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Fire Museum of Texas
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Frontier Texas!
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Clay County Historical Society
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George Ranch Historical Park
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Denton Public Library
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Midland Historical Society
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Private Collection of T. B. Willis
5
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
4
Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Fort Bend County Libraries
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George Pendexter Postcard Collection
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Rescuing Texas History, 2015
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Abilene Library Consortium
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Pruitt-Rogers Taylor County Photograph Collection
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Rescuing Texas History, 2006
10
Rescuing Texas History, 2014
10
George Ranch Museum Collection
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Rescuing Texas History, 2022
7
From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History
5
Rescuing Texas History, 2010
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[Postcard to Miss Eddie Handy - May 8, 1909]
Postcard from Midland addressed to Miss Eddie Handy[?] in Maverick, Texas. The front of the postcard depicts a Fourth of July parade in downtown Midland, going down Main Street with the Llano Hotel at left and several pedestrians and parked carriages watching horse-drawn parade floats and decorated cars.
Date:
May 8, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wilson Family, Circa 1909]
Photograph of the Wilson family standing side-to-side in front of a single-story wooden home. From left to right: Arthur, Joe, T. N. Wilson Sallie, Flora Ann, Katherine, and Jennie.
Date:
1909~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Samuel Isaacks]
Headshot photograph of Samuel Isaacks, 70th Judicial District Judge for Midland County between 1909 and 1917. Isaack faces forward with combed hair, wearing a suit and tie with a lapel pin.
Date:
[1909..1917]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Midland Ruins After Fire]
Photograph of Downtown Midland, viewed from the southeast, after a fire that started on April 8, 1909, in the Llano Hotel. The hotel, mostly destroyed with some brick walls standing, is at center in front of the water tower, having collapsed due to the fire with debris scattered onto the main roads. The fire also destroyed the Midland Drug Store and Grocery, to the north of the Llano Hotel, leaving a dry goods store (with a Coca-Cola sign along the front) intact. Across the street from the hotel is the First National Bank, also severely damaged, its canopy partially destroyed at left. People walk among the ruins, inspecting the damage and conversing together.
Date:
April 8, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First National Bank, 1909]
Photograph of the First National Bank on the corner of Main and Wall Street in Midland, Texas. 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 in front of the building, and people stand on the corner of the sidewalk.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Machine Shop]
Photograph of the interior garage of Midland's first machine shop in 1909, five workers standing within. A large metal implement hands from a wooden scaffold in the center of the workspace. Makeshift shelves, buckets, spare equipment, ladders, and other miscellaneous items sit on the left wall. The workers are identified by names on the back, locations unspecified: Carl Reeves, Kirby Nutt, John G. Peebles, Will Roller, and Frank Hermann.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[David N. Myrick in a Buggy with a Horse]
Photograph of David N. Myrick sitting in a small wooden buggy hitched to a horse. Myrick poses with his right leg placed on his left thigh, and his hat tilted slightly obscured. The buggy is stopped on a dirt road, in front of a building with an arch entrance.
Date:
November 28, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of William Noah Graham]
Photograph of William Noah Graham (1888–1967), pictured with a suit and tie. Biographical notes are written on the back.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Picture of Margie Appell and a Female Graduate]
Photograph of Margie Appell (b. 1891), at left, and an unidentified female companion, at right. Both are recent graduates of Waco High School, each holding a bouquet of daisies, the school's flower. A paper label on the front reads "251".
Date:
1909?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Lucille Evard]
Photograph of Lucille Evard as a baby sitting on a wicker chair and wearing a white dress.
Date:
1909~
Creator:
Maresh, J. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lucy Tate, Ariel Rendall, and Others]
Photograph of seven young men and five young women standing in a line in front of a porch railing on the side of a brick building. The young women are in the center wearing skirts and light-colored blouses, four of the young men are on the left, and another three are on the right. Most of the young men are wearing shirts and slacks except for the man on the far left, who is wearing a suit and tie, and another man on the far right, who is wearing a coat. The two young women in the center are identified as Lucy Tate and Ariel Rendall and the two young men on the far left are identified as Ralph Schmeling and Leonard Hobbs.
Date:
1909~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[High School Students]
Photograph of a group of high school students standing in several rows on the steps leading up to a porch in front of a brick building. The young men, wearing light-colored shirts or shirts and ties, are standing on the left and the young women, wearing light-colored dresses or skirts and blouses, are standing on the right. Professor Hallmark, a man with a mustache wearing a dark suit, is standing in the middle of the back row. In the second row the second young man from the left is Ralph Schmeling and the third young woman from the left is Sarah Hobbs.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ollie Loving and Hollie Loving Baby Picture]
Photograph of a baby picture of twin sisters Ollie Loving (left) and Hollie Loving (right) wearing white dresses and standing next to each other.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Exterior of Jim Berry's Home]
Photograph of the exterior of Jim Eddy Berry's home that he built before he got married in 1909. Jim Eddy is seen standing by the tree, and his father Jim Franklin Berry is on the porch. His female cousin whose last name is rivers is seen on the porch as well.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young Simon and George Henderson]
Photograph of Simon W. Henderson Jr. and George Henderson when they were children.
Date:
May 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene High School Baseball Team - 1909]
Copy slide of a photograph of the Abilene High School 1909 baseball team. They are dressed in suits and ties and are posing in front of the wall of a brick building. The men are in three rows; the first row are seated on the ground, the second are kneeling and the third are standing behind them.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[North Bennett School Students]
Photograph of a group of school children varying in ages and posed in front of an exterior wall to a wooden building with a closed door seen behind the group in the center. Most of the group are dressed in suits or dresses, and a tall man in a dark suit is standing to the left of the foremost row, identified on the back as instructor, Allen Owens. The rest of the group are also identified by row on a typed label adhered to the back. "North Bennett School" is handwritten on the top edge of the backside.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a Photograph of a Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon on a City Street]
Postcard with a photograph of horse-drawn wagons used by the local fire department traveling down a city street. The wagon in front is loaded with ladders and a few firemen are riding on the back, two firemen are sitting in the driver's seat steering the horses. There are also two wagons being driven along behind the first one.
Date:
[1909..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a Photo of a Houston Fire Department Automobile]
Postcard with a photograph of an automobile belonging to the Houston Fire Department pulling out of a garage at the fire station. Two firemen are sitting in the driver's seat while two other firemen are standing behind the car and there is an inscription on the car that reads: "Houston Fire Dept."
Date:
[1909..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fire Truck Driving Down a Street]
Postcard with a photograph of a fire truck driving down a city street that is lined by a wall filled with store advertisements. There are four firemen operating this truck, two in the front and two in the back; this truck is also putting of a large amount of exhaust into the air.
Date:
[1909..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a Picture of Two Fire Department Vehicles Driving on a Street]
Postcard with a photograph of two vehicles belonging to the local fire department driving down a city street. There are five firemen seated in the front truck and two seated in the car behind, and the street they are driving on is bordered by store advertisements.
Date:
[1909..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Side View of an Old Fire Station]
Postcard with a photo showing a side view of an old fire station in a downtown area. All of the station's garage doors are open in this picture.
Date:
[1909..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a Photo of a Man by a Service Truck]
Postcard with a photograph of a man standing in front of a long service truck used by the Houston Fire Department. The truck is carrying ladders and has pennants that say "Houston," and an alarm bell on top.
Date:
[1909..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a Photo of a Fire Chief in his Car]
Postcard with a photograph of the fire chief of the Austin Fire Department sitting in his automobile entitled "Chief." This photograph was taken in front of a large pond off the side of a rode.
Date:
[1909..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History