Weekly newspaper from the Victoria, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Newspaper from Victoria, Texas published weekly by John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."

Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."

Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of a section of the Guadalupe River after it was cleared of limbs and debris by snag boats to make the river navigable.

Photograph of a section of the Guadalupe River after it was cleared of limbs and debris by snag boats to make the river navigable.

Photograph of tree limbs on the bank of the Guadalupe River prior to being cleared by snag boats. A snag boat can be seen in the background.

Photograph of the banks of the Guadalupe River before snag boats cleared them of limbs and other debris.

Photograph of the banks of the Guadalupe River after being cleared of limbs and other debris by snag boats.

Photograph of tree limbs on the bank of the Guadalupe River six miles below Victoria, Texas. In the background is United States Snag Boat Number 2. Snag boats are used to clear limbs and other debris from rivers.

Photograph of United States Snag Boat Number 2 on the Guadalupe River six miles below Victoria, Texas. The boat is tied up for Sunday. People are standing on the boat; a rowboat is in the water nearby.

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.

Patent for intermittent-operating mechanism. This is to improve upon the automatic regulating means for windmills in regards to supplying water to a tank.

Letter from George Andre to E. L. Maberry discussing repairs to the air conditioning unit of Isaac Herbert Kempner's Chrysler car.

Sympathy card from Ivaldo DelPapa of Victoria, Texas sent after the death of Daniel W. Kempner.

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Hill-O'Connor-Howard House, in Victoria, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.

Newspaper clipping of an article about Eleanor "Mickey" Brown receiving the "Women in American History Award" from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The article includes a photo of Brown holding the award with DAR Regent Sandra Skach. There is an article about passing on heritage to the next generation on the back of the clipping.

One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a rhomboidal shape; thick shell; double looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; dark brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Guadalupe basin. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.