Resource Type

[Baby Boots]

Pair of leather, lace-up baby boots that belonged to Thomas L. Willis. The pieces around the toe, sole, and laces are shiny red leather with heavy, textured yellow cloth around the main part of the shoes.
Date: 1826~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cranston Pottery Jar]

Pottery jar with a wide opening, glazed in a dark brown color, with a lighter or unglazed portion near the base. It is impressed just below the lip with the name "Cranston" and a paper label at the base says, "Cranston Pottery, Denton County, Texas, 1852-1875."
Date: [1852..1875]
Creator: Cranston Pottery
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Waco $1 Certificate]

Engraved certificate the size of a bank note with images and text on the front that says: "The City of Waco, State of Texas, Will pay to bearer One Dollar." There are black-and-white images on the front including a man carrying a spear on horseback (lower-left corner), a brick suspension bridge over a river with a city behind (center), and a train engine pulling a coal car (lower-right). The back of the certificate has a decorative design in blue ink surrounding the text "Receivable for all Advalorem Tax. Due the City of Waco." The recorder's signature at the bottom left corner is signed by James H. Torbett. The mayor's signature at the bottom right corner is signed by John C. West.
Date: 1875
Creator: Waco (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Willis Wedding Shoes]

Pair of ladies' white heeled wedding shoes, which were worn by Sallie Ann Parker when she married Thomas Middlebrook Willis at the First Presbyterian Church of Abilene, Texas on June 16, 1886.
Date: 1886~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pin for the Texas Cotton Palace 1910]

Pin for the 1910 Texas Cotton Palace. The words are on a bale of cotton.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Calendar for 1914, with Photograph]

Calendar for the year 1914 with a photograph of a woman and small child reading posted on each page. The calendars at the bottom of the page fold back to reveal the rest of the months of the year.
Date: 1914
Creator: R. Chapman Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Premium Ribbon]

Blue "First Premium" ribbon from the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1918 Farewell Book for the Central Infantry Officers Training School]

Farewell book for the Central Infantry Officers Training School group of 1918. The front of the book is decorated with the image of an eagle in front of the United States Flag. It is held together by two cords.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Academy Plaque]

Oval plaque made of brass with letters spelling out "Academy of the Sacred Heart." There are four holes punched in around the edges, at the center of each side.
Date: 1920%
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Badge for Commissioner J. N. Mitchell]

Commissioner badge for J. N. Mitchell. This badge is from the 1929 Texas Cotton Palace and Dairy Show.
Date: 1929
Creator: Schwaabs & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Superintendent Badge From the 1929 Texas Cotton Palace and Dairy Show]

Superintendent badge from the 1929 Texas Cotton Palace and Dairy Show.
Date: 1929
Creator: Schwaabs & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Badge for 1930 Texas Cotton Palace and Dairy Show]

Guest badge of the 1930 Texas Cotton Palace and Dairy Show. The badge includes a design of a dairy cow in the center.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Trim TCU" Ribbon]

Ribbon made of orange material with green writing. There is a green bear at the top of the ribbon. Under the bear, it says "Trim TCU. Mash The Frogs."
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Usher" Ribbon]

Ribbon made of white material with blue lettering which reads "USHER" vertically. There is a nail, probably used as a pin, at the top of the ribbon.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Paper Poppy]

Flower made of red paper for the petals and green paper and wire for the stem. Green and yellow ribbons are attached, as is a slip of paper that reads "In Memoriam". The other side of the paper says "The American Legion. American Legion Auxiliary. Veteran Made Poppy."
Date: November 11, 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Newspaper Satchel]

Rectangular burlap bag with a handle printed across the front with "Waco News-Tribune Times Herald." Several folded miniature newspapers in plastic covers are arranged inside the satchel.
Date: 1950/1960~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Achievement Badge From the 1929 Texas Cotton Palace]

Achievement Badge From the 1929 Texas Cotton Palace. The badge is attached to a cream colored ribbon on the top. The badge reads "Achievement Display Cotton Palace Waco Texas"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Avenue Image on Plate]

White china plate with a blue image printed in the center of a main street lined with buildings, labeled "Austin Avenue and City Hall, Waco, Texas." The outer edge of the plate has decorative scallops edged in blue and there are images of colored flowers around the center image: blue flowers at the top, left, purple flowers at the lower left, and yellow flowers at right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wheelock
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blue Jug #467]

Sky-blue pottery jug that has a long neck and elongated handle, with a cork sealing the top. There is also a small hole above the handle possibly to help liquid flow better. Blue lettering stamped on the side says, "Hicks Rubber Co., Inc. Waco, Texas 467."
Date: unknown
Creator: Hicks Rubber Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chris's Cafe Sugar Bowl]

Metal sugar bowl with handles on either side and a hinged lid, engraved with "Chris's" on the front.
Date: unknown
Creator: Benedict Indestructo
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An envelope from the Rice Institute]

An envelope from the Rice Institute, in Houston, Texas. The William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art is now commonly known as Rice University.
Date: 19XX
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[F. I. Meyer Jug]

Pottery wine jug with light brown glaze impressed near the top of the body with the text, "F. I. Meyer." At the top, it has a worn opening filled with cork and most of the handle has been broken off.
Date: unknown
Creator: Meyer, Franz Ignatz
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Dental Instruments]

Group of four dental instruments that have handles made of decoratively-carved mother-of-pearl with jewels. From the bottom to top: a spoon excavator, a hand-held mirror, a second spoon excavator, and a tongue depressor.
Date: unknown
Creator: Samuel Stockton White Dental Manufacturing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hand-Held Mirror]

Round, hand-held mirror set in mother-of-pearl, with a mother-of-pearl handle. The border around the mirror is decorated with three red jewels spaced around the sides and top, and a fish motif carved below the base of the mirror. The brass band between the handle and the mirror has 1 red jewel and 2 purple jewels.
Date: unknown
Creator: Samuel Stockton White Dental Manufacturing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History