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[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease] (open access)

[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase by E.M. Pease of a slave named Tim or Tom.
Date: September 1, 1849
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People] (open access)

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.
Date: January 1, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Benno Goldbeck]

Photograph of Benno Goldbeck, who is sitting and wearing a suit. The text on the back reads, "Benno Goldbeck born 19th January 1856 taken 1st of May 1895. to his friend Max Lungkwitz". He was the son of Theodor Georg Ludwig Goldbeck and Bianca Nohl.
Date: May 1, 1895
Creator: Hillyer, H. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Federal Building in Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of a three-story federal building in Abilene, Texas. A man, a wagon, and power lines are visible outside of the building. An American flag flies from the roof of the building.
Date: January 1, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children's Day Parade Boulevard, Galveston

Photograph of Children Day Parade at Galveston. The parade is made up of girls with baby carriages. Crowds of adults are on the sidewalks on either side of the parade route. The ocean is visible in the background.
Date: August 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children's Parade, Galveston

Photograph of a Children's Day Parade at Galveston. The parade is made up of girls with baby carriages. Adults are on the sidewalk and the ocean is visible in the background.
Date: August 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in a Car on Riverside Drive, Austin]

Photograph of a man driving a car on Riverside Drive in Austin. A logo on the side of the car reads "Henderson."
Date: December 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Riverside Drive, Austin

Photograph of a man driving an automobile on Riverside Drive in Austin. The Texas Capitol and other buildings are visible in the background.
Date: December 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease, a former slave.
Date: January 1, 1916
Creator: Pease, Dave
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Austin Takes Municipal Golf Course Deed]

Photograph of Guiton Morgan, City Manager, (at left) accepting deed from John H. Tobin of Austin Lions Club. Tobin was club president 1919-1920. The city of Austin took over the Municipal Golf Course on April 1, 1937.
Date: April 1, 1937
Creator: Identification Bureau, Austin Police Department
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Club house at Municipal Golf Course [in snow]

Photograph of Austin Municipal Golf Course Club House entrance covered in snow. Wooden chairs and a bench sit on the concrete patio to the left of the double screen door entrance. Two large bushes flank the walkway. The municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
Date: November 1, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor's Mansion with screened upper porch

Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion east elevation, showing the walkway with partial planting bed along it. The upper porch is screened, and the entry steps are concrete with iron railings. A stone birdbath is visible at the mansion's northeast corner. A bench is partially visible under an oak on the left. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1939 was Governor W. Lee O'Daniel. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: January 1, 1939
Creator: Boone Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Golfers putting on green at Austin Municipal Golf Course]

Photograph of a man putting while a man in a suit looks on. Men are standing in the background. The Austin Municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
Date: February 1, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Golfers putting on green at Municipal Golf Course]

Photograph of a man in suit putting while another golfer looks on. Golfers stand and sit in the shade under trees in the background. The Austin Municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
Date: February 1, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Treaty Oak]

Photograph of Treaty Oak on Baylor Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets in Austin shows the approximately 450-year-old tree's twisting branches and trunk. A low stone wall surrounds the tree, and sun dapples the grass beneath the branches.
Date: May 1, 1941
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Paul Wakefield

Photograph of two men in uniform.
Date: December 1, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abel Stationers at retail fair]

Photograph of Abel Stationers booth at a retail fair. An employee talks to a customer reclining in a chair. Another employee talks to a man at a typewriter at a desk in the background. The showroom is set up to look like a modern office, with wares on display as they would appear in an office setting. Other booths and customers are visible in the background.
Date: February 1, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Butler's Shoes (interior)]

Photograph of the interior sales floor of Butler's Shoes at 712 Congress Avenue. Two rows of chairs are arranged back to back and divide the shoe store into two halves. They face the walls of the store, which contain boxes of shoes. There are two displays: one of women's shoes and handbags on the right, and one of men's shoes on the back wall of the store. There are no people in the shoe store.
Date: April 1, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seaholm Power Plant Intake Facility]

Photograph of the lake side view of the Seaholm Power Plant Intake facility. The Art Deco concrete facility was designed by Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company and was built in two phases in 1950 and 1955 by Odom Construction Company. The facility operated as a power plant until 1989 and was finally decommissioned in 1996 by the city of Austin. The intake facility is located on the shores of Lady Bird Lake and the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail.
Date: December 1, 1950
Creator: City of Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Applying Scotchlite Striping to police cars]

Photograph of members of the Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) applying Scotchlight reflective striping tape to the bumpers of police cars. Four Jaycees and two police officers stand around the rear of the vehicle. A roll of striping tape sits on the trunk of the car.
Date: April 1, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A woman holding balloons at the grand opening of First Federal Savings]

The grand opening of First Federal Savings. A woman is holding balloons for the celebration of the grand opening. There are a few people standing off to the right of the photo.
Date: March 1, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Dudley Frasier to Trueman O'Quinn (open access)

Letter from Dudley Frasier to Trueman O'Quinn

Letter regarding complimentary copy of "The Heart of O. Henry" to Trueman O'Quinn
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: Frasier, Dudley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An employee of the Presley Service Department]

A photo of an employee of Presley Service Department. The man is wearing a white Presley shirt with a tie. There are automobiles outside the window to the right of the photo.
Date: December 1, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson High School [basketball team]

Photograph of the 1956 Anderson High School basketball team. The boys are lined up in one line according to height, facing left. They wear shiny warm-up track suits, which have numbers embroidered on the shoulders. Every other boy holds a basketball under his arm against his left hip. The photo was taken on the basketball court, under one of the baskets.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History