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[Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Certificate]
This document is signed Oct. 16, 1830 by Rodman Moulton, W[illiam] H. Sumner, Geo[rge] Curtis and W. M. Willson.
Date:
October 16, 1830
Creator:
Monlton, Rodman
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 18 May 1869
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
May 18, 1869
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 18 July [1869]
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
July 18, 1869
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 19 July [1869]
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
July 19, 1869
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 23 July 1869
Letter to Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
July 23, 1869
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, [28 November 1869]
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
November 28, 1869
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary chart of San Luis Pass, Texas
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes texts "Sailing directions," and "Tidal remarks." "Sketch 1, no. 4." "No. 40."
Date:
1853
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
County Map of the State of Texas: Showing also portions of the Adjoining States and Territories
Map of the state of Texas denoting the counties in different colors, as well as some major cities and roads, with relief shown by hachures. Portions of neighboring states are included around Texas, with counties noted for New Mexico and Oklahoma (Indian Territory) and geographic features in Arkansas and Louisiana. An inset in the lower-left corner shows an enlarged portion of Galveston Island, including the city of Galveston and some geographic features.
Date:
1881
Creator:
Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate for John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers]
Birth Certificate for John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers. Born October 12, 1892 in Galveston. Father Thomas Josiah Rogers, Galveston, (a painting contractor) Jane Theresa Hussey, from Galveston (a house wife. (#4 of 4 documents that were bound together)
Date:
October 12, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of baptism from Saint Mary's Cathedral in Galveston, TX]
certificate of baptism from Saint Mary's Cathedral Galveston, TX. Shows that John Malcolm Keenan Rogers was baptized September 7, 1892.
Date:
September 7, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
copy of John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers birth certificate
copy of John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers birth certificate
Date:
October 12, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two young women with bob haircuts sitting on a driftwood log]
Postcard image of two young women with bob haircuts sitting on a driftwood log in front of an ocean backdrop. Women are wearing dark swimsuits with a white "M" on the chest. Photo taken at Murdoch's Bath House in Galveston. Residue of back of photo suggests it was removed from a scrapbook (see 1998.025.043)
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Emma Phillippi Miller standing on the beach in Galveston, TX]
Photographic image of Emma Phillippi Miller, Rosenberg resident, standing on beach at Galveston, TX in 1937. Miller is wearing a dark skirt suit with hat and purse. A covered pier leading to a building (with pagoda topped entry) is seen in the background.
Date:
1937
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mary Jones around age of one, wearing a white dress]
Photographic print of Mary Jones, taken by H.H. Morris, Galveston, Tex. Jones is wearing a white dress and appears to be approximately one year old. Surface of print shows evidence of foxing. 11 cm. tear along crease of folder to left of photograph. Photograph is in a gray folder with a rectangular gray matte in center.
Date:
1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men in a Cotton Field]
Postcard of a cotton field near Galveston, Texas. There are four African-American men harvesting cotton. There is a horse and buggy with male driver in background, and trees in distance.
Date:
April 1, 1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five young women and Four young men]
Group portrait of 5 young women and 4 young men. Portrait is informal, with one woman in the top row lighting a cigarette for the man on her right, and one man on the bottom row offering a cigarette to the woman on his left. Image is mounted on a cardboard substrate with scalloped edges. Photographer's mark: "George H. Wonfor, Artist and Photographer." Wonfor worked in Galveston 1896-1897.
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard image of the Brigham-San Jacinto Monument]
Postcard image (souvenir) of the "Brigham-San Jacinto Monument, As seen at the unveiling on the 26 August, 1881, at the Pavilion, Galveston, Texas". Card has picture of the freestanding monument located in the interior of a building. Monument is draped by the U.S. and Texas flag on its right and left. A statue can be seen in background and a window (glare) above it. Wooden chair on far right.
Date:
August 26, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A young man wearing a striped three-piece suit.]
Photograph of a young man wearing a striped three-piece suit. He has on a white shirt with a short tie of dark and white design. He has curly hair, parted on his left side. He has a short, thin mustache and short, trimmed beard. Photograph is mounted on tan cardboard substrata with red trim around edge. Bottom of photo reads in red: Blessing & Co. Galveston. Back of photo: B&C interwoven, Blessing & Co. 174 Tremont Street (written on drawn banner), Galveston. Vine in background. Top, right corner of photo is worn away.
Date:
1872
Creator:
Blessing and Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Polly Ryon as an older woman.]
Photograph of Polly Ryon as an older woman. She is wearing a dark dress with ruffles at collar and a bow tied over the ruffles. Photograph is mounted on a cardboard substrate. Written at the bottom of the cardboard in black: Justus Zahn, Galveston, Texas. Also in pencil: Mrs. Ryon.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Fahn, Justus
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mamie Davis (Mrs. A. P. George) as a young girl.
Photograph of Mamie Davis (Mrs. A.P. George) as a young girl. She is wearing a white dress with ruffles on sleeves and toward bottom of dress. She is holding a fan in her left hand and her left elbow is resting on a whicker chair. Bottom of cardboard reads (in gold): Jahn (emblem) 418 Tremont St. Galveston, Tex. Back of photo reads Justus Fahn Portraits 418 Tremont St. Galveston, Texas. Duplicates can be had at any time.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Fahn, Justus
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mamie Davis (Mrs. A.P. George) as a young girl.]
Photograph of Mamie Davis (Mrs. A.P. George) as a young girl. She is wearing a white dress with ruffles on sleeves and toward bottom of dress. She is holding a fan in her left hand and her left elbow is resting on a whicker chair. There is a table with vase and floral arrangement to the left of photo. Photograph is mounted on a cardboard substrate which is white and trimmed in gold. Bottom of cardboard reads (in gold): Fahn (emblem) 418 Tremont St. Galveston, Tex.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Fahn, Justus
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Miss Mamie Davis (Mrs. A.P. George) as a young girl.]
Photograph mounted on cardboard substrate of Miss Mamie Davis (Mrs. A.P. George) as a young girl. She is wearing a white dress with lace collar. She has a chain around her neck. Bottom of cardboard written in gold reads: Morris, N.E. Cor. Market and Centre Sts., Galveston.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Morris
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Miss Mamie Davis as a young girl.]
Picture of Miss Mamie Davis as a young girl. Picture made by "Morris, N.E. Cor. Market & Center Sts. Gavleston".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Morris
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a "Schooner" in the Galveston Bay]
Photograph of a "Schooner" in the Galveston bay, 20 miles from port, taken from mail boat "Eva" as written at the bottom of photo. The schooner has three sails and is loaded with cargo. Schooner is pulling a smaller wooden boat behind it.
Date:
1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History