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[Allen Family and friends photograph album] (open access)

[Allen Family and friends photograph album]

Photograph album of Allen family and friends ranging from the 1890s through the 1920s. Images include snapshots of people participating in outdoor activities and recreation, outdoor scenes, houses and industrial buildings, travel, group portraits, and some studio portraits. None of the images are labeled with names, locations, or dates, although a few of the beach and swimming images are recognizable as Galveston, Texas.
Date: [1890..1929]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Allen Family genealogy album] (open access)

[Allen Family genealogy album]

Collection of both original and reproductions of genealogy charts, documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, records, correspondence, and programs relating to the Allen family. Some records include Confederate tax receipts, state and county tax receipts, tax statements, and marriage licenses.
Date: unknown
Creator: Allen, Frances Marion
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family on mules in Mineral Wells]

Photograph of five members of the Allen family mounted on mules in a rocky outcrop, with trees and a rocky mountain wall behind them, in Mineral Wells, Texas. They are all dressed up, the women wearing long dresses or skirts and the man wearing a three-piece suit, and the boy at center wearing a nice jacket. All wear hats. The photograph is mounted to gray cardstock with a stamp at the lower left corner reading "Judson McClure, / Mineral Wells Texas,." On the back is a handwritten inscription, "Dr. F. D. Emery / August 1901."
Date: August 1901
Creator: McClure, Judson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Allen Family photograph album] (open access)

[Allen Family photograph album]

Photograph album of the Allen family ranging from the 1900s through the 1920s. Images include snapshots of outdoor activities and scenes, children at play, group portraits, houses, and some travel. There are also a couple of photographic postcards of a house and a group portrait.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family riding donkeys in Mineral Wells]

Photograph of five people mounted on donkeys in a rocky outcrop with a rocky mountain wall behind them. They are all dressed up, the women wearing long dresses or skirts and the man wearing a three-piece suit, and the boy at center wearing a nice jacket. All wear hats except the man, whose hat has fallen on the ground, and the boy who holds his hat. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock which has an imprint in gold on the lower left corner that reads, "Photo Car / H. Clark / Mineral Wells, / Texas." On the back is an inscription naming the individuals from right to left: "Annie Emery - Dr. J. W. Allen - Paul Emery - Dr. F.D. Emery - ?" There is also a large imprint on the back for the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway.
Date: August 1901
Creator: Clark, H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family seated on rocks]

Photograph of Allen family seated on rocks during their donkey ride in Mineral Wells, Texas. They sit in a row on rocks and a fallen tree trunk in a rocky outcrop, each dressed nicely and with hats in their laps, except for Dr. J. W. Allen whose hat is on his donkey's head behind them. All look face forward except for Dr. J. W. Allen who looks towards Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen. The camera in his lap also faces her. Five donkeys stand behind the group. The photograph is mounted on gray cardstock which has a stamp at the lower left corner reading, "Judson McClure / Mineral Wells Texas,." A very faint inscription on the back reads, "Mrs. C. Emery."
Date: August 1901
Creator: McClure, Judson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Belle Emery Bright as a young girl]

Tintype photograph of Annie Belle Emery Bright as a young girl. She is seated on a chair with fringe along the bottom of the seat. She has one leg crossed under the other and her left arm resting on the chair back to her side. She wears a light color kneed length dress with a large white lace collar, a wide black sash across her body, and horizontally stripped tights and boots. A plant is partially visible behind her. A white piece of paper with handwritten inscription is taped to the back of the photograph. The inscription reads, "Daughter J. W. Emery / Annie Belle Emery / (Mrs. J. W. Bright)."
Date: [1870..1889]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Annie Belle Emery Bright photograph album of house on Routh Street in Dallas] (open access)

[Annie Belle Emery Bright photograph album of house on Routh Street in Dallas]

Photograph album created by Annie Belle Emery Bright depicting life at the Emery house on Routh Street in Dallas, Texas. The majority of the images includes both exterior and interior views of the house, the barn and animals, Emery family members and friends, people working outdoors, some outdoor recreational activities, and various outdoor scenes. There are a few photographs of headstones at a cemetery and a man and woman posing with a bicycle. None of the images are labeled with identities, locations, or dates.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Bright, Annie Belle Emery
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Belle Emery Bright seated in front of Allen house on Heaton Avenue in Fort Worth]

