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[Texas map, 1852]
Texas map, 1852. Titled "No. 13 Map of the State of Texas Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography."
Date:
1852
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Broadside stock certificate]
Broadside stock certificate. Texas and German Emigration Company stock certificate, signed August 2, 1854.
Date:
August 2, 1854
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
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
[Announcement of funeral for R.J. Calder]
Announcement of funeral for R .J. Calder. It reads: "Funeral Notice. The friends and acquaintances of R. J. Calder, Are respecfully (sic) invited to attend his funeral from his residence, to=morrow Aug. 29th, at Nine o'clock, a.m. Interment at the Cemetery Richmond, August 28th, 1885."
Date:
August 28, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Autograph album "To darling Mamie"]
Page in autograph album reads: "To darling Mamie =My prayer= May choicest blessings crown thy head A"around [sic] thee beauteous robes be spread M"ay [sic] never sorrows gloomy pall. I"n [sic] all thy life - like a dark shadow fall E"ver [sic] guard her Father from starless skies D"o [sic] grant she may grow in beauty as old Time flies A"ye [sic] give a life all peace - or strength to bear with Fale V"erify [sic] every promise - of her present state I" pray for sunshine on her days and years S"avions [sic]! Save her, from storms and tears. Lovingly subscribed C.M. Reading Home- April 16, 1886".
Date:
April 16, 1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Autograph album "To my little Friend"]
Page from the autograph album that reads: "To my little Friend, This world is like a garden Your heart the fairest spot. Now in this fairy bower, Let me plant "Forget me-not" Your Friend Richmond April 20th 1886".
Date:
April 20, 1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A page from an autograph album addressed to "Mamie"]
Page from autograph album reads: "To Mamie On this leaf in memory forest may my name forever rest. Your Friend E.H. Da___".
Date:
1887~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Page in autograph album to Mamie from Alex K. Jones]
Page in autograph album reads: "To Mamie Remember me when far far off where the wood chuck dies with the whooping cough Yours truly Alex K. Jones".
Date:
1887~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Page in an autograph album to Mamie from Gertrude Earnest]
Page in autograph album reads: "Mamie. May your life be of pleasure of Peace and of love untill [sic] the Angels shall whisper Mamie Your home is above! Your True Friend Gertrude Earnest January 25, 1887".
Date:
January 25, 1887
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Page from an autograph album from Katie C. Bell to Mamie]
Page from the autograph album that reads: "To Mamie May flowers along thy pathway bloom, From every care thy heart be free And of every joy that earth can yield Be a portion given to thee Your true friend Katie C. Bell Richmond Jan 28th 1887".
Date:
January 28, 1887
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Page from an autograph album from "Katie Peareson"]
Page from the autograph album that reads: "Sincerely Your friend Katie Peareson Richmond Feby 1/87".
Date:
February 1, 1887
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A page from an autograph album addressed to a ten year old "Mamie"]
Page from autograph album reads: "To Mamie, You are 10 years old to day: my wish is that the years to come may be as happy as the past Cousin Belle Richmond Sept 13th 1887".
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Page from an autograph album about angles around a bed addressed to "Mamie"]
Page from the autograph album that reads: "Mamie "May the angles around your bed side h____ to keep you from kicking off the covers. Your Friend L_. Dunbavy Richmond Texas Jan 25 188_".
Date:
January 25, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Page written in autograph album to Mamie Davis from Zemma Schley]
Page written in autograph album. It states: "To Mamie Davis Peace be around, thee, wherever thou p__est; May life be for thee, one summer's day, And all that thous wishest, and all that thou lovest come smiling around thy sunny way! If sorrow e'er this calm should breath, May even thy tears pass off so lightly; Like spring-showers they'll only make The smiles that follow - shine more brightly. May time, who sheds his blright [sic] o'er all, And dayly dooms some joy to death, O'er thee, let years so gently fall, They shall not crush one joy beneath! As half in shad and half in sun This world along its path advances May that side the sun's ____ Be all that e'er shall meet thy glances Zemma Schley Richmond Mar 6th 1889".
