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Deed of land, 1895
Deed transferring land from Mary Jones, Samuel E. Jones, Sallie S. Ashe, and R.G. Ash to J.P. Magee.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of birth of Julia Ann Pratt]
certificate of birth of Julia Ann Pratt born January 5, 1895 in Denton TX. Father William Clark Pratt of Kentucky, (Clerk at County Clerk's Office) and Nannie Ann Jones, from Texas (housewife) (#2 of 4 documents that were bound together)
Date:
January 5, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hettie Ellen Herbert]
-Digital copy of: Hettie Ellen Herbert, c. 1895
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Front Page of the Rosenberg Progress, October 11, 1895. ]
First page of the Rosenberg Progress dated October 11, 1895. Vol. 1 No. 37. The text appears to be a discussion of political issues, but the text is too blurry to be readable.
Date:
October 11, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Animal nose ring]
Animal nose ring that is painted black and has a head like pliers and below the joint is a screw that widen and reduced the size of the opening or mouth of the ringer. For ringing hogs' ears
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Long L-shaped poker]
Long L-shaped poker with a wire coil handle with a circle on the tip for hanging
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Compass saw]
Compass saw that has an upside down G-Shaped handle with two screwed where the blade inserts. The one further away from the blade is 2 cm in diameter and is stamped with H Disston & Sons Philada With a little emblem in the center. The other is 1.2 cm in diameter and is plain. The blade is most likely the original because it has been engraved with the same names.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldering iron]
Soldering iron with a copper plated head, four sided with a pyramid point, with an octagonal body of head. At the back of the head there is a long painted black iron neck that has been inserted into the head. The neck ends in a point. The wooden handle is removable and fits over the pointed end of the neck. It is a turned handle that split in half and been repaired with black electrical tape. There is also metal wire wrapped around the base of the handle where the split originated. Three nails are inserted up into the base of the handle around the hole for the neck.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Strop with a wooden core]
Strop with a wooden core two padded leather sides parallel to each other, one side is unpadded leather, and the fourth side is inset with a hone. One of the padded sides has a 6 cm hole exposing cotton, same side is missing three nails and is torn.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rusty Pliers]
Pliers that are hinged at top and then has four textured holes, and then has parallel handles of which one ends in a clasp that hooks the two handles together. On the handle without a clasp, written on the inside, is "M KLEIN & SONS"
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Framed image of Mr. J.W. Slavin]
Framed image of Mr. J.W. Slavin, proprietor of Thompsons Store between 1875 and 1920. Image: Charcoal-enhanced photographic print of Mr. J.W. Slavin. He has a moustache and receding hairline. Slavin is wearing a dark vest and suit jacket, ascot tie, and white shirt. Frame: Grey oval frame constructed of painted plaster over a wooden base. Raised design/appliqué at top, bottom, left, right with gold, orange, red, green, and blue highlights.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Framed image of Mrs. J.W. Slavin]
Framed image of Mrs. J.W. Slavin, proprietor of Thompsons Store. Image: Charcoal enhanced photographic print of Mrs. J.W. Slavin. She is wearing cross-shaped earrings, dark high-collar dress with white collar and nine light colored buttons. Frame: Grey oval frame constructed of painted plaster over a wooden base. Raised design/appliqué at top, bottom, left, right with gold, orange, red, green, and blue highlights.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["House In Richmond, Texas Across Road From Entrance To Morton Cemetary"]
Postcard image of "HOUSE IN RICHMOND, TEXAS ACROSS ROAD FROM ENTRANCE TO MORTON CEMETARY C. 1895" as noted in handwriting on back of postcard. A fence is in the foreground with two women standing behind the fence in the front yard. A small tree is on the left side of the photo. The house is a one story building with a chimney on the right side.
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[J.T. Dyer Home and family, Morton St, Richmond, TX.]
Photo of J.T. Dyer Home and family, Morton St, Richmond, TX. Two story Victorian home with white picket fence around yard. Four lightning rods on top of house. Windmill and cistern in back of house at right. Horse-drawn surrey driven by African American man in left foreground. Group of three people--blond white child on a pony, African American boy, white man I(J.T. Dyer) in dark suit and hat--in right foreground. Boy on upper porch and heavy woman sitting on windowsill on second story. Photo is mounted on a tan cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 19.3 cm x 12.3 cm
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train wreck. Two engines to the right of the photo.]
