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[Photograph of a blonde toddler]
Photograph of a blond toddler dressed in light colored slacks, double breasted coat, and golf cap. The youngster is standing outdoors with shrubs and a white house in background. Written on back of photograph in blue ink: "R. A Rosberough H G McKiy (?) Co Brownsville Tex". Also written on back in pencil: 1 Box 38 special (?) [check mark ] X".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maximum daily temperatures for the last half of July, 1913
Compares the temperatures for July 16-31, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, Topeka, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Brownsville, Texas as taken from the Government Climatological Summary.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Girls at the Beach]
Photograph of two girls walking on the beach, probably near Port Isabel.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maximum daily temperatures for the first half of July, 1913
Compares the temperatures for July 1-15, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, Topeka, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Brownsville, Texas as taken from the Government Climatological Summary.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sharyland party at Shary Yacht Club - Port Isabel, Lower Rio Grande Valley of Tex.
Excursion party posing in front of the Shary Yacht club
Date:
October 14, 1931
Creator:
Gardner, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Brownsville Area, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Brownsville Area, Texas.
Date:
August 22, 1908
Creator:
Mangum, A. W. & Lee, Ora
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Cameron County, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Cameron County, Texas.
Date:
1941
Creator:
Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Hendrickson, B. H. (Bertram Higbie)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Brownsville sheet
Map displays soil types along with canals, lakes, rivers, swamps, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
August 22, 1908
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Cameron County sheet
Map displays soil types along with arroyos, lakes, rivers, ranches, plantations, pumping plants, towns, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date:
1941
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago
Handwritten ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases, which include shoes, clothing, ham, rice, herring, raisins, claret, beef, Madeira, sugar, coffee, castor oil, and other products along with their prices.
Date:
February 24, 1849
Creator:
R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
R.H. Leetch & Bros. Cash Book, Brazos Santiago
Handwritten cash ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases.
Date:
February 24, 1849
Creator:
R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by John Seward, Copy #4]
Copy of a legal statement by John H. Seward in New Orleans regarding his ownership of sixty-seven bales of cotton that were seized by the United States Army in Brownsville, Texas.
Date:
August 1, 1865
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by John Seward, Copy #3]
Copy of a legal statement by John H. Seward in New Orleans regarding his ownership of sixty-seven bales of cotton that were seized by the United States Army in Brownsville, Texas.
Date:
August 1, 1865
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by John Seward, Copy #2]
Copy of a legal statement by John H. Seward in New Orleans regarding his ownership of sixty-seven bales of cotton that were seized by the United States Army in Brownsville, Texas.
Date:
August 1, 1865
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by John Seward, Copy #1]
Copy of a legal statement by John H. Seward in New Orleans regarding his ownership of sixty-seven bales of cotton that were seized by the United States Army in Brownsville, Texas. This copy has colored text.
Date:
August 1, 1865
Creator:
Steniger, Charles
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper's Weekly: Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Texas]
Color sketch of Elizabeth Street in Brownsville, Texas, printed from a photograph in an issue of Harper's Weekly. There are buildings lining the street, but no signs are visible. The street is filled with covered wagons and people (including soldiers in uniform).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Brownsville, Texas, Occupied by the Army under General Banks, November 1863", in Frank Leslie's, "The Soldier In Our Civil War" (1893)
Engraved print of supplies stacked on wharf at Brownsville, Texas
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calf Roping
Cowboy Drifter B throws a rope around a running calf during his first Junior Roping at the Santa Rosa Roundup.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
James Cathey
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bandera Americana. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 15, 1852
Weekly newspaper from Brownsville, Texas/Matamoros, Mexico area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising. This issue is published in English with verso in Spanish under the title "Bandera Americana."
Date:
May 15, 1852
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child in Bed Eating Meal; Nurses Preparing Meal Trays
Copy photograph of two images. In the top image a polio patient sits up in bed eating from a tray. She is smiling at the camera. In the bottom image two nurses prepare plates of food. A man can be seen in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nurse
Copy photograph of two images of polio unit nurses. In the top image a nurse poses with her right hand on her hip. She is reaching for something in a closet behind her. In the bottom image, a nurse sits at a desk. In the background is a refrigerator.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Children at Polio Unit Eating; Children at Polio Unit Napping
Copy photograph of two images of children in a polio unit. In the top image several children lie on blankets on the floor. The child in the foreground is looking at the camera. In the bottom image six children sit at tables eating. A nurse stands behind one of the children.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child in High Chair
Copy negative of a child in a high chair at the Polio Unit in Harlingen, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nurses and Polio Victims on Stretcher
Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of nurse Ella Denton at the Polio Unit in Harlingen, Texas. The second picture is of nurses Olivia and Nettie Carlson with polio victims on a stretcher outside a building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History