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[Children on roller coaster]
Photo of children in roller coaster. Austin, Texas.
Date:
August 4, 1953
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Children on a Roller Coaster at Riverside Amusement Park]
Photograph of nine children sitting on a roller coaster at Riverside Amusement Park. There are 3-4 children in each car, and the roller coaster is three cars in length.
Date:
May 1, 1947
Creator:
Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rouge et Noire
A short story about the banana trade in Central America based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s. This is perhaps the first instance of O. Henry's use of the term "banana republic."
Date:
December 1901
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabbages and Kings
This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s.
Date:
1904
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Directory of Texas Industries from Official Sources
The directory gives listings of businesses categorized by industry (including elected officials). The directory opens with a "Description of the State of Texas" which is a reprint of the report written by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Statistics and History for the Governor of Texas. The index begins on page 429.
Date:
1903
Creator:
Walton & Walton
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History