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[Admission ticket to the Praetorian Building Observatory]
An admission ticket to the Praetorian Building Observatory (Dallas, Texas). This ticket was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date:
[1909,1915]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial View of Lytle Lake
Copy negative of an aerial view of a lake. Also roads and some buildings can be seen from the aerial view. Printed on the bottom right side of the picture is "Fairchild Aerial Survey, INC. Dallas, Texas".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band at State Fair
Copy negative of the HSU Cowboy Band at the State Fairgrounds in the Hall of State building with a statue in the background. The band is arranged on steps, and standing in front of them are Mayor of Dallas Woodall Rogers, Wally Akin, and Harry L. Beal, President of the State Fair of Texas. There is a typed note in the bottom left corner and other pictures are partially visible below.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band With Cameras
Copy photograph of the McMurry College Band preparing to perform for television cameras. The band members are in uniform and holding their instruments. Behind them is a banner that says, "McMurry College Band." In the foreground are two television cameras identified as WFAA-TV.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[BAPTIST STANDARD, DALLAS, TEXAS. Volume LVII, Number 32, August 9, 1945. 15 pages]
An issue of the BAPTIST STANDARD (Dallas, Texas) from August 9, 1945. The first page of fifteen includes: SOME DANGEROUS TRENDS by T. C. GARDNER ; Alto Frio Encampment by G. S. Hopkins ; T. N. Carswell Joins Staff Of United Texas Drys ; Why Southern Baptists Do Not Affiliate With the Federal Council of Churches by F. M. McCONNELL. Page six includes: "This Is No Place For A Man Like You" by Millard A. Jenkens. Page eleven includes: UNITED TEXAS DRYS - Our Field Workers.
Date:
August 9, 1945
Creator:
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blank pledge card of the United Texas Drys.
Blank pledge card of the United Texas Drys.
Date:
194u
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for J. O. Smith]
Business card with the name "J. O. Smith" printed in the center, with the text "Trezevant & Cochran, Insurance Managers" in the lower-left corner, "Dallas" in the lower-right corner, and the company logo in the upper-left corner. There are also two staples in the top of the card.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Trezevant & Cochran
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 3677: Documents Issued by the Justice of the Peace]
Documents in cause no. 3677, W. O. Rainwater vs. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, issued by the Justice of the Peace of Precinct 1 in Jones County, Texas. The documents include a subpoena issued by the Dallas County sheriff's office requiring the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company to appear in court, an order overruling the defendant's plea of privilege, and the court's ruling in favor of the plaintiff.
Date:
{1929-03-29, 1929-05-21}
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cause No. 3677: Subpoena for Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]
Subpoena issued by the Dallas County sheriff's office requiring the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company to appear in court to answer the complaint of W. O. Rainwater.
Date:
March 29, 1938
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Admittance as Attorney and Counselor at Law in the Circuit Court of the United States]
Certificate admitting K.K. Legett to practice as an Attorney and Counselor at Law in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas.
Date:
January 25, 1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Children at Theater
Copy negative of a group of children standing on the sidewalk in front of the Arcadia Theatre in Dallas, Texas. The movie "Big Time" with Lee Tracy and Mae Clark is advertised. Most of the children are boys, and one of them is holding a pair of roller skates.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Children Outside Theater
Copy negative of a group of children and a couple of adults standing on the sidewalk, waiting in line for the kiddie show at the Arcadia Theatre. There is a car parked in the street on the right and a bicycle leaning on the building on the left.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[City skyline]
A photograph of the Dallas, Texas city skyline. Buildings in the background include The Dorsey Company Printer Office Supplies, Joseph Linz Building, Craddock & Smith Insurance, Mackay Telegraph-Cable Co. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College.
Date:
[1909, 1915]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Claim Receipt by Great American of Dallas, Great American Reserve Insurance Company addressed to Big Spring State Hospital, Thomas Carswell]
A claim receipt by Great American of Dallas, Great American Reserve Insurance Company, dated August 23, 1961. Addressed to Thomas Carswell, Insured Byrdie T. [P.] Carswell.
Date:
August 31, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Blakleys Put $100 Million In Foundation]
Five photocopies of a newspaper clipping about William A. Blakley's transfer of over $100 million in assets to the Blakley-Braniff Foundation.
Date:
July 21, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: City of Dallas v. Newberg, No. 12297]
Journal clipping of the report on cause no. 12297, The City of Dallas vs. Newberg, heard in the Civic Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas on April 2, 1938 and denied a rehearing on April 30, 1938. The cause was brought by Mrs. O. A. Newberg who alleged that the City of Dallas damaged her property through their use of dynamite to clear a property near her house.
Date:
1938-04~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Editor Pleads for Immediate Action On 12-Point Gambling Bill -- Signed by C. C. Wade]
Editorial from the February 21, 1961 issue of The Baptist Standard, detailing what happened during the hearing on House Joint Resolution 4 and asking that people contact their representatives to oppose the bill. There is a pre-printed letter on the editorial for one to sign and fill in their representative; It is signed by C. C. Wade and addressed to Truett Latimer. The last sentence of the third paragraph is subject to an annotation that reads, 'This is good! Don't give up! You have our prayers!'. The other side of the paper contains an article titled 'Safeguards Against Secularization'.
Date:
February 1961
Creator:
James, E. S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Fifty Years Ago Today]
Newspaper clipping of an article featuring excerpts from the Dallas Morning News fifty year prior. Some of the excerpts are about Dallas county indictments to conviction ratio and a Dallas restaurant with a singing parrot. An article is partially visible on the reverse side about peanut farm loss.
Date:
July 30, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Over-Swollen Bureaurcracy' Brought About Corruption]
Newspaper clipping about the president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, D. A. Hulcy, remarks on an issue in Washington.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Prohibition, Senate Votes Hike State Poll Tax Total]
Newspaper clipping about the poll tax payments in some Texas counties such as Dallas, Galveston, Orange, Harris, and Tom Green.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
Associated Press
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Revised Toll Road Bill Merits Approval]
Newspaper clipping about the House bill replacing the Fort Worth-Dallas Turnpike Authority bill.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Road to Adventure with Roy Crane]
A newspaper clipping advertising the "Wash Tubbs" cartoon by Roy Crane. The advertisement includes an image of Roy Crane working at his desk and a small sample of the comic.
Date:
[1920..1940]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County
Blue line print of survey map of Dallas County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil and ink. Scale [ca. 1:152,380] (4000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date:
1890
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Distribution of Funds from Hattie M. Sayles and Henry Sayles, February 2, 1915]
Document in which Henry Sayles and Hattie M. Sayles distribute an amount of $7866.97 amidst their children and relatives, declaring Henry Sayles Jr. to be in charge of the funds.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Sayles, Henry & Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History