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[Calling Card for Miss Annie Emery]
Card with the handwritten text: "Miss Annie Emery"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card for Daisy Emery]
Card with printed text in a cursive font reading: "Daisy Emery." The edges of the card are beveled and decorated with gold leaf.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card for Dr. Frances D. Emery ]
Card with the printed cursive text which reads: "Dr. Frances D. Emery"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card for Frances D. Emery, M.D.]
Card with the handwritten text: "Frances D. Emery, M.D."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Allen, Dr. Frances Daisy Emery
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card for Dr. D. Emery-Allen]
Card with printed cursive text reading "Dr. D. Emery-Allen" on the front. Handwritten text on the back reads "Ida Burdett / Beatrix Doty / Miss Dunn."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Allen, Dr. Frances Daisy Emery
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cousin Ben Johnson]
Cabinet card photograph of cousin Ben Johnson. He is visible from the chest up, and wears a jacket over a white collard shirt with striped tie. He has short hair and a large moustache. An inscription on the back of the card reads, "Cousin Ben Johnson / Rusk Co. / Mrs. Neil Johnson Brown's brother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stirman infant]
Cabinet card photo a baby partially wrapped in white lace fabric and sitting on top of a blanket with floral designs. The image is oval, and the studio imprint on the bottom of the card reads, "Peery's Studio, Kaufman, Texas." An inscription on the back reads, "Mrs. J. W. Wilson / ? Stirman."
Date:
189X
Creator:
Peery's Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rollin Stirman]
Photograph of Rollin Stirman from the chest up. He wards a dark suit jacket and geometric patterned tie. He has a large moustache and is bald on top. The oval photo is mounted to a black board with white around the photo and edge of the board. An embossed white fluer de lis with crown around it is at the bottom center. An inscription on the back reads, "Uncle Rollin Stirman."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Uncle Hugh Brown as a child]
Carte de visite photograph of Uncle Hugh Brown as a young boy. He sits on a wooden chair with one hand on his upper stomach and the other resting on an object next to him. The photograph is very faded and has stains throughout. The back of the photo has the following inscription: "This I think is / uncle Hugh Brown / Grandmother Elizabeth Emery's brother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postmortem portrait of Hale infant]
Tintype photograph of a baby in a small crib, postmortem. The baby is propped up on a pillow and wears a white gown. A small bouquet of red roses has been drawn onto the photograph, held in one of the baby's hands. There is a large tree trunk and light filter through leaves in the background. on the tree trunk in black ink is the inscription, "Hale baby." All four corners are cut off diagonally.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five young women, possibly the Wren sisters]
Photograph of five young women grouped together. Each can only be seen from the chest up. All wear high necked ruffled dresses, and have their hair pinned up with small curls around their faces. The photograph is in a diamond shaped and mounted to a slightly larger white board. An inscription on the back reads, "Possibly the Wren sister."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Leffler
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Studio portrait of Dr. James Walter Allen]
Photograph of Dr. James Walter Allen wearing a dark three piece suit and tie. He has a moustache. The oval photograph is mounted to a board with silver guilt text at the bottom which reads: "Swartz / 705 Main St. / Fort Worth, Tex."
Date:
1902
Creator:
Swartz
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aunt Dollie Stirman]
Photograph of Dollie Stirman from the chest up. She wears a high collared white blouse with stripes of decorative lace going down the front. She has two small bows at the collar, wears wire frames glasses, and has her hair pulled up. The oval photo is mounted on a dark green or black board with embossed lines framing the photo. Along the bottom of the photo, written in pen, is the inscription, "Aunt Dollie Stirman."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allen Family genealogy album]
Collection of both original and reproductions of genealogy charts, documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, records, correspondence, and programs relating to the Allen family. Some records include Confederate tax receipts, state and county tax receipts, tax statements, and marriage licenses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Allen, Frances Marion
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aunt Dollie Stirman holding parasol in garden]
Photograph of Aunt Dollie Stirman seated in a wheelchair in the grass outside of a brick house. She wears a long white patterned dress and a white bonnet on her head. She holds a black parasol over her shoulder. A person hidden behind Dollie is partially visible with their arm sticking out and holding the outside edge of the parasol. There is a white boarder around the snapshot, and an inscription on the back reads, "Aunt Dollie Stirman / Grandmother Emery's sister."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper Brown]
Cabinet card photograph of Harper Brown visible from the chest up. He has his head turned to a three-quarters profile view, and wears a long moustache. He wears a three piece suit and tie with a jeweled pin in the tie knot. The card has decorative indentations on the edges, and the studio imprint at the bottom reading, "Barron, Terrell, Texas." An inscription above the imprint and another on the back reads, "Harper Brown.'
