[Power Station Construction Progress #11]

Photograph of a power station being constructed. Back of photo reads, "#23 Sta. A. Discharge Flume 3/24-17".
Date: March 24, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Power Station Construction Progress #21]

Photograph of a power station being constructed. Back of photo reads, "#22 Sta. E. Showing Intake & Discharge also Turbine Foundation Top Present Plant 3-24-17".
Date: March 24, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semi-Weekly New Era (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1913 (open access)

Semi-Weekly New Era (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1913

Semi-weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 24, 1916] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Minutes: April 24, 1916]

Summary of the second semi-annual meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, with details about what was discussed and important people present, including the secretary's report.
Date: April 24, 1916
Creator: Thorning, W. Burton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Cotton Palace Park Bridge]

Postcard of a wooden bridge at Cotton Palace Park in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. L.D. Ormsly in Keyport, New Jersey and says "Dear Mama, Traveling over the worst roads I ever saw. In fact they are no roads half the time, have only 1-- miles of good roads to go now to D. Love Donn."
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1915 (open access)

Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 24, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. [33], Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1915 (open access)

Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. [33], Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1915

Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 24, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Fire Chiefs]

Postcard with five images of fire chiefs in automobiles on its front. The center image is labeled with "chief", and the surrounding images are labeled with "asst. chief." On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "I will start with our chiefs, a very nice view card, then will go on to all of our new style Fire Department. I have ordered a lot, but they have not arrived yet. Be here in a few days. We have not any big where they could get the pictures of the departments [...]"
Date: July 24, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Waco Fire Department Chemical Engine, 1912-01-24]

Postcard addressed to George Pendexter with a note on the back noting that this is the only photo of this car. There are two firemen sitting in the front seat of the truck, and four other firemen are standing over by the garage entrance; there is a label on the side of the truck's engine reading "Chemical Engine W. F. D." There are children standing over by the right side of the car.
Date: January 24, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Department Document to the A. E. F.] (open access)

[War Department Document to the A. E. F.]

This official War Department document contains orders to the named officers "of the Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps," the names are listed on the following pages. The men are to "participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights."
Date: July 24, 1918
Creator: McAndrew, James W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jae P. Moore to Henry Clay, Sr., April 24, 1919] (open access)

[Letter from Jae P. Moore to Henry Clay, Sr., April 24, 1919]

Letter to Henry Clay, Sr. from Jae P. Moore concerning Moore's sending of Henry Clay, Jr.'s combat reports. Moore says that the reports are copies made "from the original that I took for myself."
Date: August 24, 1919
Creator: Moore, Jae P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter, July 24, 1912]

Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter mentioning a recent fire that took place by a drug store and restaurant; Johnston says this took place "across the street from the Parker fire" that he had sent a card of in the past. The photograph shows the ruins of a building in Bellevue, Michigan after having been destroyed by a fire in December 1911; the only thing left is a pile of rubble and dirt.
Date: July 24, 1912
Creator: Johnston, W. B.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note and Mortgage from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner] (open access)

[Promissory Note and Mortgage from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner]

Promissory note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner worth $1,047 "in United States Gold Coin of the present standard weight and fineness" with a ten percent interest rate until paid. Also included is a certified copy of the chattel mortgage agreement between the two men in which it states that Bonnell will put up his property as collateral until the debt to Schreiner has been fully paid off.
Date: March 24, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Francitas Bee (Francitas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1911 (open access)

The Francitas Bee (Francitas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Francitas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 24, 1911
Creator: Philpott, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Infantry Replacement Band]

Postcard of the Infantry Replacement Band, a large group of soldiers holding instruments, at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note in Italian on the back of the postcard is addressed to "Al caro amico E. Marino" in Kansas City, Missouri and says, "Questa è la band dove appartengo. Sí puo trovarmi? C'ha un punto. Su una spalla." In this note the author identifies himself as the band member with a mark on his shoulder. Fifth sitting man from the left.
Date: October 24, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History