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People at amusement park

Close-up photograph of a crowd of people, including children and adults, at an amusement park concessions area with themed signs visible at left. Popular cola signs can be seen toward the background, above the crowd as well as a portion of a Ferris wheel.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Skull Island

Photograph of two people walking up to the entrance of an amusement area, which has four wooden decorative pillar posts with a metal roof and a long rectangular sign made of bamboo mat with the name "Skull Island." There is a curved, white brick garden wall to the left entrance and a blue-and-white trash bin to the right, as well as trees surrounding the area.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

People at park

Photograph of a walkthrough area of an amusement park with various buildings and street amusements around walkways bordering roped-off green spaces. A crowd of people are gathered around a clown on stilts, at left, while others are passing by or going into an assortment of shops and eateries visible in the background, at right.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Steamboat John J. Welder

Photograph of the steamboat "John J. Welder" on the Guadalupe River, in Victoria, Texas.
Date: October 10, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

General view of shipyard, Victoria, Texas

Photograph of the shipyard at Victoria, Texas. Various kinds of boats, some at rest and some in movement, are pictured. Workers can be seen on the decks.
Date: October 10, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Steamboat and barges docked on the Guadalupe River

Photograph of a steamboat and two barges docked on the Guadalupe River at the shipyard, Victoria, Texas.
Date: October 10, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

J. D. Allnoch

Photograph of a young boy, J. D. Allnoch, standing in a wooded area, holding a bug hunter's net. J. D. Allnoch is the grandson of J. D. Mitchell, an entomologist.
Date: October 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Japanese persimmons

Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a persimmon tree.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy with net] looking for a bug

Photograph of an unnamed boy standing in a wooded area, holding a net, looking for bugs. The boy may be a grandson of J. D. Mitchell, an entomologist.
Date: October 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fielder House

Photograph of the back entrance of the Fielder house. The house has two levels with a balcony. It is surrounded by trees.
Date: October 1978
Creator: West, Carolyn
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Party]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students at a Halloween party outside the school building. One student, a boy, is blindfolded and is pinning a "tail" next to a picture of a witch and black cat. Maxine Watts, the teacher, and another adult woman stand with the other children.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roger Fleming cooking dinner

Photograph of Roger Fleming, a boy, kneeling before an outdoor fire, holding a stick over the fire. A horse and buggy stands behind him. Trees shade the area.
Date: October 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roger Fleming - dinner in the woods

Photograph of Roger Fleming, a boy, sitting in a shaded wooded area. A horse and buggy stand behind him.
Date: October 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Number Three - Swish!

Photograph of a young boy, Carl Allnoch, in a brushy area holding a butterfly net, poised to catch an insect.
Date: October 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Party]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students playing "Pin The Tail On The Witch," at a Halloween party. A girl in a blindfold is standing at the picture of the witch, which is pinned to the wall of a building. An older woman is standing next to her. Several small children watch.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Party]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students at a Halloween party on the porch of the teacherage building. The children are playing a balloon relay.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Party]

Photograph of students at a Halloween party at Lower Valley School. They are standing in front of the school building taking candy from a box.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Children]

Photograph of Vickie, David and Diane Wiederstein with their school satchels. David Wiederstein is holding a puppy.
Date: October 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade Float]

Photograph of the princess float for the CavOILcade Parade. The float consists of a girl, a boy, and a woman wearing a gown, tiara, and sash sitting on a white ramp. They are sitting in front of a structure made of columns with a gold crown shape on the front. In the background, two car floats are following, and there is a crowd of people watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Circle 4 Club Actors]

Photograph of two men identified as John Garner (Cowboy John) and Smiley Burnette. Garner was one of the hosts of The Circle 4 Club, a children's television program in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area of Southeast Texas. Garner is wearing a cowboy hat and bracelet, and Burnette is wearing a hat and bandanna. The television program played on Saturday mornings.
Date: October 2, 1962
Creator: Cricchio Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade Float]

Photograph of a float at the CavOILcade Parade. The float consists of four older boys wearing yellow shirts and black cowboy hats, sitting around a red and yellow bee mascot in the back of a yellow Chevrolet truck. The truck is decorated with red and gold streamers. In the background, there are people watching the float.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade]

Photograph of the princesses float for the CavOILcade Parade. One woman is sitting under an arch at the top of the float, and nineteen other women are sitting on the edges of the float. Other parades floats are behind the princesses float. In the background, there is a crowd of people watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Supervisor H. E. Keller to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/31/1933] (open access)

[Letter from Supervisor H. E. Keller to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/31/1933]

Letter from H. E. Keller, the Supervisor of the Identification Bureau in Houston, Texas to D. E. Walsh, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau in Dallas, Texas thanking him for the photographs he sent from the Urschel Kidnapping case.
Date: October 31, 1933
Creator: Keller, H. E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lincoln High School Cheerleaders]

Photograph of a parade float consisting of a group of Lincoln High School cheerleaders sitting on top of a car at the CavOILcade parade. The girls are wearing yellow cheerleader uniforms, and some have yellow and purple ribbons tied in their hair. The girls are also holding yellow and purple pom-poms in their laps. A small child is standing up through the window of the car. In the background, there is a man dressed as a clown, and a crowd watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History