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[Certificate of birth of Julia Ann Pratt] (open access)

[Certificate of birth of Julia Ann Pratt]

certificate of birth of Julia Ann Pratt born January 5, 1895 in Denton TX. Father William Clark Pratt of Kentucky, (Clerk at County Clerk's Office) and Nannie Ann Jones, from Texas (housewife) (#2 of 4 documents that were bound together)
Date: January 5, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate for John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers] (open access)

[Birth Certificate for John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers]

Birth Certificate for John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers. Born October 12, 1892 in Galveston. Father Thomas Josiah Rogers, Galveston, (a painting contractor) Jane Theresa Hussey, from Galveston (a house wife. (#4 of 4 documents that were bound together)
Date: October 12, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of baptism from Saint Mary's Cathedral in Galveston, TX] (open access)

[Certificate of baptism from Saint Mary's Cathedral in Galveston, TX]

certificate of baptism from Saint Mary's Cathedral Galveston, TX. Shows that John Malcolm Keenan Rogers was baptized September 7, 1892.
Date: September 7, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
copy of John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers birth certificate (open access)

copy of John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers birth certificate

copy of John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers birth certificate
Date: October 12, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hettie Ellen Herbert]

-Digital copy of: Hettie Ellen Herbert, c. 1895
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Front Page of the Rosenberg Progress, October 11, 1895. ] (open access)

[Front Page of the Rosenberg Progress, October 11, 1895. ]

First page of the Rosenberg Progress dated October 11, 1895. Vol. 1 No. 37. The text appears to be a discussion of political issues, but the text is too blurry to be readable.
Date: October 11, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[County script for jury duty] (open access)

[County script for jury duty]

County script for $50 for jury duty, 16 December 1892.
Date: December 16, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for teacher's salary] (open access)

[Receipt for teacher's salary]

Receipt for teacher's salary, 20 November 1896.
Date: November 20, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hilmar Guenther and three unidentified men]

Photograph of four men. Bearded man standing at center is Hilmar Guenther. Lower left and upper left corners are torn off.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hilmar Guenther family]

Photograph of Hilmar Guenther family, San Antonio, ca. 1899. From left to right, Hilmar Guenther, Dorothea Guenther (Mrs. John Moore, Jr.), Lieschen Guenther (Mrs. Norveil Chittim), Marie Bachman Guenther. Image is mounted on a black matte with a white 0.6 cm border immediately around photo. Photographer's mark in white at center bottom, "Barr, San Antonio, Texas." Image dimensions: 15.5 cm x 10.2 cm. Back of photo has strips of newspaper glued to it at both sides.
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hoof rasp]

Hoof rasp that is rectangular and flat. The bottom has small diamond-shaped teeth. The sides are horizontal. The top has big wedge teeth. The handle is long and skinny, but bent far over.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crescent shaped file with horizontal teeth]

Crescent shaped file with horizontal teeth. It has a pointy short handle the curves at the end.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bracket-shaped draw knife]

Bracket-shaped draw knife with turned wooden handles and a 10 in steel blade. The handles have steel caps on the tips.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Animal nose ring]

Animal nose ring that is painted black and has a head like pliers and below the joint is a screw that widen and reduced the size of the opening or mouth of the ringer. For ringing hogs' ears
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Long L-shaped poker]

Long L-shaped poker with a wire coil handle with a circle on the tip for hanging
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Compass saw]

Compass saw that has an upside down G-Shaped handle with two screwed where the blade inserts. The one further away from the blade is 2 cm in diameter and is stamped with H Disston & Sons Philada With a little emblem in the center. The other is 1.2 cm in diameter and is plain. The blade is most likely the original because it has been engraved with the same names.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Combination tool that has a flat head with five sharp tines]

Combination tool that has a flat head with five sharp tines that have been inserted into the head. The neck has been inserted into the head and handle. The handle is wooden and shaped like a cylinder with rounded ends.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stock and die]

The stock of the die is rectangular shaped with two long handles that come out opposite sides. One handle is part of the rectangle while the other screws on to tighten or loosen the five dies inside the stock. The rectangular part of the stock has a 10.5 cm X 2.7 cm rectangular opening into which the dies fit. On the dies are several engraved numbers. A 7 is marked at the top of all five dies and on the 1st,3rd,4th and 5th are marked 10, 12,14,16. Above the die is a stamp: BUTTERFIELD & CO DEP BY LINE, V1. ROCK ISLAND. P.a Below them is written: No 32 B.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[U-shaped clevis]

U-shaped clevis with a pin through the top. The pin has a circle at one end with a hole.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldering iron]

Soldering iron with a copper plated head, four sided with a pyramid point, with an octagonal body of head. At the back of the head there is a long painted black iron neck that has been inserted into the head. The neck ends in a point. The wooden handle is removable and fits over the pointed end of the neck. It is a turned handle that split in half and been repaired with black electrical tape. There is also metal wire wrapped around the base of the handle where the split originated. Three nails are inserted up into the base of the handle around the hole for the neck.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Strop with a wooden core]

Strop with a wooden core two padded leather sides parallel to each other, one side is unpadded leather, and the fourth side is inset with a hone. One of the padded sides has a 6 cm hole exposing cotton, same side is missing three nails and is torn.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rusty Pliers]

Pliers that are hinged at top and then has four textured holes, and then has parallel handles of which one ends in a clasp that hooks the two handles together. On the handle without a clasp, written on the inside, is "M KLEIN & SONS"
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hand saw with a steel blade]

Hand saw with a carved wooden handle and steel blade. Handle has a carved leaf pattern on one side with three brass bolts: top two are 1.2 cm in diameter and have no surface decoration, bottom bolt is 2.2 cm in diameter and is stamped with an eagle and with "Warranted / Pat. Dec. 27, 1887 / Superior"
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Czech-Moravian farm in Ellinger, TX]

Photo of Czech-Moravian farm, Ellinger, TX, ca. 1885-1900. Mother (Anna Kallus), father, and three children posed in front of farm house with two wagons and 4 horses/mules. Large tree in center background. White wooden house on left. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History