Children's Day Parade Boulevard, Galveston

Photograph of Children Day Parade at Galveston. The parade is made up of girls with baby carriages. Crowds of adults are on the sidewalks on either side of the parade route. The ocean is visible in the background.
Date: August 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car with a Flat Tire]

Photograph of a couple standing by a car. The man at the front of a picture is holding a car jack, attempting to fix a flat tire. The caption on the back reads "Bob got a puncture in route to Galveston from Austin 7/17/13 just before arriving at Giddings."
Date: July 17, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Troops at Spofford Junction]

Photograph of a line of troops on horseback near a railroad line. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Spofford Junction - 4/8/13 - 14 Cav. Troops leaving for Brownsville, Tex. via R.R."
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Race at Galveston Beach]

Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. Two cars are visible behind the spectators. The inscription on the back reads "L. Disbrow in his 290 HB 'JIC' attempts to lower record for beach comer."
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Riverside Drive, Austin

Photograph of a man driving an automobile on Riverside Drive in Austin. The Texas Capitol and other buildings are visible in the background.
Date: December 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Shiner, Texas]

Photograph of a two-story building in Shiner, Texas. Two people are looking out of the windows at the camera.
Date: March 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children's Parade, Galveston

Photograph of a Children's Day Parade at Galveston. The parade is made up of girls with baby carriages. Adults are on the sidewalk and the ocean is visible in the background.
Date: August 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis Heights, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. The road is dirt and is surrounded by trees; no houses are visible.
Date: July 16, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Cars near the Brazos River]

Photograph of a man standing by two cars on the side of the road. A note on the back of the photograph says, "Just before arriving at Brenham - 7/17/13 - Brazos River."
Date: July 17, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in a Car on Riverside Drive, Austin]

Photograph of a man driving a car on Riverside Drive in Austin. A logo on the side of the car reads "Henderson."
Date: December 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Start in 300 mile race, Galveston Beach

Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. The drivers are lined up with their cars behind the crowd.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ship at Galveston]

Photograph of a U.S. Transport Ship at Galveston.
Date: July 20, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children Riding Donkeys]

Photograph of two children on donkeys in Mineral Wells. Some houses are visible in the background.
Date: September 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Riverside Drive, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through Riverside Drive, Austin. A rocky hillside is at the right.
Date: July 10, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Galveston Causeway

Photograph of the Galveston Causeway. A man is standing in the road next to two parked cars.
Date: July 19, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laredo

Photograph of a street scene in Laredo, Texas. Stalls are set up in front of a building, with people visible under their tarps. Two people drive a horse-drawn cart down the street.
Date: February 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis Heights, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. The area is heavily shaded by nearby trees.
Date: July 16, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis Heights, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. There are trees and shrubs on either side of the dirt road; no houses are visible.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Horse-Drawn Fire Engines, Victoria, Texas]

Postcard of two firemen in two horse-drawn fire engines on a residential street, with a two-story Victorian house in the background. The back of the postcard has a handwritten note from the sender that says, "How would you like [to] be at the steering wheel of one of these?"
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, January 2, 1913]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter discussing the building on the reverse picture, Eagan says: "This is where three people were burned and 15 injured Nov. 1st 1912 a servant girl set fire to the place." The photograph shows a crowd of people standing outside the main entrance to the Berlin Hotel as they wait to return back to their rooms after the fire.
Date: January 2, 1913
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Clifton, Texas Street Scene]

Postcard of a street lined with trees in Clifton, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Lalla D. Stivers in Celina, Texas and says "Hello! Awful hot and dusty here. Am following the Bosque and Brazos Rivers and am finding plenty of gravel. Every mountain is gravel. May go fishing awhile tonight. Goodbye. Hamlett."
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Cotton Palace Park Bridge]

Postcard of a wooden bridge at Cotton Palace Park in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. L.D. Ormsly in Keyport, New Jersey and says "Dear Mama, Traveling over the worst roads I ever saw. In fact they are no roads half the time, have only 1-- miles of good roads to go now to D. Love Donn."
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner, June 26, 1913] (open access)

[Promissory Note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner, June 26, 1913]

Promissory note from W. H. Bonnell to Charles Schreiner in the amount of $700 "in United States Gold Coin" with ten percent interest until paid. Also noted is an additional ten percent fee "on principal and interest if placed in the hands of an Attorney for collection."
Date: June 26, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner, June 26, 1913] (open access)

[Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner, June 26, 1913]

Chattel mortgage agreement made between Charles Schreiner and W. H. Bonnell who is indebted to Schreiner for a total of $900. In this document, Bonnell states that he has conveyed and mortgaged a portion of his property to Schreiner as collateral until he was able to pay off the debt that is to be due on October 1, 1913.
Date: June 26, 1913
Creator: Leavell, J. R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History