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[Black metal covered manual typewriter]
(a) Manual typewriter. Black metal. (b) case cover-black metal with wooden handle. (c) white cloth cover with green stitching. (d) case bottom - wood with metal rod to hold top on.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A full length portrait of Charles August Moers.]
Photograph of Charles August Moers (as identified on the back of photograph) taken in 1906. Moers, who is standing next to the back of an upholstered chair, is wearing a three pieces suit with white shirt and tie. A flower is pinned on his left lapel. His pocket watch chain is visible across his vest. Moers has his left hand resting on the chair. Full length portrait. The portrait is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate with scalloped edging.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Evelyn Baker Moers (Mrs. C.A. Moers) with her horse.]
Postcard image of Evelyn Baker Moers (Mrs. C.A. Moers) with her horse. A black and white puppy is in the foreground. Picket fence to right and in background. Blank (white) strip across left side.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a girl holding a little boy in front of the Adams house]
Photograph (copy) of the Adams house, 515 S. Second Street, Richmond, Texas taken in 1906. The house is a one story wooden house with dark painted shutters. The decorative posts can be seen supporting the porch area. A picket fence surrounds the north and west sides of the house. An African-American girl (kneeling) is holding a little boy on her hip in front of the fence. A utility pole is in the foreground as well as two small trees (to the right and left) that have wooden structures around them. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Richmond School pupils, 7th through 10th grades]
Photograph of the Richmond School pupils, 7th through 10th grades. There are eight boys (all wearing hats) sitting on the grass in the front row. Two girls are standing on a brick rail to the front steps on the right of photo. Students and teachers (2 on right) are also standing/sitting in three of the visible windows. Photograph is mounted on gray cardboard substrate. Cardboard is worn at edges with pieces being broken at top left, and bottom right and left. Back of photo in pencil: Richmond School- 7th -10th gr. 1906-07.
Date:
1906/1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Framed photo of Harry James Jefferies]
Photograph of Harry James Jefferies who is Mrs. Carl Weaver's brother. Mrs. Jefferies is wearing a plaid suit with broad lapels, white shirt, and light colored tie. Photograph is mounted on a gray cardboard substrate with engraved design and ribbons around photo. Photograph is enclosed in a gray folder. Folder is fragile and is worn on edges. Image dimensions are: 4.6 cm x 7 cm.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First cotton gin (built in 1906)]
Postcard image of the first cotton gin in Rosenberg (built in 1906) during its 1907-08 ginning season. Man standing in foreground. Two men in wagon. Man standing on platform of gin. Bales of cotton on platforms. Two horses grazing on right. Mule wagon on right.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Belle Ryon Davis, second wife of J.H.P. Davis.]
Photographic portrait of Belle Ryon Davis, second wife of J.H.P. Davis. Photo is loose inside a brown paper folder. Image dimensions: 18 cm x 23.2 cm
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wessendorff Lumber Yard, about 1906.]
Photograph of Wessendorff Lumber Yard, about 1906. Long lumber sheds on left and right sides of image. Mule cart with three African American men sitting on top of a load of lumber are at center. The two men standing in front of the cart in white shirts holding books are T.B. Wessendorff and Ed Wessendorff. Two more white men are standing at the corner of the right shed at the right edge of the photo. Image is mounted on tan cardboard matte. Top right and bottom left corners are broken off. There are pencil marks all over the image surface. Image dimensions: 17.4 cm x 12.0 cm
Date:
1906~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Patchwork quilt made by the ladies of The Christian Church of Rosenberg.]
