Resource Type

[A little girl wearing a light colored dress.]

Photograph mounted on (pale blue) cardboard of a little girl wearing a light colored dress, dark stockings, and dark boots. She is leaning on a draped backdrop with her right elbow. Her left hand is placed upon her right wrist. Outdoor background to photo. Bottom of photo reads: Anderson's, 85 Mains Street, Houston, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson's
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A young man dressed in a white shirt with white ruffled skirt.]

Photograph mounted on cardboard of a young man dressed in a white shirt with white ruffled skirt. He has on stripe and design stockings with laced boots. He is standing on a covered backdrop that he is also able to lean on with his left elbow. Bottom of photo reads: From Anderson's, 85 Main Street, Houston, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson's
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A young man with dark hair]

Photograph mounted on cardboard substrate of a young man with dark hair, wearing dark shoes, stockings, and pants. He has a white shirt with dark scarf tied in a bow at his neck. He has his right leg crossed over his left. His left hand is resting on a wicker chair. Bottom of cardboard reads: C. O. Lorenze, Richmond, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lorenz, C.O.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A young girl in white dress and dark (finger-less) gloves.]

Photograph mounted on cardboard of a young girl in white dress and dark (finger-less) gloves. Her left arm is leaning on a dark backdrop board. Bottom of cardboard reads: From Anderson's 85 Main Street, Houston, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson's
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A young couple, man is seated and woman is standing.]

Photograph,mounted on cardboard, of a young couple. The man seated in a tasseled chair (right) is wearing a dark suit with white shirt. The woman is wearing a light colored dress with lace from elbow to above wrist. She is wearing a watch on her right wrist. She has a flower on her left shoulder and is holding a flower in her right hand. White spots on print.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Street in Needville, Texas.]

Photograph of Main Street in Needville, Texas. Dry Goods, Notions Store to far right of photo. Boy wearing a hat in center of street, automobile behind him. Automobiles parked on both side of the street. Wagon and horse on far left. Photo is creased at bottom left corner. Has white spots toward center and on right. About 1923 written in pen, on back.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man using cultivating equipment.]

Photograph of a man using cultivating equipment. Man sitting on equipment is wearing denim pants and shirt with a straw hat. Four dark-colored mules are pulling the cultivator.
Date: 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rice threshing scene. Crowd of people (right of photo) gathered around.]

Rice threshing scene. Crowd of people (right of photo) gathered around a rice threshing machine. Horses pulling wagon load of rice to left of photo. Boys in field to far left. Photo has areas where it has been bent.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A rice threshing scene. Large groups of people are standing nearby.]

Photograph of a rice threshing scene. Crowd of people watching threshing machines at work. Rice is pouring out of the thresher from the center to the right side of photo. Boy in a striped shirt in right, foreground. Automobiles can be seen in far left background. Photo has bent areas.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Watercolor image of William Kinchen Davis.]

Salted paper enhanced with watercolor image of William Kinchen Davis. Photo is framed by a gray mat with an oval insert. Orange velvet insets in each corner. Man with blue eyes, gray hair and mustache. He is wearing a black jacket and vest with white shirt and black bowtie. Background water colored in blue.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Professor M.H. Allis. Man with a graying beard.]

Photograph of Professor M.H. Allis. Man with a graying beard. He is wearing a dark-colored suit with white shirt and dark bowtie. Photo has faded oval around portrait. Photograph is mounted on cardboard with gold trim around edges of cardboard. Bottom of cardboard reads: M.L. Potash, Victoria, Texas. Written in pencil on cardboard: Prof M.H. Allis.
Date: unknown
Creator: Potash, M.L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mrs. G. D. Birdwell.]

Photograph, mounted on a cardboard mat, of Mrs. G. D. Birdwell (Lucile Rich) as a young girl. She is wearing a white dress with white bow in her hair, has dark-colored stockings, and white shoes. She is holding a flower in her left hand. She is sitting on the arm of a large wicker chair. Cardboard mat has brown spots over most of the area. Back of photo in blue ink identifies Lucile.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[R.A Rich.]

Photograph of R.A Rich as identified in pencil on the cardboard substrate of photo. Man standing with umbrella in his right hand (closed and leaning on it). He has a mustache and is wearing dark pants, and a dark (long) jacket. He has a dark hat. He is leaning on a tree trunk with his right elbow. Forest scenery in foreground and background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mrs. M.H. Allis.]

