Double strand barbed wire, Glidden winner, Patented November 24, 1874

Double strand barbed wire, Glidden winner, Patented November 24, 1874
Date: November 24, 1874
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
children of confederacy certificate of merit presented to Jane Reed (open access)

children of confederacy certificate of merit presented to Jane Reed

children of confederacy certificate of merit presented to Jane Reed
Date: August 24, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Crandal's Telegraph Splice barbed wire, Patented May 24, 1881

Crandal's Telegraph Splice barbed wire, Patented May 24, 1881
Date: May 24, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carry Nation in a wooden raised platform]

Photograph of Carry Nation. Written in the folder in blue ink: "Location unknown. Date: Probably circa 1905. Of many pictures of my grandmother, this is the only one I've ever seen where she was smiling. (signed) Alexander D. McNabb, July 24, 1975. " Photograph shows Nation in a wooden raised platform (wooden chair to right side of it). Nation, who has gray hair (in bun) and eyeglasses, is wearing a white floor-length skirt and white jacket and she is holding a bouquet of flowers on her left arm and an open book in her right hand. A crowd of people are standing around her. A black parasol can be seen in front of the white two-story building in the background. White label at the bottom of matte reads in black: Your Loving home defender, Carry A. Nation. Photograph is enclosed in a gray folder that has a matte for framing picture. Image dimensions are: 12.4 cm X 7.2 cm.
Date: July 24, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History