[Post-Civil-War loyalty oath signed by Judge J.B.M. McFarland] (open access)

[Post-Civil-War loyalty oath signed by Judge J.B.M. McFarland]

A document in which J.B.M. McFarland, a judge of the first judicial district, swears that he “neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatsoever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States”; a handwritten explanation follows.
Date: September 24, 1867
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease]

A letter to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease, who discusses a massacre/race riot in which African Americans were killed.
Date: July 24, 1868
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby Lying on Couch]

Photograph of a baby lying on a couch. A man is overlooking the baby. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
Date: May 24, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Holding Baby]

Photograph of a man holding a baby. He is standing in front of a couch. There are a chair and lamp in the background. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
Date: May 24, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Holding Baby]

Photograph of a man standing in front of a couch and holding a baby. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
Date: May 24, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Sitting with Baby]

Photograph of a man holding a baby and sitting on a couch.
Date: May 24, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Sitting With Baby]

Photograph of a man sitting with a baby on a couch. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
Date: May 24, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Wearing Cap and Gown]

Photograph of a woman wearing graduation cap and gown. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
Date: May 24, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Plane on Ground]

Army plane grounded in south Austin. Austin, Texas.
Date: January 24, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Robert Lloyd Smith

Robert Lloyd Smith, member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1894 and 1896, stands for a photograph with hat in hand.
Date: February 24, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Service Center at Driskill Hotel

Photograph of an American soldier standing at a map covered with slips of paper. The legend on the map reads "Where are you from?" A note on the back of the photograph reads "Service Center at Driskill [Hotel]."
Date: February 24, 1945
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Library Austin, Texas
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Reading at Magazine Stand]

Photograph of a soldier in uniform reading a magazine. He is standing at a rack of magazines located at the service center at the Driskill Hotel.
Date: February 24, 1945
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mrs. Watson and her children

Mrs. Watson with two small children
Date: January 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Beverage Company exterior]

Photograph of the exterior of the Austin Beverage Company factory and warehouse located at 1923 E. Seventh Street. Six cars and company trucks are parked in front of the main entrance. Seven drivers and company executives pose around the vehicles.
Date: October 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Beverage Company [warehouse interior]

Photograph of the interior of the Austin Beverage Company warehouse/distribution center at 411 Chicon Street. The trucks bear advertisements for the beverages they transport including "Jax Special Pale Brew" and "Blatz Pilsener Beer". Crates marked "Canada Dry" sit at the right of the image, ready to be loaded onto the empty truck at the left.
Date: October 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family Photos - Christmas

Man dressed in cowboy attire playing guitar.
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family Photos - Christmas

Man, woman and two children gathered around a Christmas tree.
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family photos - Christmas]

Photograph of man, seated, playing guitar.
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family photos - Christmas]

Photograph of little boy with drum set.
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hall Level Works]

Four women making levels in a workshop.
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Janes Turkey Farm]

Photograph of 6 men & a turkey in cage, with Mayor Tom Miller, center. All standing in front of car with sign that reads: "Janes Bar Nothing Ranch."
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Janes Turkey Farm]

Photograph of 5 men & a turkey in a cage.
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Janes Turkey Ranch

Photograph of turkey standing on cage surrounded by five people. This photograph was taken on Christmas Eve so this must have been a special turkey.
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Janes Turkey Ranch

Photograph of turkey in cage being loaded onto a Braniff International Airways plane. Photo was taken on Christmas Eve 1946.
Date: December 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History