[Photograph of a White Truck Co. Sales Meeting at the Adolphus Hotel]

Photograph of a White Truck Co. sales meeting taking place at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas. All of the men are sitting at a round table with a white table cloth; Lee Turney is seated third from the left, and according to the note on the back of the picture the manager of the company is J. D. Allen.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dorothy Murphy King and her Friend]

Photograph of Dorothy Murphy King sitting on a ledge with one of her friends, both are wearing dresses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lee Turney with Mr. and Mrs. Henley Rood]

Photograph of Lee Turney standing with Mr. and Mrs. Henley Rood, all wearing heavy coats and clothes.
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Robert Matlock to Edna Matlock, March 21, 1933]

Postcard from Robert Matlock to Edna Matlock saying that his attempt to come see her was thwarted due to his flare up of asthma, and that he got a dog.
Date: March 21, 1933
Creator: Matlock, Robert
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Men by the Davis-Turney Automobile Co. Building]

Photograph of the automobile sales team standing outside of the Davis-Turney Automobile Co. building in Dallas, Texas.
Date: September 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tinted Portrait of Nelle King Turney]

Tinted photograph of Nelle King Turney showing her in a yellow dress, and a silver and pink necklace.
Date: unknown
Creator: Montgomery
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ruth Toler in Garland, Texas]

Photograph of Ruth Toler standing next to a bush at 316 Bryan Dr. in Garland, Texas.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Salutatory Speech for the Texas Baptist University Graduation] (open access)

[Salutatory Speech for the Texas Baptist University Graduation]

Salutatory speech for a graduation ceremony at Texas Baptist University, providing inspiration to the students in attendance for the journey that is to come in the real world: "We stand upon the boundary line. We now must bid adieu to the school room, and turn our faces to the world,to shape our own destinies."
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Charley and Louesa Brown]

Portrait of Charley and Louesa Brown, Charley is seated in a chair and Louesa is wearing a long, dark dress. According to the note on the back of the photograph, Louesa is the aunt of Lou Hopkins Back.
Date: [1883..1900]
Creator: Webster, J. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Milton and Lavonia Back Matlock]

Photograph of Milton and Lavonia Back Milton standing with two other men, all of whom are wearing suits.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lee Turney Driving an Automobile]

Photograph of Lee Turney driving an automobile, being apart of the Davis-Turney Auto Co., with S. G. Davis sitting in the front seat. Nelle Turney and Mrs. Wallace Marshall are both sitting in the back seat with a third unidentified woman.
Date: 1911~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Robert Matlock to Edna Matlock, February 27, 1933]

Photograph of
Date: February 27, 1933
Creator: Matlock, Robert
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Group at Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Chandler's Wedding]

Photograph of men and women at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Chandler; the group is made up of three women wearing dresses and three men wearing suits.
Date: 195X
Creator: Doc Allen Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Allen Berryman Toler with Two Unknown Individuals]

Photograph of Allen Berryman Toler (center) standing against a Model A Ford truck with an unidentified child behind him and an unidentified man in front of him. There is a note on the back of the photograph that reads: "Berryman Toler in the center with two other men that are unknown. The car is a Model A Ford. The picture was made in the late 1920's."
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lee Frith Turney's Birth Certificate] (open access)

[Lee Frith Turney's Birth Certificate]

Birth certificate of Lee Frith Turney that includes the names of his parents, his birth legitimacy, and location where he was born. The next two sections include affidavits saying the accuracy of the information, and that it has been accepted with the state registrar.
Date: January 22, 1942
Creator: Harwood, George W.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Class Prophecy for the 1907 Class of Texas Baptist University]

Class prophecy describing a person's eventful day dream that included a woman creating pictures in the room of different individuals; the pictures continue to appear and then disappear and showing different women in different locations. The last line of the piece comes after the person had awoken: "I was forced to turn from the glamers into the future and come back to the tasks of the present."
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J. M. and Louise Back's Children]

Photograph of J. M. and Louise Back's children sitting and standing around a couch. All together there are seven children, five sisters and two brothers.
Date: April 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Six Individuals at Dinner]

Photograph of six individuals eating dinner at Berryman Toler's home in Garland, Texas. Two of the three men are seated on the right while one is seated at the end of the table in the foreground; the women are seated on the left and end in the background.
Date: 195X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tinted Portrait of Lee Frith Turney]

Tinted portrait of Lee Frith Turney showing him in an olive colored suit and a purple tie.
Date: unknown
Creator: Montgomery
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage Certificate of Lee Turney and Nelle King, September 30, 1909] (open access)

[Marriage Certificate of Lee Turney and Nelle King, September 30, 1909]

Marriage certificate of Lee Turney and Nelle King on September 30, 1909, officiated by Reverend C. G. Chastain. The certificate has colorful illustrations of flowers and three people in a boat on a pond.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Members of Texas Baptist University]

Photograph of large group of women wearing light-colored dresses, sitting, kneeling, and standing in four rows in a hardwood-floor gym. There is a white label on the back of the photo indicating the women are members of the Texas Baptist University.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of King Family's Oak Cliff Home]

Photograph of a two-story, light-colored house with wood siding and many windows. A grassy lawn and some small bushes border the side of the house and front porch on the right side of the house. A handwritten note at the bottom of the photo indicate the photo was taken in 1917.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[L. F. Turney's Hella Temple Membership Card] (open access)

[L. F. Turney's Hella Temple Membership Card]

Membership card of the Hella Temple shrine, issued to L. F. Turney in 1971. There is printed text about the club and its membership on the back of the card.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Grmia Potjes to Mrs. Turney, January 24, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from Grmia Potjes to Mrs. Turney, January 24, 1931]

Letter from Grmia Potjes to Mrs. Turney discussing Grmia's husband's recent death and his life.
Date: January 24, 1931
Creator: Potjes, Grmia
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History