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[Rosenberg High School students in front of open doors]

Photographic postcard of Rosenberg High School students, 1919. Norveil Phillippi may be second boy from left on top row. The students are standing/sitting in the open double doorway of the brick building.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of people in front of a locomotive at Rosenberg, TX c. 1914]

Photographic postcard of Locomotive at Rosenberg, TX, ca. 1914. Banner on locomotive reads, Santa Fe type mallet articulated compound locomotive. Largest locomotive in the world. Built at Topeka Shops. . . 1911 People are gathered along locomotive to view it. Harvey House in right background.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rosenberg Public School students c. 1917]

Photographic postcard of Rosenberg Public School students, ca. 1917. Four rows of students are standing in front of a white wooden building. Building has vines climbing up wall to far right of photo. Adult male standing on left of photo wearing a dark three-piece suit with white shirt.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rosenberg Public School students c. 1916]

Photographic postcard of Rosenberg Public School students, ca. 1916. Students are standing in front of a white wooden building. The teacher, wearing a dark three-piece suit, is standing to the right of photo. He has his hands behind his back. A bicycle wheel can be seen on far right of photo.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rosenberg Public School students in front of closed doors]

Photographic postcard of Rosenberg Public School students, 1919. Norveil Phillippi may be third boy from left on top row. The group of students are standing/seated in front of the double (closed) doors of the brick building. An adult woman dressed in dark skirt and jacket with white shirt (has large rounded collar) is sitting fifth from left in second row.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two children and three dogs in Rosenberg, TX]

Photographic postcard of two children and three dogs in front of two story house in Rosenberg, TX. Boy is probably Norveil Phillippi. Reverse side is marked in pencil, This is the picture of our home. Hattie is Norveil Phillippi's mother. The family moved to the Rosenberg area between 1904 and 1908.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A group of adults sitting on a porch in the summer of 1912.]

Photograph (copy) of a group of people sitting on a porch in the summer of 1912. They are only identified as: Brother Willie, Uncle Walter, Aunt Bell, Sister, Cuz Mamie and Caddie. Two men wearing suits are sitting in in a porch swing on the left. Three women are sitting in chairs on the right. Partial view of a fourth woman. Arches of porch and rail can be seen in background on left to center. Rocking chair in left foreground. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A group of people at the Booth Home during the summer of 1912]

Photographic print of group of people at Booth Home during summer, 1912. People identified as Brother Willie, Uncle Walter, Aunt Belle (Davis), sister (Zillah Wheat Myers), Cousin Mamie (George), Caddie. The group of people are sitting on the front porch of the Booth Home. Two men are sitting on a porch swing. Four women are seated to the left of the photograph. A wooden rocking chair is in the left foreground. The photograph is mounted on a white cardboard substrate.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Albert P. and Mamie George house]

Photographic print of Albert P. and Mamie George house (Ranch House at the George Ranch) in 1915. Photo shows the south face and the cistern tower. Partial view of large tree to right and left of photograph. Picket fence in front of house. Wire fence in foreground. Several wooden boxes are lined up along the wire fence line.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowbar with a hexagonal shaft]

Crowbar with a hexagonal shaft with ends that angle. One end angles more and has a flat-claw head, while the other is just a flat wedge.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man standing to the left of a building in Rosenberg, Texas]

Photograph of a building in Rosenberg, Texas. A two story stucco building with attached covering over sidewalks. The building is on the corner of a street. A man is standing to the left of the building. Utility pole on left. Tree branch in upper right corner. A two story brick building on right.
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man and woman beside an early automobile.]

Photo of a man and woman beside an early automobile. This appears to be different people & different car than 1972.093.148. Sidewalk extends through center of image to the road.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marie Wessendorff as a little girl (about 4 years old).]

Photographic portrait of Marie Wessendorff as a little girl (about 4 years old). Wessendorff is wearing a white cotton eyelet dress with a dropped waist and lace ruffle. She is standing on a table next to a rattan chair. Taken by Blackburn Studio, Houston, Tex., about 1912. Image is mounted on a pale gray matte.
Date: 1912
Creator: Blackburn, C.R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two young men and a young woman sitting on the steps of a home.]

