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[A woman standing beside a chair wearing a black dress and hat]
Photograph of a woman standing facing left with her right hand resting on the top of a tapestry chair that has a white crocheted blanket draped across it while her left arm is by her side and holding a hand fan. In this studio portrait, the woman is wearing a dark dress with pleats along the bottom and a bow on the side and a long-sleeved, fitted jacket with buttons from the waste to the neck. White ruffles at her cuffs extend from the dark jacket and she is wearing black crocheted gloves. A watch chain hangs around her neck and down to a pocket watch in a small pocket on the front of her jacket. She is wearing dangle earrings and a dark hat with flowers on the left side sits atop her dark, curly hair. The backdrop is of a room with a fireplace on the right side. A table with books on it sits behind and to the left of the chair. Attached to a cardboard substrate. On bottom of matte, photographer's mark: "BARR & WRIGHT HOUSTON, TEX".
Date:
1870~/1880~
Creator:
Barr, David Perry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Matlock Rose riding the quarter horse Buster Waggoner in an outdoor arena]
Photograph of Matlock Rose riding the quarter horse Buster Waggoner in an outdoor arena. Rose is "cutting" the calf on the right side of the photograph. There is a cowboy sitting on the top rail of the metal fence on the far left. Automobiles parked outside of arena near the fence. Two people are sitting on the front fender of an automobile near center background. A man is riding a white horse behind that same vehicle. Printed in white near bottom center of photograph: "Buster Waggoner, AQHA: 8336 Champion :Breckenridge NCHA, 4-30-49. Ridden by: Matlock Rose Owner: Lester Goodson J3 Ranch, Magnolia, Texas". Stamped on back of photo in red: " A James Cathey Photograph Photographer of the nation's leading Rodeos. Photographs taken of Parades, Horses, Personalities and Western Wear. James Cathey Western Photography - Phone 6-9225 'In the heart of the livestock industry" Ft. Worth Livestock Exchange Bldg. Reorder Prints By # [in pencil] 4-30-8". And in pencil "4-30-8"
Date:
April 30, 1949
Creator:
Cathey, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Josey (Dagnell) Ryon, wife of James E. (Jim) Ryon]
Photograph of Josey (Dagnell) Ryon, wife of James E. (Jim) Ryon. In this bust studio portrait, Ryon is wearing a dark colored dress with shirred bodice and ruffled edging that extends from bodice and caps over full sleeves. Ryon has a Victoria chain with attached pin (attached at collar with chain extending down bodice). A ruffled trim is visible just above the banded collar. Ryon's dark hair is pulled back and into a bun. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate. Text at bottom of cardboard reads: "Blue Gallery, Conner, McKinney, Fine Photos,". Written above photographer text in blue ink: "(Jim Ryon) Josey, Ryon. (Dallas)".
Date:
[1889..1890]
Creator:
Conner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cowboy Willie Thomas Participating in Bull Riding Competition at a Rodeo]
Photograph (copy) of an African-American cowboy, Willie Thomas, participating in bull riding competition at a rodeo. The photographer's signature is at the bottom: "Jim Crainer". The "J" in his first name has a hat drawn at the top and a face in the middle. There is a smile face drawn below the name "Jim." Willie Thomas is wearing boots, dark pants with dark colored fringed chaps, white pinstripe shirt, and white cowboy hat. There is a wooden gate in left background with two cowboys sitting on top. Another cowboy is sitting on the wooden partition on the far left. Six cowboys are standing near the wooden partition from center background to right. Two cowboys are sitting on wooden partition on right also. Trees in distance. Directly behind the rider was "Ray" he pulled flanks at the Sunday afternoon rodeos for Smokey. The photographer recalls that this picture was taken at the RV ranch in McBeth, Texas. The gentle man standing in front of the rider with the cigarette in his mouth is James Brown of Houston. To his right is Mike Nulish of Needville, he owns a feed store there. The fella standing at the tail of the bull with …
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Crainer, Jim
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jeff McLemore and Henry Frost]
Photograph of Jeff McLemore and Henry Frost. McLemore has dark hair and mustache. The full length portrait shows McLemore, who is dressed in a dark pin stripe three piece suit with his hat on his right knee, sitting on a rock ledge. Frost is balding and has a long beard. Frost, who is standing on the right side of the portrait, is wearing a dark knee length coat, dark pants, white shirt, dark colored ascot and his right arm is in a sling. Frost's left arm is behind his back. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate with writing in pencil at bottom that reads: "Jeff McLemore, / Henry Frost". Text at bottom also reads: "Chas J. Wright 84 Main St. Houston, Texas". The back of the photograph is pink.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Wright, Chas. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A 1886 Drug Store]
Photograph of a 1886 Drug Store. The drug store is located in a two story brick building on the corner of a dirt street. The sign "Drug Store" on the northwest corner of the building, has a horse hitched to the support post. The front of the building has two glass box windows on either side of the double door entrance. Eight men are standing on the sidewalk near the front entrance. There is a man sitting in each of the four second story windows on the front side of building. A hitching post is on far left; two white wooden buildings on far right with the top of a two story brick building partially visible over the roof tops of the wooden buildings. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate. Image dimensions are: 19.7 cm x 12.4 cm. Pencil writing near top left corner of cardboard reads [not fully legible]: 84.50 49.00 $35.50 $35.50 (with x's under the cents).
