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Andrew Niels Smith Home
Copy negative of Andrew Niels Smith's home. The two-story square wood building has five visible rectangular windows and a wide porch supported by four square columns. A shrub is planted in front of each column. On the right, a windmill and storage tank can be seen behind the house the home. Agricultural buildings and machinery are visible on the left of the image.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Esther Smith Harton
Copy negative of Esther Smith Harton climbing a windmill. She is holding one of the fans with one hand, while the other rests at her side. She has both of her feet on a single rail. Esther is wearing a plaid, short-sleeved dress with a dark sash tied around her waist and a beaded necklace around her neck. The storage tank on the right of the image is connected to the windmill.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baptism Portrait of Esther Smith Harton
Copy negative of the baptism portrait of Esther Smith Harton. The baby is sitting in a chair covered with a patterned cloth, wearing a long-sleeved gown with lace trim and a lace inset on the chest of the gown. She is wearing a necklace with a charm on it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Esther Smith Harton and Lillie Smith Hiltpold
Copy negative of sisters Esther Smith Harton and Lillie Hiltpold standing in front of Andrew Niels Smith's home. The two girls are wearing tall crowns and costume dresses with a diamond pattern and ragged trim.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Esther Smith and W.S. Harton Wedding
Copy negative of Esther and W.S. Harton's wedding. The couple is standing between their parents in front of the home of Andrew Neills Smith. The bride is wearing a long veil and long-sleeved wedding dress and holding a large bouquet of flowers. The groom is standing to the right of Esther, wearing a suit, tie, and floral pin.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Esther Smith Harton
Copy negative of Esther Smith Harton wearing a swimsuit and standing in the grass in front of a body of water. The swimsuit is a sleeveless one piece that reaches to her mid-thigh. Esther is also wearing a hat and wristwatch.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1911 Holiday Automobile
Copy negative of a 1911 automobile parked outside of Andrew Neils Smith's home, with members of the Smith family sitting inside. The father and mother sit in the front seat, while six children sit in the back. The mother is wearing an apron over a patterned dress, her long sleeves are pushed to her elbows and her hair is parted and pulled back into a bun. The father is sitting slightly behind the woman, wearing a collared shirt, tie, and a brimmed hat.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picking Spring Flowers
Copy negative of four children picking flowers in front of a wood-frame house. The children are sitting in a row, with the youngest baby in the center, the two toddlers on either side of the baby, and two girls on either side of the toddlers. Each child has a pile of flowers in their lap. The two eldest girls are wearing matching plaid dresses, dark collars, and matching bows in their hair. The three other children are wearing light-colored dresses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
R. B. Store with Post Office
Copy negative of the R.B. Department Store and post office, owned by Peter Nieseg. The store is a one-story, white clapboard building with a vehicle parked in the front, surrounded by fields and a wire fence. Carl Harton's home is visible in the background along with a man who is walking across the field.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunday Dinner with the Pastor
Copy negative of a group of church members eating Sunday dinner with their pastor. Four men, three women, and one boy are sitting around a table facing the camera, while one woman is standing over the table holding a coffee pot. All of the members of the group are toasting over the center of the table. The table that the group is sitting around is covered in a white tablecloth, and filled with various foods and eating utensils. The dining room in which the group resides has a checkered tile floor and patterned wallpaper. A window on the right of the room is draped with sheer curtains. Small portraits hang on the walls and a china cabinet stands against the back wall, filled with extra dinnerware.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Danevang Cotton Gin
Copy negative of Carl Harton sitting on top of a bale of cotton in front of Danevang's cotton gin. Carl is wearing a buttoned shirt, pants, and tall boots. Other cotton bales litter the yard in front of the gin.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Confirmation Dresses
Copy negative of four girls standing together in the middle of the road. The four girls have their arms wrapped around each other, wearing white dresses with sashes, stockings, white shoes, and bows in their hair.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carl Harton Family
Copy negative of Carl Harton's family outside of his home. Five men are standing in the row farthest behind the others, wearing collared shirts and ties. The front row consists of three women and one man. The woman on the far right is wearing a collared dress that button down the center, a thin belt, and glasses. The woman second to the left is wearing a striped jacket over a dark skirt. The woman on the right hand side of the image is holding the arm of the man to the left of her, wearing a long-sleeve dress that buttons across the chest.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
W. S. Harton 1923 Model T Ford
Copy negative of Carl and Esther Smith Harton sitting on the front bumper of their 1923 Model T Ford. Esther is sitting and facing Carl on the right. She is wearing a thick overcoat trimmed with fur along the neck and cuffs. Carl is facing the camera, wearing a suit jacket, vest, striped tie and plaid collared shirt. His hands rest in his lap.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Friends in Front of Car
Copy negative of a group of young adults posing in front of an automobile. Four women are standing on the side rail of the automobile, wearing dresses that fall below the knee with long necklaces. Three men are standing on the ground in front of the girls, all wearing jackets, vests, neck ties, and hats. A man with a pipe in his mouth is standing behind the group wearing a vest and long-sleeved shirt.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Children Playing in Flood Water]
Copy negative of Clara and Pearl Juhl sitting on the front porch of their home, dipping their toes in the the flood water that surrounds the porch.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soldiers Homecoming
Copy negative of veterans arriving home after World War I. The twelve men, who are all wearing their uniforms, are walking across a field in rows of two.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Danevang School 1908
Copy negative of the students of Danevang School, posing outside of their school in 1908. The ages of the children range from toddler to teenager. The white clapboard school building with three shuttered windows is visible in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hans T. Rasmussen Family
Copy negative of the Rasmussen Family, taken in a front of a white background. The thirteen family members are standing in a semi-circle around Hans Rasmussen and his wife, Anna Louise. The men are wearing collared, long-sleeved shirts with ties and slacks, while the women are wearing patterned, collared, and short-sleeved dresses with necklaces and curled hair.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WWI Soldiers
Copy negative of three soldiers wearing their World War One uniforms. The long-sleeved uniforms are made of heavy fabric, and button up the chest to the neck. There are two pockets on either side of the row of center buttons. A circular pin is attached to collar of each soldier's uniform.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walter Nielsen in Buggy
Copy negative of Walter Nielsen driving a small buggy pulled by two horses. Walter is wearing a cabby hat and dark peacoat over a light-colored shirt. Two boxcars and brush are visible in the behind the left-facing buggy.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hilma and Jens Peter Petersen
Copy negative of Hans T. Peter Petersen and his wife Hilma, standing outside of their home. Hilma is facing Hans on the right side of the image. She is wearing a short-sleeved floral dress that reaches to her ankles, sandals, and glasses. Hans is wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt, a striped tie, slacks, and a dark belt with a metal buckle. A white, rounded column supported by a square brick base and foliage are visible in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Donald G. Petersen on Tractor
Copy negative of the baby Donald Petersen sitting in the seat of a tractor at Jens Peter Petersen's farm.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dagny Andersen Jensen and Grandmother
Copy negative of a portrait of Dagny Andersen Jensen on the left, and her grandmother Pauline Andersen, on the right. Dagny, age eight, wears a dark-colored dress with a wide collar embroidered with light-colored flowers and a large bow in her hair. Pauline wears a dark-colored dress with several pleats around the collar. Her hair is parted down the center and pulled tightly back into a bun.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History