Baylor University is a private Baptist university in Waco, Texas. Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas, it is the oldest continuously-operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States.

This set includes 22 interesting photographs from The Texas Collection, Baylor University that shows some activities of Baylor University students, Texas from between the 1940s and 1950s.

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