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Chiles Food Store and Post Office
Cropped copy-photograph of Chiles Food Store, Post Office, and Gas Station in Portland, Texas. Three stores are pictured in one building and several gas pumps are in front of the stores. The three signs read, "Texas Star Oil Co.," "U.S. Post Office," and "Food Store." Two people are standing in front of the oil company store.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portland Train Depot
Cropped copy-photograph of the train depot in Portland, TX. The depot is a long, wooden building with a high roof. Several chimneys are shown protruding from the roof. A large pole is shown in front of the depot. A group of men and women is standing in front of the depot by the railroad tracks. Several pieces of luggage are piled near the group of people.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Merchandise and Drug Store
Cropped copy-photograph of the C. H. McGary General Merchandise Store in Portland, TX. The Portland Drug Store is connected to the General Store. Lettering on the side of the stores identifies them. The front of the stores is a covered porch area. The area around the stores is undeveloped land. A railroad runs in front of the building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Old Custer House
Cropped copy-photograph of the Old Custer House at the corner of Houston and 5th Streets in Portland, TX. The house is a tall, two story building with a covered porch. The top of the porch is a balcony for the second story. Several power poles run by the house. A tall Texaco sign is in the foreground. In front of it, a man in a white jump suit is standing on the seat of a motorcycle. Something illegible is written on the man's back.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
First Baptist Church
Cropped copy-photograph of the First Baptist Church in Portland, TX. The church is a very plain, white building. A small covered entrance is at the front of the building. Several trees obstruct the view of the length of the church. Several piles of wood are shown behind the church, next to another white building. Several houses line the street beyond the church. A street lamp pole is in front of the entrance.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
R. A. Jacoway House
Cropped copy-photograph of a house identified as the R. A. Jacoway house in Portland, TX. The home is located in the middle of a large, grass field. The house is a plain, white building with windows on all sides. Several other houses are shown to the right.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carroll House
Cropped copy-photograph of a house identified as the Carroll House in Portland, TX. A woman is standing in a fenced yard surrounded by four young children. A large group of chickens is feeding in the yard in front of the children and woman. Another person is seated by the house. The house is a dark, wooden structure with white trim.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overturned Truck
Cropped copy-photograph of an overturned commercial truck in Portland, TX. Accompanying information identifies the accident site as the corner of Fifth Avenue and Railroad. The truck's load is covered in a dark tarp. Two men are standing next to a car on the left of the wreck. A building with a Pepsi advertisement is shown behind the wreck.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kate Cole House
Cropped copy-photograph of a house in Portland, Texas, identified as that of Kate Cole. The house is a single-story white structure with a chimney on the left side. Another house is just to the right. An empty street runs in front of the houses and short picket fence runs from the side of the Cole house to the left edge of the image. According to accompanying information the home is located at 715 Houston Street.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Exterior View of House]
Cropped copy-photograph of an exterior view of a house. The metal house has a door in the center-front with windows on each side. On the left side of the house, there is another door and a gas meter. In the background, there is a similar-shaped house.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Group Portrait by Portland's Cafe
Cropped copy-photograph of a group of young people around a car in Portland, TX. The car is parked in front of a building and sign labeled as "Portland's Cafe." A total of sixteen people are shown.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture of Wilson Jacoway
Cropped copy-photograph of a man identified as Wilson Jacoway in Portland, TX. He is wearing slacks, a shirt, and a tie. His left hand is in his pocket and his right arm he is leaning against a porch pole with his right forearm. He is standing in front of a house with a window on the left and a screen door to the right.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Venetian Grill
Cropped copy-photograph of the exterior of the Venetian Grill in Portland, TX. The grill is a long building with many windows lining the front. A door is also shown. All the windows are covered in boards in preparation for a coming storm. A sign on top of the building reads, "Eat."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lillie and Lizzie Cole Home
Cropped copy-photograph of the exterior of the Lillie B. and Lizzie Cole Home in Portland, TX. The home is a two-story, white structure. A long fence runs in front of the side shown. A door is on the first level between two windows. A small balcony is supported above the door. Another door opens onto the second-level balcony.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
La Quinta Mansion
Cropped copy-photograph of an area identified as the La Quinta Mansion near Portland, TX. A large two-story house is shown on the far right of the image. Farther back, beyond this house is another building with tower on its left. A group of four men and women are standing in front of a vehicle in the foreground. Another man wearing a hat is still seated in the car The car is parked on a dirt road leading to the large house on the right.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exterior of Cole Home
Cropped copy-photograph of a house is Portland, TX identified as the Cole home. The house is a white, two-story structure. There are several balconies shown on the second floor. Both sides shown on the ground level have two windows and a door. A picket fence surrounds the entire building. A street and field run in front of the house.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Old Portland Hotel
Cropped copy-photograph of the side of a building identified as a hotel in Portland, TX. The building is a two-story structure with a balcony and porch over the front. The wall shown has a second-story door approached by a wooden staircase. A large liquid storage container is on a wooden platform next to the hotel. According to accompanying information, this site is now the location of St. Christopher's Church.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
La Quinta Mansion
Cropped copy-photograph of the La Quinta Mansion in Portland, TX. The mansion is a large, three-story house. It has several chimneys and balconies. A large, open yard surrounds the mansion on all sides. Several rows of trimmed hedges are shown bordering the mansion grounds.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Club House
Cropped copy-photograph of a club house in Portland, TX. The house is a two-story wooden structure. A small, covered porch is shown over the front door. A chimney is shown on the right side of the roof. Each side of the house has several windows. Two large plants are in the front of the house behind a long, picket fence. A man is standing in front of the bush on the left side of the front door.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Taft Ranch Cotton Gin
Cropped copy-photograph of a cotton gin on the Taft Ranch in Portland, TX. The cotton gin is a large, wooden building. It is set on wooden stilts next to a set of railroad tracks. A smaller wood building is shown behind the main cotton gin building. The railroad tracks are to the right.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jacoway Family in Portland
Cropped copy-photograph of a family portrait outside a house in Portland, TX. The three people in the foreground are identified as Mrs. Alice Jacoway-Rudicill, her husband, and their son. Another man is standing in the background with his hand up to his face. He is identified as Richard Jacoway.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portland Cafe
Cropped copy-photograph of group of motorcycle bikers in front of a cafe in Portland, TX. The bikes are shown lined up along the left side of the image. On the right side of the street, several cars are parked along the curb. The Portland Cafe is in the background. Its sign is visible over the heads of the bikers. Several large palm trees are also shown in the image background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Willacy Oil Well
Cropped copy-photograph of an oil well west of Portland, TX. A single drilling rig is shown in the middle of a field of wild plants and grasses. A wire fence with stone posts encloses the area around the well. The well is on a raised portion of ground devoid of any of the surrounding plants.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
John Willacy Residence
Cropped copy-photograph of a house in Portland, TX. According to accompanying information, the house belonged to John Willacy, founder of Portland, TX. The house is a single-story building with a covered porch. Another house is shown to the right of the Willacy house. A large plant is shown in the front yard. The house overlooks a bay at the rear.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History