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[Letter from Igor I. Sikorsky to Major William D. Phillips, August 31, 1967]
Letter from Igor I. Sikorsky to Major William D. Phillips congratulating the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Center on its 11th anniversary. In a post-script, he mentions that he has enclosed a photograph with the letter. On the back of the letter is a stamp giving the Boyce-Ditto Public Library's address.
Date:
August 31, 1967
Creator:
Sikorsky, Igor I.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mort Walker to Major William D. Phillips, September 1, 1967]
Letter from Mort Walker (author of the Beetle Bailey comics) to Major William D. Phillips, congratulating him on the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Center's 11th anniversary. On the back of the letter is a stamp giving the Boyce-Ditto Public Library's address. There are cartoon characters all along the bottom of the letter.
Date:
September 1, 1967
Creator:
Walker, Mort
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008
Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date:
August 14, 2008
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, February 14, 2001
Interview with Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett Salter, a retiree who has lived in Kerrville, Texas intermittently over the years. Mrs. Salter discusses visiting her grandparents in Kerrville, meeting her first husband, Julian "Joe" Garrett, a Canadian immigrant, her involvement with planes, her substitute teaching career, and her work with the Audubon Society.
Date:
February 14, 2001
Creator:
Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Salter, Ammie Rose Hollar Garrett
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters, March 3, 1908]
Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with a tinted image of the Hotel Heublein in Hartford, Connecticut which appears red in the picture. The note on the reverse side of the card tells about Harper's receiving of two cards from Walters and that the weather is slowly beginning to warm up in Connecticut.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Harper, Raymond L
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters]
Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with an image on the front showing West Beach in Westbrook, Connecticut; there is a line of houses positioned along the water front. The note on the reverse side of the card discusses Harper's being in Westbrook during the month of August and that there is "good fishing, boating and crabing" there.
Date:
1907-08?
Creator:
Harper, Raymond L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters]
Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters in San Marcos, Texas with a note on the back describing the horrible wintry weather taking place in Hartford, Connecticut; the flower illustration on the front of the card is the background behind "Greetings from Hartford, CT."
Date:
1908?
Creator:
Harper, Raymond L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter, June 11, 1912]
Postcard from Clarence W. Conor to George Pendexter with a note describing the type of vehicle in the picture as a combination "Hose and Chemical wagon." There are six firemen in the picture, five are in the vehicle and one is standing next to it; the water hose is rolled up in the center and there is even a goat in the arms of one of the men in the back.
Date:
June 11, 1912
Creator:
Conor, Clarence W.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the Number 12 Fire Station in New Haven, Connecticut]
Postcard to George Pendexter with a photo of the Number 12 fire station in New Haven, Connecticut. Three horses are pulling out a machine that is used to fight fires, there is also a huge puff of steam coming out of the top.
Date:
[1909..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History