Snapshot photograph of a woman, Annie Belle Emery Bright, seated on stone steps slightly below and in front of the Allen home on Heaton Avenue in Fort Worth. The two story house has wood siding and a two story corner tower or turret. Handwritten blue ink inscription across verso top reads "Annie B. Emery, Heaton Ave., Fort Worth."
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Belle Emery Bright's 7th grade students]

Photograph of Annie Emery Bright's seventh grade students at Colonial Hill Public School in Dallas, Texas. The students stand on steps outside of the school building. The boys wear dark suits with breeches and long socks, while the girls wear light dresses. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock, and an inscription on the back reads, "Colonial Hill Public School, Dallas / 7th Grade / My pupils (Miss Annie Bell Emery)."
Date: [1900..1919]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Belle Emery Bright's Fort Worth High School graduation class, 1897]

Photograph of the Fort Worth High School graduating class of May 1897. The fifteen individuals wear formal attire, men in tuxedos and women in white, full-coverage dresses. The photograph is mounted to a board, and below the photograph an additional strip of board with handwriting listing the names of the individuals is attached to the backing board. Top row, left to right: Ronnea Wilson, Walter Sudarth, Emma Griffith, Sam Truplett, Mary Young, Mable Simpson, Salby Atwell. . Middle and bottom row: Georgia Prackett, Lyman Barber, Edith Ellis, Maggie McLean, Annie Emery, Lita Ryan, Jewell Weaver, Ada Brattlion.
Date: May 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Belle Emery Bright's students]

Photograph of Annie Belle Emery Bright's students at Cumberland Hill School in Dallas, Texas. The students are elementary aged and stand in front of open doors on the exterior of the school building. The students all have their arms crossed in front of them. The female students wear dresses that go down to the knee with various patterns and wide collars. The male students wear white button-down shirts with breeches and socks that go above the knee. One male student in the front row does not wear socks or shoes. The photograph cracked in half horizontally, and is mounted to black cardstock which has a tear at the top center. On the back is a list naming all 39 students as well as the note, "year 1917 / names put on / 1919."
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Belle Emery with class]

Photograph of a middle school aged class of students seated on steps outside of a building. The teacher, Annie Belle Emery Bright sits at the center in the top row, wearing a high collared white blouse. The male students wear white button-down shirts and some wear blazers and ties. The female students wear various patterns of dresses with long sleeves, and the all have large bows in their up-styled hair. The photograph is mounted to black cardstock. An inscription on the back reads: "Stephen F Austin School - Dallas Tex. / Miss Annie Emery - (teacher)."
Date: [1900..1919]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Annie Belle Emery with students at Cumberland Hill School]

Photograph of a class of elementary to middle school aged students seated on a small set of steps with the female teacher, Annie Belle Emery Bright, standing to the right of the stairs holding the railing. The male students wear white button-down shirts, some wear blazers, and dark pants. The female students wear dresses. The teacher wears a white collared blouse with half-length sleeves and pleats down the front, with a brooch at the collar, and a long dark plaid skirt. The photo is mounted to gray board with embossed lines framing the image. An inscription on the back in black ink reads: "Cumberland Hill School / Dallas, TX / Miss Annie Emery - teacher."
Date: [1900..1919]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Archie Tucker]

Photograph of Archie Tucker, Ada Wren's son. He is visible from the chest up and wears a dark suit and tie. The photo is cut into a narrow oval and mounted on a cream colored board which has the studio imprint at the bottom right reading, "Gentry / Dallas." The back of the card has many inscriptions reading, "F.D. Emery / Ada Waa's son / Archie Tucker Dallas / Granma Emery's (cousin Mug's) grandson."
Date: unknown
Creator: Gentry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Cassie Brown]

