Down Historic Trails of Fort Worth and Tarrant County (open access)

Down Historic Trails of Fort Worth and Tarrant County

Book of historic people, places, and things in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas. It includes photographs of the subjects and some line illustrations in the text.
Date: 1949
Creator: Arlington Heights Junior Historians
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboys, a Horse, and Industrial Vehicles on a Hillside]

Photograph of cowboys, a horse, and industrial vehicles on a rocky hillside. A man stands alone to the lower left, while a group of three cowboys stand near a horse in the center. The yellow vehicles, the left of which is manned, appear to the upper left.
Date: 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboys and Animals in a Dusty Clearing]

Photograph of two cowboys in a dusty clearing with horses and cattle. One man stands behind a group of horses to the left, while the other man sits atop a horse near a green livestock bed truck on the right. Cattle are distributed around the area with some in the clearing and some under trees to the left.
Date: 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboys Holding Down a Calf near a Cow]

Photograph of three cowboys with a restrained calf. A man on the right kneels on the calf's neck, pinning it down. Another man on the left is kneeling down and touching the animal. A third man is gazing into the nostrils of a horned brown and white cow (right). They are on a rocky beach of a pond.
Date: 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family Standing Outside for a Photograph]

Photograph of a family posing outside for a photograph. In the back row: Matt Blanton; Tom Blanton; Tom Brittingham; Joe B. Matthews; Minnie Bell Blanton; and Bill Blanton. In the front row: Louise Webb Matthews; Anne Blanton; Lucile Brittingham; May Blanton; and Watt Matthews.
Date: December 25, 1942
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family Standing Outside of Ranch Cookshack]

Photograph of a family gathered outside of a ranch cookshack. From left to right: Lucile Brittingham; Sallie Judd; Watt Matthews; Susette Burns; Ethel Casey; Joe Matthews; and May Blanton. They are standing in front of a red building with white trim and screened windows.
Date: December 25, 1942
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Joe B. Matthews Sitting Outoors on a Folding Chair]

Photograph of Joe B. Matthews sitting outdoors in a brown folding chair. He is wearing a hat, glasses, jacket, spotted black tie, slacks, and cowboy boots.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men and Women around an Outdoor Picnic Table]

Photograph of men and women gathered around an outdoor picnic table that is covered with a box and bucket. Automobiles are visible in the background through trees.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People at an Outdoor Picnic Table]

Photograph of a group of people at an outdoor picnic table. Several people sit at the food and drink laden table. Two men stand on either side. In the foreground to the left, a teenage boy holds a crutch. To the right near a car's open trunk, a man holds food.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Swimming]

Photograph seven people swimming in body of brown water in a wooded area.
Date: 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People with a Horse and Car at a Dirt Road]

Photograph of people standing at and near a dirt road. A black car with a yellow license plate sits in the dirt road with a man standing to the left of it. Off the road to the left, three people are around a horse. A younger person is in mid leap behind the horse.
Date: 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Cowboys Around a Downed Calf]

Photograph of three cowboys around a downed and roped calf. The bespectacled man kneeling on the left holds a bottle in his right hand and touches a cloth to the animal's side with his left. The kneeling man on the right has the calf pinned under his knee. A third man sits to the upper left.
Date: 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom and Matt Blanton at a Picnic Table]

Photograph of Tom and Matt Blanton sitting at an outdoor picnic table. Tom, left, is wearing a blue shirt and a spotted blue tie. The dark haired Mat, right, has an open shirt and striped pants, and carries a tin cup in his right hand a cigarette in his left.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom Blanton with Shotgun Standing over a Dead Hog]

Photograph of Tom Blanton holding a shotgun and standing over a dead hog. He is wearing a lightly colored hat, blue denim jack, and blue jeans. They are in a wooded and shrubby area.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men and a Dead Hog]

Photograph of two men in blue denim standing over a dead hog. The man on the left is a senior, wears a black fedora hat, and holds an axe over his shoulder. The smiling young man to the right, Tom Blanton, holds a pistol in his right hand.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men and a Turtle]

Photograph of two men standing over an overturned turtle. The man to the left, Tom Blanton, leans over the turtle wielding an axe. The man to the right holds a foot on the creature. The remnants of a fire are to the right of the pair, and benches covered with materials are in the background.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Watt Matthews Standing over a Dead Hog]

Photograph of Watt Matthews standing over a dead hog. He is wearing a lightly colored hat, blue denim jacket, dark blue jeans, and black boots. The hog and an axe lies at his feet. Materials lie in front of trees and shrubs in the background.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Watt Matthews with Three Women on Either Side]

Photograph of Watt Matthews (center) with three women on either side of him. The group is wearing winter clothing and standing in front of a stone building with two windows.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her mother] (open access)

[Telegram by Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her mother]

Telegram from Waneta Sutherlin Bowman to her mother informing her that James Sutherlin is going to be shipped to Quonset Point, Rhode Island and going to be stationed there for 4 months.
Date: [1943..1946]
Creator: Bowman, Waneta Sutherlin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Remains of a Chimney and Fireplace]

Photograph of the remains of a stone chimney and fireplace. The structure stands in scrub land and is surrounded by loose stone bricks.
Date: 1946
Creator: Clarke, Virginia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruined Stone Building]

Photograph of a collapsing and ruined stone building with a chimney. Loose stone litters the ground around the structure among small trees.
Date: 1946
Creator: Clarke, Virginia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[36th Infantry Division convention at Brownwood]

Photograph of scene in auditorium decorated with bunting and flags.
Date: January 1, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[36th Infantry Division convention at Brownwood]

View of auditorium with convention attendees.
Date: January 1, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[36th Infantry Division convention at Brownwood]

Photograph of man greeting convention attendees.
Date: January 1, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History