Patchwork quilt made by the ladies of The Christian Church of Rosenberg in 1906.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Office, Richardson, Texas
Post card with photo of early Post Office. The structure is a small wood one story building with one door. In front are two women - one [Aunt Sarah Allen, third post master] seated in a rocking chair and one holding a baby - and a man. On the right side of the post office is a white picket fence. Other unidentified buildings are visible in the background. The ground immediately in front of the building is dirt, but grass and bushes are visible to the sides. Written on back: "Made in 1906", "Please return to Mrs. Jake K. Stults", AKA ""Pearl Stults", "donated by Grissom". Note with post card states "Aunt Sarah Allen third post master" with no explanation. Additional information: The first Post Office was established September 27, 1858. Before, mail was tossed into a barrel in the general store and residents picked out their own mail.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Citizens State Bank, Richardson, Texas
Brick storefront, with curved corrugated metal awning. Three sets of double opening doors, with smaller glass panes above. "The Citizens State Bank" painted on one of the middle set of doors. Bill Stratton, age 6, and Newt Harris standing in and in front of right hand set of doors. Angled tall counter visible through the opened left pair of doors. Brick sidewalk in front, dirt street visible with double board walkway across. Written on back: Daddy, 6yrs ( Bill Stratton) & Uncle Newt Harris, 1906
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lucas and Joffre Store
Lucas and Joffre Store was founded by W. D. "Doug" Lucas and Fred Joffre in 1906 on the west side of Irving's Main Street. Lucas and Joffre split, but W. D. Lucas maintained a store on Main Street until he died in 1931.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miss Hicks Millinery
Fannie Hicks ran a millinery store on Main Street during Irving's early years. She later married T. C. Haley, the proprietor of another Main Street business. In 1909, she closed her store.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elm School Student Body
The Elm school served the farming community know as Elm which was located just north of Irving. Pictured in the back row left to right are: teacher Mrs. Holland, Lee Metker, Mary Farine, Ruth Holt, Lucy Parker, Sadie Watkins, Henry Farine, and Maudie Carroll. Next row: Lucy Farine, John Farine, Gus Story, Clyde Allen, Arthur Farine, Lillian Works, and Lela Toler. Next row: Ora Seat, Bill Metker, Foy Holt, Irene Nichols, Thelma Works, and Ann Carroll. Front row: Howard Parker, Fred Story, Milton Holt, Roy Bailey, and Bertha Farine.
Date:
1906~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sowers School, 1906
The Sowers School served the Sowers community, located about a mile west of Irving, near the present-day intersection of Pioneer and Belt Line Road. The teachers pictured are John Roberts (later Dr. John Roberts) and Miss Mary Ruth Wespey. The school was one large room, and the boys carried in drinking water from a well a quarter of a mile away. Classes were held from 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. Top row: Allie Lanotte, Etta Eaton, unknown, Bess Kimble, Sally Haley, Ethel Barton, unknown, Ruby Slater, Nancy Slater, Mary Ruth Wespey, Ethel Tompkins, Jeanie Barton, John Roberts, unknown, Mabel Gilbert, Sam Mitchell, unknown, Thurston Jernigan, Hayde Gilbert, Kimble, Clay Gilbert, Tom Taylor, and Charlie Wilson Middle row: Nora Lusk, unknown, Marie Lanotte, Claudie Barton, Lillie Williams, Stella Slater, Minnie Moore, Moore, Jettie Rucker, Sitton, George Wilson, unknown, Fannie Slater, Grider Taylor, N. Jernigan, Bill Bietendorf, Paul Gilbert (with white glove), Ed Avrett, Jess Moore, Oscar Tompkins, Allen Avrett, Willie Smith, Arthur Smith, Carrie Lusk, Pauline Isadore, Ernestine Isadore, and Alice Lusk Bottom row: Most are unidentified, but some are Lawrence Ranft, Sidney Ranft, Dan Barton, Dan Gilbert, Floyd Eaton, Winnie Eaton, Adolph Bietendorf (with bat), W.B. “Bill” Gilbert (holding catcher’s …
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dr. and Mrs. John Haley
Dr. John Haley was one of the Irving area's earliest physicians. The Haley family arrived in the area in the late 1850s. John was born in 1866. He was a teacher for a time, but after his first wife died, he returned to school and then entered the medical profession. He served as Irving's mayor from 1927 until his death in 1932. He is pictured here with his second wife, Anna Good Haley, in 1906.
Date:
1906~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
William Smith Home in Union Bower
William Smith, area pioneer, built this house in the Union Bower community in 1888. It stood along what would become Maryland Street in Irving until it was torn down in the 1980s. Seen in this 1906 photo are L. G. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hood, Mrs. Mattie Smith, Bert Smith, Mrs. Jennie Smith, William Hood, and Frank and Charlie Voirin.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
William Smith House - Side View
This photo, made in 1906, shows a side view of the William Smith home in the Union Bower community. The house was built in 1888.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irving Train Depot
Two men in front of the Irving train depot. The Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway built this depot in 1904.
Date:
1906~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Surveyors Breaking Camp]
Photograph of a group of surveyors breaking camp. They were surveying city lots in 1906. Also pictured are a windmill, tents, and wagons.
Date:
March 19, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1906 North Texas State Normal College, Normal Football Team]
A photograph of the Normal Foot-Ball Team standing and sitting fro their group photo. They were players for North Texas State Normal College and their names and positions are listed beneath the picture.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Kendall-Bruce Literary Society, 1906-1907
North Texas State Normal College, Kendall-Bruce Literary Society, 1906 - 1907. Men in suits seated and standing.
Date:
[1906..1907]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
William Herschel Bruce
William Herschel Bruce, President of North Texas State Normal College, 1906-1923. Man in suit seated at a desk and writing.
Date:
[1906..1923]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History