ca. 1903 Delta Beta Sigma Sorority Tennessee

This photograph of the Delta Beta Sigma Sorority was taken about 1903.  Marion Moran, who is on the back row, second from the right would've been at least 16 or 17 years old when the photograph was taken.  I base that on the fact that she married Charles Henry Cobb of Union City Tennessee in 1905 and would've been out of school.   In addition, Delta Beta Sigma is a high school sorority that was founded in 1903 in Columbia Tennessee.

The names of the girls are listed on the back of the photograph.  I'm assuming the first girl is on the back row going left to right because Marion Moran is listed fifth and she is the fifth girl in that row.  I have no idea if girl seven begins on the left or right of the front row.

1. Annie Hawkins: Swan Lake Mississippi
2. Eva Colmore: Sewanee TN
3. Florrie Faulkner: Helena ARK
4. Dolly Murphy: Greenville TX
5. Marion Moran: Dresden TN
6. Anna Faulkner: Helena ARK
7. Marie Wilsey: Poplar Bluff MO
8. Rose Dickinson: Little Rock ARK
9. Estella Handford: Batesville ARK
10. Mable Vaughn: Birmingham AL
11. Alice Collier: Birmingham AL

Fort Worth TX Landmarks ca. 1900

I know the Moran's took some trips out west and these pictures of Fort Worth TX landmarks could've been souvenir photo's of a trip. They also had family living in Fort Worth.  Maibelle Shumate of Newbern TN married Newton Temple Harris of Fort Worth TX  in 1906/1907.  So maybe these are from the Harris clan in Texas.  No matter what their origin they were important enough to someone in the Moran family to keep them.

I've included this image so you can see what they look without
any touchup.
Fort Worth City Hall

So far I've found five dark images of Forth Worth Texas Landmark buildings.  Each picture was annotated on the back which was very helpful.  Kudo's to whichever ancestor took the time to annotate the photographs: the Courthouse (Front and back view), Union Depot, the High School and City Hall.

They haven't been treated too kindly through the years and were in a trunk in the attic of Moran Place.  They are dark, water stained, and scratched. Plus the cardboard backings were warped which meant it was not easy to get a flat scan because I was worried the boards might break.

Fort Worth City Hall when I ran it through paint.net.
You can see barrels and trash from what we're assuming
is construction.

Fort Worth Courthouse from the back.

Fort Worth Courthouse from the front.

Fort Worth High School

Fort Worth Texas Union Depot.