[Homespun Cloth]

Oval piece of plain, homespun cloth made during the Civil War, mounted in a wooden frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of an Unidentified Man Smiling]

Photograph of an unidentified man with a handlebar mustache smiling. He is pictured from the torso up and looks to the left of the photographer. He wears a suit with a bowtie and looks to the left of the photographer.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wear, R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Boy Leaning on Hay]

Portrait of a boy in dark clothing leaning on hay.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wear, R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Girl Looking to Her Right]

Portrait of a girl around six years of age looking to her right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wear, R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Woman in a Striped Dress]

Photograph of an unidentified woman in a floor-length striped dress and dark, fingerless gloves standing for a portrait next to a wicker dining chair.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wakely
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Young Man Wearing a Patterned Bow-Tie]

Photograph of an unknown man captured from the chest up. He is positioned sitting down in front a light color background. His suit vest and jacket are dark color while he is wearing a light color shirt. The bow tie around his collar is a pattern mix of dark and light color.
Date: unknown
Creator: Pennington, Will M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unidentified Man in a Jacket]

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a thick jacket over a suit and tie. His hair is curly, but cropped close to the head. He looks to the left of the photographer.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wakely
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Bowtie]

Photograph of an unidentified man posing for a portrait in a suit with a bowtie. He has a mustache and wears his hair slicked back.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wakely
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Suit and Vest]

Photograph of an unidentified man in a suit, vest, and light-colored tie with small embroidery details around the edges. He has a wiry handlebar mustache and his hair is cropped close to his head.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wakely
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Uncle Eph and Aunt Mae Andrews]

Photograph of Uncle Eph and Aunt Mae Andrews. The couple is picture in front of a dark color background and standing arm in arm. Uncle Eph is wearing a dark color suit with a light color bow tie. Aunt Mae is wearing a long sleeve light color dress with lace detailing. Handwritten text on back identifies them as the parents of Roy, Ollie, and Neva.
Date: unknown
Creator: Conner, H. T.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An Unidentified Woman Posing with a Gate]

Photograph of an unidentified woman in a dark dress and matching hat resting her hand on a gate in front of a painted backdrop. The ground below is covered in straw.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wakely
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown Clean Shaven Man Wearing Bow Tie]

Photograph of an unknown man captured from the chest up. He is pictured wearing a light colored dress shirt with a dark colored jacket and tie.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wakely
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Girl in Long Sleeved Light Color Dress]

Photograph of an unknown child sitting on a wicker chair. The child is pictured wearing light colored clothing with a dark colored background. The top portion of the chair is covered with a patterned dark colored fabric that has knitted trim.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wakely
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Clifton, Texas Street Scene]

Postcard of a street lined with trees in Clifton, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Lalla D. Stivers in Celina, Texas and says "Hello! Awful hot and dusty here. Am following the Bosque and Brazos Rivers and am finding plenty of gravel. Every mountain is gravel. May go fishing awhile tonight. Goodbye. Hamlett."
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Lawrence House and Family]

Photograph of the Lawrence/Laurence house and family outside Blue Ridge, Texas. The family stands at center, the father holding a child, the mother to his right in a dress, and a young girl in a white gown in front of them. Behind them is their wooden house, with plants and wooden fences adjoining. Notes are written on the front of the picture.
Date: 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper] (open access)

[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History