Resource Type

[Portrait of Julia Hensley]

Portrait of Julia Hensley (1837-1915], an older woman wearing a dark dress with a white collar.
Date: August 25, 1873
Creator: Freeman, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Charley and Louesa Brown]

Portrait of Charley and Louesa Brown, Charley is seated in a chair and Louesa is wearing a long, dark dress. According to the note on the back of the photograph, Louesa is the aunt of Lou Hopkins Back.
Date: [1883..1900]
Creator: Webster, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Phoebe Winchester Hensley]

Portrait of Phoebe Winchester Hensley (1863-1940), a woman with dark hair wearing a white dress with a dark collar.
Date: August 1883
Creator: McClellan, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Class Prophecy for the 1907 Class of Texas Baptist University]

Class prophecy describing a person's eventful day dream that included a woman creating pictures in the room of different individuals; the pictures continue to appear and then disappear and showing different women in different locations. The last line of the piece comes after the person had awoken: "I was forced to turn from the glamers into the future and come back to the tasks of the present."
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Flight in Texas]

Photograph of the first flight in Texas. A biplane in visible in the sky above some buildings. Inscription on the back reads "Dallas 1908, Rogers in plane."
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas First Air Flight

Photograph of the first flight in Texas. A biplane is in the sky and a man's hat is partially visible at the left and a utility pole is at the right. "Rogers" is indicated in the inscription on the back.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lee Turney Driving an Automobile]

Photograph of Lee Turney driving an automobile, being apart of the Davis-Turney Auto Co., with S. G. Davis sitting in the front seat. Nelle Turney and Mrs. Wallace Marshall are both sitting in the back seat with a third unidentified woman.
Date: 1911~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Men by the Davis-Turney Automobile Co. Building]

Photograph of the automobile sales team standing outside of the Davis-Turney Automobile Co. building in Dallas, Texas.
Date: September 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men at the 1915 Convention of Texas Launderer's Association]

Photograph of the men and women in attendance of the 1915 Convention of Texas Launderer's Association in Dallas, Texas. There are three indistinct rows of people, those in the front are kneeling down and those behind are standing between one another to have their faces visible. The man with the X above his head, is Michael Collins, father of Mayme Bahl. He owned the Artesian Laundry in Waco, TX.
Date: [1915-01-27..1915-01-28]
Creator: Rogers, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Denton and Camp Bowie Scenes]

Scrapbook page with seven photographs depicting scenes of people in Denton, Camp Bowie, and Dallas. The first column includes photos of Vernon Castle's airplane, a group of women standing around the Red Cross bull, and the Denton Bagpipers marching at courthouse square in Denton, Texas. The second column includes photos of Bowie, Texas: "Guard mount at Bowie" and "Company Street, Co 'H', 144 U.S. Inf." The third column includes photos of Joe Gurley and a group of uniformed band members in Dallas.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas Scenes]

Scrapbook page with nine photographs depicting scenes and people in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas. The first row includes photos of a woman named Julie in Texas, and railroad tracks in the Cumberlands, Kentucky, and Tennessee, with one captioned "The Queen and Crescent." The second row includes another photo of Julie, a group of graduates in Dallas, a group of women captioned "Beyer, Stella Owsley, and Jule," and an older women dressed in black, with the caption, "Mrs. Flanagan - a peach."
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a White Truck Co. Sales Meeting at the Adolphus Hotel]

Photograph of a White Truck Co. sales meeting taking place at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas. All of the men are sitting at a round table with a white table cloth; Lee Turney is seated third from the left, and according to the note on the back of the picture the manager of the company is J. D. Allen.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lee Turney with Mr. and Mrs. Henley Rood]

Photograph of Lee Turney standing with Mr. and Mrs. Henley Rood, all wearing heavy coats and clothes.
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Station 8's Assistant Chief's Fire Engine]

Photograph of 4 uniformed firefighters standing in front of the Assistant Chief's fire engine. From left to right, the firefighters are: Clay, Watson, Cody, and Chief Meador. The fire engine is parked in the driveway of Dallas Fire Station 8, a brick building which is just barely visible on the left of the photograph. There are several trees beyond the fire engine, and beyond those, a residential neighborhood is visible. There are two small holes in the top of the photograph, one on the left and one on the right, as well as a yellow sticky note on the back, giving information about the photo.
Date: 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Station 15]

