Booming Mexia in the Roaring 20's (open access)

Booming Mexia in the Roaring 20's

Compilation of articles published during 1955 in The Waco-Times Herald, written by Nanine Simmons about the history of Mexia, Texas and focusing on the oil boom in the 1920s. The author includes a preface regarding the sources of her information and editorial notes for some of the articles to provide more context.
Date: March 1955
Creator: Simmons, Nanine
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lone Star Lodge Anniversary Banquet]

Copy print of a group photo of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) Lone Star Lodge #643 taken during a banquet celebrating their tenth anniversary. There are fifteen men posing in a semi-circle behind a a cake that has a large "10" on top. Other people are partially visible around the outsides of the image. Additional information and identities are printed on the back.
Date: March 24, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Isle, Volume 4, Number 9, March 1951 (open access)

Galveston Isle, Volume 4, Number 9, March 1951

Monthly magazine about Galveston, Texas providing information about people, events, and other news with features regarding entertainment and history in the area.
Date: March 1951
Creator: Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Isle, Volume 3, Number 9, March 1950 (open access)

Galveston Isle, Volume 3, Number 9, March 1950

Monthly magazine about Galveston, Texas providing information about people, events, and other news with features regarding entertainment and history in the area.
Date: March 1950
Creator: Maceo, Sam & Llewellyn, Edwin E.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Notice for John Bennett Herff, March 11, 1959[ (open access)

[Funeral Notice for John Bennett Herff, March 11, 1959[

Funeral notice for Dr. John Bennett Herff, born September 20, 1878 and died March 11, 1959. The funeral was held March 13, 1959 at Ebensberger Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements were made through Porter Loringand and he was buried in Boerne Cemetery.
Date: March 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History