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barron
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper Brown, Jr. photographic postcard]
Photographic postcard featuring a portrait of Harper Brown, Jr. wearing a three piece suit and holding a fedora style hat at his side. His other hand rests on the arm of a bench, and a backdrop with unclear designs is behind him. The back of the postcard is printed to indicate location of correspondence, address, and stamp location. The stamp box is created by the postcard company name, Artura. Written in pencil is, "Harper Brown??"
Date:
[1910..1924]
Creator:
Artura
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Headstone and grave of Brown family member]
Snapshot photograph of a white block headstone in a cemetery. Text on the headstone is not visible. Other grave markers and trees are visible in the background. A red stamp on the back reads, "Finished by / The National Studios / [illegible] Elm Street / Dallas, Texas." An handwritten inscription on the back reads, "The grave of [illegible] Brown / at [illegible] Tex. / Erected by his / grant children in / 1927. / Grandpa died in / 1885 at the age of / 75 while holding / a revival [illegible].
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Daisy Emery Allen, Jennie Stirman, and Marvin at cabin south of Clyde]
Snapshot photograph of a wood cabin, elevated on short stone pillars. Three young people stand next to the building, and are partially obscured by brush in the foreground. Trees are visible behind the cabin. The snapshot has a decorative stripped boarder around it. An inscription on the back reads, "South of Clyde / D. E. A. / Jennie Stirman / Marvin '' / Sept. 1927."
Date:
September 1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young Arthur Smith]
Cabinet card photograph of a toddler with short blond hair combed to the side, and wearing a white lace gown. He sits on a whit wicker chair with decorative back. The printed image is in an oval shape. The studio imprint at the bottom of the card reads, "Cummings Studio, Kaufman, Texas." An inscription on the back reads, "Arthur Smith / Greene, Tex. / Eva Stirman older boy."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Cummings Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Shenandoah dirigible in Fort Worth 2]
Snapshot photograph of a dirigible, or blimp, in the air over a field. The blimp, seen in left profile, is centered in the frame and appears to be at or near a mooring tower. The figure of one person and a portion of another are visible at the middle to lower right edge. Sideways handwritten inscription on the verso right edge reads "The first 'blimp' to come to Ft. Worth." A black ink number "9" is stamped on the verso bottom right corner.
Date:
1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Shenandoah dirigible in Fort Worth 1]
Snapshot photograph of a dirigible, or blimp, in the air over a field. The blimp, seen in left profile, is centered in the frame and appears to be at or near a mooring tower. The figure of one person and a portion of another are visible at the middle to lower right edge. Sideways handwritten inscription on the verso right edge reads "The first 'blimp' to come to Ft. Worth." A black ink number "9" is stamped on the verso bottom right corner.
Date:
1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bachelor of Arts Certificate: F. M. Allen]
Degree certificate with the text: "The University of Texas has conferred on Frances Marion Allen the degree Bachelor of Arts and all the rights and privileges thereunto appertaining In witness thereof, this diploma duly signed has been issued and the seal of the University affixed. Issued by the Board of Regents upon recommendation of the faculty at Austin on this the twenty-sixth day of August, A.D., 1929."
Date:
August 26, 1929
Creator:
University of Texas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sheila Emery Allen standing outside with kitty]
Snapshot photograph of a woman, Sheila Emery Allen, holding a long-haired cat. She is standing on grass and a sidewalk and street are visible behind her. There are trees visible in the background and an automobile is parked at the curb at the upper left of the image area. Sideways black text stamped in the white border of the recto right edge reads "JUN 61." Blue ink handwritten inscription across verso top reads "Sheila with 'Kitty' - "
Date:
July 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History