Printing Invoice Removed from Oswald's Home

Photograph of a printing company invoice dated June 4, 1963. This document was in the possession of Lee Harvey Oswald and was removed from his home.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lake and Oil Field

Photograph on postcard of an oil field, viewed from the opposite side of a lake at Mooringsport, Louisiana. A pier is visible on the left side, and many oil derricks can be seen across the street.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lake and Oil Field

Photograph on postcard of an oil field, viewed from the opposite side of a lake at Mooringsport, Louisiana. A pier is visible on the left side, and many oil derricks can be seen across the street.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man by Canal

Photograph of a Shell Oil employee, referred to as Mr. Ditman, in a suit. Hat in hand, he is standing on a wooden deck with water in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boat Towing Another Boat

Photograph of a pair of small boats. One boat, called a shooting boat, is towing an unseen barge.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Waterfront and Boats

Photograph of a few small boats in a canal. The boats are pushed next to the land.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Men on Boat

Photograph of three men, one in a suit, on the deck of a small boat named the Western Star. The boat is docked on the waterfront.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cloud of Smoke and Dust

Photograph of a controlled explosion, called a "land shot", near the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Explosion

Photograph of a controlled explosion, called a "land shot", in the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920s. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Water Shot

Photograph of a controlled explosion in a body of water, called a "water shot", in the Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 192?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Water Shot

Photograph of a controlled explosion in a body of water, called a "water shot", in the Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 192?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group by Houseboat

Photograph of several men, the Shell Oil water party, posing for a picture near a houseboat.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group on Deck

Photograph of several men, the Shell Oil houseboat crew, posing for a picture on a wooden deck in the East Louisiana Canal. Some men are sitting, others standing, and one man is on another's shoulders.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boats

Photograph of the Shell Oil houseboat and part of Shell's fleet in Louisiana in 1929.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dining Room

Photograph of several members of the Shell Oil houseboat crew eating at a long table in the houseboat dining room.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Waterfront

Photograph of three boats in the water, tethered to a dock covered with barrels.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Shell Oil Workers by Canal

Photograph of two Shell Oil employees posing for a picture next to a canal. A few houses and sheds can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine Pass Lighthouse]

Photograph of Sabine Pass Lighthouse in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, across from Sabine Pass, Texas. The lighthouse is painted with large stripes. On the right side of the lighthouse, there are two wooden buildings. The lighthouse was built in 1856 and decommissioned in 1952.
Date: 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 04/28/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Wanted Report, 04/28/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Wanted report for Clyde Barrow and his accomplice, Raymond Hamilton on the charges of kidnapping a man and a woman from Ruston, Louisiana and releasing them at Waldo, Arkansas, but taking the man's 1933 Ford Sedan on 4-23-1933. Handwritten note at the bottom states that the car was eventually found at Coleman, Texas two days later. This is a copy report from Ruston, Louisiana that was filed in Dallas, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Letter from Raymond Hamilton to A. S. Baskett] (open access)

[Photograph of Letter from Raymond Hamilton to A. S. Baskett]

Photograph of the letter with the envelope from Raymond Hamilton to A. S. Baskett, where he denies having any connection to Clyde Barrow and his gang.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hamilton, Raymond
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Raymond Hamilton's Hotel Register] (open access)

[Photograph of Raymond Hamilton's Hotel Register]

Photograph of the Raymond Hamilton's bill from the Lafayette Hotel where he was staying at under a fake alias.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History