W.T. Farley Clothing Stores Convention in Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, 1923

Photograph of the Southwestern States Managers Convention in the Hotel Texas in Ft. Worth in 1923. There is a large table-cloth covered table topped with fine dinnerware. Seated around the table and standing behind the table are several men and women dressed in identical cowboy hats and bandannas. The men are wearing suits and ties and the women are wearing dresses. The wall has large curtain-covered windows and the hanging from the ceiling are several chandeliers. Printed in the center of the photograph it reads, "Southwestern States Managers Convention of the W.T. Farley Clothing Stores. Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, Tex., Oct 9, 1923."
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth, "The convention city" : and a city of beautiful homes (open access)

Fort Worth, "The convention city" : and a city of beautiful homes

A book promoting Fort Worth for business and conventions.
Date: 1921
Creator: Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. Convention Bureau.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth, Texas : "where golden West and sunny Southland meet" (open access)

Fort Worth, Texas : "where golden West and sunny Southland meet"

A book promoting Fort Worth for business and development.
Date: 1923
Creator: Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Arkansaw" Postcard

Silly photographic postcard depicting two men seated in a carriage pulled by a mule. They are outside of a small log cabin that has signs on it reading, "Arkansaw Traveler Hotel" and "A Vacant Room Up Stairs". There are signs on the carriage reading, "Arkansaw Traveler", "Home or Bust" and "I don't know where I am going but I am on my way". Correspondence on the back reads, "1/26/22 I will be driving that way in a few days No use to walk when you can ride. J.P. Shaw" It is addressed to Miss Perry Shaw in Dara, Ala and is postmarked Hot Springs, Arkansas on Jan 27, 1922.
Date: 1922~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of a street scene in Ft. Worth, Texas. Inlaid in the brick road are trolley tracks and on the road are a few people and horse-drawn buggies. On either side of the road are large business buildings and sidewalks lined with railings. There is a sign on the left side of the road that reads, "Majestic Theatre, Moder Vaudeville, 2 Performances Daily." There are also many telephone and electric poles and wires.
Date: 1921
Creator: White, Jack
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mabel Strickland on a horse]

Photograph of Mabel Strickland on a horse at the Fort Worth Stock Show.
Date: [1922-03-18..1922-03-16]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fifth Annual Session (which is the eleventh session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Fifth Annual Session (which is the eleventh session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, resolutions, statistical tables, index, and advertisements.
Date: 1920
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
From Frontier to Metropolis: [Souvenir and History With Official Program of the Fort Worth Diamond Jubilee, an Event Commemorating the Years of Founding and Incorporation, November 11-12-13-14, 1923]. (open access)