Resource Type

"In All Her Glory" Sailing Ship Print

Print by Gordon Grant. "In All Her Glory" print of a sailing ship at sea.
Date: 1900/1927
Creator: Grant, Gordon
System: The Portal to Texas History

Print by August Hutaf, "Hold Still!"

Print by August Hutaf of a drawing titled "Hold Still!" In this image, a little girl is buttoning the bloomers of an even smaller child holding a candy cane. Underneath the image is the title and copyright information as well as two safety pins. It is signed in the upper right corner.
Date: 1908
Creator: Hutaf, August
System: The Portal to Texas History

Watercolor Painting of an Oceanside scene

Watercolor painting of an oceanside beach scene. Painting depicts a sandy dirt path or roadway leading to/from a body of water. Sandy grassy hills on either side of path with a small bush/tree on the right side. Water in background, sky above. In the lower right corner, the artist has signed the painting, "Nellie Bossey McCurdy 1903."
Date: 1903
Creator: Nellie Bossey McCurdy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Newspaper Clipping of A Mineral Wells School, Texas]

A newspaper clipping with a photograph of a Mineral Wells School. This clipping had been mounted in a scrapbook, and the legible portion of the caption says, "Mineral Wells School, Texas." The whole caption read: Mineral Wells College. [sic]--A School for Both Sexes The building, which the Weatherford Democrat of September 12, 1895 says would be built in Mineral Wells (It would have been in Romanesque architecture), was to offer "Classical, Scientific, English, Music, Elocution, and Art Courses" . Professor J. McCracken was the head of the school. The building was never built, because the state provided education up to (but not including) college. A need for further education was not felt. .
Date: 1902?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Mineral Wells Advertisement]

A 1906 seasonal advertisement, compliments Central Texas Realty Association, depicts a young lady (An Art Nouveau goddess?) half-kneeling within a frame that suggests stained glass. She is holding a water jug, from which pours a stream of healing elixir that splashes into the lowermost center of the brochure. Decorative scrolls reminiscent of wrought iron sculpture decorate the advertisement. Stars, both in the advertisement and on the lady's tiara, hint that Mineral Wells is the City of Light. What appears to be a coffee stain shows at the upper left. Someone has penciled "1905" in the upper right corner.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Cradle Roll Certificate of Enrollment]

Certificate of Enrollment for the membership of the Cradle Roll. The certificate is issued to Rosa Louise Dill by Chas Manlou on behalf of the 1st Cumb Presbytn Ch on March 1, 1906.
Date: 1906~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pen and Ink Drawing of the Salado Schools Building]

Pen and ink drawing of the Salado Schools building in Salado, Texas. The note on the back of the drawing reads: "P.S. Check is money Helimer sent for his expenses on trip."
Date: [1900..1949]
Creator: Creeks Creation
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Political and Relationships Comics]

A collection of political and social comics drawn in ink, with extra marks in pencil, including a drawing on the back of one of the illustrations
Date: [1901..1977]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Drawings_by_Youthful_Royston_Crane

A collection of drawings, most likely originally appearing in a single tablet, done by a young Roy Crane.
Date: 1904/1915
Creator: Roy, Crane, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Miscellaneous Advertising and Political Comics]

Compilation of political and advertising cartoons, depicting caricatures of angels, African-Americans, and Nazis. The compilation also includes non-caricature sketches of men, women, automobiles, and a small, one-story house.
Date: [1901..1977]
Creator: Crane, Roy, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Residence for Mr. J. E. Nagley]

Drawing of a residence for Mr. J. E. Nagley. It has two columns on the porch walls near the entrance, a pyramid shaped roof, two chimneys on both sides of the roof, and four windows on the second floor.
Date: 1903~/1906~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family Tree in Bible]

Family tree from a page in the Hoff Family bible (in German); the reverse side shows an illustration of the crucifixion with German text below.
Date: April 12, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plat Drawing]

Plat blueprint showing a river, ditches, and various orchards with boundary lines. Scale is 1:1200.
Date: June 8, 1900
Creator: Reed, W. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History