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[Car with a Flat Tire]

Photograph of a couple standing by a car. The man at the front of a picture is holding a car jack, attempting to fix a flat tire. The caption on the back reads "Bob got a puncture in route to Galveston from Austin 7/17/13 just before arriving at Giddings."
Date: July 17, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis Heights, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. The road is dirt and is surrounded by trees; no houses are visible.
Date: July 16, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, July 16, 1912]

Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter telling him of a recent fire they had "the 11th and one Sunday morning at 3 a.m." The photograph shows a devastated building with a caption that reads: "Great Fendrich Fire Ruins Main St. Looking West from 2nd St. Evansville, Indiana." The building in the center is almost completely destroyed while the one to its left has most of its walls still standing though its roof is gone.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Johnston, W. B.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Selden Mooney to Henry Clay, Jr., July 30, 1917] (open access)

[Telegram from Selden Mooney to Henry Clay, Jr., July 30, 1917]

A telegram from Selden Mooney to Henry Clay, Jr. with orders to report in the morning so that he can leave with the group going to New York.
Date: July 30, 1917
Creator: Mooney, Selden
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Henry W. Woodward to George Pendexter, July, 1912]

Postcard from Henry Woodward to George Pendexter describing the fire engine in the picture on the back. The photo shows a fire engine with a water hose wound up in the center and another one pointed in the air. The men of the Winchester Park Fire Station are sitting on the truck, two in the front, and five in the back.
Date: July 13, 1912
Creator: Woodward, Henry W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Bernard Shannahan to George Pendexter, July 7, 1912]

Postcard from B. Shannahan to George Pendexter with a photograph showing a firemen convention in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The photograph shows a horse-drawn fire wagon racing down a street with a large crowd of people lined up on the sidewalk watching the action; some of the firemen on the wagon are working with the large hose loaded in the back.
Date: July 5, 1912
Creator: Shannohan, Bernard
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, July 24, 1912]

Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter mentioning a recent fire that took place by a drug store and restaurant; Johnston says this took place "across the street from the Parker fire" that he had sent a card of in the past. The photograph shows the ruins of a building in Bellevue, Michigan after having been destroyed by a fire in December 1911; the only thing left is a pile of rubble and dirt.
Date: July 24, 1912
Creator: Johnston, W. B.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Riverside Drive, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through Riverside Drive, Austin. A rocky hillside is at the right.
Date: July 10, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis Heights, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. The area is heavily shaded by nearby trees.
Date: July 16, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis Heights, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. There are trees and shrubs on either side of the dirt road; no houses are visible.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Showing the Fire Station No. 1 in Fort Wayne, Indiana]

Postcard to George Pendexter with a picture showing fire station number 1 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In front of the station there is a large machine used to fight fires being pulled by two horses; four men are sitting on top of the machine.
Date: July 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History