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[2-part Empire Mirror]

Wall mirror, 2-part Empire-style. Spiral columns on the frame. Some damage on the upper-right corner of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[3 footed metal stove]

3 footed stove, 1847. The door is decorated with a floral pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[46 Young People]

Photograph of young men and women in five rows. Men tend to either sit in the front row or stand at the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["50 Homeseekers from Indiana. Booth Texas June 10th, 1909".]

Photograph (copy) of "50 Homeseekers from Indiana. Booth Texas June 10th, 1909." as written in white at bottom of the photograph. The men of various ages are all dressed basically the same: in dark pants, white shirts, ties, and jackets. Most of them are wearing hats. Background left is a white one-story wooden building; background right is a moss draped tree; and in center is partial view of an automobile. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: June 10, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[500 Turkeys in Sugar Land]

Postcard, Sugar Land, 500 Turkeys. Tenant cabins in background. Turkeys in center of photo. African-American man walking in (left) background.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A 1886 Drug Store]

Photograph of a 1886 Drug Store. The drug store is located in a two story brick building on the corner of a dirt street. The sign "Drug Store" on the northwest corner of the building, has a horse hitched to the support post. The front of the building has two glass box windows on either side of the double door entrance. Eight men are standing on the sidewalk near the front entrance. There is a man sitting in each of the four second story windows on the front side of building. A hitching post is on far left; two white wooden buildings on far right with the top of a two story brick building partially visible over the roof tops of the wooden buildings. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate. Image dimensions are: 19.7 cm x 12.4 cm. Pencil writing near top left corner of cardboard reads [not fully legible]: 84.50 49.00 $35.50 $35.50 (with x's under the cents).
Date: 1885/1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The 1899 flood. Trees in background.]

Photograph of the 1899 flood. Trees in background. Cement arch in front of trees in center of photo. Photo is mounted on cardboard substrate. Photo has ragged edges and is cracked in bottom left corner. Has black spot on far left, center. Back has tape in cracked area.
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The 1912 graduating class of Rosenberg High School.]

Photograph of the 1912 graduating class of Rosenberg High School. Mary Kruse, mother of the donor is second from the right on the front row. Seven women are seated in the front row - woman in center is holding a banner which reads: 1912 RHS. Five men and two women are standing in the back row. Double doors to the left of the photograph. There is a ruler hanging on a peg to the top right of the photograph. Wooden furniture to far right. Blurred white area to the top left of photo. Photograph is mounted on a brown textured cardboard matte. Matte has a gray textured rectangle that borders the perimeter of the photograph. Image dimensions are: 22.2 cm X 16.6 cm.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1913 flood in Richmond, Texas]

Postcard image of 1913 flood in Richmond, Texas. Water visible in bottom half of photo. White, wooden house with porch surrounded by white picket fence on left. White house in background, also. Top, right corner is torn (piece missing).
Date: December 10, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1913 Flood in Sugarland #1]

Photograph of a pair of two story buildings with the nearby streets flooded. The floodwater flows from the Brazos river.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1913 Flood in Sugarland #2]

Photograph of two men riding horses to a wooden bridge that is flooded by the Brazos river.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1913 Flood in Sugarland 3]

Photograph of several buildings near a bridge that crosses the flooded Brazos river.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1913 flood of the Brazos River.]

Photo taken during the 1913 flood of the Brazos River. On opposite bank is the stern wheeler "Waco". The steamboat "Waco" is in the upper left comer of photo. Dark spots distort most of photo. Written at bottom of photo in white: "RIVER RICHMOND".
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1930 - 1931 4th Grade Class]

Photograph of three girls and one boy standing behind a boy and girl who sit on the ground. These six children are the 4th grade class during the academic year starting in 1930.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1930 - 1931 5th Grade Class]

Photograph of four girls on the back row, three in the middle, and one embracing a boy on either side where she sits. The photograph is of the 5th grade class from the academic year beginning in 1930.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1940 First Grade class from Jane Long Elementary School]

Photograph of the 1940 First Grade class from Jane Long Elementary School in Richmond, Texas. The class is in and around the John Leach wagon. "He operated the mail delivery service from Depot to Post Office for over 20 years. John Leach wagon was a traditional target for Halloween activity." This information is typed on the back of the photo in black ink. Wagon is filled with young children. Two girls are sitting on John Leach's lap. Four girls are sitting on the white horse that is pulling the wagon. Ten boys and girls are standing in front of the wagon.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The 1943 Richmond High School Senior Class.]

Photograph of the 1943 Richmond High School Senior Class. Back of photo in ink identifies the second senior on the top row, from left, as Tony Davis. Photo is wrinkled.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
1953 Freight Absorption and Package Differential Report (open access)

1953 Freight Absorption and Package Differential Report

Report showing monthly freight absorption and package differential expenses for Sugarland Industries, as well as the annual total.
Date: 1953
Creator: Sugarland Industries
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Austin County, Block 11

Parent map for Austin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Austin County, Block 13

Parent map for Austin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Austin County, Index

Index map for Austin County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:87,409.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Austin County, Inset E01

Inset map for Austin County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:10,000.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Austin County, Inset E02

Inset map for Austin County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:10,000.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Brazoria County, Block 1

Parent map for Brazoria County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:13,500.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History