Catalogue of the West Texas Military Academy: A Church School for Boys (open access)

Catalogue of the West Texas Military Academy: A Church School for Boys

Catalogue for West Texas Military Academy in San Antonio, Texas for the 1908-1909 school year. The catalogue describes the history of the school, the roster for the school year and academic and athletic programs.
Date: 1908/1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Church History Book III (open access)

Church History Book III

Book handwritten by Blanche Avant titled, "Church History Book III." The book concerns the history of Christianity during the sixteenth century.
Date: 1902-03-04/1902-04-03
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Highland Park, the Addition with Character (open access)

Highland Park, the Addition with Character

Pamphlet advertising real estate in Highland Park, "The Most Beautiful Residence Park in San Antonio".
Date: 1909~
Creator: Highland Improvement Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Sheriff's Association Convention, 1903

Photograph of the 1903 Convention of the Texas Sheriff's Association. A.M. Avant, the President is in the center, his name is written in ink on the photo.
Date: 1903
Creator: Brack, A.A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Sheriff's Association Convention

Photograph of a Convention of the Texas Sheriff's Association. A.M. Avant, is second from the right on the front row.
Date: 1903
Creator: Brack, A.A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Students from San Antonio Female College

Photograph of eleven students at San Antonio Female College, Class of 1904. The women wear formal dresses. Blanche Avant is the second from the left in the top row.
Date: 1904
Creator: Powell
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Francis Wilson's Home]

Photograph of Francis Wilson's home in Presidio County, Texas, which he built for himself and his family. In front of the house are two motorcycles with a man leaning against one of them.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on January 15, 1907, of Presidio, Texas (open access)

Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on January 15, 1907, of Presidio, Texas

Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on Jan. 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas (open access)

Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on Jan. 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas

Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of O. C. Dowe]

Portrait of O. C. Dowe in a suit standing behind an elaborately designed chair with a backdrop of a fancy courtyard behind him. Below the picture is printed the name of the photography studio: "Fey & Braunig, Cuiro & Halletsville, Texas."
Date: 1904
Creator: Fey & Braunig
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Chon Dominguez]

Photograph of Chon Dominguez sitting on one of his mules in the team of mules and horses pulling a large oil tank in a wagon.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Francisca DeAnda]

Photograph of Francisca DeAnda wearing a white shirt and long dark skirt, holding flowers in her hand and standing in front of a mud oven.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Frank Duncan]

Portrait of Frank Duncan with a dark mustache and wearing a suit. A handwritten message on the back of the photo states that it is a "self made" portrait.
Date: 1901
Creator: Duncan, Frank
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History