Date:
1885/1889
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph of a house and small buildings on the George Ranch site]
Aerial photograph of the George Ranch site. The house and small buildings near center (bottom) right of photo was probably housing for tenant farmers of the George Ranch. The ranch house is located on the other side of Farm to Market 762, the highway that extends horizontally across the top center of the photo. The white wooden two story house is near the top and just to the left of the center of the photograph. Cattle can be seen feeding near top right in George ranch pasture. Written near bottom right corner of photo: "T12".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site]
Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site. The ranch house is the white wooden, two story building located in the bottom right corner of the photo. The house has four brick chimneys seen above the roof line. The top and bottom porches of the house are screened. Adjacent to the main house is the white round cistern house. The cistern house has a white railed stairway leading to the upper entrance. The white building to the left rear of the house is the smoke house. Two white wooden buildings near the left corner are the servants quarters. Barn 1 followed by barn 2 are situated above and slightly to the right of the servants quarters. Barn 3 is directly left of barn 3. Below barn 3 is the dipping vat with the teardrop (shaped) pen, and round pen. Written on back of photo in blue ink: "Albert George 1/13/53".
Date:
January 13, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site]
Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site. The white fence post and tree lined driveway that begins near bottom center of photo leads to the garage with a sidewalk area that continues to the left and leads to the chicken house. A right turn before the garage leads to a circular drive in front of the ranch house. The ranch house is a two story white wooden house partially obscured by trees. The white painted round cistern house can be seen to the left rear of the ranch house roof. To the right rear of the ranch house is a small white wooden building that is the servants' quarters. The ranch site has a second servant quarters building adjacent to this one but it is not seen with this view. There is a large white workshop to the left of the ranch house with barn 1 above and to the left of the workshop. To the right of barn 1 is barn 2 and above barn 2 is barn 3. To the left of barn 3 is the dipping vat. Cattle can be seen grazing in pastures to the left and right of the driveway and to …
Date:
[1955..1960]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site surrounded by trees]
Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site. This aerial photo shows the ranch pastures below the main house marked by white fence posts. The ranch house is the two story wooden white building near right center. The house has four brick chimneys seen above the roof line. The top and bottom porches of the house are screened. Adjacent to the main house (left) is the cistern house, a round white painted building with a weather vane at top. Other ranch buildings include the servants quarters, two small white wooden houses, located directly to the left (on the other side of a line of trees) of the main house; above and slightly to the right of the servants quarters are barns 1 and 2, and the long barn to the far left is barn 3. Located below barn 3 is the dipping vat with the teardrop (shaped) pen and round pen to the right of the dipping vat. Attached to a Christmas Card with "Merry Christmas" written in black and the image of a red poinsettia with green stem and leaves found in the top left corner. Old Object Term: Print,Photographic
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site surrounded by trees]
Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site. This aerial photo shows the ranch pastures below the main house marked by white fence posts. The ranch house is the two story wooden white building near right center. The house has four brick chimneys seen above the roof line. The top and bottom porches of the house are screened. Adjacent to the main house (left) is the cistern house, a round white painted building with a weather vane at top. Other ranch buildings include the servants quarters, two small white wooden houses, located directly to the left (on the other side of a line of trees) of the main house; above and slightly to the right of the servants quarters are barns 1 and 2, and the long barn to the far left is barn 3. Located below barn 3 is the dipping vat with the teardrop (shaped) pen and round pen to the right of the dipping vat. Image .002 is attached to a Christmas Card with "Merry Christmas" written in black and the image of a red poinsettia with green stem and leaves found in the top left corner.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and the circular driveway]
Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site. The George Ranch house is the two story white wooden building located to the bottom center of the photograph. The house has four brick chimneys seen above the roof line. The upper and lower porches of the ranch house are screened. Adjacent to the ranch house is the white round cistern house with white railed stairway that leads to the upper entrance. The circular driveway is visible to the right of the main house. Other ranch buildings include the chicken house in bottom left corner; garage to the right of the chicken house; above and to the left of the garage are two small white wooden buildings (only one is visible, the other is obscured by trees) that are the servants quarters. The tall gable roofed building seen between the servants quarters and the main house (rear) is barn 1. Above barn 1 is barn 2. To the left of barn 2 is barn 3. Below barn 3 is the dipping vat with a teardrop pen and round pen. Cattle are feeding in the lot below the dipping vat. A bend of Dry Creek is visible between the trees that …
Date:
January 13, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph of the George Ranch site next to the highway]
Aerial photograph of the George Ranch site. The highway near bottom right of photo, Farm to Market 762, leads to the George Ranch by turning left at the white wooden entryway. The ranch driveway is lined by white fence posts and trees. Cattle are grazing in the pasture near left bottom of photo. The George Ranch house is on the far left of photo. The two story white wooden house is obscured by large oak trees. There is a large barn to the right of the house and another smaller barn near center left. The town of Richmond is visible from center background to right background. Note the water tower near center right. Written in blue ink on back of photo: "Albert George" 1/13/53".
Date:
January 13, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph of the house and the driveway at George Ranch]
Aerial photograph of the George Ranch house and ranch site. The driveway that leads to the George Ranch begins near the bottom left corner of the photograph. A right turn down the driveway leads to the circular drive in front of the two story white wooden ranch house. The ranch house has the upper and lower porches screened. A small round roof visible above the left roof corner of the ranch house belongs to the cistern house. The ranch house (and cistern house) are enclosed by a white picket fence. The long white building to the left of the driveway is the chicken house. To the right of the chicken house is the garage which is partially obscured by trees. A white building to the right rear of the ranch house is one of two servants' quarter buildings. The other servant's house is obscured by trees. A driveway leads to several buildings on right of photo. Large white building with car parked to right of it has two opened doorways. Above this workshop is barn 1 and to the right of barn 1 is barn 2. Barn 3 is directly above barn 2, while directly above barn 1 is the …
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial photograph taken directly over the top of George Ranch]
Aerial photograph taken directly over the George Ranch. The George Ranch house is the white wooden two and a half story house surrounded by trees near the center of the photograph. The circular drive with flag pole at center is seen to the right of the house. The tree lined driveway leads from the house (below house, in this photo) and to the main highway - Farm to Market road 762 on far right. Another ranch entrance, which makes a sharp right at the main driveway, leads to the ranch workshop and barns. The first two buildings on this driveway (nearest to the house) are workshop and storage shed. The next two barns are Barn 1 on left and Barn 2 on right (of road). The teardrop (cattle) pens are easily distinguishable near the corner of Barn 1. The teardrop pen leads to the dipping vat. Across from the dipping vat and pens is Barn 3. Dry Creek extends from the right, horizontally. There is a large cluster of trees near the bank of Dry Creek at top center and top right corner of photograph.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial view photograph of Richmond, Texas after the 1899 flood]
Aerial view photograph of Richmond, Texas after the 1899 flood. There are people and a man on horseback walking across the railroad track in the bottom right corner of the photograph The photograph shows the following businesses: A. Kochan Farming Implements, Brady Bros. Bakery and Grocery, Austin's Exchange Saloon. The Brazos River bridge is near the top right corner. Text near bottom of photo reads: "North View July 7 1899 No 7". The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate.
