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Commemorative glass

Drinking glass, clear, with blue silk-screened designs; one is horse and rider, other is seal with "Texas Centennial Exposition/1836, 1936/Dallas" (all caps)
Date: 1936~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Commemorative glass

Drinking glass, clear, with blue silk-screened designs; one is horse and rider, other is seal with "Texas Centennial Exposition/1836, 1936/Dallas" (all caps)
Date: 1936~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Great Southerner, Volume 15, Number 9, June 1936 (open access)

The Great Southerner, Volume 15, Number 9, June 1936

Front cover and frontispiece of "The Great Southerner." The cover has a picture of the Memorial Shaft at the San Jacinto Battle Ground
Date: June 1936
Creator: Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Souvenir Guide:  Texas Centennial Exposition (open access)

Official Souvenir Guide: Texas Centennial Exposition

Front and back covers and forward of a guide to the Texas Centennial Exposition of 1936.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Playing Card: King of Clubs]

Single playing card from a deck of cards commemorating the Texas Centennial. The design on the back is split diagonally with the text "Texas Centennial 1936" in the upper-left, red triangle; the lower-right triangle is a black background containing the Texas state flag and an image of the Alamo at the bottom. This card is a king of clubs.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Playing Card: King of Clubs]

Single playing card from a deck of cards commemorating the Texas Centennial. The design on the back is split diagonally with the text "Texas Centennial 1936" in the upper-left, red triangle; the lower-right triangle is a black background containing the Texas state flag and an image of the Alamo at the bottom. This card is a king of clubs.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Playing Card: Three of Diamonds]

Single playing card from a deck of cards commemorating the Texas Centennial. The design on the back is split diagonally with the text "Texas Centennial 1936" in the upper-left, red triangle; the lower-right triangle is a black background containing the Texas state flag and an image of the Alamo at the bottom. This card is a three of diamonds.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Playing Card: Ten of Clubs]

Single playing card from a deck of cards commemorating the Texas Centennial. The design on the back is split diagonally with the text "Texas Centennial 1936" in the upper-left, red triangle; the lower-right triangle is a black background containing the Texas state flag and an image of the Alamo at the bottom. This card is a ten of clubs.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Playing Card: Eight of Hearts]

Single playing card from a deck of cards commemorating the Texas Centennial. The design on the back is split diagonally with the text "Texas Centennial 1936" in the upper-left, red triangle; the lower-right triangle is a black background containing the Texas state flag and an image of the Alamo at the bottom. This card is an eight of hearts.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mirabeau B. Lamar: Father of Education (open access)

Mirabeau B. Lamar: Father of Education

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing biographical information about Mirabeau B. Lamar (president of the Republic of Texas 1838-1841).
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephen F. Austin (open access)

Stephen F. Austin

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing biographical information about Stephen F. Austin, a politician and major figure in the Texas Revolution.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston: Texas Liberator (open access)

Sam Houston: Texas Liberator

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing biographical information about Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Some Landmarks of Texas (open access)

Some Landmarks of Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information about landmarks in Texas, including the Alamo, the Capitol Building, Washington-on-the-Brazos, San Jacinto Battlefield, Galveston Island, and other sites, mentioned geographically.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Missions of Texas (open access)

The Missions of Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information about the history of missions in Texas including San Miguel del Socorro, Isleta del Sur, San Francisco de los Tehas, Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Francisco de la Espada, Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna, San Antonio de Bexar, and others, mentioned geographically.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indian Tribes In Texas (open access)

Indian Tribes In Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information regarding the primary Native American tribes native to Texas and some of the interactions between them and the Texas colonists. The tribes include the Caddo, Apache, Lipan, Comanche, Coahuiltican, Karankawa, Tonkawa, and Cherokee tribes.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explorers of Texas (open access)

Explorers of Texas

Historical leaflet issued during Texas Centennial containing information regarding the first explorers of Texas. Some of the explorers mentioned include Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, Fernando de Soto, and Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program (open access)

Program

Program for Texas Centennial Central Exposition, Nov. 14, 1936; Schedule of events that were held in Dallas
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History