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Overland Car

Cropped copy-photograph of an Overland Car Company vehicle in a pasture in San Patricio County, TX. The car is an older model vehicle with a fabric, retractable top. Several houses are shown in the background behind the car. Two women are seated in the vehicle's back seat. One of the women has a child on her lap. A man is seated in the front, passenger seat. No one is seated in the driver's seat.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family on Outing

Cropped copy-photograph of an a family on an outing in San Patricio County, TX. The family is shown around an older, black car. He is standing with his hands leaning on the passenger-side door to the car. A young girl is standing on the foot board along the car's side. She is holding on to the brace supporting the fabric car top. A woman with a child on her lap is shown in the back seat of the car. Several buildings are slightly visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family in Velie Brand Automobile

Cropped copy-photograph of a family in a car. According to accompanying information, the car is a Velie. A man wearing a white hat is seated in the driver's seat. A woman in a white dress, with her arm around a child, is seated in the seat behind him. Two other people, of unknown gender and age are seated in the front and back passenger side of the car.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Waldo E. Haisley

Cropped copy-photograph of a man identified as Waldo E. Haisley, holding his horse. He is holding the horse with his right hand. In his left hand, he is supporting a shotgun. He is dressed in a dark suit and tie. The area around him appears to be a desert with cacti and other desert foliage. A small cart is attached to the horse from behind.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Waldo E. Haisley and Dave Odem

Cropped copy-photograph of two men identified as, from left to right, Waldo E. Haisley and Dave Odem. Both men are wearing suits and hats. They are standing in front of a wooden building with two windows. Mr. Haisley has both hands in his pockets. Mr. Odem has his right hand in his pocket and is holding his coat with his left. Accompanying information identifies Mr. Haisley as the mayor of Sinton, TX and Mr. Odem as the sheriff of Patricio County, TX. Mr. Odem has a pocket watch chain hanging from his vest pocket.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Crops at Bell Farm

Cropped copy-photograph of a field near Portland, TX. An unidentified large-leaf crop is planted in a section around several wooden barn buildings.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Workers Clearing the Land for Progress

Cropped copy-photograph of a field near Portland, TX. The field appears to be still filled with wild grasses and plants. Accompanying information states that the land is scheduled to be cleared for farming. A group of seven people is standing on a small hill in the middle of the field. All seven are wearing hats.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ingleside Bay

Cropped copy-photograph of Ingleside Bay near Ingleside, TX. A plant covered shore is shown in the background. In the middle of the shore is a small house. A boathouse with an extended dock is below the house on the edge of the water. A car is parked on the shore to the left. A sailboat is tied to the left of the dock. It appears unoccupied. Four people are are in a small rowboat to the right of the dock.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chiles Food Store and Post Office

Cropped copy-photograph of Chiles Food Store, Post Office, and Gas Station in Portland, Texas. Three stores are pictured in one building and several gas pumps are in front of the stores. The three signs read, "Texas Star Oil Co.," "U.S. Post Office," and "Food Store." Two people are standing in front of the oil company store.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portland Train Depot

Cropped copy-photograph of the train depot in Portland, TX. The depot is a long, wooden building with a high roof. Several chimneys are shown protruding from the roof. A large pole is shown in front of the depot. A group of men and women is standing in front of the depot by the railroad tracks. Several pieces of luggage are piled near the group of people.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Merchandise and Drug Store

Cropped copy-photograph of the C. H. McGary General Merchandise Store in Portland, TX. The Portland Drug Store is connected to the General Store. Lettering on the side of the stores identifies them. The front of the stores is a covered porch area. The area around the stores is undeveloped land. A railroad runs in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Old Custer House

Cropped copy-photograph of the Old Custer House at the corner of Houston and 5th Streets in Portland, TX. The house is a tall, two story building with a covered porch. The top of the porch is a balcony for the second story. Several power poles run by the house. A tall Texaco sign is in the foreground. In front of it, a man in a white jump suit is standing on the seat of a motorcycle. Something illegible is written on the man's back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Baptist Church

Cropped copy-photograph of the First Baptist Church in Portland, TX. The church is a very plain, white building. A small covered entrance is at the front of the building. Several trees obstruct the view of the length of the church. Several piles of wood are shown behind the church, next to another white building. Several houses line the street beyond the church. A street lamp pole is in front of the entrance.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

R. A. Jacoway House

Cropped copy-photograph of a house identified as the R. A. Jacoway house in Portland, TX. The home is located in the middle of a large, grass field. The house is a plain, white building with windows on all sides. Several other houses are shown to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carroll House

Cropped copy-photograph of a house identified as the Carroll House in Portland, TX. A woman is standing in a fenced yard surrounded by four young children. A large group of chickens is feeding in the yard in front of the children and woman. Another person is seated by the house. The house is a dark, wooden structure with white trim.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Overturned Truck

Cropped copy-photograph of an overturned commercial truck in Portland, TX. Accompanying information identifies the accident site as the corner of Fifth Avenue and Railroad. The truck's load is covered in a dark tarp. Two men are standing next to a car on the left of the wreck. A building with a Pepsi advertisement is shown behind the wreck.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kate Cole House

Cropped copy-photograph of a house in Portland, Texas, identified as that of Kate Cole. The house is a single-story white structure with a chimney on the left side. Another house is just to the right. An empty street runs in front of the houses and short picket fence runs from the side of the Cole house to the left edge of the image. According to accompanying information the home is located at 715 Houston Street.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior View of House]

Cropped copy-photograph of an exterior view of a house. The metal house has a door in the center-front with windows on each side. On the left side of the house, there is another door and a gas meter. In the background, there is a similar-shaped house.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group Portrait by Portland's Cafe

Cropped copy-photograph of a group of young people around a car in Portland, TX. The car is parked in front of a building and sign labeled as "Portland's Cafe." A total of sixteen people are shown.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Picture of Wilson Jacoway

Cropped copy-photograph of a man identified as Wilson Jacoway in Portland, TX. He is wearing slacks, a shirt, and a tie. His left hand is in his pocket and his right arm he is leaning against a porch pole with his right forearm. He is standing in front of a house with a window on the left and a screen door to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Venetian Grill

Cropped copy-photograph of the exterior of the Venetian Grill in Portland, TX. The grill is a long building with many windows lining the front. A door is also shown. All the windows are covered in boards in preparation for a coming storm. A sign on top of the building reads, "Eat."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lillie and Lizzie Cole Home

Cropped copy-photograph of the exterior of the Lillie B. and Lizzie Cole Home in Portland, TX. The home is a two-story, white structure. A long fence runs in front of the side shown. A door is on the first level between two windows. A small balcony is supported above the door. Another door opens onto the second-level balcony.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Quinta Mansion

Cropped copy-photograph of an area identified as the La Quinta Mansion near Portland, TX. A large two-story house is shown on the far right of the image. Farther back, beyond this house is another building with tower on its left. A group of four men and women are standing in front of a vehicle in the foreground. Another man wearing a hat is still seated in the car The car is parked on a dirt road leading to the large house on the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Exterior of Cole Home

Cropped copy-photograph of a house is Portland, TX identified as the Cole home. The house is a white, two-story structure. There are several balconies shown on the second floor. Both sides shown on the ground level have two windows and a door. A picket fence surrounds the entire building. A street and field run in front of the house.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History