Date:
July 8, 1899
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An African-American man holding the leather reins to two Brahman bulls that are harnessed together]
Photograph of an African-American man holding the leather reins to two Brahman bulls that are harnessed together. The harness consists of a leather halter (with two straps attaching the two bulls to each other), a padded yoke and chains that are linked to a strap that extends across the bull's back. A chain also hangs below the yoke. The man is wearing overalls, white shirt, and a cloth head covering. The bulls and the man are standing in front of a row of bushes at the King Ranch. Photograph has a number "20" written in white print in bottom right corner.
Date:
[1940..1955]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An African-American man riding a Brahman cow]
Photograph of an African-American man riding a Brahman cow that is harnessed to a second Brahman cow. The man is wearing lace-up knee length boots, pants, long sleeved shirt, and felt cowboy hat. The cows are inside of a stock pen at the King Ranch. Other cattle can be seen in a stock pen on the other side of wooden panel. Partial view of a wooden building on right. White wooden house in left background. Copy 001 has substantial fading and foxing.
Date:
[1940..1955]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Albert Eben, Herbert Eben, Angie Eben, Angie Eben, and Leo Linke making sausage]
Photograph (copy) of two men and two women making sausage. Printed on back of photo in pencil: "sausage-making at Linke's House - 1938, 1939 "Sausage was delicious" (L to R) Albert Eben, Herbert Eben, Angie Eben, Angie Eben, Leo Linke 5-6 big hogs butchered each year." The group is standing next to a wooden table with sausage stuffer and large porcelain bowl (woman third from left has her left hand on the bowl) on top. There is a white wooden building in right background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Albert George walking with a cane]
Framed photograph of Albert George, probably taken at the Houston Livestock Show. Mr. George is dressed in a medium colored suit, white shirt, dark tie, hat, eyeglasses, and is walking with a cane. On the left lapel of his suit is a nametag that reads "MEMBER TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISER'S ASSOCIATION MR. A. P. GEORGE RICHMOND, TEXAS". Mr George is partially obscured by another man standing to his left in the foreground of the picture. Mr george appears to be being escorted by a man on his left, who is wearing a white shirt, a similar nametag with a ribbon attached to it, and with a large ring prominent on his right hand. Another man, dressed in black and wearing a similar nametag, is standing behind Mr. George to his right, and is partially obscured as well.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Albert Lamar George as a young boy, sitting with his legs crossed]
Tintype photograph of Albert Lamar George as a young boy. He is seated in a chair with his left leg placed over his right. He appears to be holding something in his hands in his lap. He has a white, ruffled shirt on and a dark hat with a feather sticking out of the back. The photograph is enclosed in an ivory matte. Embossed on far left side of matte: " POTTERS PATENT MARCH 7 1865"
Date:
March 7, 1865
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Albert Lamar George, seated and wearing a dark three piece suit and a hat]
Photograph of Albert Lamar George. He is seated wearing a dark three piece suit, with the jacket and vest unbuttoned. Underneath is a white shirt. He is wearing a light colored hat that is slightly tipped to his right side. He has a long goatee. Attached to a cardboard substrate.
Date:
1870
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Albert Lamar George wearing a light colored jacket, dark vest and white shirt]
Photograph of Albert Lamar George. He is wearing a light colored jacket, dark vest and white shirt. His hair is parted on his left side. He has a small mustache. Attached to a cardboard substrate.
Date:
[1870..1880]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Albert Lee Linke and Glen Roy Linke standing in front of their home]
Photograph (copy) of two boys. Written on back of photo in pencil: "L to R Albert Lee Linke, Glen Roy Linke at their home in Bleiblerville circa 1940s". In this full length outdoor photograph, Albert is wearing light colored striped pants, dark belt, and light colored short sleeved shirt. Glen is wearing long overalls with white short sleeved shirt underneath. There is a wire and wooden post fence with gate (latched with a chain to the left) in the background; branches of shrub on far left. There is partial view of an unpainted wooden house in the distance.
Date:
[1943..1945]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History