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[Photograph of a Man at a Granite Quarry]

Photograph of a man standing next to a crane at a granite quarry. He is wearing a tie and hat. There is a name written on the back of the picture that appears to say Arm. M. Voigt. The back is dated July 5, 1928, and the following is stamped on the back: "Guaranteed for Life This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made By Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas, Copyrighted 1927 by Carl D. Newton."
Date: July 5, 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Posten (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1897 (open access)

Texas Posten (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1897

Weekly Swedish newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 5, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Posten (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1897 (open access)

Texas Posten (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1897

Weekly Swedish newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 5, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wence Shimek Polka Band]

Photograph of the Wence Shimek Polka Band, from Lavaca County, performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Starting from the left there is a clarinet player named Louis (denoted on his music stand), a guitarist, Wence singing at center stage, a drummer in the background, and another guitarist on the right. All members are male except for the guitarist on the right. The back of the music stand in front of her reads, "Helen." A sign on the right reads, "Wence Shimek and the All Star Sounds."
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History