry visiting The Light Crust Doughboys studio, c. 1950 🪕 Band member names listed on the back (next slide). The Doughboy’s studio was located inside in the Burris Mill & Elevator Company 🌾 So cool. Photograph by Smith Photo Co.
View fullsize A Jessie Lee on longhorn, 1936 🐂 Photographer unknown. Photo purchased at auction. Now in our personal collection ✨ #FortWorthHistorical #FortWorthTexas #Texas #tx #fortworth #fortworthtx #internationalwomensday #womenshistorymonth #texashistory #
View fullsize The Westbrook Hotel, corner of Main & 4th, c. 1920 🛎️ Opened in 1910, the grand Westbrook Hotel was popular with wealthy cattlemen and oilmen visiting Fort Worth on business. So pretty sure it was fancy-shamncy in side. The hotel stood for ov
View fullsize Gulf Station, Fort Worth, Texas c. 1950 ⛽️ (Exact location unknown, perhaps Sylvania at Belknap) One of my favorite photos. Photo purchased at auction, now in our personal collection. Stamped on the back, “Calvin Litttlejohn Studio”,