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Taylor County Veterans Memorial and Plaza, featuring a bronze soldier and silver eagle sculptures.

Taylor County Veterans Memorial and Plaza, featuring a bronze soldier and silver eagle sculptures on Taylor County Courthouse grounds
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Terry Gilbreath
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 4, Number 8, August 1924 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 4, Number 8, August 1924

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: August 1924
Creator: Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 3, Number 8, August 1923 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 3, Number 8, August 1923

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: August 1923
Creator: Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 2, Number 8, August 1922 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 2, Number 8, August 1922

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: August 1922
Creator: Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 5, Number 8, August 1925 (open access)

Grinstead's Graphic, Volume 5, Number 8, August 1925

Monthly magazine containing human-interest stories, editorials, articles about the Hill Country region of Texas, and fictional stories.
Date: August 1925
Creator: Grinstead, J. E. (Jesse Edward), 1866-1948
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

Intersection of two paved streets. A street sign at the left side of the photo reads "Abrams Rd" "and "Maple St." Houses on the left side of Maple St [center of the photograph] have light-colored roofs and front driveways. Most yards have small trees. There are no sidewalks. Two cars are on the street, and other cars are visible near the horizon, in driveways. Additional information: This is the 400 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Rd. Maple terminates on the east at Grace Dr. Many of the houses were built in 1953.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

Unpaved, uncurbed, street, intersecting with a paved street. The unpaved street has wood-clad houses on both sides. Those on the left side are more visible. Just the roof of one house is visible on the right. Some, but not all, homes have front sidewalks. There are utility poles and lines on both sides of the street. At the intersection, in the foreground of the picture, a street sign is on the left, and a fire hydrant is on the right. Most houses have shrubbery and trees, with more mature trees in the background and horizon. A delivery van/truck is just visible at the back end of the street, and the back of one car is on the right edge, in a driveway. Additional information: This is the 300 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Road, toward Greenville Ave. The houses were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

[This is a slightly different view of V 28b.] Unpaved, uncurbed, street, intersecting with a paved street. The unpaved street has wood-clad houses on both sides. Some, but not all, homes have front sidewalks. There are utility poles and lines on both sides of the street. Most houses have shrubbery and trees, with more mature trees in the background and horizon. A delivery van/truck is just visible at the back end of the street, and the one car is parked in a driveway on the right side. The left edge of the street has tire-tracks visible. Additional information: This is the 300 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Road, toward Greenville Ave. The houses were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pittman Street, West from Abrams Road, 1959, Richardson, Texas

Pittman Street, 400 block, looking west, from Abrams Road. This block of Pittman is paved, with curbs. Five houses are visible on the left/north side of Pittman. The houses with the white roofs were built ca 1953. The house with the darker rook has a chimney. The 300 block of Pittman, in the lower left corner, is blacktop, with no curbs. A school zone sign and the street sign are at the NE corner of the intersection.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pittman Street, East from Abrams Road, 1959, Richardson, Texas

Pittman Street, 300 block, looking east from Abrams Rd. The streets are blacktop with no curbs or sidewalks. Utility poles on the right/north side of Pittman carry lines to houses on both sides of the street. The home partially visible on the left has a television antenna attached. An alley, proceeding right/north, with a culvert, is on the right/north of the street. Large trees line the eastern portion of the street as it approaches the horizon.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Polk Street Bridge, Richardson, Texas

Polk Street, bridge over Floyd Branch of Cottonwood Creek, looking northeast toward Main Street. Sherman Street extends south from the left side of the photograph (not visible). The street sign is just to the left/west of the bridge. There is a gap in the north/south pavement between Polk and Main Streets where Sherman Street might extend north toward Main Street. Leafed trees are along both sides of the picture, beyond the bridge. Utility lines and poles go along both sides of the right-of-way. Buildings and cars are visible. Past the intersection with Main Street, on the left/west is Children's Wonderworld, 113 Sherman, a toy and hobby store. This photograph appears to have been taken at the same time as RPLv007a.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Polk Street Bridge, Richardson, Texas

Polk Street, bridge over Floyd Branch of Cottonwood Creek, looking north toward Main Street. Sherman Street extends south from the left side of the photograph (not visible). There is a gap in the north/south pavement between Polk and Main Streets where Sherman Street might extend north toward Main Street. Leafed trees are along both sides of the picture, beyond the bridge. Utility lines and poles go along both sides of the right-of-way. Buildings and cars are visible. Past the intersection with Main Street, on the left/west is Children's Wonderworld, 113 Sherman, a toy and hobby store.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Polk Street at North Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas

Polk Street, looking west, toward North Central Expressway, which is elevated. Polk Street terminates at the northbound access road of the Expressway. The center and right side of the picture show the grassy area between Polk Street and the Floyd Branch of Cottonwood Creek. A concrete culvert is to the right of Polk Street, but the area over it is not paved. Two cars are stopped at the intersection, and the tops of two cars can be seen on the expressway. There are trees and utility poles and lines. On the right/north side of the photograph, behind/west of the expressway, is a water tower.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman in the Helen Hall Library Music Section]

Photograph of Susan Scheller Mann sifting through the vinyl record collection at Helen Hall Library in League City, Texas.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman in the Helen Hall Library Music Section]

Photograph of Susan Scheller Mann standing near the vinyl record collection at Helen Hall Library in League City, Texas. She is making a silly face.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of children performing in the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" at the League City Civic Center. The set includes living room furniture such as end tables, a trunk used as a coffee table, a makeshift window, and a couch, on which all three children are seated. A woman stands near the fake window.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of children performing in the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" at the League City Civic Center. The set includes a trunk, a end table with a lamp, a faux window, and a couch upon which two of the children are seated. The other two children are standing.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of a group of children performing the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" on stage at the League City Civic Center. Three of the children are standing with their backs turned to the audience while others are seated in chairs on set.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of a group of children performing the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" on stage at the League City Civic Center. They are standing in a line facing the same direction.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of two children performing in the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" at the League City Civic Center. They are standing on stage in costume.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of a group of children performing in the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" at the League City Civic Center. They are on stage in costume gathered around a table on the set.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of a group of children performing the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" at League City Civic Center. The cast is gathered on stage during a scene in which they are all standing. The set is comprised of pieces of furniture.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of children performing the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" at the League City Civic Center. The cast is standing together on the stage; the majority of them are lined up and facing the three other cast members who stand separately from them.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance of Cheaper by the Dozen]

Photograph of children performing the play, "Cheaper by the Dozen" at the League City Civic Center. They are gathered together, at the front and center of the stage, for a cast photo.
Date: August 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History