[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1934-1949] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1934-1949]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1934-07-11/1949-12
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Woman]

Photograph of an unidentified woman in a dark-colored dress. She wears a necklace with long, oval beads, and faces forward.
Date: 1932?
Creator: Sanders
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Irving Langdon Reese]

Photograph of Irving Langdon Reese (1930–1997), aged one year, on Easter 1931. He wears a white gown and sits on a table next to to a hat and several stuffed Easter bunnies at left. This photograph is addressed to Mary Ann Sonntag.
Date: April 5, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Strikers, 1935]

Photograph of strikers of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), 1935. The workers, mostly women but including some boys and men, are arranged in four rows in a mostly-empty room. Those seated or kneeling do so on fabrics placed on the wooden floor. A sole lightbulb hangs from above.
Date: 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Robert Parker Kelly, Jr., Riding a Pony]

Photograph of Robert "Bobby" Parker Kelly, Jr. (1931–2007), grandson of Bettie Parker Kelly, riding a pony..He wears a hat, a vest, and long chaps with a star and the numbers "2001" on them. The pony stands on the curb of a street, with a sidewalk, a house, and its lawn in the background behind Robert, who is smiling.
Date: July 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Woman Gazing at a Flower]

Photograph of an unknown woman in profile, holding a flower raised in her left hand. She wears a dark-colored dress and gazes at the flower.
Date: 1932?
Creator: Sanders
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1931 Baylor University Basketball Team]

Photograph of a Baylor University basketball team. The players are arranged in two rows on a set of bleachers, with a male at center holding a basketball painted with the year "1931" on it. The team's coach, Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow, is seated rightmost along the bottom row, wearing a dark-colored coat with two fountain pens in his pocket.
Date: 1931~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Mary Louise Pardee Thornton]

Photograph of Mary Louise Pardee Thornton, longtime registrar at I. M. Terrell High School. She wears a light-colored dress with bead necklaces and faces the left.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City Dye Works of Bonham, Exterior]

Photograph of the exterior of City Dye Works. Cars are parked along the front curb of the building, and Bob Cline, at right, stands to a car. A business named The Barbecue Pit, offering sandwiches, beef (10¢), and ham (15¢) is also in the same building. A beauty shop occupies the right half of the building.
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of May Pearl Hollie McDonald]

Photograph of May Pearl Hollie McDonald (1916–1995). She wears a coat with a fur collar and a high-collared shirt, looking to the right and smiling. This photo has been hand-colored and may have been taken by Emma Woodward, spouse of Walter Woodard.
Date: 1935~/1940~
Creator: Woodard, Emma
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officials of Midland County, Sworn In 1931]

Photograph of Midland County officials sworn in on January 1, 1931, standing together in a courtroom posing with their right hands raised. From left to right, the officials are: M. R. Hill, county judge; Charles L. Klapproth, district judge; Mrs. Nettye (Charles) Romer, district clerk; R. D. Lee, constable, precinct 1; Mary L. Quinn, county treasurer; R. T. Bucy, county surveyor; Susie Graves Noble, county clerk; B. C. Girdley, justice of the peace; Lee P. Boone, district court reporter; T. D. Kimbrough, county attorney; D. L. Hutt, commissioner, precinct 3; Neal D. Staton, tax assessor; A. C. Francis, sheriff and tax collector; L. M. Estes, commissioner, precinct 2; Holly E. Roberts, commissioner, precinct 4; and H. G. Bedford, commissioner, precinct 1.
Date: January 1, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men's Sunday School at the Midland County Courthouse]

Photograph of a Sunday School class in front of the Art Deco facade of the Midland County Courthouse. Most wear hats, and a handful of women stand in the right corner along a man in a wheelchair. A man holding a baby, in the second row, fifth from right, is Troy Eiland, holding Bethel Eiland. The class's teacher was Paul T. Vickers, and its president Harry L. Haight, and they met in the Scharbauer Hotel Ballroom on the southeast corner of Loraine and Wall Street.
Date: July 1934
Creator: Lackey, Clint
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cactus Hotel Interior, Grand Opening]

Photograph of the Cactus Cafe interior during its grand opening in 1937. Eddie and Calvin E. Trammell, owners of the cafe, stand second and third from left behind a long counter lined with chairs where Eddie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Handy, are seated. Other people, unidentified, stand next to Trammell in between rows of dining tables. A shelf of items is at the left corner, and lamps hang from the ceiling.
Date: 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Friday's Boot Shop, Midland]

