CHRISTMAS IN WACO
Austin Avenue at Christmas, 1955 “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, which is showing at The WACO Theater,was released January 6, 1955. This photo, which is a part of The Texas Collection at Baylor University, was originally black and white. Color has been added by our friend Ron Hatchett. The photographer is not known to…
CAMP MACARTHUR’S TWIN WATER TOWERS
Two water towers were constructed in 1917 that supplied water for all of Camp MacArthur. These water towers were located at what is now the northeast corner of North 32nd Street and Herring Avenue. Aerial views taken of The Base Hospital were all either taken from the twin water towers, or the unfinished Hillcrest Baptist…
JAKE JACOBS’ PHOTO COLLECTION
Gudmund “Jake” Jacobs of Detroit, Michigan was sent to Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas to train for service in World War I. While he was there, he purchased photo postcards and mailed them to Miss Mable Thurston in Detroit, Michigan, whom he later married. After Waco, the war took Jake to France where he served…
Waco, Texas History in Pictures 