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[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry), who asks for funds for a weekly publication.
Date: January 27, 1894
Creator: Porter, William Sydney
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson]

A letter to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson, who congratulates her on graduating from high school.
Date: May 27, 1940
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)] (open access)

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)]

A letter to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry), who asks her for a loan.
Date: December 27, 1893
Creator: Porter, William Sydney
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drive-Thru Restaurant]

Photograph of a Holiday House drive-through restaurant with a man in a car can be seen in the foreground pressing a "place order" button. The restaurant can be seen in the background with a drive-through window and large awning, with another car seen stopped at the window.
Date: December 27, 1973
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An external view of the Land Office Building]

A view of the corner of the Land Office Building. Cars are parked along the sides of the building. First Federal Savings is located to the left of the Land Office Building in this photo.
Date: August 27, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four men wearing suits, standing behind a display for National Flower Week]

A group of four men standing behind a flower display. The display is for National Flower Week.
Date: October 27, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Holiday House Restaurant]

Night time photograph of the exterior of a Spanish revival restaurant building called Holiday House, with wrought iron gates, a tiled roof, and arched windows.The building houses a restaurant, the tall sign of which can be seen brightly lit to the left. An empty parking lot can be seen in the foreground.
Date: December 27, 1973
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Holly Street Power Station

Two men in the control room of the Holly Street Power Plant, Austin, Texas.
Date: September 27, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Models with Motorized Cart]

Photograph of two women posing to advertise a motorized cart for Powered Products of Texas. The cart can be seen with no roof or doors, and only three wheels and a single front seat. A large package can be seen in the carts carrier bed in the back. The woman seated in the cart can be seen wearing a bikini with blocky X's and O's printed on it. The woman standing to the left of the cart has on a dark, one-piece swimsuit. Both are wearing high heels.
Date: April 27, 1960
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Palace of the Governor, Santa Fe, New Mexico]

Photograph of the Palace of the Governor in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is a long, single-story building with a shaded walkway along the street. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "The old Palace of the Governor, oldest Govt. Bldg. in U.S. Built about 1600, occupied by all Governors up to 1890. In this bldg. Gov. Lew Wallace wrote a portion of Ben Hur. This building is now the property of the American School of Archaeology - 4-27-13."
Date: April 27, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pease School Third Graders PTA Picnic

Photograph of a man (Ralph Bickler) talking to a class of Pease School third graders. The text on the back reads, "I asked how many pieces of material were used by Bewick's wrens in building their nest. Notice children's expressions. Answers were from six to a million. 2300 was _______ _______. (Bullock's Oriole nest in front of me.)"
Date: May 27, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seaholm Power Plant]

Photograph of the Seaholm Power Plant at 800 West Cesar Chavez Street. The plant has a water tower, vent stacks, and railroad tracks crossing the foreground of the image. The plant is surrounded by a short, chain-link fence on all sides except where the main gate is open on the right side of the image. The plant was constructed during the 1930s and was eventually demolished in the 1960s.
Date: July 27, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students Holding Signs at Iranian Student Rally, Number 1]

Photograph of students standing on a staircase and holding signs at an Iranian Student Rally at the University of Texas.
Date: September 27, 1984
Creator: Davis, Lisa
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students Holding Signs at Iranian Student Rally, Number 2]

Photograph of people standing on a staircase and holding signs at an Iranian Student Rally at the University of Texas.
Date: September 27, 1984
Creator: Davis, Lisa
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman on a Porch]

Photograph of a woman standing on steps leading up to the porch of a house. The front wall of the house has been partially plastered, but has wood siding at the top.
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History