Carte de visite photograph of Aunt Cassie Brown seated sideways in a wooden chair with one arm over the chair back. She wears a long sleeve dress with small checkers, buttons up the chest, a lace collar, and dark brooch. She looks to the side of the camera, and has her hair pulled back from her face, but hanging long over her shoulders and back. The card has a printed border about the image, and the back has the following inscription: "Aunt Cassie Brown / sister of of [illegible] / Brown (my mother) / who became Mrs. J W Emery / Aunt Cassie died / young. never married / DEA."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Dollie Stirman]

Photograph of Dollie Stirman from the chest up. She wears a high collared white blouse with stripes of decorative lace going down the front. She has two small bows at the collar, wears wire frames glasses, and has her hair pulled up. The oval photo is mounted on a dark green or black board with embossed lines framing the photo. Along the bottom of the photo, written in pen, is the inscription, "Aunt Dollie Stirman."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Dollie Stirman holding parasol in garden]

Photograph of Aunt Dollie Stirman seated in a wheelchair in the grass outside of a brick house. She wears a long white patterned dress and a white bonnet on her head. She holds a black parasol over her shoulder. A person hidden behind Dollie is partially visible with their arm sticking out and holding the outside edge of the parasol. There is a white boarder around the snapshot, and an inscription on the back reads, "Aunt Dollie Stirman / Grandmother Emery's sister."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Dollie Stirman laid to rest in Kaufman, Texas]

Photograph of three women and two men standing next to a mounded grave, which is covered in flowers and wreaths. They all look down at the grave, and wear dark clothing. The women wear hats while the men hold their hats at their sides. A fence and foliage is visible to the right and behind them. The snapshot has a white boarder and the image is hazy around the edges. An inscription on the back reads, "Aunt Dollie Stirman laid to rest / Kaufman Tex. / Mrs P[illegible] / Maggie Hale / Eva Stirman Smith / Uncle Rollin / Fred Stirman."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aunt Lizzie Emery]

Photograph of Aunt Lizzie Emery viewed from the chest up. She wears a dark high-collared dress with puffed out sleeves and a small decorative pattern and embroidery around the collar. She wears a white bow made out of a thin fabric at her neck, with a brooch directly underneath of a star with a wreath around it. She look austere with her gaze slightly away from the camera, hair tied back, and round wire-framed glasses. The photo is mounted to an off white board, which has a studio imprint at the bottom reading, "Leffler / Fort Worth, Tex." An inscription on the back reads, "Mrs. J W Emery / Aunt Lizzie Emery."
Date: unknown
Creator: Leffler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bachelor of Arts Certificate: F. M. Allen] (open access)

[Bachelor of Arts Certificate: F. M. Allen]

Degree certificate with the text: "The University of Texas has conferred on Frances Marion Allen the degree Bachelor of Arts and all the rights and privileges thereunto appertaining In witness thereof, this diploma duly signed has been issued and the seal of the University affixed. Issued by the Board of Regents upon recommendation of the faculty at Austin on this the twenty-sixth day of August, A.D., 1929."
Date: August 26, 1929
Creator: University of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Benjamin Franklin Cathey, Texas State Representative]

Photograph of Benjamin Franklin Cathey, Texas State Representative. He is shown from the waist up, body and head facing towards the right of the camera. He wears a dark suit, white shirt, and dark bowtie. The photograph is mounted inside of a decorative gray envelope with ornamentation around the window. Handwritten below the photo is the inscription, "State Repr. Ben Cathey." The folder has a full length flap that folds down over the image, and a smaller flap at the bottom that folds up and tucks into a slit on the larger flap.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Best Friend - Worst Enemy, portrait of a man]

Photograph of a seated man wearing cowboy hat, boots, and vest. He sits on a chair with a blanket on the back and seat, with his legs crossed at the knee. There are clumps of hay below his chair, and he sits in front of backdrops. The photograph is slightly out of focus and mounted on a white board. A handwritten inscription below the photo reads: "Best friend - Worst Enemy - 2/20/02." A pencil inscription on the back reads: "Frances [illegible] / Heap bad man all some just like / cow boy."
Date: February 20, 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card for Daisy Emery] (open access)

[Calling Card for Daisy Emery]

Card with printed text in a cursive font reading: "Daisy Emery." The edges of the card are beveled and decorated with gold leaf.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History