Resource Type

[Portrait of John K. Strecker in a Suit and Trench Coat]

Photograph of John K. Strecker wearing a suit and a large trench coat. Strecker is leaning against a chair in the photo; the back of the photograph has a note reading: "December 5th, 1897, with love JKS Jr."
Date: December 5, 1897
Creator: Sanders Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

[B. Swenson, (Looking West)]

Photograph of the B. Swenson in Norse, Texas.
Date: June 5, 1905
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Daughter at Sabine Lake]

Photograph of a man and his daughter at Sabine Lake, dated July 5, 1906. The two are seated under an awning on a boat, and are smiling at the camera. The man has a pipe in his mouth and one hand on his knee. The back of the photograph has a handwritten date and note (that is partially illegible) describing the people pictured.
Date: July 5, 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outdoor Family Portrait]

Photograph of a large group of people posing outdoors in front of a fence. There are three young girls wearing white dresses; two of them are wearing bonnets and the other is wearing a hat. There are three women standing between the children, and two men behind them. Large trees are in the background. The back of the photograph has a handwritten date and note (that is not entirely legible) about the day it was taken.
Date: July 5, 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Family Outdoors]

Photograph of a family group identified as the Carr family taken on July 5, 1906. There are three women, two men, and three young girls. The woman in the front is holding the hand of one of the girls wearing a white dress and bonnet. One woman is seated on the left, behind another young girl. The two men are in the very back. There is a handwritten date and note (partially illegible) on the back of the photograph.
Date: July 5, 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Excavation Well]

Photograph of men working on excavating a well. The photograph was taken from above. Rock and rubble dominate the landscape.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nine men standing around and sitting in a Marion "Bob Cab" automobile]

Photograph identical to 2000.014.002 There are nine men in the photograph standing around and sitting in a car that belonged to Dr. Chas. Castelaw and was a Marion 'Bob Cab'. Behind the car, to the right, is a J.T. Dyer sign. A small, brown haired girl, identified by writing on the substrate surrounding the picture as Martha Virginia Hinson (Ansel), is standing on the left fender of the car. From left to right, the men are identified as Bill Jones, Cap. Rich (Marshall Howard Rich) Chas. Crawford, Dr. Chas Castelaw, Walter Jones, "Bud" Davis, Earnest Farmer, Albert P. George Martha Virginia Huison (Ansel) and Joe Jones. Photo enclosed in an ivory, twofold substrate with identification markings (used in this description) on left side. On bottom, right corner of matte under photo, photographer's mark: "Boek Studio VICTORIA, TEXAS"
Date: October 5, 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grain sacks and thresher]

Photograph of sacks of grain piled by a mound of chaff. The chute of a thresher, visible above the sacks, shoots chaff onto the mound.
Date: August 5, 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Threshing crew]

Photograph of a threshing crew at work. A thresher and tractor are surrounded by a group of men, with bags of grain in the foreground.
Date: August 5, 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Threshing crew]

Photograph of a threshing crew in a field. A traction engine is at the left and a thresher at the right. About 14 men stand in front of the equipment.
Date: August 5, 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Washburn School Children]

Photograph of five unidentified school children (three boys and two girls) standing in front of a brick building holding hands and raising their hands in the air.
Date: May 5, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frieda Starr Recital]

Photograph of opera singer Frieda Starr standing on stage with pianist Irene Putegnat, Mrs. James Wells, and several other unidentified people during a recital at Fort Brown. On the left side of the stage Putegnat, a woman wearing a light-colored dress, is sitting on a stool in front of a piano and looking towards Starr, who is standing in the center of the stage wearing a hat, dark-colored blouse, and skirt, and holding a baton Five men are standing in a row behind her and on the right side of the stage two women wearing dark-colored dresses are sitting in chairs next to a young boy wearing a light-colored suit who is standing in front one of the men. In front of the stage several soldiers holding musical instruments are seated on the left and right and there are flowers on the edge of the stage in the middle. In the foreground several rows of empty benches are visible and above the stage an American flag is hanging from the ceiling in front of a chalkboard with some writing on it.
Date: April 5, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers at Fort Brown]

Photograph of a large group of soldiers sitting in rows of benches inside at Fort Brown watching a musical performance. In the foreground several soldiers holding trumpets, trombones, horns, and other musical instruments are sitting facing each other on the left and right and flowers and wreaths are visible on the edge of a stage. In the front row on the right four children wearing light-colored clothing can be seen sitting next to soldiers and at the back of the room a row of men are standing behind the seated soldiers.
Date: April 5, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Crashed Plane]

Photograph of the front starboard side of a crashed Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplane in a field. The starboard side wheel is broken.
Date: December 5, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hester Brite in her Wedding Gown

Photograph of Hester Brite in her bridal gown on Dec. 5, 1923, her wedding day. She married Donald Dunkle. The photo was taken in the Brite home.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hester Brite in her Wedding Gown

Photograph of Hester Brite in her bridal gown on Dec. 5, 1923, her wedding day. She married Capt. Donald Dunkle. The photo was taken in the Brite home.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wedding of Hester Brite to Donald Ross Dunkle

Photograph of attendants at the wedding of Hester Brite and Capt. Donald Dunkle. Back row (L-R): Catherine Moore; Hester (bride); Eleanor Erickson (Morris), Hester's cousin; and Florence McKissick. Front row (L-R):Margaret Fletcher (Weyrauch), daughter of Henry T. Fletcher and Norman Casen, son of Buck Casen. The women wear gowns and hold bouquets of flowers.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Man Leaning on a Rock]

Photograph of a man leaning against a rock. The man is wearing a hat, a long-sleeved, white shirt, a tie, and pants. To the right of him is a shadow of another person. In the background to the man's left are trees. On the back are the words "[Lamo] Kaderli." The Fox Company's stamp is on the back of the photograph and says "Guaranteed for Life, This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made By Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas, Copyrighted 1927 by Carl D. Newton."
Date: July 5, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Irving Langdon Reese]

Photograph of Irving Langdon Reese (1930–1997), aged one year, on Easter 1931. He wears a white gown and sits on a table next to to a hat and several stuffed Easter bunnies at left. This photograph is addressed to Mary Ann Sonntag.
Date: April 5, 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #249 3]

Copy photo of T&P train #249. There is a second engine to the right of the first train, and another train behind them. Written below the image are "Marshall, Texas Aug 5th 1931" and "William Monypeny."
Date: August 5, 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0377.0087]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: October 5, 1934
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Red River Flood in Gainesville, Texas]

Photograph of the Red River flood in Gainesville, Texas. Text on the back of the photograph reads: "Gainesville, Texas. May 18, 1935. Overflow waters of Elm Creek, in the southwest section of Gainesville, just west of Lindsay Street. Objects in foreground are several mules, entangled in barbed wire fence, their heads barely above the water."
Date: May 5, 1935
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sanger Pilot Point Highway while Flooded]

Photograph taken from the west end of a bridge on the Isle du Bois looking west at Sanger Pilot Point Highway. The road is dirt and is lined with grass. There is high water on either side of the road; part of the road is flooded. A group of men are standing in the middle of the road near the flooded area. The photograph was taken at 2:15 p.m.
Date: May 5, 1935
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trinity River Flood]

Photograph of the Trinity River flood. In the photograph, flooding is affecting trees and telephone poles.
Date: May 5, 1935
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History