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Phoenix Lake Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1954
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lake Charles

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1952
Creator: United States. Army.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: News briefs -- storm] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs -- storm]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of storms over Parker County, including destructive hail and a small tornado damaging roofs and cars in towns around the county. No one was injured in the storms.
Date: April 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Orange Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Toomey Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1954
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Work Order and Invoice for Otis Elevator Company, 1955] (open access)

[Work Order and Invoice for Otis Elevator Company, 1955]

Service order detailing a request for an elevator to be removed from a residence in Louisiana and re-installed in the Kempner residence in Galveston, along with the notes and estimated cost of $2,954.00, which is marked paid with a Kempner stamp dated October 10, 1955.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Otis Elevator Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to A. W. Noland, June 30, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to A. W. Noland, June 30, 1955]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to A. W. Noland discussing installation of elevator at D. W. Kempner residence after removing it from W. P. Weber residence. Includes the order letter with instructions for the same.
Date: June 30, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cost of Elevator Installation] (open access)

[Cost of Elevator Installation]

Ledger itemizing the cost of installing an elevator at the residence of Mr. D. W. Kempner, totaling $969,087.
Date: November 30, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to A. W. Noland, June 30, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to A. W. Noland, June 30, 1955]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to A. W. Noland accepting an offer for sale of an Otis Personal Service Elevator and detailing terms of payment. The elevator will be removed from the W. P. Weber residence and installed in the D. W. Kempner residence in Galveston, Texas, by the Otis Elevator Company.
Date: June 30, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History