Photograph of Mrs. M.H. Allis (identified at bottom of cardboard in pencil). Photo of a woman in dark velvet dress with white collar. She has a pin at the neckline of her dress with a chain that loops and attaches to a locket. Shiny buttons down front of her dress. Faded oval around portrait. Photo is mounted on cardboard substrate with gold trim. Written in black ink at bottom of cardboard: M.L. Potash, Victoria, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Potash, M.L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rice harvesting operation.]

Photograph of rice harvesting operation. Sacks of rice in far right corner. Two men (backs to camera) filling rice sacks in center of photo. Threshing machine to left. Horse drawn wagons in background (right).
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a "Schooner" in the Galveston Bay]

Photograph of a "Schooner" in the Galveston bay, 20 miles from port, taken from mail boat "Eva" as written at the bottom of photo. The schooner has three sails and is loaded with cargo. Schooner is pulling a smaller wooden boat behind it.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tintype image of a child wearing a hat. Photo is dark and blurred.]

Tintype image of a child wearing a hat. Photo is dark and blurred. Photo is in a paper, oval mat with pink trimming.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A young man in dark, pin-stripe suit, a plaid necktie.]

Photograph of a young man in dark, pin-stripe suit, a plaid necktie, and boots. He has his right hand on a wooden branch bench and his left hand is resting on his hip. A dark-colored hat is hanging on the corner of a fence backdrop. Lake and forest (painted) background. Photo is mounted to a cardboard substrate. Print has white streak in bottom left corner. Back of photo reads (in dark blue ink print): Members of the N.P.A. of A. All Photos Made with the New Process, P.Fey., H.F. Braunig. Fey & Braunig, Photographic Artists, Cuero, Texas. Duplicates can be had at any time. No change of expression. The exposure is but one second.
Date: unknown
Creator: Fey and Braunig
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man sitting in a tasseled chair with paint palette.]

Photograph of a man sitting in a tasseled chair with paint palette on his left hand and a paint brush in his right hand. A portrait of a forest scene is on an easel in front of him. A table with many brushes and paints in background. A dark-colored hat on floor in far left corner. Photo is mounted on a cardboard substrate.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young woman holding a baby on her left knee]

Photograph of a young woman holding a baby on her left knee. She is also hugging a dog with her right arm. A string is attached to something on the upper right of photo. Trees in background. Back of photo reads in blue ink: Jocko, The Braly Baby and yours truly at Lake Oscawaua. Back of photo has VELOX stamped in several places.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young priest or an altar server (acolyte)]

Photograph of a young priest or an altar server (acolyte). He has dark rimmed glasses and is dressed in a dark robe with the white full sleeved over jacket. He is holding a book and is standing in front of a dark painted door. Back of photo reads: F. Hamilton ? , Eagle Lake 8/15/27.
Date: August 15, 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cousin Laura Granddaughter of Gail Borden]

Photograph (copy) of two women. Back of photo in blue ink reads: From Freeman A. Davis- Great Grandson of Kinchen W. Davis- "Cousin Laura Granddaughter of Gail Borden". Woman with wire rimmed eyeglasses on left is wearing a skirt with jacket and has her gray hair pulled back in a bun at nape of her neck. Woman on right is wearing a dark skirt, white shirt, white jacket, and black bow tie. She has her gray hair pulled back. Shrubbery (or small tree) behind them. They may be standing in front of a railed porch. Person can be seen on porch to far right of photo. Scanned image is of the copy. Copy is dark.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ed Priester in his buggy]

Photograph (copy) of Ed Priester in his buggy. A dark horse with a least three white stocking feet (cannot see fourth) seen. Priester (who we can see only in profile) is wearing a dark colored suit with dark hat. A (at least two story) brick building is in the background. Scanned image is of copy.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brown Lylie surrounded by a group of people.]

Photograph (copy) of Brown Lylie surrounded by a group of people. Lylie is seated in a wooden chair with her right hand resting on the crook of a cane. She is wearing a dark skirt and jacket, white shirt, and has a plaid bandana tied around her head. Five children and two adults are gathered around Lylie's chair. The corner of a table can be seen in the bottom left corner. An unpainted wooden building is in the left background. Trees in right background. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History