Photograph of the interior of Friday's Boot Shop in Midland, which has shelves and display cabinets lined with boots and boot accessories. Straps of leather hang from the walls, and a shoe shine chair is placed along the right wall with brushes and polishes along the bottom of the seat. Several men stand along the back wall and most are identified on the back of the photograph: from left to right, George Friday, Hardie Friday, unknown worker, Bob Lee, Oswald Friday, Early Kinsey, Fred Jones, Dick Jones, and Clint Jefferson.
Date: [1938..1939]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Thomas Building, 1930]

Photograph of the Thomas Building, a six-story brick building, on Lorraine Street in Midland. Patterson's Pharmacy occupies the ground floor of the building with large display windows, a sign above the door, and an awning over the sidewalk, along which are parked cars. The structure, built by Dr. John B. Thomas in 1926, included floors for medical offices, an operating theater, and a hospital, with remaining space available for oil company offices.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Midland Fair Race Meet, 1935] (open access)

[Program: Midland Fair Race Meet, 1935]

Program for the eight horse races held at the end of the Midland Fair in 1935, listing the officials and betting information along with details for each of the races, including the purse amount, length, and other stipulations followed by the participating horses by gate number (name, owner, trainer, jockey, weight, and ticket number).
Date: 1935
Creator: Hill & Hill
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Woman in Front of McDonald House]

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing on the front steps of William Madison McDonald's home in Fort Worth, Texas. Behind her is the front entrance of a large, two-storied house.
Date: 1937~/1941~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[May Pearl McDonald in Front of McDonald Home]

Photograph of May Pearl McDonald standing on the front steps of William Madison McDonald's home in Fort Worth, Texas. Behind her is the front entrance of a large, two-storied house.
Date: 1937~/1941~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[May Pearl McDonald and Martha Hollie]

Photograph of May Pearl McDonald (left) and possibly her mother, Martha Hollie (right) standing in the side yard of William Madison McDonald's house in Fort Worth, Texas. They pose together next to a pile of stones and a bush planted along the side of the house.
Date: 1937~/1941~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[H. L. Rodgers Company Men's Store, Bonham]

Photograph of the interior of the H. L. Rodgers Compant men's store, located on the west side of the public square in Bonham. Standing in the store, from left to right, are Edwin Agnew, Robert S. Rogers (brother of Hugh, 1874–1944), Dwight Hackley (1890–1973), Claude Leatherwood (1892–1965), and Hugh L. Rogers (1873–1943). Mirrors are placed along the wall at left, and clothing is on display in glass cabinets along the right walls. A spittoon is placed in front of a table at center, and a tall tin ceiling hangs above. Stairs are at the very back of the building.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir Photographs of Texas-Oklahoma Span War (open access)

Souvenir Photographs of Texas-Oklahoma Span War

Series of photographs with text labels documenting the 9-day "war" between Texas and Oklahoma around the Red River in 1931, including the closure and later re-opening of the bridge at I-75 and the destruction of the road leading to the toll bridge.
Date: 1931~
Creator: Kelley Studio
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Rose Garden with Pool #1]

Photograph of the Lower Rose Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At center is the "rose ramp", a wide rectangular set rose arrangements bordered with short hedges and lined with concrete steps along both sides. Above the "rose ramp" are a set of stairs leading to a raised platform containing a wide pavilion containing square colonnades on both ends of the structure and a trapezoidal roof. Below the "rose ramp" is the lower portion of the rose garden, which contains polygonal beds of roses and metal arches arranged in squares. Along the bottom of the image is the rose garden's small lake, lined with grass and trees. The pavilion, the rose ramp, and the flower arches are visible in the water's reflection.
Date: [1934..1940]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elliot Cowden in His Buick]

Photograph of Elliot Cowden in his covered 1928 Buick, parked in front of his home on C Street and Texas Avenue. The house he is parked with is a brick, two-story building with two chimneys, a curved brick wall in front of the entrance, and trees in the yard.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1934 Rockwall First Baptist Congregation]

Photograph of a congregation of the Rockwall First Baptist Church in 1934, gathered together in dozens atop a large field in front of suburban homes. Several cars are parked behind the crowd of people, especially at left. Children are seated along the front of the crowd. A note on the back indicates the type of gathering ("Open-Air church mtg"), and the church's pastor at the time, E. K. Daugherty.
Date: 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History