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[W.M. Neale Home, (Northwest oblique)]

Photograph of the W.M. Neale Home (located at 230 Porter) in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 24, 1972
Creator: Kennedy, Craig
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wagner Home, (Southeast oblique)]

Photograph of the Wagner Home (located at 245 East Saint Charles) in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 24, 1973
Creator: Kennedy, Craig
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wagner Home, (South elevation, Porch detail)]

Photograph of the Wagner Home (located at 245 East Saint Charles) in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 24, 1973
Creator: Kennedy, Craig
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wagner Home, (Southeast elevation)]

Photograph of the Wagner Home (located at 245 East Saint Charles) in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 24, 1973
Creator: Kennedy, Craig
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[S.W. Brooks Residence, (South elevation)]

Photograph of the S.W. Brooks Residence (located at 1305 East Jackson) in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 25, 1972
Creator: Kennedy, Craig
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Southern Pacific Railroad Depot]

Photograph of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (located at Madison Street) in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 25, 1972
Creator: Kennedy, Craig
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Southern Pacific Railroad Depot]

Photograph of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (located at Madison Street) in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 25, 1972
Creator: Kennedy, Craig
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 1, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 1, 1955]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing various business matters. He mentions that money borrowed from the First National City Bank and the Chase Bank is beginning to be paid off. He encloses the net profits of the Cameron County operations for the year 1954, condensed balance sheets for the accounts of H. Kempner and M & P Press, and a schedule of investments that the New York banks had requested. He states that he hopes Kempner continues to enjoy his vacation.
Date: August 1, 1955
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 8, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 8, 1955]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing a check for returned Pullman tickets, cash advances and loans, stocks, and Billy Greves' illness.
Date: August 8, 1955
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Securing Device. (open access)

Handle-Securing Device.

Patent for a new and improved mechanism for simply and easily "securing handles on hoes, mattocks, picks, and other implements of the kind in which the handle has an enlarged end where it passes through and sets in the eye of the tool" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Harvey, Harry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Daniel W. Kempner, August 6, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Daniel W. Kempner, August 6, 1952]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear to Daniel W. Kempner forwarding him some mail he received while out of the office, including a letter from Lyndon B. Johnson.
Date: August 6, 1952
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 18, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 18, 1954]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing borrowing money, the production and sale of cotton, and filing an insurance suit.
Date: August 18, 1954
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to I. H. Kempner and Henrietta L. B. Kempner, August 13, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to I. H. Kempner and Henrietta L. B. Kempner, August 13, 1954]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Isaac H. Kempner and Henrietta L. B. Kempner discussing his recent business trip as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the American Cotton Shippers. He then updates his parents on his personal affairs and about the cotton business. Harris Kempner adds an addition responding to his father's letter regarding Witter & Pearson and discussing the sale and ginning of cotton in Brownsville.
Date: August 13, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Benito Longoria, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 20, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Benito Longoria, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 20, 1962]

Letter from Benito Longoria, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing Longoria's recent illness, that was brought on by excess travel and his time in the hospital. Longoria also discusses the price and demand of cotton.
Date: August 20, 1962
Creator: Longoria, Benito, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Tractors. (open access)

Attachment for Tractors.

Patent for attachments in tractors. "This invention relates to tractors and has for its object the provision of means where by when the front axle and wheels of the tractor rise caused by rearing of the tractor, the clutch will be automatically disconnected and remain so until the front wheels of the tractor descend again into engagement with the ground. An important and more specific object is the provision in a tractor of a front axle formed n sections pivotally connected, one section being connected by suitable means with the clutch mechanism and the wheels serving as weights whereby when the tractor rears back and the front wheels leave the ground the axle sections will move relatively and exert a pull upon the means connected with the clutch whereby the clutch will be thrown out."
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Cholick, Joseph John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. & Mrs. Don Allen, August 3, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. & Mrs. Don Allen, August 3, 1957]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. and Mr. Don Allen thanking them for their invitation and declining to attend.
Date: August 3, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 8, 1955, Copy 2] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 8, 1955, Copy 2]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing a check for returned Pullman tickets, cash advances and loans, stocks, and Billy Greves' illness.
Date: August 8, 1955
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shackle (open access)

Buggy-Shackle

Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Perry, Charles Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History