Photo of train wreck. Railroad tracks in foreground, derailed and overturned rail cars next to track. Two engines at right of image. Man standing on top of wreckage at center of photo. Image is mounted on a tan cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 19.9 cm x 12.2 cm. Matte is missing upper right corner. No date. See 1972.093.165 for another view of the scene.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train wreck. Southern Pacific engine is at center of image.]
Photograph of train wreck. Southern Pacific engine is at center of image, second and third cars are crashed into one another. Overturned car or engine at right of image. Cotton in foreground, pile of dead cows or horses at center, men and boys lined up along a rope fence watching the scene. Photo is mounted on cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 19.3 cm x 12.3 cm Bottom left corner of matte is missing. No date. See 1972.093.166 for another view of the scene.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of people on the porch of a home.]
Photo of group of people on the porch of a home. People are identified on the back on the photo as follows: "Left to right on porch: T.B. Wessendorff, Jennie Wessendorff, Hattie Wessendorff (standing), Archie Jones; Children: W.E. Jones, Lizzie Wessendorff (Davis), Walter Jones, Joe Jones." Image is mounted on white cardboard matte. Matte is cracked horizontally through center. Image dimensions: 20.7 cm x 12.8 cm
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Richmond Baseball team, mid 1890s.]
Photographic portrait of Richmond Baseball team, mid 1890s. Nine men are in uniforms, three are in suits. There is a floral printed drape at the right side of the photograph. Two players in the back row are holding bats; two players in the front row are holding baseballs. Player at center front has catcher's gear in his lap. Photograph is identified as follows on the back in blue pen: "Back Row: ______, ______, T.W. (Bud) Davis, Bob Wesendorff. Middle Row: _______, Ed Wessendorff, Tom Wessendorff." Image is mounted on black cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 17.7 cm x 12.6 cm.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T.B. Wessendorff, Jennie Jones Wessendorff, Lizzie Wessendorff, etc.]
Photograph of T.B. Wessendorff, Jennie Jones Wessendorff, Lizzie Wessendorff (baby), Walter Jones (boy) posed at left with Jersey cow; Two unidentified African American men are holding the leads of two dark horses at center and right of photograph. Subjects are standing in a fenced yard with house visible at left and barns or sheds visible in the background and on the right. Image is mounted on a tan cardboard matte. Image and matte are severely damaged. Horizontal break through center of image was repaired with masking tape before museum acquisition. Vertical crack extends from bottom edge up to horizontal crack between Walter Jones and the African American man at center. Water marks around all four edges of the matte. Pieces of matte missing at bottom corners and along left edge. Identification on reverse of picture in blue and black pen.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Real F. Ransom Wholesale Groceries & Grain, Richmond, Texas.]
Photograph of Real F. Ransom Wholesale Groceries & Grain, Richmond, Texas. Three men standing at doorways are not identified. Horse and wagon parked outside of store on the right. Train car #11058, Choctaw Route, is parked outside of store to the left. Store is a one story rectangular building with store name printed on the false front façade. Image is faded and yellow; image dimensions are 15.3 cm w. x 10.0 cm h. Image is mounted on a black cardboard matte. Matte is in excellent condition except for a few small surface tears along the edges. Back of matte is pale gray. Surface damage suggests old tape removal?
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T.B. Wessendorff Lumber Company. People in front of the store.]
Photographic print of T.B. Wessendorff Lumber Company and Undertakers Supplies, Richmond, TX., ca. 1895. Print is mounted on tan cardboard matte. Store is a one story wood frame building with porch across front. Wagon load of lumber with three African American men sitting on top is parked in front of the store to the left. Horse and buggy with 2 white children in buggy and African American boy standing with the horse is parked to the right of the building. Identification of people is written in black pen on the back of the photo as follows: "T.B. Wessendorff in white shirt by door; Baby in doorway probably Marguerite Wesendorff; Jennie Jones Wessendorff in front of window; Lizzie Wessendorff in white dress on right side of porch; Jennetta Wessendorff in phaeton (buggy)." Photograph and matte have four black ink spots. All four corners of matte are broken off as of 3/2000.
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
President's home, North Texas Normal College, 1895-1901
Home of North Texas Normal College President Menter Bradley Terrill, 1895-1901. Wooden house and trees - snow covered
Date:
[1895..1901]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Student body, 1895
Student body, 1895, North Texas Normal College. Students standing in front of a brick building.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Message of Governor James S. Hogg to the twenty-fourth legislature of Texas
This message is about the condition of the state of Texas at the time the message was written. The book contains information about Texas' economics, government money allocation, organizations, and other issues relating to Texas at that time.
Date:
1895
Creator:
Hogg, J.S. (James S.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History