[Photograph of San Gabriel Flood]

Photograph of debris in a flooded area.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of San Gabriel Flood]

Photograph of a flooded area with a house surrounded by water.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mrs. Irene Pearce & Family

Mrs. Irene Pearce and family pose inside a living room
Date: December 24, 1957
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boy with deer

A smiling Bobby Don Hart holds up antlers of a hunted deer
Date: December 24, 1957
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from E. L. Thronton to Truett Latimer, April 24, 1957] (open access)

[Telegram from E. L. Thronton to Truett Latimer, April 24, 1957]

Telegram sent to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer from department store owner E. L. Thornton urging him to oppose the Sales Limitation Act then under consideration in the legislature.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Thornton, E. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Woods Grocery to Truett Latimer, April 24, 1957] (open access)

[Telegram from Woods Grocery to Truett Latimer, April 24, 1957]

Telegram sent to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer from Woods Grocery in Merkel, Texas, asking him to support HB 25, the Sales Limitation Act.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Woods Grocery
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from the Merkel Village Inn to Truett Latimer, April 24, 1957] (open access)

[Telegram from the Merkel Village Inn to Truett Latimer, April 24, 1957]

Telegram sent to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer from the Village Inn in Merkel, Texas, stating that HB 25, the Sales Limitation Act will help them as a small business.
Date: April 24, 1957
Creator: Merkel Village Inn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Perry, Jr. to Truett Latimer, January 24, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from J. D. Perry, Jr. to Truett Latimer, January 24, 1955]

Letter from J. D. Perry Jr. to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer discussing their shared opposition to a proposed "flexible rating law," and attempts to have a vote on school stadium bonds at the same time as one for classroom bonds.
Date: January 24, 1957
Creator: Perry, J. D., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Whitney C. Rowland to Truett Latimer, January 24, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Whitney C. Rowland to Truett Latimer, January 24, 1957]

Letter from Whitney C. Rowland to Truett Latimer discussing salaries of engineers employed by the state. He writes that some engineers have reached the top of their salary brackets and can not earn any more while the cost of living still rises, putting them in a "price squeeze". Mr. Rowland hopes legislative action can increase their pay.
Date: January 24, 1957
Creator: Rowland, Whitney C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star Catholic (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 30, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 24, 1957 (open access)

The Lone Star Catholic (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 30, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 24, 1957

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes news and information about Catholicism along with advertising.
Date: November 24, 1957
Creator: Francis, Dale
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner, July 24, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner, July 24, 1957]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing the unanswered letters for the duplicate Texas Licenses.
Date: July 24, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History