Date:
March 6, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mourning card of Capt. W. K. Davis]
Mourning card of Capt. W. K. Davis. Died Aug. 3, 1891. Black card with gold edging and writing. Top, center sparrow holding a card that reads: "In Loving Remembrance of". Underneath bird, Holy Bible with "Capt. W. K. Davis, Died Aug. 3, 1891" written on front. Foliage in background. Bottom, center unraveled scroll reads: "Tis hard to break the tender cord, When love has bound the heart, Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words, Must we forever part? Dearest loved one we have laid thee, In the peaceful grave's embrace, But thy memory will be cherished Till we see thy heavenly face."
Date:
August 3, 1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wedding invitation to the Mary Davis and Albert P. George wedding]
Wedding invitation on off-white paper which reads: "Mr. & Mrs. J.H.P. Davis announce the marriage of their daughter Mary E. to Mr. Albert P. George. Wednesday, October the seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety six. Richmond, Texas. At Home after November the first, Richmond, Texas."
Date:
October 7, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Map of Ryon Farm and Pasture Co. lands]
Drawing, map, ink of Ryon Farm and Pasture Co. lands 1897. On paper with black ink, the title reads "Lands in Fort-Bend Co-TEX"
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Aboard the Mohawk Galveston Tex."]
Postcard image titled "Aboard the Mohawk Galveston Tex. Maurer Photo" as written at bottom of the image. The photograph shows a ship with two decks of people at the rails. There is a banner on the second deck rail that reads: "Texas Shriners, Galveston-Rochester". There are lifeboats with a few people milling about on top deck.
Date:
[1900..1920]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Commemorative Ribbon]
Partial gold-colored ribbon in two fragments that says "Guest" across the top and "Third Annual Meeting National Live Stock" just below. The second piece has a partial illustration of a bull or cow, with the word "Association" written below. Additional pieces are missing from the center and bottom of the ribbon.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Commemorative Ribbon]
Commemorative ribbon for the Texas Live Stock Association with text on one side (blank on back). The words "Texas Live Stock Association" are written horizontally across the length of the ribbon, inside a decorative border; the left end says "GUEST" and the right end says "SAN ANTONIO FEB. 12 - 13."
Date:
1900%-02
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard image of the first George Ranch House]
Postcard image of the first George Ranch House. The photograph shows the southeast corner of the white wooden story and a half house. The house was built in 1899 (completed in 1900) with the design work by Nicholas Clayton, a famous Galveston architect. The white house has dark trim around windows, trim boards, and porch posts. The porch, located on portions of the south and east sides of the house, has ornate trim work at top with white balustrade and dark painted rail. Bay windows on northeast and southwest corners have different roof lines. White picket fence encloses the ranch house yard. Small oak tree in foreground. Larger oak tree in left background. On lower, right hand corner hand-written: "1st House"
Date:
[1900..1911]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Shriners bound for New York"]
Postcard image titled "Shriners bound for New York Maurer Photo". The image shows the upper and lower decks filled with passengers of a ship. There are three men on the dock in the bottom left corner of the photograph. A banner attached to the rail of the upper deck can partially be read as: "Texas Shriner, Gal".
Date:
[1900..1920]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Button with the shape of a star on it]
Button with the shape of a star on it. In center of star, it states: "+1803 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR. 1903+.THE STAR OF PROGRESS IS IN THE WEST". Purple ribbon extends downward and states: "EL__ 1903 ST. LOUIS NATIONAL STOCK YARDS WORLD'S FAIR 1902 ST. LOUIS". Old Object Term: Commemorative button, livestock
Date:
[1902..1903]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["St. Louis National Stock Yards World's Fair" Ribbon with button]
Ribbon with button. White button reads "1803 ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR 1903 THE STAR OF PROGRESS IN THE WEST" Purple ribbon reads "EL PASO 1903 ST. LOUIS. NATIONAL STOCK YARDS WORLD'S FAIR 1904 ST. LOUIS" Old Object Term: Commemorative pin
Date:
[1903..1904]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History