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[Documents Related to Heirship of Betty Jean C. Johnson]
Collection of documents related to the estates and mineral rights transferred to Betty Jean Johnson including affidavits of heirship from her mother (Frances Chambers) and aunt (Lotus Gohmert), receipts documenting the court recording for these forms, a copy of the official warranty deed regarding mineral rights owned by Chambers and Gohmert, and related notes. The documents were in an envelope sent from the Roosevelt County clerk (New Mexico) to Mrs. Donald C. Johnson Sr. in Texas, with a handwritten label identifying the documents.
Date:
1991~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement: The Texas Automatic Wagon Brake]
Flyer advertising an automatic wagon brake, with an illustration and text about the brake and an offer to sell it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#1]
Blank application to join the Association American Inventors of Philadelphia, signed by the president, George (Geo.) H. Holgate.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Assciation American Inventors of Philadelphia
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#2]
Blank application to join the Association American Inventors of Philadelphia, signed by the president, George (Geo.) H. Holgate.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Assciation American Inventors of Philadelphia
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Brochure Advertising Shares for Duke of Dublin Oil Company]
Pamphlet outlining information about the Duke of Dublin Oil Company including the organization and officers, holdings, and business proposal, with a form for investors to buy shares of the stock.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duke of Dublin Oil Company
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Quick Service Garage]
Business card with the company name "Quick Service Garage" above the text "We Repair, Wash and [Re]store Cars" as well as an address in Dallas and a phone number that has been handwritten on the lower left corner.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: {{{article title}}}] PCJKJ_02-68
Newspaper clipping of a photo of five men wearing leis and holding golf clubs, identified as golfers preparing for a practice round before the National Publinx Tournament.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Stores Rented by 'The Inch']
Newspaper clipping describing display cases that serve as the extremely small storefronts, highlighting the Jaffe Candy store.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Contract for Lot Sale in Oklahoma]
Printed "Special Lot Contract" with handwritten information selling a 40-acre tract (lot 3, block 36) to Mrs. J. S. Chambers, with a list of conditions on the back.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Guarantee Development Company
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Drawing of Staircase]
Technical drawing of a single flight of stairs going from a ground floor to the second floor, with 22 rises.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Signed]
Legal document assigning rights of the "Eclipse" quilting frame to L. D. Major, allowing him to sell the invention in “all of the states and territory of the United States _east_ of the Mississippi River, _except_ the states of _New York and Pennsylvania_.” A smaller statement is affixed with a seal, noting that the assignment has been registered with the U.S. Patent Office.
Date:
{1897-05-19,1897-10-14}
Creator:
Major, John H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elida: Bonnie Little City of the Plains
Pamphlet advertising the new town of Elida in west Texas and describing information about the locale including business opportunities and climate.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Mrs. Chambers]
Envelope from the Portales National Bank in New Mexico, addressed to Mrs. J. S. Chambers in Dallas. Several notes are handwritten across the front of the envelope: "New Mexico land"; "This is land my Granddaddy homesteaded, land was sold in 1947, but part of mineral rights were retained"; "Important Mineral lease"; "This is recorded in Elida, New Mexico --> Info given to Abstract office in June of 1991 giving my address, Betty Jean Johnson."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger: 1889-1890]
Personal financial ledger documenting income and expenses related to businesses and named individuals.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hotel in Anna]
Photograph of a group of unidentified people posing in a line on the porch of a hotel, along with two little girls standing in the yard, near the picket fence around the property. The hotel is a two-story building with light-colored wooden siding and a series of windows that have darker trim; scalloped wooden siding decorates the visible gable ends. Handwritten on back: “This is Grandpa Dunlap’s Hotel In Anna Tex.”
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[House in Amarillo]
Photograph of the front of a bungalow-style house, with a small yard enclosed by a decorative short metal fence identified by handwritten text as "Residence of Mrs. Moore, 17th Fillmore St. Amarillo, Tex." The front part of the house is octagonal with a horseshoe-shaped porch held up by Doric columns. Two people are partially visible, sitting on the far edge of the porch in the left side of the image.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click Regarding a Patent]
Letter from John J. Click about an invention he is trying to patent, outlining the amount he is enclosing for various fees and asking for information about spring manufacturers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to Patent Attorneys]
Letter from John J. Click to C. A. Snow & Co. patent attorneys asking them to return his invention model when they are done with it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Click to J. M. Cripe - May 12, 1904]
Letter from John J. Click to J. M. Cripe discussing Click's ironing board invention and possible sale of the patent to Mr. Cripe.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Click to Patent Attorneys]
Letter from John J. Click to patent attorneys in Washington D.C. describing an invention for a windmill with a pump that he wants to submit for patent. He describes the specifications for the design and the models that he is sending with the text.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lumber Calculations]
Paper with handwritten notations that appear to be a list of lumber types, listing number of pieces, sizes, length, and cost. The address "408 N. Akard" is written at the top.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Standing Near Water Pipe]
Photograph of an unidentified man looking toward the camera, standing to the right of a farm pond or pool that is being filled by a pipe partially visible at left, suspended at a height and emptying into a trough connected to the pool. An open field is visible in the background. Handwritten numbers and a sketch of a face are on the back.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men Near Farm Pond]
Photograph of two men standing on a low wooden structure at right, below a pipe that is spraying water toward a farm pond or pool that is partially visible at left. There appear to be people working on farmland in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men with Lumber in a Street]
Photograph of three men with a load of lumber on a low flat-bed wagon hitched to two dark-colored horses; two men are standing on the ground, at either end of the lumber and the third is standing on top of the lumber. The wagon is in a wide, unpaved street, near the corner of a building labeled "H. C. Edelblute & Co. General Merchandise" (at left), and in the far right background, a water tower, train car, and other buildings are partially visible.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History