[Certificate Documenting Wight for Firefighting Equipment] (open access)

[Certificate Documenting Wight for Firefighting Equipment]

Certificate documenting the official weight for a Chevrolet truck with license number 119-944. Additional notes say that it is "Permanent Equipment" with a brief description: "Oil Well Fire Fighting Equipment as p[...] Soak."
Date: March 18, 1932
Creator: Prowse, George
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. M. Wise to Alex Bradford, August 18, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from E. M. Wise to Alex Bradford, August 18, 1939]

Letter from E. M. Wise to Alex Bradford on thanking him for the information he gave him. He was hoping to see Bradford in Corpus Christi.
Date: August 18, 1939
Creator: Wise, E. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. H. Howell to Alex Bradford - March 18, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from H. H. Howell to Alex Bradford - March 18, 1939]

Letter from H. H. Howell to Alex Bradford discussing the possibility of the salvage operation of an oil drilling rig on the condition that Mr. Bradford assumes all liability, claims, demands and causes of actions that might occur.
Date: March 18, 1939
Creator: Howell, H. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Registration Certificate for a 1935 Chevy Truck] (open access)

[Texas Registration Certificate for a 1935 Chevy Truck]

Texas registration certificate for a 1935 Chevrolet truck owned by Alex “Tex” Bradford. The registration certificate features additional information featuring the old license number, the new license number the engine number, the total weight, the total carrying capacity, and the total gross weight.
Date: March 18, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Decorative Moldings]

Photograph of three separate decorative wall moldings. The first one, labeled 11, has a diamond shape with a curled figure in the center and leafs on either side of it. Underneath it another piece, marked 5, is a small column-like shape and looks like it should fit on the right top corner of a window or doorway. On the right the last molding, labeled 16, has a square frame with an oval in the middle, two curled figured on either side, and leaves in the corners. Attached to the photograph is a typewritten note that reads "Court House, Custom House & Post Office Brownsville, Texas. January 18-32."
Date: January 18, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Wall Moldings]

Photograph of three separate decorative wall moldings, which consist of rectangular horizontal pieces of different lengths with decorative figures on them. The first section, marked number 8, is the shortest and features three flowers surrounded by vine-like figures. Underneath it the next section, also marked number 8, is slightly longer and features a seashell on the left and three flowers surrounded by vine-like figures. At the bottom the final section, marked number 7, is the longest and features two rectangular panels: the panel on the left has a seashell in the center with leaf-like figures on either side and the panel on the right has a seashell in the middle and flowers surrounded by vine-like figures on either side of it. Attached to the photograph is a typewritten note that reads "Court House Custom House and Post Office Brownsville, Texas. January 18-32."
Date: January 18, 1932
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for an Unknown Item] (open access)

[Receipt for an Unknown Item]

Receipt for an unknown item for forty-six dollars and sixty cents ($46.60).
Date: January 18, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History