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The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1963 (open access)

The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1963

Weekly newspaper from Howe, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1931 (open access)

The College Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1931

Weekly student newspaper from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, Texas that includes news of interest to students and faculty along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, August 15, 2011 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, August 15, 2011

Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, a former middle school secretary from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lidiak talks about growing up in Kerrville, her family, and her work at various businesses and the Veterans Administration hospital. She also discusses her husband's education, his service in World War II, and the auto companies he worked at. The interview transcript includes photos of Mrs. Lidiak and her family, on pages 23-28.
Date: August 15, 2011
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Sutton, Jeanne Schumacher & Lidiak, Jean Mathis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photograph of a Wagon of the Grand Ledge, Michigan Fire Department]

Postcard addressed to George Pendexter with a photograph of one of the horse-drawn fire wagons used by the fire department in Grand Ledge, Michigan. This wagon is sitting in front of two neighborhood homes and is loaded with various fire fighting supplies; a fireman is sitting in the driver's seat.
Date: August 15, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-weekly Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1924 (open access)

Semi-weekly Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1924

Semi-weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1924
Creator: Moreland, N. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with a Photo of the Goshen, Indiana Fire Department]

Postcard with an image of the fire department in Goshen, Indiana. The note on the back from the sender says he does not know if he already sent Pendexter this photo or not. The photograph shows the three horse-drawn vehicles used by the Goshen Fire Department, the one in the center is the primary one, while the one on the left is a small passenger wagon.
Date: August 15, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Rose and Mayme Collins to Michael Collins, August 15, 1906]

Postcard from Rose and Mayme Collins to their father Michael Collins in Waco, Texas. The note on the card says that the sisters are "going to Denver tomorrow," while the photograph shows them sitting atop horses while wearing dresses and large hats.
Date: August 15, 1906
Creator: Collins, Mary Florence & Collins, Rose
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History