A History of Bonham, Texas (open access)

A History of Bonham, Texas

Book outlining the early history of Bonham, Texas, including information about people, businesses, development of municipal services and government, and other related topics, organized into four main sections: Early Pioneer Days (1836-1861), War Period (1861-1865), Period of Reconstruction (1865-1875), and Later Development (1875-1929).
Date: 1929
Creator: Bonham High School. American History Class.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Year Book 1929-1930 Alphin Charity and Art Club (open access)

Year Book 1929-1930 Alphin Charity and Art Club

Yearbook of the Alphin Art and Charity Club including brief information about the group, a list of activities from the club meetings, membership for club committees, and a member directory. There is a handwritten list of financial transactions after the last page for 1929 and a page inserted at the front lists phone numbers for the members of the Sick Committee.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Alphin Art and Charity Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First National Bank, After 1928]

Photograph of the First National Bank on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland. The bank is a two-storied building with a Neoclassical facade, Doric pillars, a wide and narrow pediment, and a rectangular entablature, on the front reading "FIRST NATIONAL BANK". Cars are parked near the front of the building, along the curb of the sidewalk. The J. B. Barron Company clothing store is adjacent to the bank at left, and the Hotel Scharbauer's sign, partially obscured, is visible behind the bank building.
Date: [1929..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland County Courthouse Square, 1929]

Photograph of the Midland County Courthouse square, including the jail (building at left). The old courthouse, at center, is a two-story sandstone building with dormers, a belfry-like tower in the center, and balconies in each of the building's corners. The jail has arched windows and a tower attached to the side, with a car parked near some of the jail's peripheral structures at left. Tall skyscrapers are visible behind the courthouse and jail.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Third Midland County Courthouse, South and East Facade]

Photograph of the third Midland County Courthouse, a five-story Art Deco building with stone relief decorations, a lower-ground floor, and a flat roof, built in 1929 and viewed from the southwest. Cars are parked along the curb of the road, and the Petroleum Building and the Neo-Gothic spires along its roof are visible in the background at left.
Date: [1929..1974]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History