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Concentrations 25: Harry Geffert, Bronze Allegories [Photograph DMA_1336-04]

Photograph of the exhibition "Concentrations 25: Harry Geffert, Bronze Allegories," November 23, 1990–January 20, 1991, held at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Date: 1900
Creator: Dallas Museum of Art
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flood Waters, Katy Crossing at Turtle Creek]

Matted photograph of flood waters at the Katy [Railroad] crossing at Turtle Creek.
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Site of Turtle Creek Pumping Station]

Photograph of flood Waters at Oak Lawn and Alamo, the site of Turtle Creek Pumping Station.
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

(Site of Turtle Creek Pumping Station)

Matted photograph of flood Waters at Oak Lawn and Alamo, the site of the Turtle Creek Pumping Station.
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trinity River Flood Waters From Train Track]

Photograph of Trinity River flood waters as seen from a train track. Beyond the train tracks, which appear on the left, are flood waters and trees. The photograph is inside a decorative black matte.
Date: 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Turtle Creek Pumping Station]

Photograph of the Turtle Creek Pumping Station. The photograph, which is inside a white decorative matte, is washed out. A handwritten note on the back reads: "[Trinity River] Flood waters 1908 (May) old Turtle Creek pumping station in back ground."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trinity River Flood Waters From Train Track]

Photograph of Trinity River flood waters from a train track near Alamo Street. Trees are visible in the background, behind the flooding.
Date: 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boat on Trinity River Flood Waters]

Photograph of a boat on Trinity River flood waters. Handwritten note on back: "May 1908 flood waters ship crossing between Dallas and Oak Cliff."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flood Water in Turtle Creek Pumping Station]

Photograph of flood water inside Turtle Creek Pumping Station. Handwritten note on back: "1908 flood waters in old Turtle Creek Pumping Station water seceding."
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train In Flood Waters]

Photograph of the Trinity River flood waters. In the photograph, a train is surrounded by water.
Date: May 1908
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Texas-Colorado Limited" in West Dallas]

Photograph of Texas and Pacific Railway's "Texas-Colorado Limited" train No. 24 eastbound, in West Dallas, around 1907. This ancient consist, comprising seven cars, is all of wood construction.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Finis Ewing Allen Family and Residence, Richardson, Texas

Large, two-story wood clad residence with wrap-around roofed porch. The center section of the porch has a balcony porch on the 2nd floor. Two benches are visible on the porch; the foundation is skirted with brick; the porch steps are concrete. A small pied horse is standing in front of the porch. Four people are on the porch, a man standing, a boy standing, a man seated, and a woman standing partially behind him. Left to right: ALLEN, Robert Clint. Born Feb 1893. ALLEN, Cecil Butler. Born Sept 1899. ALLEN, Finis Ewing. Born 21 Apr 1857, Pettis Co MO; died 6 Jan 1918, Richardson TX. Allen, Lelia Ashby Butler. Born May 1862 KY. Robert Clint Allen, standing, wearing coat and hat;
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jerry and Della Story

Jerry and Della Story. When the post office moved from the Kit community to the town of Irving in 1904, Jerry Story served as temporary postmaster.
Date: 1904
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hawks Chapel Methodist Church

The Union Bower community was settled during the 1880s. It was located about north and east of the town site of Irving, which was founded in 1903. The Reverend W. E. Hawks of Dallas, who had been preaching in the Union Bower area since 1887, directed the building of a church in the community. In 1907, Hawks Chapel Methodist Church opened. In this photo, members of the congregation pose in front of the church.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

William Smith Home in Union Bower

William Smith, area pioneer, built this house in the Union Bower community in 1888. It stood along what would become Maryland Street in Irving until it was torn down in the 1980s. Seen in this 1906 photo are L. G. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hood, Mrs. Mattie Smith, Bert Smith, Mrs. Jennie Smith, William Hood, and Frank and Charlie Voirin.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Railroad Survey Crew Poses on Bridge Across Creek, c. 1902

Members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway survey crew pose on a bridge across a creek. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the crew members remained in the area and founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Railroad Survey Crew in Camp, c. 1902

Members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway survey crew pose for a picture in their camp, c. 1902. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the members remained behind and founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

J. O. and Agnes Schulze, c. 1904

J. O. Schulze and his wife Agnes Sueppel Schulze in the doorway of their home, c. 1904. J. O. Schulze co-foundef the city of Irving, Texas, in 1903. He married Agnes Sueppel during that same year. Both were natives of Iowa City, Iowa. Due to Agnes's poor health, the couple left Irving and returned to Iowa City in 1905. The man in the center of the doorway is unidentified.
Date: 1904~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

J. O. Schulze at Desk in Tent, c. 1902

J. O. Schulze, head of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway survey crew, at work in his field tent, c. 1902. The survey crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Schulze and fellow crew member Otis Brown remained in the area and founded the town of Irving along the tracks between Dallas and Fort Worth in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Gene Lawler

Photograph of a portrait of a man identified as Gene Lawler. He is standing in right side-view with his face looking away from the camera and his hands behind his back. He is standing to the right of a tree. In the background, there is a wooden fence and buildings. Lawler was born on October 4, 1886, and died December 11, 1970.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Christopher and Martha Huffhines Home

Photograph of a front-exterior view of the Christopher and Martha Huffhines home. The wooden house is two-stories tall with an awning covering the width of the house. Standing on the steps is a woman and baby identified as Ophelia Huffhines Chick and baby Amy. In the foreground, there is a wooden fence. Amy married Jack D. Rutledge in 1926, and died in June 2005 at 101 years old.
Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Zionist Convention]

Photograph of the Texas Zionist Association Convention at the Shearith Israel Congregation in Dallas, Texas. There are men and women in suits and dresses seated outside the synagogue. There is a Star of David above the doorway of the synagogue with a Hebrew word that translates to "Zion" as well as American and Zionist flags hanging from the building. From left to right, the known members seated in the front row are: Moses Shanblum (fourth from left), Joe Jacobs (fifth from the right), William Goldstein, Israel N. Mehl (with his two children).
Date: 1908
Creator: Roesslor & Fineau Photography Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 823-12]

Photograph of a historic property located at 100 N Dallas in Lancaster, Texas.
Date: September 8, 1902
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Emery's students at Cumberland Hill School]

Photograph of elementary aged students arranged in three rows on steps in front of a building. The male students wear white button-down shirts and either black pants or light breeches with dark socks pulled above the knee. The female students wear smock dressed with large square collars. All of the students have short hair, with most of the girls having short bobs with straight bangs. The photograph is mounted to black cardstock.
Date: [1900..1919]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History