[C.B. and Lilburn Atkinson House Photograph #3]

Photograph of the C.B. and Lilburn Atkinson House, in Georgetown, Texas.
Date: 1944
Creator: Burnham, Nellie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[South San Gabriel River Bridge on U.S. Highway 81]

Photograph of completed South San Gabriel River Bridge, Federal Aid Project 140-B (9) Job 15. U.S. Highway 81 also known as Highway 2 (old designation).
Date: July 9, 1940
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Proposed Warehouse Site U.S. Highway 81 in Georgetown]

Photograph of proposed warehouse site on U.S. Highway 81 at Georgetown. Shows barbed wire fence, man and parked car in right-of-way along highway on the left. Low post with stenciled number 640.
Date: February 16, 1940
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Proposed Warehouse Site U.S. Highway 81 in Georgetown]

Photograph of proposed warehouse site on U.S. Highway 81 at Georgetown. Shows barbed wire fence and two men gazing at the field beyond.
Date: February 16, 1940
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Proposed Warehouse Site U.S. Highway 81 in Georgetown]

Photograph of proposed warehouse site on U.S. Highway 81 at Georgetown. Shows barbed wire fence, men, parked car, and culvert in right-of-way along highway on the right. Billboards in the distance on the other side of the highway.
Date: February 16, 1940
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Proposed Warehouse Site U.S. Highway 81 in Georgetown]

Photograph of proposed warehouse site on U.S. Highway 81 at Georgetown. Shows barbed wire fence and field beyond along right-of-way.
Date: February 16, 1940
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Proposed Warehouse Site U.S. Highway 81 in Georgetown]

Photograph of proposed warehouse site on U.S. Highway 81 at Georgetown. Shows barbed wire fence and sheep in the field beyond along right-of-way.
Date: February 16, 1940
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[U.S,. Highway 81 in Georgetown]

Photograph of U.S. Highway 81 showing defects on military roads, congested traffic in Georgetown. Possibly taken on courthouse square, view of parked cars and various businesses including Hirsh's Drugs, Piggly Wiggly and Neumans Dry Goods.
Date: October 20, 1940
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 679.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Foster's Laundry

Photograph of the employees of Foster's Laundry, located at 301 E. Third Street, Taylor, Texas. Photo taken June 1947. Note delivery truck to the right and small boy in cowboy hat on the left.
Date: June 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

100 Block of Main Street

Photograph of the 100 block of Main Street, Taylor. The First National Bank is featured, with a traffic signal in the street intersection.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

106 W. Third Street

Photograph of 106 W. Third Street, Taylor. This location was the first home of City National Bank, then First State Bank & Trust, then a savings and loan.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

200 Block of North Main

Photograph of the 200 block of north Main, on the east side looking south. There is a clear view of the sidewalk, pedestrians, and cars parked along the street.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7417 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7417

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the State Board of Control have the right to give the State of Texas and Williamson County an easement across State land for the purpose of there being constructed a farm-to-market road?
Date: October 7, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5058 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5058

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Exemption from payment of ad valorem taxes on property acquired by City of Georgetown, Texas for airport purposes.
Date: February 12, 1943
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kids in front of tractor]

Photograph of kids in front of a tractor.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car in front of movie theater]

Photograph of Grand Movie Theater in Granger.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Foster's Laundry with delivery truck]

Photograph of crew of women posing next to a Foster's Laundry truck and metal building.
Date: June 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Band in parade]

Photograph of band in parade in Georgetown. South Avenue "LINDELL PETERSON & CO." on left. MILES BRO'S CLEANERS TAILORS HATTERS on right. Band in center of street with car behind. Crowds on both sides of South Avenue.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men hog butchering in a barrel with wooden wagon]

Photograph of members of the Osuna family, who were sharecroppers on the "Dunlop Place" near Andice, in an early stage of butchering a hog, 1949. After the hog's throat was cut, the carcass was dipped into scalding water to help remove the hair.
Date: 1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men hog butchering on wooden wagon]

Photograph of Pat Osuna (right) butchering a hog at the Dunlop Place. The Osunas were sharecroppers who worked the Dunlop property.
Date: 1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men butchering hog strung up on a wagon]

Photograph of Pat Osuna butchering a hog strung up on a wagon at the Dunlop Place.
Date: 1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man plowing snow with tractor]

Photograph of a 1941 John Deere "H" with V. Kokel in the snow in Walburg. He used the tractor to plow the snow.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oscar A. Ullrich to T. N. Carswell - March 20, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Oscar A. Ullrich to T. N. Carswell - March 20, 1942]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman 24th Senatorial District Drys, from Oscar A. Ullrich, Dean of Faculty, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, dated March 20, 1942. Ullrich advises Carswell of the letter from Carswell to President John W. Bergin having been referred to him and that there are no separate courses offered on the effects of alcohol.
Date: March 20, 1942
Creator: Ullrich, Oscar A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History