Resource Type

Serial/Series Title

[Gold frame with a woody texture]

Painted gold with a woody texture. Still has glass and a wire across back for hanging.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colored print of the Alamo in a metal frame.

Colored print of the Alamo in a metal frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frame painted gold and brown]

Metal frame is painted gold and brown. It is round at the top and flat at the bottom with round corners. Glass is convex. Holds picture of Alamo 1977.071.001a
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Milk and cream separator]

Milk and cream separator.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fainting couch with hardwood trim]

Fainting couch with hardwood trim and medium brown vinyl upholstery, on rollers.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Child's Trunk]

Metal child's trunk with wooden strips and a plywood bottom.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Piece of Barbed Wire]

Piece of double-strand barbed wire, painted green, 4pt., taken from Preston St. 77469. The barbed wire was photographed against a green background with white grid lines.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Metal musical disc]

Circular in shape with 100 punched out circles all around the outside edge. It has one circle in the middle. There are small rectangular punched out holes in the main part of the disc. The part that is punched out is still attached by one side and is curved under to form a little bump. Has five printed pictures on the top, very detailed. The first one is the Regina Company logo. The next picture is of a cherub playing a piano or organ. Next is of a small boy and girl sitting together, the boy is playing a musical instrument. Up towards the center is a picture of an angel/child playing the violin. On the left is a picture of a grown woman holding a harp in her right hand and next to her left side is a small child.
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Metal musical disc]

Circular in shape with 100 punched out circles all around the outside edge. It has one circle in the middle. There are small rectangular punched out holes in the main part of the disc. The part that is punched out is still attached by one side and is curved under to form a little bump.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

J. Brinkerhoff barbed wire, Twisted, Patented April 8, 1879

J. Brinkerhoff barbed wire, Twisted, Patented April 8, 1879
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rusty blade.

Rusty blade of a Scythe.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mother of Texas Jane Long]

Photograph of a framed print of an illustrated portrait above the text "Jane Long, Mother of Texas." The print is centered in a dark mat, in a gold frame. Part of a wall or wood surface is visible at the top of the photo.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soda Fountain chair]

Soda Fountain chair from the shop where Jane Long had her last meal. The chair structure is made of forged iron, with two iron rods twisted around one another to form legs, feet, and back as well as a circular seat made of unidentified wood.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Declaration of Independence]

Copy of the Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen United States with signatures at the bottom. A caption at the bottom reads, “Presented as a Public Service in Memory of Our Nation’s Founders by The First National Bank of Richmond, Texas.” The copyright info is at bottom right and reads “Copyright 1942, by the Ohman Co., Memphis, Tenn.” Finally, there is a plate on the bottom of the frame that says “Our Greatest Heritage.” The back has two copper rings for holding wire to hang the frame on the wall.
Date: 1942
Creator: Ohman, Theodore W.
System: The Portal to Texas History