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Land Grant Deed (open access)

Land Grant Deed

Land grant made out to Marshall B. McKeever.
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John M. Moore, Jr. as a student at University of Texas]

John M. Moore, Jr. as a student at University of Texas, ca. 1913. Moore is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, dark bow tie. Embossed photographer's mark at lower right, "The Elliots, Austin, Tex." Taken the same day as 1985.026.005.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John M. Moore Home in 1914]

Photographic postcard of John M. Moore Home, 1914. Image shows two white rocking chairs at center of front porch. Windows are shuttered. Written in blue ink on back, "Wish you were here with us." Addressed to "Mr. Jno. M. Moore, Jr., 203 West 19th St., Austin, Texas." Green one cent stamp with George Washington, cancelled Richmond, May 24, 7:30 pm, 1914.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cattle in a pen]

Photograph of cattle in Pen. Probably taken at John Moore Ranch the same day at 200.003.002 & 003. Corner of pen in background.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[African-American cowboys branding calves, calf still steaming from branding]

Photograph of African-American cowboys branding calves. Cows in foreground. Three African-American cowboys have a calf down, still steaming from branding. Pen fence in background.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[African-American cowboys branding calves at John Moore Ranch]

Photograph of African American cowboys branding calves at John Moore Ranch, ca. 1920. Men are identified on back, left to right, as Joe Foster, Frank Johnson, Judge Mason, Mathina Harris. Johnson is holding branding iron, Mason is holding down calf.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congressman John M. Moore, Sr. with African American chuck wagon cook]

Postcard of Congressman John M. Moore, Sr. with African American chuck wagon and camp cook, ca. 1915. Moore is standing behind camp table in a three piece suit and hat, with his foot up on the bench. African American chuck wagon cook is sitting on the other bench, wearing a cowboy hat, light shirt, dark pants. Chuck wagon is behind Moore and cook.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A tintype portrait of Henry Jones.]

Photographic copy of a tintype portrait of Henry Jones. Jones was a member of Austin's "Old Three Hundred." Jones is wearing a dark colored jacket with the lapels of a lighter color seen underneath. He has a sweater and white shirt underneath the jacket. A dark colored tie is tied at the collar of the white shirt. Jones has graying hair with a beard. His wire framed glasses are on his forehead. The scanned image is of the copy.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John M. Moore, Jr. taken while he was a student.]

Photograph of John M. Moore, Jr. taken while he was a student at the University of Texas, ca. 1912-1915. He is wearing a dark three-piece suit with white shirt (with stand-up collar) and rose print tie. (Original photograph was cut out into an oval.)
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John M. Moore while he was attending the University of Texas.]

Photograph of John M. Moore taken while he was attending the University of Texas ca. 1915. He is facing left and wearing a dark jacket and vest, with a white shirt and dark tie. Bottom right of photo has name of photographer: THE ELLIOTS, AUSTIN, TEX.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Jane Long holding a fan]

Photographic copy of an oval-framed daguerreotype portrait of Jane Long, seated and visible from the knees up, wearing a dark dress with white lace at collar. She is holding a fan in her left hand and her long dark hair is curled, with lace headpieces on either side of her head.
Date: 1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T.B. Wessendorff labeled "Uncle Tom".]

Photograph of T.B. Wessendorff labeled "Uncle Tom" on back of photograph in blue ink. Wessendorff is wearing school military jacket and hat. Photograph is mounted on cardboard substrate with a circular design etched around the edge. Bottom of photo reads: S.B. Hill, Austin, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hill, S. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[R.E.L. "Bob" Wessendorff as a Boy]

Photograph of R.E.L. "Bob" Wessendorff as a boy (as identified on back of photo in ink). Young man is wearing a dark jacket with shiny buttons (buttoned) down the front, white shirt stand-up collar visible above jacket. He has his hair parted down the center. Photograph is mounted on gray cardboard substrate. Engraved at bottom: MARKS, AUSTIN, TEX. Picture has multiple scratches across it.
Date: unknown
Creator: Marks
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Willie B. Blakely (bust shot) as a boy.]

Photographic portrait of Willie B. Blakely (bust shot) as a boy. Blakely appears to be about 12 years old and is wearing a light colored suit coat, white shirt, necktie with thin vertical stripes, and round tie pin. Image is cropped into an oval and mounted onto a pale gray matte. Photographer's mark in silver at lower right: "The Elliots, Austin, Tex." Image dimensions: 8.8 cm x 12.5 cm
Date: 1900
Creator: Elliots
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Needle point picture of a map of Austin's Old 300 Colony.]

Needlepoint picture of a map of Austin's Old 300 Colony. The frame is wooden and velvet. The inside edge is gold metal or wood, the middle is green velvet, and the outside edge is carved wood painted gold.
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a young girl wearing a dark dress with white trimming]

Photograph of a young girl. She has short blonde (light brown) hair and is wearing a dark colored dress with white trimming. Back of photo reads: W.J. Oliphant, Photographer, Pecan St., Austin, Texas. Photograph is mounted on cardboard.
Date: unknown
Creator: Oliphant, W.J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Petition by Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. January 15th 1841 (open access)

Petition by Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. January 15th 1841

Petition by Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. for compensation for losses sustained by the family when his father's house was taken over for a hospital by the Texan Army
Date: January 15, 1841
Creator: de Zavala, Lorenzo, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Canon at the south entrance of the Texas State Capitol

Photograph of a canon at the south entrance of the Texas State Capitol. The writing on the base says, "Presented to the Republic of Texas by Maj. Gen. T. J. Chambers, 1836."
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kids Outside Texas State Capitol]

Photograph of a group of children standing on a sidewalk running through a lawn in Austin, Texas, with the Texas State Capitol building in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Texas State Capitol]

Photograph of the exterior of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. Trees and a group of people are visible on the lawn in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Detail of wooden interior doorway at the Texas State Capitol

Photograph of a detail of wooden interior doorway at the Texas State Capitol. There is a glass panel above the door which reads "State Treasury". A person stands in front of the doorway.
Date: May 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Statue of a Stephen F. Austin]

Photograph of a statue of Stephen F. Austin holding a role of cloth and a rifle inside the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. A young boy is visible to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Looking Up at the Rotunda]

Photograph looking up at the interior of the rotunda in the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd in the Rotunda]

Photograph of a crowd of adults and children in the rotunda of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. Two older men sit on a bench to the left below a painting of George W. Bush.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History