[Isaacson Cotton Gin Company, El Campo, Texas]

Black and white photograph of a building known as the Isaacson Gin Company, where cotton is processed. The building is made of wood and has several different sections to it. The yard just outside the company is teeming with horse-drawn or animal-drawn wagons. Each wagon is filled with cotton; some of them are covered with a tarp. In the distance, several houses are visible, as are dirt roads that lead to and from the company yard.
Date: September 16, 1916
Creator: El Campo Studio Photo
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Otto and Agnes Hansen]

Black and white photograph of a husband and wife, identified as Otto and Agnes Jensen, standing on the lawn of a white two-story building that is partially visible behind them. Otto is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and tie with dark pants. Agnes is wearing glasses and a dark, patterned dress.
Date: September 1949
Creator: The Fox Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mother and Young Daughter Standing on a Lawn Outside of a House]

Black and white photograph of a mother, Margie Buss Hansen, and her daughter, Gloria Jean Hansen, standing on the lawn outside of a house with a covered porch that is visible behind them. Margie is wearing glasses and a dress with asymmetrical buttons descending down the bodice. She is touching Gloria Jean's hair. Gloria, who is wearing a white dress, is standing to her mother's right and is leaning on her.
Date: September 1949
Creator: The Fox Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Allenson Family]

Black and white photograph of a family standing outdoors. The members include a mother, a father, and their two children; an unidentified man is also standing with them. On the far left is Kristine Allenson, wife to John Allenson. Their children, Clifford and Leo, are both standing in front of the adults and looking downward. The younger child is standing in front of his mother while his older sibling is seated on a tricycle.
Date: September 1929
Creator: Newton, Carl D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

John, Kristine and Leo Allenson

Black and white photograph of a family posed outdoors for a portrait in the yard of a house. The husband, John Allenson, is standing with one hand in his pants pocket and his other hand on the chair that his wife, Kristine Allenson, is seated in. On her lap she is holding their son, Leo Allenson; he looks to be toddler aged. They are situated next to a small tree that is visible to the right of them. The wooden siding of the house is also visible to their left.
Date: September 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cotton Statement

Photograph of a document that records the sale of three cotton bales from J. O. Olson to Webb Holloway & Co. for a total of $72.57.
Date: September 17, 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History