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[Newspaper Article: Harvey Girls Were Queens In Days When The Railroad Was King In The West] (open access)

[Newspaper Article: Harvey Girls Were Queens In Days When The Railroad Was King In The West]

Newspaper article published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal detailing the life of Harvey Girls as well as the history of Fred Harvey and Harvey Houses.
Date: November 17, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hilltop Happenings, Volume 6, Number 9, October 1968 (open access)

Hilltop Happenings, Volume 6, Number 9, October 1968

Newsletter for Flow Memorial Hospital, including various articles related to hospital events and employees, an article about the hospital's new food service program, a note from the hospital administrator, and advertisements. Headline reads "Show-Case Kitchen Premiers."
Date: October 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: November 26, 1968 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: November 26, 1968

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on November 26th during the 19th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.
Date: November 1968
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: 1968-1969 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: 1968-1969

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concerts that ran from October 29th to April 29th, 1969 during the 19th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.
Date: October 1968
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: January 23, 1968 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: January 23, 1968

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on January 23rd during the 18th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: March 12th, 1968 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: March 12th, 1968

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on March 12th during the 18th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.
Date: March 1968
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: February 2, 1968 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: February 2, 1968

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on February 27th during the 18th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.
Date: February 1968
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. E. Carmichael] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. E. Carmichael]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. E. Carmichael, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes four bronze casts, three of which are mounted to bases, and a rubber mold.
Date: 1968-12/1969-10
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Brown] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Brown]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Brown, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Wand", and "Small Fountain Group" (repiped, tightened, cleaned, and repatined).
Date: 1968-07/1968-11
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Art-Life-Studios, Inc.] (open access)

[Client Card: Art-Life-Studios, Inc.]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Art-Life-Studios, Inc., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: portrait head (2 copies; plaster cast; 9.5"), "Abstract Bird" (3 copies; 7.5" x 5"), "Bull and Toreador," and portrait head of man (15.5").
Date: 1968-09-12/1969-04-07
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Paolo Abbate] (open access)

[Client Card: Paolo Abbate]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Paolo Abbate, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. According to the card, Abbate asks for 2 bronze casts of a "Standing Female Fig. w. Wing & Flower" at 27 inches tall.
Date: November 1968
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Hugh T. Adams] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Hugh T. Adams]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Hugh T. Adams, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Female Portrait Head" (Mary Trumbull Adams; 14"; Belgian black marble base 6" cube).
Date: December 1968
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Dorothy Chamberlin] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Dorothy Chamberlin]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Dorothy Chamberlin, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast "Vine Boxing & Packing."
Date: September 1968
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Daniel A. Ardolino] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Daniel A. Ardolino]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Daniel A. Ardolino, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Plaque" (3 copies; 6" x 9").
Date: May 1968
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Elisabeth Gordon Chandler] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Elisabeth Gordon Chandler]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Elisabeth Gordon Chandler, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes bronze portrait busts of Adlai Stevenson, and a bronze cast of a male portrait head.
Date: 1968-10/1969-04
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. L. Chanin] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. L. Chanin]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. L. Chanin, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Woman with Basket on Head" (17"), "Seated Figure with Hoop" (8" x 6"), "Seated Beggar" (5.5"), "Man with Pushcart" (14" x 14" x 13.5"), "Oarsman" (10" x 6"), "Boy with Lamb" (10"), "Children on Steps" (12.25"), "Three Seated Figures on a Bench" (12"), and "Man on Camel" (15" x 18").
Date: 1968-01/1968-02
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Thomas V. Atwater, Jr.] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Thomas V. Atwater, Jr.]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Thomas V. Atwater Jr., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This particular order includes two bronze busts of "Louisa May Alcott."
Date: March 1968
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. A. Balaban] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. A. Balaban]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. A. Balaban, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order contains a bronze cast of a "Female Head" that is sixteen inches high, mounted to a "Verde Antique Marble Base."
Date: October 1968
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Eleanor Beville] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Eleanor Beville]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Eleanor Beville, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes multiple bronze casts of females' and boys' heads.
Date: 1968-11/1970-11
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Robert S. Anderson] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Robert S. Anderson]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Robert S. Anderson, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry.
Date: 1968-05-16/1968-08-07
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping]

Clipping from the Slaton Slatonite newspaper with three articles: "RR Retirement Club Meets Regularly," "Painting For S-Fe Calendar is Selected," and "Harvey House Days Here." Included are photographs of members of the Retired Railroaders Club, Slaton Harvey House staff of 1931, and a man holding his son and standing on a railroad engine.
Date: October 31, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of U.S.S. Texas Deck]

Photograph of the deck of U.S.S. Texas with a boat on it, and water and land visible in the distance.
Date: [1968..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Association Application: Arthur Julian Berger, MD] (open access)

[Medical Association Application: Arthur Julian Berger, MD]

Application submitted by Dr. Arthur Julian Berger for membership in the Texas Medical Association. It includes background related to education, specialties, and other professional information.
Date: February 5, 1968
Creator: Texas Medical Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History