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My Grandparent's Ancestry
Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the author's grandmother's and grandfather's ancestry, Fransiscia (McIntire) Dominquez and Alex Dominquez, respectively.
Date:
November 21, 1966
Creator:
Dominquez, Tommy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Marfa, Texas]
Photograph of Marfa, Texas, as seen from the middle of a main street, with shops and a hotel lining the street and cars parked in front of them, and a courthouse at the end of the street.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Dutch Acton with an Eagle]
Photograph of Dutch Acton standing in front of a truck and holding an eagle with its wings outstretched. He roped and killed the eagle at Youngblood Ranch.
Date:
1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Juan Dominguez and His Band]
Photograph of Juan Dominguez and three members of his band sitting on a bench on the side of a street with cars parked on the curb behind them. The instruments included in the band are a violin, guitar, trombone, and saxophone.
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wm. F. Dukes to Mrs. Glenda McCravey - October 12, 1979]
Letter from Wm. F. Dukes to Mrs. Glenda McCravey to inquire whether the museum to be built in Marfa, Texas, might appreciate the donation of some additional photographs by Frank Duncan.
Date:
October 12, 1979
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of O. C. Dowe and Charlie Brite]
Photograph of O. C. Dowe and Charlie Brite standing in an open field wearing cowboy hats and holding a sandbag between them.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Kathleen Duncan]
Portrait of Kathleen Duncan, daughter of Frank Duncan, as a child, wearing a dress with a heart pendant necklace and a large bow in her hair.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a Woman]
Portrait of a woman wearing dark clothes and glasses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of China Head Dolls]
Photograph of seven china head dolls standing in a row, part of Ida Mae Pruett's collection. Below them are various doll furnishings used for display.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Couple's Wedding Anniversary]
Photograph of an older couple cutting a wedding cake next to a basket of flowers with the number "50" in them.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of George Dawson and Friends]
Postcard of Mr. George Dawson at a going away party for himself before leaving for the Army. He is standing on the far right holding a bottle in one hand and a small pistol in the other. On the left are two of his friends, one sitting in a chair holding binoculars with a rifle leaning against him, and the other standing and holding an unidentifiable object in his hand.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dowes of Pinto Canyon
Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Orin Curtis Dowe and Millie Wilson Dowe of Pinto Canyon, who met while O. C. Dowe was a Texas Ranger attempting to capture smugglers crossing the Mexico-Texas border.
Date:
November 21, 1966
Creator:
Shurley, Mike
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Doll]
Photograph of a bisque doll from Teda W. Neill's collection with blonde hair and a silver dress, standing on the floor and leaning against a wall with floral wallpaper.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Annie Alverta Galloway Drake]
Photograph of Annie Alverta Galloway Drake wearing a dark dress and standing outside near a garden and a tree, with a house and car in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Beatrice Drake and Her Children]
Photograph of Beatrice Drake standing outside of a house with her son and daughter, Dawson and Lilly Mae "Diddie" Drake, standing next to her. A man is standing behind them, but the photo is cropped at his shoulders and he is not identified.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Information about Photograph of Abel and Cinderella Dominguez]
Information about a picture of Abel Dominguez and his mother, Cinderella Dominguez, used in a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Dominguez family.
Date:
1966
Creator:
Melendez, Mary
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Greiner and M. & S. Superior Dolls]
Photograph of two dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection in a shadowbox. The larger doll is a Greiner doll and wears a black dress, and the other is an M. & S. Superior doll.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Lalo Dominguez]
Portrait of Lalo Dominguez wearing a suit with a blue bow tie.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Dominguez Family]
Photograph of Vic Dominguez, Cirildo Dominguez, Lila Dominguez, and a little girl standing in front of an old-fashioned car.
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Treasures of the Past - February 1966]
Monthly publication containing an article about the hobby of collecting dolls used in a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about doll collections. The article, "Treasures of the Past" (18-19 p.), discusses the utilization of different materials in doll-making, briefly touches on historical aspects of doll-making, and features pictures of dolls from many different collectors.
Date:
February 1966
Creator:
Culley, Ann
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story
Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.
Date:
November 7, 1975
Creator:
Earney, Ann
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Biography of George Dawson
Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the rancher George Dawson from Shafter, Texas, who during his lifetime managed two large ranges, "El Rancho Del Pajorito" and "La Mora." In 1918, Dawson was called to the Army for World War I and was stationed in France for a year. Dawson spent the remainder of his life maintaining the two ranches with his wife, Juana Dawson, who was the main contributor of the information in this paper.
Date:
November 21, 1966
Creator:
Bustillos, Albert, Jr.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Pinto Canyon]
Photograph of Pinto Canyon as seen from the top of a mountain.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Texas Rangers in Valentine, Texas]
Photograph of a group of Texas Rangers in Valentine, Texas. Three of the men are sitting in a wagon pulled by horses, and the other three are riding horses. The first horse rider from the left is O. C. Dowe, Millie Wilson's husband.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History