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[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

[Aerial View of Anson Mills Building and the Surrounding Area in Downtown El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of an aerial view of buildings in El Paso, Texas. The Anson Mills Building can be seen to the left of San Jacinto Plaza in the upper right portion. The Anson Mills Building was designed by Henry C. Trost of Trost & Trost. Also visible mid left is the Paso del Norte Hotel; The White House Department Store; and Pioneer Plaza
Date: July 3, 1919
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of an aerial view of El Paso, Texas. City streets and buildings can be seen laid out in a grid pattern.
Date: July 3, 1919
Creator: Rhineheimer, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alex and Winnie Freeman Standing by Trees]

Photograph of Alex and Winnie Freeman standing together in front of a pair of small trees on a prairie field. Winnie wears a white dress while Alex wears a dark suit and hat.
Date: 1917~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alex Freeman and His sons Alvin, Louis, and Way]

Photograph of Alex Freeman sitting outside on a chair. His sons Alvin, Louis, and Way stand behind him.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlander Bedford Courtney and his Children]

Photograph of Arlander Bedford Courtney and his children standing outside next to a wheeled-barrel machine. Minnie and Ethel Courtney are wearing matching dresses and stand to the left. Young Earl sits atop a barrel in the center and wears overalls. Oma sits on a wheel to the right. Courtney himself stands to the right with two twin girls Elgie and Zelma.
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Buda Star. (Buda, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1910 (open access)

The Buda Star. (Buda, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Buda, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 3, 1910
Creator: Burleson, S. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Promotion for P. Bishop] (open access)

[Certificate of Promotion for P. Bishop]

Certificate promoting P. Bishop to the office of the Chief of the fire department in San Antonio, Texas, signed by Mayor Bryan Callaghan.
Date: May 24, 1911
Creator: Callaghan, Bryan
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Congressional Record Page, Sixty-Third Congress, Third Session] (open access)

[Congressional Record Page, Sixty-Third Congress, Third Session]

Congressional Record page from the 63rd Congress, 3rd session. The page includes a speech by Hon. William Kettner of California in the House of Representatives, a letter written by W. R. Hervy, and another letter written by Motley, Hewes Flint, Dana Reid Weller, William Rhodes Hervey, and Samuel E. Burke, all past Grand Masters of Masons. The speech and letters are related to the Los Angeles investigation into "The Alleged Oath or Obligation of the Knights of Columbus."
Date: January 29, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Defending Ojinaga

Negative image of six uniformed soldiers manning a pair of artillery weapons at Ojinaga, Mexico. The men wear rifles across their backs.
Date: 1911~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Texas: The City of Homes, Schools and Colleges (open access)

Denton Texas: The City of Homes, Schools and Colleges

Book about Denton, Texas and its buildings, industries, and the College of Industrial Arts.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Denton Traction Company transfer ticket] (open access)

[Denton Traction Company transfer ticket]

Transfer ticket for the Denton Traction Company, a system of streetcars. Instructions on the ticket say "Good only for continuous passage at transfer point - Northwest Corner of Public Square - on first connecting car after time and on date punched in margin."
Date: [..1918]
Creator: Denton Arts Council
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire at Wilson Hardware Store]

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered around the Wilson Hardware store during a fire in Beaumont, Texas. Several streams of water are aimed at the fire.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Premium Ribbon]

Blue "First Premium" ribbon from the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1910 (open access)

The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1910

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 1910
Creator: McNaughton, George A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kyle News (Kyle, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1914 (open access)

The Kyle News (Kyle, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Kyle, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 5, 1914
Creator: Harwell, T. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kyle News (Kyle, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1917 (open access)

The Kyle News (Kyle, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1917

Weekly newspaper from Kyle, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 27, 1917
Creator: Harwell, T. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kyle News (Kyle, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1917 (open access)

The Kyle News (Kyle, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1917

Weekly newspaper from Kyle, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 3, 1917
Creator: Harwell, T. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kyle News (Kyle, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1918 (open access)

The Kyle News (Kyle, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Kyle, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 29, 1918
Creator: Harwell, T. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Baily Dickey to Katie Harshbarger, July 21, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from James Baily Dickey to Katie Harshbarger, July 21, 1918]

Letter to Katie Harshbarger from James Dickey from Camp Cody in New Mexico. Dickey describes how he is lonesome and will soon be shipped off to France for the Great War.
Date: July 21, 1918
Creator: Dickey, James Baily
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Baily Dickey to Katie Harshbarger, July 21, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from James Baily Dickey to Katie Harshbarger, July 21, 1918]

Letter to Katie Harshbarger from James Dickey from Camp Cody in New Mexico. Dickey says he misses girls from Sadler, Texas, that he hasn't seen any other boys sent to the Camp from Sadler, and that he apologizes for his poor writing.
Date: July 21, 1918
Creator: Dickey, James Baily
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. A. W. Koch and Mrs. W. O. Wilkes to Mrs. W. A. Crawford - October 26, 1914] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. A. W. Koch and Mrs. W. O. Wilkes to Mrs. W. A. Crawford - October 26, 1914]

Letter from Mrs. A. W. Koch and Mrs. W. O. Wilkes to Mrs. W. A. Crawford, inviting her to the Cotton Palace's Woman's Day Parade on November 7 and instructing her about her position in the parade. The letter is typed on Texas Cotton Palace stationery. Mrs. W. A. Crawford's mailing address is at the Tietz Hotel of Waco
Date: October 26, 1914
Creator: Koch, Mrs. A. W. & Wilkes, Mrs. W. O.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History