Snapshot of Two young men and a young woman sitting on the steps of a home. Girl at center is identified as Lizzie Wessendorff.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lizzie Wessendorff and unidentified man]

Photo of Lizzie Wessendorff and unidentified man standing on the steps of a home. Same man as on the right in 1972.093.145. Mounted on a scrapbook page
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ada Wessendorff as a teenager (about 16 yrs old).]

Photographic portrait of Ada Wessendorff as a teenager (about 16 yrs old). Wessendorff has her hair pulled back and secured with a large white bow at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a white dress with lace inset over shoulders. Bodice is shirred around shoulders, ending with a round lace band across the shoulders and chest. Shirt is shirred in four levels at the waist, and twice more at thigh level. Wessendorff is holding a bouquet of carnations. Image is mounted is cropped into an oval and mounted on a gray cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 12.0 cm x 20.5 cm. See 1972.093.152 for a duplicate photo on a different style matte.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lizzie Wessendorff as a teenager, ca. 1912.]

Formal photographic portrait of Lizzie Wessendorff as a teenager, ca. 1912. Wessendorff has her hair pulled back loosely into a bun on the crown of her head. She is looking to the left and has a very serious expression. Wessendorff is wearing a white dress with a gathered neckline and fabric flowers at her right shoulder. Photograph is mounted in a gray folder. Front of folder has a 1 mm dark gray stripe locate 1.8 cm from the edge. Folder has embossed image of a girl holding lilies and her left hand, a ewer in her right hand. Image dimensions: 10.1 cm x 15.3 cm
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two men in a furniture showroom.]

Photograph of two men in a furniture showroom. Photo is identified on the back in blue pen, "c. 1913 Walter Jones, Charles F. Hillyer." Jones has his elbow on a row of dressers. There is a row of tables stacked to the right of the men. Image is mounted on a black cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 18.0 cm x 12.9 cm
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lizzie Wessendorff and Violet O'Farrell at the O'Farrell Home.]

Photograph of Lizzie Wessendorff and Violet O'Farrell at the O'Farrell Home, Richmond, TX. Both girls appear to be about 14-16 years old. They are seated on the rail of a circular stone porch.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mrs. Swinford, Lizzie Wessendorff, etc.]

Photograph of (as identified on back in ink) Mrs. Swinford, Lizzie Wessendorff, Jennetta Wessendorff, Archietta Davis Jones, Jennie Jones Wessendorff, Marguerite Wessendorff, Doris Wessendorff, Marie Wessendorff. Three little girls are sitting on a long wooden bench in front of five (standing) women. There is a see-saw behind the women to the right of photo. White picket fence on left. House in background on right. The photo is torn on top right corner and the top left is folded. Center is creased.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The sheriff's office at the Court House.

Photograph with black edging, mounted on a gray mat of the sheriff's office at the Court House. Man writing at desk in far left corner. Five men seated in wooden chairs (one on far right holding up a gun and leaning elbow on desk.) Back of photo identifies man at desk as Mr. Oglivy; third from left as H.M. Shannon and M.L. Woolley, Sheriff, at far right. Photo has rip in bottom right corner. Also tear in mat at bottom left.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Irma Dru Hutchison (left, in pants) and Fannie Henry Farmer (right, in dress).

Photograph mounted on cardboard mat (with swirling pattern border on top, right, left) of Irma Dru Hutchison (left, in pants) and Fannie Henry Farmer (right, in dress). Picket fence in background. Corner of house seen in top, left of photo. House in background. Pencil description on back of photo.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1913 Buick]

Photograph (copy) of a 1913 Buick with the top in place. Tin roofed barn with open doors in background. Another wooden building on right of photo (with open door.)
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Threshing of rice near Beasley, Texas]

Photograph of the threshing of rice near Beasley, Texas in 1915. R.V. Board leased the Chaney farm for rice farming purposes. The girls on the left are the Chaney girls and the house in the background (left) is the Chaney house. The man at right of photo wearing white straw hat (with dark band), dark pants and vest, white shirt, and dark tie, is the rice buyer who is discussing the sale with R. V. Board (father of Lawrence Board, donor of photo). Sacks of rice in foreground. Two African-American men are standing on a wagon in center of photo. Photograph is mounted on a cardboard substrate. Photo and cardboard are in poor condition.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History