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Inauguration Day parade held in front of the Capitol building in Austin

Inauguration Parade: People and automobiles in a parade moving down the street towards the Capitol building. The people next to the automobiles are dressed in white military uniforms and holding firearms.
Date: January 20, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Military groups marching in a parade held in front of the Capitol building]

Groups of military personnel in a parade moving down the street towards the Capitol building. There are several people standing to the side watching the parade. The Capitol building is at the end of the street.
Date: January 20, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Streets, steps - 7th and Trinity

Street scene with vehicles. Sign on building for Austin Gospel Tabernacle.
Date: January 24, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flag Paramount (open access)

The Flag Paramount

A short story set in Central America and based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s.
Date: January 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
To Him Who Waits (open access)

To Him Who Waits

Short story about a hermit living in the Catskills.
Date: January 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry (open access)

O. Henry

Biography and literary analysis of O. Henry's life and works.
Date: January 1917
Creator: Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lotos and the Bottle (open access)

The Lotos and the Bottle

Short story about a consul for the United States.
Date: January 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History

[General Robert C. Mathis At Lunch]

Photograph of General Robert C. Mathis giving a speech at lunch on Bergstrom Air Force Base. Technical Sergeant Dennis Roberts and Senior Airman Charles Nead are seated at the general's table. The men at the other tables turn to listen to the general.
Date: [1981-01-28..1981-01-29]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flag Ceremony]

Photograph of Tony McPeak handing a flag to Carl Franklin. A man, who is tentatively identified as Charlie Laughlin, stands to the right. A plane is visible in the background.
Date: January 29, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Michael Short Makes Speech]

Photograph of Colonel Michael C. Short making his first speech as the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing Commander. He stands at a podium, and other people in uniform are visible behind him.
Date: January 12, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Presenting Arms]

Photograph of Lieutenant General Peter T. Kempf, Colonel Charles E. Loflin, and Colonel Michael C. Short saluting the colors during the playing of the national anthem.
Date: January 12, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas

This book discusses the action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas during 1835 to collect taxes from the citizens and the resistance they faced. Includes some letters and notes from the author about later excerpts from newspapers.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Page, Southerland, and Page Building]

Photograph of the exterior of the Page, Southerland, and Page Building from the street. It is a two-story stone building with front and side windows. The stonework was done by the Texas Ledge Stone Company.
Date: January 18, 1948
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of C. M. Cureton]

Photograph of C. M. Cureton, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, as he was leaving the Bench at the close of the ceremonies celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the first meeting of the Supreme Court of Texas.
Date: January 13, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Elnora
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. Moore, W. C. weighing Cotton in Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of several men, including a Mr. W.C. Moore, weighing bales of cotton with a large scale. The scale weighs the cotton by suspending it from a chain.
Date: January 10, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mission in San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a family in front of a mission in San Antonio, Texas. Weeds and trees grow from the adobe walls.
Date: January 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Haschke Family House]

Photograph of two houses located at 100-102 East 17th Street in Austin, Texas. The house on the right belonged to the Haschke Family. A woman and child stand by the gate of the picket fence. Another person stands on the balcony.
Date: January 14, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. Thompson and Rutledge at a Cotton Compress]

Photograph of several men, including a Mr. Thompson and a Mr. Rutledge, at a cotton compress. Bales of cotton are neatly laid out on the ground. A large wooden structure and a smokestack are visible in the background.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Courthouse at Anson, Texas]

Photograph of the courthouse at Anson, Texas. It is a two-story building with a tower in the center. A man is visible at the corner of the building and a horse is in the foreground, tied to a fence.
Date: January 10, 1906
Creator: unknown
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

[Man in a Cotton Field between Abilene and Anson, Texas]

Photograph of a man wearing a suit and bowler hat standing in a cotton field. The cotton extends all the way to the flat horizon.
Date: January 15, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cotton Compress in Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of a many bales of cotton at a cotton compress. Each bale has a paper tag attached to it. A man is visible standing among the bales.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Thompson and Thompson, Abilene Cotton Buyers]

Photograph of two men, Thompson and Thompson, sampling cotton at a cotton compress. Bales of cotton are stacked neatly in the background. The roof of a wooden structure is partially visible over the men.
Date: January 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Inspecting Cotton]

Photograph of men sampling cotton from a stack of cotton bales.
Date: January 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History