City directory entry: "Porter & Shears, (Launcelot Porter and James Shears), house, sign and ornamental painters, shop e s South 6th bet Austin and Franklin."
Source
Morrison & Fourmy, compilers. Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Waco, for 1880-81. (Waco, Tex.: Examiner Steam Printing Establishment), p. 98. Texas Collection - Waco City Directories. Baylor University Digital Collections, Baylor University. Waco, Texas. URL: http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-direct/id/1831