Tourists in Slickers

Copy negative of a group of six tourists at Table Rock at Niagara Falls, dressed in waterproof clothing. Four of them are Mary and George L. Paxton, Howard Rivers, and Bill Fry.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the dominion of Canada, exclusive of northern regions indicating vegetation and forest cover.

Map of Canada from coast to coast, indicating the type of forest cover with color legend. The names of the types of vegetation typically found in different regions are also included as notes on the map. Scale [ca. 1:6,336,000] (100 miles to the inch).
Date: 1930
Creator: National Development Bureau
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sectional map indicating main automobile roads between Canada and United States (middle west sheet).

Map of roadways in the Midwestern United States and southern portions of the Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario provinces of Canada. The map includes major towns, bodies of water, and boundaries. The map also includes an inset map of the four Canadian road map sheets in this series near the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:2,217,600] (35 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: Canada. National Development Bureau.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sectional Map indicating main Automobile Roads between Canada and United States (Middle West Sheet).

Map of roadways in the Midwestern United States and southern portions of the Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario provinces of Canada. The map includes major towns and cities; bodies of water, including the Great Lakes; and boundaries. The map also includes an inset map of the four Canadian road map sheets in this series near the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:2,217,600] (35 miles to the inch).
Date: 1926
Creator: Canada. National Development Bureau.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sectional Map indicating main Automobile Roads between Canada and United States (Great Lakes Sheet).

Map of roadways of the region surrounding the Great Lakes, including Iowa, Kentucky, Wisconsin, New York, and the Canadian provinces Quebec and Ontario. The map includes major towns, bodies of water, and boundaries. The map also includes an inset map of the four Canadian road map sheets in this series bottom-center of the map. Scale [ca. 1,077,120] (17 miles to the inch).
Date: 1926
Creator: Canada. National Development Bureau.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E.P. Legett to K.B. Legett - April 9, 1934] (open access)

[Letter from E.P. Legett to K.B. Legett - April 9, 1934]

Letter from E.P. Legett to K.B. Legett, about another line of Legetts that lives in Canada, and whether or not they are related to one another. Included is a handwritten family genealogy on Rice Hotel stationery.
Date: April 9, 1934
Creator: Legett, E. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Postcard for Canadian Bar

Copy negative of a postcard with a portrait of a man identified as John Berryman. To the right of the portrait is the text, "The Excelsior Bar" line break, "John Berryman, Proprietor" line break, "Open Day and Night" line break "...Best Brands of... Wines, Liquors, and Cigars" line break, "112 Government Street Telephone 948 Opposite the Savoy Victoria, B. C." At the bottom of a postcard is an emblem that says "Typographical Victoria" and "Union Label."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History