Photograph of Dallas Fire Station 15, a stand-alone, two-story, brick building with two open garage doors. Five firefighters stand in front of a fire engine parked in the garage doorway on the left, and five firefighters stand in front of another fire engine parked in the garage doorway on the right. Most of the windows on the second story are open or slightly open. A pole extends from the top of the building and out of shot. On the back of the photograph are a label, handwritten notes, and a stamp giving information about the photo.
Date: July 1946
Creator: Martin, Linwood J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Station 6 and Firefighters]

Photograph of 11 firefighters standing with two uniformed firefighters and a car in front of Dallas Fire Station 6. The station is a stand-alone, two-story, brick building with two balconies and two garage doors. There are trees on either side of the station and the street is visible in the foreground. On the back of the photograph are a label, typewritten text, and a stamp with information about the photograph.
Date: May 24, 1947
Creator: Martin, Linwood J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighter Group Photo]

Photograph of four firefighters standing in front of a car inside a garage. From left to right, the firefighters are: Lieutenant Fletcher Webb, Dillard Seale, Jess Lebel, and Jess Hawn. Two of the firefighters are making silly faces, and three of them have partially wet shirts. On the back of the photograph are a stamp, a label, typewritten text, and handwritten text giving information about the photo.
Date: August 22, 1947
Creator: Martin, Linwood J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters of Fire Station 5]

Photograph of ten Dallas Fire Station 5 engine and truck crew members standing in front of and leaning against a fire engine. Most of the men have partially wet shirts. One of the men is holding a pipe and another is wearing an officer's cap. On the back of the photograph are a stamp, label, typewritten text, and handwritten text giving information about the photo.
Date: August 22, 1947
Creator: Martin, Linwood J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J. M. and Louise Back's Children]

Photograph of J. M. and Louise Back's children sitting and standing around a couch. All together there are seven children, five sisters and two brothers.
Date: April 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Hosing Down Burning Tires]

Wide-shot photograph of four firefighters in firefighting suits, hosing down burning tires on the left. Two of the firefighters hold one hose while the other two hold another hose, pointed at a spot farther away. A large tree stands just beyond the farthest firefighters, and there are more trees barely visible in the background. There are a few stacks of tires obscuring the closest firefighters and much of the background on the left is obscured by smoke. On the back of the photograph are a label and two stamps giving information about the photo, including the photographer and date.
Date: January 20, 1960
Creator: Flynn, Johnny
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Fight Love Field Hangar Fire]

Photograph of three firefighters in firefighting suits and two aircraft mechanics fighting a hangar fire at Love Field Airport in Dallas. One firefighter stands on the left in the foreground, pointing a water hose over the tops of white, charred brick walls in the right middle-ground and blackened debris. The two mechanics (one of whom is shirtless) point another water hose at a wall, and behind them, the two other firefighters point a water hose at the same wall.The air around the men is smoky and the sky above is hazy with smoke. On the back of the photograph is a label with orange writing giving the date and other information.
Date: July 5, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighter Looks on as Smoke Billows]

Photograph of a Dallas Fire Department firefighter looking on as a tall cloud of smoke billows from the top of the Edson of Texas pillow factory building. The firefighter is wearing a long jacket and standing on a fire engine that is parked facing left. The source of the smoke is somewhere on the roof of the brick building, however, smaller plumes of smoke rise from one of the windows. Partially obscured by the fire engine, another firefighter stands at the bottom of a ladder propped against the side of the building. An electrical pole and power lines - which are connected to the building - are visible between the building and the fire engine. On the back of the photograph are stamps, handwritten text, and a portion of a label giving information about the photograph.
Date: August 22, 1960
Creator: McCain, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Sitting and Standing After Firefighting]

Photograph of firefighters in firefighting suits sitting and standing around beside a brick building. The building is only partially visible on the right, and in the background to the left, more buildings are visible on the other side of a street. Fire hoses lay in loose coils on the ground and some of the firefighters are stepping over them. Most of the firefighters have their backs to the camera, and three firefighters look at something out of shot on the left. On the back of the photograph are two labels and two stamps giving information about the photo, including the date.
Date: August 22, 1960
Creator: McCain, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Clean Up Debris After a Blast]

Photograph of firefighters and other men cleaning up debris outside a white, wood-paneled house. Through one of the blasted-out windows, other men can be seen working inside the house. The three firefighters working outside the house are wearing gloves and are handling charred fabric and two pieces of furniture. Another man looks into the house through the far left window and a young boy watches from the far right. On the back of the photograph are two labels and two stamps giving information about the photo, including the date.
Date: September 19, 1960
Creator: McCain, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History