Warranty Deed (open access)

Warranty Deed

Warranty Deed granting land in the town of Marfa from R.E. Russell to William Russell on April 12, 1886.
Date: April 12, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sack-Tie. (open access)

Sack-Tie.

Patent for sack-ties that consist of a brace with a wire that folds in with the upper edges of the mouth of the sack and hold it into position, by hooking around the ends of the brace.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Driffill, Frederick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marfa's Private School, 1905]

Photograph of school children in April 1905. They are outside the school building in Marfa, Texas. The teachers, Elena Lopez and her sister Fe Lopez, stand in the doorway. Written on the blackboard in the photo, "Marfa's Private School, April 6, 1905"
Date: April 6, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 4, 1908 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 4, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 1908
Creator: French, A. Gordon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1908 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 11, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 11, 1908
Creator: French, A. Gordon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 10, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 10, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 10, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 24, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 24, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 30, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 30, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 30, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 8, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 8, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 8, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 15, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 15, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 22, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 22, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 22, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 29, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 29, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1912 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1912

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1912
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Felicitas Contreras and friend at portrait studio]

Felicitas Contreras and an unknown friend. The photograph was taken at a picture studio, and the picture would have been given to her boyfriend to pin on the boyfriend's shirt. The girl on the left is Felicitas.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1912 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1912

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 13, 1912
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1912 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1912

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1912
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1912 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1912

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 27, 1912
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Coronation of Easter Queen, 1934]

Black and white photograph of coronation Easter Queen Josefina Lerma and four attendants. The photo was taken in Sunday April 1, 1934 in Marfa, Texas. Josefina Lerma stands in the center wearing a crown on her head, holding a scepter in her right hand. All five girls wear a white dress and white cape with a high collar and long train. The four attendants are unknown. The photograph has 1933 written in blue ink on the front.
Date: April 1, 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to J. C. Wilson, April 18, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to J. C. Wilson, April 18, 1939]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to J. C. Wilson confirming loan approval and where the funds will be paid to. Wilson is to negotiate a loan between the Marfa State Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Letters from other banks refusing to assist in securing the loan are to be shown to gain support from the Federal Reserve Bank.
Date: April 18, 1939
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. D. Bownds to R. I. Mehan, April 26, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from M. D. Bownds to R. I. Mehan, April 26, 1939]

Letter from M. D. Bownds to R. I. Mehan discussing the Marfa National Bank's participation in a loan with the Federal Reserve Bank made to Kempner. Bownds requests any information submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank be submitted to his bank.
Date: April 26, 1939
Creator: Bownds, Marvin D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to M. D. Bownds, April 28, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to M. D. Bownds, April 28, 1939]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to M. D. Bownds discussing a loan from the Federal Reserve Bank that has not yet been approved. Kempner remits a copy of the application and will send another from Wilson as soon as it is complete.
Date: April 28, 1939
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to M. D. Bownds, April 28, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to M. D. Bownds, April 28, 1939]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to M. D. Bownds discussing a loan from the Federal Reserve Bank that has not yet been approved. Kempner remits a copy of the application and will send another from Wilson as soon as it is complete.
Date: April 28, 1939
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History