[Man in a Cotton Field between Abilene and Anson, Texas]

Photograph of a man wearing a suit and bowler hat standing in a cotton field. The cotton extends all the way to the flat horizon.
Date: January 15, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hallettsville New Era. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1906 (open access)

The Hallettsville New Era. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 1906
Creator: Meitzen, E. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cotton Compress at Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of a man in a suit and bowler hat standing amidst stacks of compressed cotton bales. Several buildings and electric lines are visible in the background.
Date: January 15, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
[Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, January 15, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, January 15, 1906]

Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound concerning Pound's wish for an increase in pensions; Burleson tells him to bring himself "within the same category of those who have heretofore been granted increases" and there will be no problem obtaining an increase. At the end of the letter he tells the doctor not to have his secretary speak for him as "she is not very popular with the members" of the respective committee.
Date: January 15, 1906
Creator: Burleson, Albert Sydney
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History