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[Elderly Couple]

Photograph of an older couple standing with a table between them. On the table is a cake with candles, possibly a birthday cake or anniversary cake.
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hellen Mae Davidson, Bertha Hutchins, and Mrs. Viola Andrews]

Photograph of three women sitting at a table sewing. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Hellen Mae Davidson, left, Bertha Hutchins, center, and Mrs. Viola Andrews, all of Del Valle community, says leather craft is an enjoyable and profitable hobby."
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home-Canned Food Display]

Photograph of a man and woman standing in front of a display of home-canned food and quilts. A sign above the display reads, "Texas Standard."
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Style Show]

Photograph of two girls standing on a stage at a style show wearing fancy white dresses. A sign on the curtain behind them reads, "There's magic in the right know how." A woman sits at a table with a microphone at the back of the stage.
Date: June 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Style Show]

Photograph of a girl walking on stage during a style show wearing a floral print dress. A sign on the curtain behind her reads "There's magic in the right know how."
Date: June 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girls Holding Leather Crafts]

Photograph of two girls standing together and holding leather crafts. Some supplies are visible on the table in front of them.
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Display of Handmade Baby Clothes]

Photograph of a display of handmade baby clothes. A sign on the display reads, "Sew and Save."
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girl Scout Troop Display]

Photograph of a display for Campbell Girl Scout Troop 125, with children and a woman standing in front of it.
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bertha Hutchins and Hellen Davidson]

Photograph of two young women doing leather crafts, one sewing a shoe and the other a bag. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Bertha Hutchins, left, and Hellen Davidson, right, of Del Valle Community, find their work in leather craft enjoyable and rewarding."
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Doing Crafts]

Photograph of three young women sitting at a table together making crafts with leather.
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Display of Home-Canned Foods]

Photograph of a display with jars of food and a sign that says "Home canned products." Some of the jars have award ribbons on them. A sign above the display reads "Texas Standard."
Date: June 10, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1400 Elm Building Collapse]

Photograph of men wearing mostly white shirts shifting through the rubble of a building that collapsed on the 1400 block of Elm Street.
Date: June 1, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[3 Alarm House Fire at 600 Block of 1st Avenue]

Photograph of a wooden house with the second story mostly destroyed by fire.
Date: June 19, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[3 Alarm Fire at 600 Block of 1st Street]

Photograph of a two story wooden building with much of the second story destroyed by fire.
Date: June 19, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Rose Berch] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Rose Berch]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Rose Berch, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order includes a bronze cast of a female figure.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Carl Byoir & Associates] (open access)

[Client Card: Carl Byoir & Associates]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Carl Byoir & Associates, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: '"Bust of Francis P. Cutting" (21" x 22").
Date: 1958-06/1959-05
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Chamber of Commerce] (open access)

[Client Card: Chamber of Commerce]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the Chamber of Commerce, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast dog "Old Drum" (40" x 37").
Date: June 1958
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Earl Adams] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Earl Adams]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Earl Adams, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Texas Steer" (4 copies), "Bear and Jug" (4 copies), "Secrets of Night" (3 copies), "Lone Buffalo" (4 copies), "Buffalo Family" (2 copies), "Last Laugh" (3 copies), "Weapons of Weak" (3 copies), "Oh Mother, What Is It? (2 copies), "Bluffers" (3 copies), "Night Herders" (5 copies), "Buffalo Rubbing Rock" (Pair of Bookends; 4 copies), "Bear" (2"), "Enemy that Warns", "Stagecoach" (7 copies), "Ashtray" (Repair), "Ashtray" (5 copies), "Bronco" (3 copies), "Bucker and Buckeroo", "Russell Bronze" (Repair), "Cowboy and Chinaman" (3 copies), "Jim Bridger on Horse" (4 copies), "Scalp Dancer" (3 copies), "Sleeping Thunder" (4 copies), "Pigeon Squaw" (4 copies), "Challenge", "Monarch of the Plains", "His Winter's Store", "An Awkward Situation", "Disputed Trail", "Longhorn", "Quarterhorse", "Grey Eagle", "Range Father", "Mountain Mother", "Horse's Head" (2 copies), "Steer Head" (2 copies), "Bookends" (3 copies), "Last Laugh" (Repair), "Range Father", "Mountain Mother", "Mountain Mother" (2 copies), "Enemy Tracks" (Repatine), "Grey Eagle" (Rodriguez; Repair), "In the White Man's World", "Offering to the Sun God", "Lunch Hour", "Horse Head" (2 copies), "Steer Head" (2 copies), "Bookends" …
Date: 1951-06-26/1974-10-15
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: American Granite Company] (open access)

[Client Card: American Granite Company]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the American Granite Company, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast plaque.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Brooks Memorial Art Gallery] (open access)

[Client Card: Brooks Memorial Art Gallery]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast head of "General Forrest" (3.5").
Date: June 1954
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. William F. Blake] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. William F. Blake]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. William F. Blake, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes the production of twenty-four bronze casts and plates at $5 a piece.
Date: June 1952
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Miriam Brofsky] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Miriam Brofsky]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Miriam Brofsky, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast of a "seated figure," a "Figure of Noah," a male "Portrait Bust," and various other works.
Date: 1959-06/1966-04
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Clairol, Inc.] (open access)

[Client Card: Clairol, Inc.]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Clairol Inc., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Female Portrait Head" (15.25" x 8.5"; Belgian black marble base 6" cube) and "Female Head" (15").
Date: 1957-06/1962-06
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Etienne Anderegg] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Etienne Anderegg]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Etienne Anderegg, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast "Head" measuring 11" high.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History