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Rusk School to give way for a freeway
Photograph of Rusk School principal Mrs. Ruth Whitmire outside the front entrance to Rusk School with many pupils.
Date:
March 15, 1955
Creator:
Dauplaise, Marie
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Contract for Statuary for Audelia Gabino's grave, 1929]
Contract for a monument for Francisco (Frank) Gabino's mother, Audelia, who died on December 29, 1928. Houston Monument Company was contracted to build a granite statue and base for $420.
Date:
May 21, 1929
Creator:
Houston Monument Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carr will speak to LULACs
Newspaper clipping stating that State Attorney General Waggoner Carr will speak at the 1966 LULAC convention.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Program of the Regional State Convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens, August 29, 1943
Program for the League of United Latin American Citizens Regional State Convention held at the Arabia Temple in Houston, Texas, on August 29, 1943.
Date:
August 29, 1943
Creator:
League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Club Azteca at the Houston Ship Channel]
Photograph of the members of Club Azteca at the Houston Ship Channel. Club Azteca was an athletic club that played both soccer and football. Top row, left to right: Manuel Rodriguez ; Benny Lee ; Doroteo Vasquez ; Jose Parrea ; Felipe Davillos ; Jose Villaseñor ; Victor Linon ; Augustine Castillo. Bottom row, left to right: Frank Parillas ; Augustine Vazquez ; Peto Arrispo ; Vincente Castillo ; Juan Reyes ; Aron Villanueva ; Moses Velasquez.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Second shift crew of the Southern Pacific Lines Mechanical Department]
Photograph of the Southern Pacific Lines Mechanical Department, second shift crew. A Southern Pacific train car stands behind the large group of forty men. A sign at the front of the group reads: "Southern Pacific Lines Mechanical Dept. Second Shift May 1963 Houston, Texas Barrett & Assoc."
Date:
May 1963
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Graduation photograph of Primitivo L. Niño]
Photograph of Primitivo L. Niño in his graduation cap and gown. Mr. Niño was a graduate of Rice Institute in 1928.
Date:
1928
Creator:
Schlueter, Frank L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Maintenance men move desks in Bellaire]
Photograph of men carrying desks. The desks were for Condit Elementary School in Bellaire, Texas.
Date:
May 2, 1958
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Elias Ramirez]
Photograph of Elias Ramirez, taken in Magnolia Park during the early years of LULAC.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Coronation of Mexico Bello Queen]
Photograph of coronation ceremony of Mexico Bello Queen. Men, left to right: Dr. Luis Vensor ; Mario Lozano ; Jose Valdez ; Fernando Salas ; Mexican Consul Barrera ; Jose Buentello ; E.J. Garcia ; Dr. Angel Leyva ; Armando Morton ; Fernando Sepulveda. Women, left to right: Juanita Gutierrez ; Dolores Gutierrez ; Carmen Euerte ; Cynthia Garcia ; Queen Bertha Macias ; Miss Brett ; Elvira Luna ; Mimi Ypina ; Eloise Gonzalez.
Date:
September 16, 1926
Creator:
Schlueter, Frank J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men carrying flags and sign in Minimum Wage March]
Photograph of men carrying flags and sign in the Minimum Wage March in 1966. Text on sign: "Dignidad y justica para el obrero."
Date:
1966
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Participants in Minimum Wage March]
Photograph of participants in the Minimum Wage March in 1966. Text on sign: "justicia"
Date:
1966
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of children in Guadalupe Church yard]
Photograph of a group of children who were instructed by the catechists for their first communion.
Date:
193X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First Communion class at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]
Photograph of the students of the First Communion class of the Guadalupe Church on May 15, 1949. All the children are dressed in white.
Date:
May 15, 1949
Creator:
The Maurers Photographers
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]
Postcard of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Houston, Texas. Cars parked outside and people going to the Church.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
American Candid Photo
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Property tax receipt for Nicholas Negreta from Harrisburg Independent School District]
Postcard sent to Nicholas Negreta for a property tax receipt No. 4858 from Harrisburg Independent School District, Harrisburg, Texas dated 1925 for $4.30 for lot 11, Block 2, Division MPS, Value $500. Sent to Nicholas Negreta at his address, 1014 Woodbury.
Date:
November 9, 1925
Creator:
Harrisburg Independent School District
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas card sent by Esther - 1932]
Christmas card sent by Esther from Houston dated Christmas Eve, 1932. The printed text of the card reads: "To wish you all happiness / at Christmas and throughout / the coming year."
Date:
December 24, 1932
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water service bill for Nicandro Medrano from the City of Houston]
Water service bill sent to Nicandro Medrano at 1101 Wooding, Houston, Texas, for the month of February 1939. On the back stamped, Postage .01, and Houston, Texas Feb. 13, 1939.
Date:
February 13, 1939
Creator:
City of Houston. Water Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water service bill for Nicandro Medrano from the City of Magnolia Park]
Water bill sent from the City of Magnolia Park, City Water Department, to Nicandro Medrano, 1101 Wooding Street, for 0.75 cents.
Date:
June 9, 1925
Creator:
City of Magnolia Park. Water Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League All Stars
Clipping from the magazine El Puerto Volume 1, Number 2, Houston, Texas, Oct. 1959. Contains a colored picture of the "Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League" before their final game of the season with the "Medias Negras" from Piedras Negras, Coah, Mexico. The league played at Piedras Negras Labor Day.
Date:
October 1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of "Downtown" Houston]
Postcard of Downtown Houston's Main Street after dark. The streets, buildings, and the advertisements on the buildings are colorfully lighted.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jesse M. Medel to his mother, Francisca M. Medel - 1945]
Photocopy of a handwritten letter sent by Pvt. Jesse M. Medel from #t# Platoon Cantonment, A.R.O. 15922, care of Postmaster. New York, New York to his mother, Francisca M. Medel at 48 Kaiser Street, Houston, Texas. In that letter, he requested his mother to send to him a picture that he had asked her to save for him, and that he was presently in France.
Date:
1945
Creator:
Medel, Jesse M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Donald D. Grose to Jesse and Mike Bocanegra - 1969-05-27]
Letter sent by Donald D. Grose, Regional Director, Small Business Administration, United States Government, Houston, Texas to Jesse and Mike Bocanegra of La Colmena Mexican Candy Manufacturing Company, on the occasion of celebrating the National Small Business Week from May 11 through May 17, 1969. He thanked Jesse and Mike Bocanegra for arranging a field trip, "Operation Growth" for the students at their place of business, and for making the trip a resounding success.
Date:
May 27, 1969
Creator:
Grose, Donald D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lauro Cruz to Jesse Bocanegra - 1969-05-27]
Letter from Lauro Cruz, State Representative, House of Representatives, Austin, Texas, to Jesse Bocanegra of Houston, Texas, thanking him for the samples of candy sent through his secretary. He also enclosed a resolution by the House of Representatives, recognizing the hard work and success of the Bocanegra brothers, and carrying on the tradition of the Bocanegra family.
Date:
May 27, 1969
Creator:
Cruz, Lauro
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History