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Pendleton and Fergeson
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name and text reading: "Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals. Toilet Articles, Stationery, Etc. West Side Square. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Day and Night."
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mugshot of Manson Haggard]
Photograph of Manson Haggard, mugshots. Inmate number OSR 11234. The type text on the back reads, "State Reformatory; Granite, Okla. Manson Haggard, #11234, recd. 27-36; from Cust--o; crime Asslt & Batt. with D. W.; term 6 monts; Dischared 5-5-36. Age 28 in 1936; height 5-10; weight 147; hair lt. brn; eyes blue. Occ. Barber. Relatives; Mother. Mrs. Martha Haggad, Putman, --ta. Brother; Arch Haggard, Lone World, Okla. 1/2 Brother; Edgar Allman, Daugherty, Texas. Uncle; Ben Haggard, Custer, Okla." The written handwriting reads, "Tattoo of hand clasp on right arm lower outs. 1/2 et. scar below right eye.
Date:
February 8, 1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph of Manson Haggard holding the hand of a little boy]
Photograph of Manson Haggard holding the hand of a little boy. The handwriting on the back reads, "Manson Haggard kidnapped the little black boy on about Feb. 8, 1938, at Crowell, Texas. A. W. Lilly and J. D. Todd caught him in Fairview, Ohio. 4 days later. He stayed in jail about six mo. (months) and broke out of jail stole my pistol and escaped. We caught him in Oklahoma 3 days latter."
Date:
February 8, 1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Deceased photograph of Perry Gamble's body, following his suicide by train]
Photograph of Perry Gamble's body, following his suicide by train. Typed on the back of the photograph, "The body of Perry Gamble - On the night of April 23rd, 1939, Perry Gamble left his house one mile north of Foard City at three o'clock in the morning and went to the rail road. The fireman on the train saw him standing beside the track. Just before the train got to him, he throwed his hands up and dove in front of the train. Eleven cards passed over his body. Both hands, both feet and his head was cut off. All his clothes were tore from his body. Parts of his skull and flesh, his brains, klesh, and his insides were scattered alonge the track fro about one hundred and fifty yards. This happened about seven miles south of Crowell, Texas. Sheriff - A. W. Lilly. Deputy - J. D. Todd. Perry was about 33 years old and had a wife and two kids. The only way we could identify his body was by his clothes. He had been sich for about two weeks and had tried to borrow a gun from two different people and had failed to get one. …
Date:
April 23, 1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph of Grady Walker]
Photograph of Grady Walker, wanted for burglary in Crowell, TX, c. 193X. Walker is seen holding onto the branches of two large leaves, his body partially shadowed in shade when this photograph of him was taken.
Date:
193X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Oluff Beauchamp and James Totten]
Photograph of James Totten (10 years old) and Oluff Beauchamp holding a recently killed snake.
Date:
1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beauchamp Siblings on Farm]
Photograph of the Beauchamp siblings standing on farmland. From left to right: Mary Caroline Beauchamp Saan, Oluff Beauchamp and Sarah Ellen Beauchamp Totten
Date:
1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beauchamp Siblings With Dog]
Photograph of the Beauchamp siblings and family dog. Oluff Beauchamp is leaning against the car, Sarah Ellen Beauchamp Totten is getting out of the driver's side, and Mary Caroline Beauchamp Saan is sitting in the backseat. The family dog "Boy Dog" is sitting on the car's running boards.
Date:
1930~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oluff Beauchamp in Nature]
Photograph of Oluff Beauchamp standing in a suit among nature.
Date:
1940~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
Photograph of a partially completed pattern of windbreaks in eastern Foard County, Texas. The barren areas paralleling some windbreaks are not always due to sapping—incomplete patterns permit heavy, sterile sand to drift up to the windbreak on exposed sides. This situation can eventually be remedied by completion of the pattern and the planting of legumes on damaged areas. TX-79, 510.
Date:
September 28, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Foard County News and Crowell Index (Crowell, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1939
Weekly newspaper from Crowell, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 16, 1939
Creator:
Klepper, T. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Foard County News and Crowell Index (Crowell, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1939
Weekly newspaper from Crowell, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 23, 1939
Creator:
Klepper, T. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Formation [and] The Geology of Foard County
Two reports published in a scientific bulletin, describing the San Angelo Formation and the geology of Foard County.
Date:
February 15, 1926
Creator:
Christner, D. D. & Beede, J. W.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Edwin Sanders and his horse taking a break]
Edwin Sanders dipping a drink with the rolled brim of his hat while his mount and packhorse stand nearby. ED Ranch, near Crowell, Texas (Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art). "Grabbing water" written in pencil on back.
Date:
1906
Creator:
Smith, Erwin E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Crowell House]
Photograph of the Crowell House in Crowell, Texas.
Date:
December 3, 1979
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowell House]
Photograph of the Crowell House in Crowell, Texas.
Date:
December 4, 1979
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allison House]
Photograph of the Allison House in Crowell, Texas.
Date:
December 2, 1979
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allison House]
Photograph of the Allison House in Crowell, Texas.
Date:
December 1, 1979
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowell Methodist Church]
Photograph of the Crowell Methodist Church in Crowell, Texas.
Date:
December 5, 1979
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower.
Patent for improvements on lawn mowers with "drive wheels and an adjustable cutting mechanism [...] held in adjusted positions by means releasable by the propelling handle" (lines 10-15). This allows "adjusted positions to cut grass of different lengths without the necessity of the operator stooping" (lines 21-23), including illustrations.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Martin, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeder and Planter.
Patent for an improved design for a device which can plant corn seeds, and with slight modification, cotton seeds.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Norris, Samuel E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Tongue
Patent for vehicle tongue improvement.
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Pearcy, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Operating Device
Patent for Window-Operating Devices
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Martin, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Tongue
Patent for wagon tongue that is designed to relieve the draft animals of shock caused by the flapping of a tongue.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Pearcy, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History