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[Mr. O'Connor at Cameo Studio]
Mr. O'Connor standing behind a counter at Cameo Studios. The room is full of framed photographs.
Date:
April 29, 1954
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A view of the exterior of the 2-J Hamburger Store]
An outside view of the 2-J Hamburger store. The advertised price of the hamburgers is nineteen cents, and fries for ten cents. There are automobiles parked outside the building. Located on North Lamar and 41st Street.
Date:
July 29, 1954
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People working inside the 2-J Hamburger Store]
A group of people working inside the 2-J Hamburger store. Two of the people are making and wrapping hamburgers.
Date:
July 29, 1954
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arturo Toscanini NBC Symphony
Photograph of a group people moving packed-up instruments and musical equipment from the NBC Symphony. They appear to be inside a gymnasium; a basketball hoop is on the wall to the left.
Date:
April 29, 1950
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arturo Toscanini NBC Symphony
Photograph of a man in a suit; he's holding a piece of paper in one hand and has his other hand on a trunk lid that is covered in writing and stickers. Behind him, musicians seem to be tuning various instruments. They appear to be in a gymnasium; a basketball hoop is visible on the wall to the left.
Date:
April 29, 1950
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[2nd Infantry Division on Parade]
Photograph of two M8 Greyhound armored scout cars from the 2nd Infantry Division on parade through downtown Austin. Following almost a year of combat in the European Theater, the 2nd Infantry Division was stationed in Texas to train up for deployment to the Pacific, which never happened due to the war's ending.
Date:
March 29, 1946
Creator:
Allison Photograph Service
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beverly S. Sheffield at desk]
Photograph of Beverly Sheffield sitting at his desk. He holds a fountain pen above some papers. Sheffield wears a short-sleeved, button-up shirt and has glasses. A phone sits at his left elbow. His desk sits near a wall with two windows and a radiator. His name plate reads "B. S. Sheffield."
Date:
July 29, 1948
Creator:
Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Ausin
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas School for the Blind
Group of men in suits and hats lined up in front of campus buildings. For more information: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kct25
Date:
April 29, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten letter from F.M. Maddox to W.S. Porter (O. Henry)]
F. M. Maddox's reply to O. Henry's request for Maddox to lend him seventy-five dollars. Maddox asks if it's possible for O. Henry to get the money from his friend in New York.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Maddox, F. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flag Ceremony]
Photograph of Tony McPeak handing a flag to Carl Franklin. A man, who is tentatively identified as Charlie Laughlin, stands to the right. A plane is visible in the background.
Date:
January 29, 1988
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Post Office Building]
Photograph of the United States Post Office building in Manor, Texas, with gravel in front of it. A house is visible in the background.
Date:
March 29, 1963
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gildon Creek Third Baptist Church]
Photograph of a woman standing on the front steps of the Gildon Creek Third Baptist Church building. The sign above the door indicated the pastor was Reverend J. H. Penn.
Date:
March 29, 1963
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man at a Post Office]
Photograph of a man in a suit standing at the entrance to the post office building in Manor, Texas.
Date:
March 29, 1963
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[General Carranza in Juarez, Mexico]
Photograph of a crowd of men, with some on horseback. A note on the back of the photograph describes the situation as, "Gen. Carranza entering Juarez, Mex. at the head of his troops 3-29-14. Gen. C. lifting his hat, notice the cheering crowds of Mexicans."
Date:
March 29, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Post Office and Federal Building in Abilene, Texas]
Photograph of two men on the front steps of a large brick building. A sign above the building's entrance says, "Post Office and Court House."
Date:
December 29, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Race at Galveston Beach]
Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. Two cars are visible behind the spectators. The inscription on the back reads "L. Disbrow in his 290 HB 'JIC' attempts to lower record for beach comer."
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tayor County Courthouse, Abilene, Texas]
Photograph of the Taylor County Courthouse in Abilene, Texas. It is a two-story building with an additional two stories in a clock tower. An individual is sitting by the bushes in front of the building.
Date:
December 29, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Windsor Hotel in Abilene, Texas]
Photograph of the Windsor Hotel in Abilene, Texas. It is a three-story brick building with an awning around the ground level.
Date:
December 29, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Start in 300 mile race, Galveston Beach
Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. The drivers are lined up with their cars behind the crowd.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Juarez Race Track
Photograph of a horse race in Juarez, Mexico. The horses are passing the crowd at the moment of the photograph. Five names of horses are listed in a handwritten note on the back of the photograph.
Date:
March 29, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]
An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."
Date:
September 29, 1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from Secretary of War Jefferson Davis]
A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, who refers to Brigadier Major General Persifor F. Smith’s letter of July 29, 1854, to Pease. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
Date:
August 29, 1854
Creator:
Davis, Jefferson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]
The first in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
Date:
October 29, 1867
Creator:
Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from Brigadier Major General Persifor F. Smith]
A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from Brigadier Major General Persifor F. Smith, who discusses the repelling of “Indian incursions.” Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
Date:
July 29, 1854
Creator:
Smith, Persifor F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History