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In the manner that a LULAC Council dishonored LULAC (open access)

In the manner that a LULAC Council dishonored LULAC

Copy of an article from the Laredo Times covering the pickets at the Laredo Civic Center during the annual local LULAC Council banquet, published on June 11, 1967. The article includes a photograph of the crowds picketing in front of the banquet hall and also contains handwritten notes demanding that the Laredo, Texas LULAC Council be censured by the National LULAC assembly for their lack of support during the rally.
Date: June 11, 1967
Creator: Gray, Walter
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-653 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-653

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Article 432, Vernon’s Penal Code, is applicable to the Board of Economic Opportunity of Laredo and Webb County, organized as a non-profit corporation.
Date: April 11, 1966
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Marshal's Oath of Office: Gonzales] (open access)

[Marshal's Oath of Office: Gonzales]

Text of the oath of office for marshal of Laredo, Texas, signed by Eufrasio Gonzales.
Date: May 11, 1861
Creator: Gonzales, Eufrasio
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of Volunteers to Pursue Indians] (open access)

[List of Volunteers to Pursue Indians]

List of persons volunteering to go in pursuit of the Indians.
Date: September 11, 1859
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Appraisal of Homes at Fort McIntosh] (open access)

[Appraisal of Homes at Fort McIntosh]

Statement written by a committee in Laredo, Texas assessing homes in Fort McIntosh, with a list of houses and value amounts , as well as an additional sheet containing names and tallies.
Date: July 11, 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jerry Alonzo, July 11, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerry Alonzo, July 11, 2015

Interview with Jerry Alonzo from Laredo, Texas. He discusses his childhood and education, military service in Vietnam, his work at Southwestern Bell, the Communication Workers of America labor union, and his involvement in election campaigns.
Date: July 11, 2015
Creator: Alonzo, Gerardo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Apollo and weed supply] (open access)

[News Script: Apollo and weed supply]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 11, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Race track] captions transcript

[News Clip: Race track]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 11, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Israel Reyna, July 11, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Israel Reyna, July 11, 2015

Interview with Israel Reyna, a lawyer and community activist from Laredo, Texas. In this interview, he talks about La Raza Unida and the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date: July 11, 2015
Creator: Reyna, Israel & Enriquez, Sandra
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt #3, 1858] (open access)

[Receipt #3, 1858]

Receipt signed by Miguel Sidwill for three dollars paid from Anthony Johnson.
Date: June 11, 1858
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Harrow or Terracer (open access)

Disk Harrow or Terracer

Patent for a disk harrow or terracer that is more efficient in operation for turning soil with an improved structure and functionality.
Date: October 11, 1921
Creator: {Barnes, Jonathan G.}
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle Bearing. (open access)

Vehicle-Axle Bearing.

Patent for a strong and durable vehicle-axle bearing that reduces friction. "Oil may be admitted to the bearings [in the axle] without removing the wheel or exposing said bearings, thus preventing accumulations of dust or other foreign substance" (lines 17-20).
Date: June 11, 1895
Creator: Falk, Franz
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator for Refrigerators. (open access)

Ventilator for Refrigerators.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive ventilator for large refrigerators. It "can be readily applied to an ice box or refrigerator and so constructed that the hot air which is pressed upward is forced through the ventilator and thereby lowering the temperature of the ice box and a consequent saving of ice" (lines 23-28). The ventilator has a valve that releases hot air and automatically closes after the air is released.
Date: July 11, 1893
Creator: Netzer, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History