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Erinnerung (open access)

Erinnerung

Collection of published poems by various authors.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hoffmann, Heffter & Co.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrap of paper, possibly torn from stationery, 1865] (open access)

[Scrap of paper, possibly torn from stationery, 1865]

Scrap of paper, possibly torn from stationery, with a New Year's wish on one side ["Wishing You a Happy and Prosperous New Year"] and "1865" on other side.
Date: 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France] (open access)

[Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France]

Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France. Not filled out.
Date: 187?
Creator: Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France, copy 2] (open access)

[Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France, copy 2]

Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France. Not filled out. Copy 2.
Date: 188?
Creator: Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note] (open access)

[Promissory note]

Promissory note. Not filled out. Drawing of a girl and a dog sitting in front of a tree on the left side of the note.
Date: 188?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note with engravings and receipt] (open access)

[Promissory note with engravings and receipt]

Promissory note. Engravings of deer and a dog. Not filled out. A removable receipt is included.
Date: 18??
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note with engravings] (open access)

[Promissory note with engravings]

Promissory note. Engravings of deer and a dog. Not filled out.
Date: 18??
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note with engravings and receipt, copy 2] (open access)

[Promissory note with engravings and receipt, copy 2]

Promissory note. Engravings of deer and a dog. Not filled out. A removable receipt is included.
Date: 18uu
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Guarantee No. 120 and instructions for filling the Parker Vacumatic Pen] (open access)

[Guarantee No. 120 and instructions for filling the Parker Vacumatic Pen]

Guarantee and instructions for filling the Parker Vacumatic Pen. Guarantee is numbered 616601.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Parker Pen Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Local Collection receipt, Continental National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 1937] (open access)

[Local Collection receipt, Continental National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 1937]

Receipt No. 47026 showing financial transaction in the amount of $21. Credit is drawn in favor of Billie Johnson received from First State Bank, Kerrville, Texas on E. W. Hammond.
Date: August 27, 1937
Creator: Continental National Bank
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Customer's Draft, Continental National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 1937] (open access)

[Customer's Draft, Continental National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 1937]

Financial transaction in the amount of $21 between E. W. Hammond and Billie Johnson for the settlement of an account. Issued from the First State Bank, Kerrville, Texas. Signed by Billie Johnson.
Date: August 26, 1937
Creator: Johnson, Billie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promotional material for a book about Castro and Castroville] (open access)

[Promotional material for a book about Castro and Castroville]

Promotional material for a book about Castro and Castroville ["Castro - Ville and Henry Castro --- Empresario"] by Julia Nott Waugh.
Date: unknown
Creator: Standard Printing Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Escort card] (open access)

[Escort card]

Card asking for permission to escort someone home. Recipient is instructed to tear off the right side of the card if the offer is accepted and the left side if the recipient already has an escort.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Globe Book Mark and Interest Tables] (open access)

[Globe Book Mark and Interest Tables]

Card printed by "The Globe Co" with a "short method for calculating interest" on one side and a time table "showing the time in days from any day in one month to the corresponding day in any other month" on the other.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Globe Co
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope with return address] (open access)

[Envelope with return address]

Envelope with return address: Mrs. Richard Holdsworth, Box 146, Kerrville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Portion of a blank form] (open access)

[Portion of a blank form]

Portion of a blank paper form with spaces for To, For, Date, Time, Due, No. and dollar amount. Possibly the receipt portion of a check.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Popular Non-Secret Medicines (open access)

Popular Non-Secret Medicines

Sheet showing formulas for various medicines.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas, Castro-Ville (open access)

Texas, Castro-Ville

Document inviting the public to learn more about the prosperity of Castroville by contacting any one of a list of men. The end states that Mr. Castro is still giving free land to families and bachelors.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Motten, Motten, Motten] (open access)

[Motten, Motten, Motten]

Article discussing how to rid oneself of wool-eating moths. Clipping. Reverse has advertisements for various items.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Useful Table/Measurements] (open access)

[A Useful Table/Measurements]

Clipping with a useful table "to aid farmers in arriving at accuracy in estimating the amount of land in different fields under cultivation" and an article with formulas for measurement conversions related to agriculture. Advertisements on verso.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Advice] (open access)

[Medical Advice]

Excerpt with medical advice on treatment of sun-stroke, recovery of the drowned, of persons struck by lightning and remedy for pulmonary consumption (incomplete). On the first page is a list of countries with corresponding numbers.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two advertisements] (open access)

[Two advertisements]

Clipping advertising an etching reproduction of a painting by Jean Francois Millet, "The Angelus", pg. 72. Etching is offered as free gift to weekly subscribers of The St. Louis Republic. Watch advertisements on verso, pg. 71. Watches are offered by The Brodix Publishing Co., Washington, D.C., to subscribers and club organizers of "The Home Magazine".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Candle to Burn All Night] (open access)

[A Candle to Burn All Night]

Clipping containing small factoids, jokes, and anecdotes, including how to make a candle burn longer.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Torn page, in German] (open access)

[Torn page, in German]

Torn document with advertisements on one side and text regarding the name of a river and the history of Austin Colony.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History