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Candlesticks
Pair of "canary yellow" sandwich glass candlesticks with "petal and loop" design
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shuttle
Long, handmade wooden shuttle with rounded ends; a rounded cut-out part for thread and a slot in the bottom; a hole in the side where thread was fed.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Glass flask
Pint-sized mold blown flask with cornucopia and basket of fruit; Keene glass
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Glass flask
Pint-sized mold blown flask with cornucopia and fruit design on one side, basket of fruit on other; pontil mark on base
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eugenia Wallace]
Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. Photograph of Eugenia Wallace, Gay Hill, TX; from collection of 71 items (parts a-bs): documents, photographs, and books. See 1983-82.1 - .7 for related three dimensional objects.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Fannin's Fight"
One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows the Texan infantry, artillery, breastworks, and Mexican dragoons, and artillery
Date:
1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eula and Eugenia Wallace]
Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. Photograph of Eula and Eugenia Wallace at waterfall on Wallace estate, Gay Hill, TX; from collection of 71 items (parts a-bs): documents, photographs, and books. See 1983-82.1 - .7 for related three dimensional objects.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eula and Eugenia Wallace below waterfall on Wallace estate]
Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. Photograph of Eula and Eugenia Wallace below waterfall on Wallace estate, Gay Hill, TX; from collection of 71 items (parts a-bs): documents, photographs, and books. See 1983-82.1 - .7 for related three dimensional objects.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mexico & Guatemala
Hand-colored engraving of Mexico and Guatemala showing towns, rivers, and topography
Date:
1842
Creator:
Findlay, Alexander G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A History. Of the Action of the Political and Civil Authorities and Citizens Relating to the Land Office at Nacogdoches Under the Jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor
Cover of the text.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy top
Wooden top with handle; has been polished
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy cup and saucer
Child's tin cup (a) and saucer (b); tape across bottom of saucer with writing which might be (in part) "1891---LANCE---".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to "cousin" in Texas from Burlington ]
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Unsigned letter to "cousin" in Texas regarding hunting, fishing, and mutual friends; from Burlington (no state), dated March 13 (no year)
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to John from his Uncle V. Metcalfe, September 30, 1858]
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers, Letter to John [?] from his uncle V. Metcalfe emphasizing the importance of his education and chastising him for carelessness in a previous letter
Date:
September 30, 1858
Creator:
Metcalfe, V.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James [Metcalfe?] to his mother, April 20, 1854]
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter from James [Metcalfe?] to his mother; addressed to John W. Metcalfe on outside of letter
Date:
April 20, 1854
Creator:
Metcalfe, James
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pettiskirt
Petticoat made from two pieces of wool sewn together; one edge unfinished; other edge has scalloped crocheted trim; donor called it a "pettiskirt"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Petticoat
Wool half petticoat with crocheted scalloped trim; waistband of cotton has 3 button holes but no buttons
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flannel petticoat
Flannel, half petticoat with ruffle at bottom; waist is unfinished; small opening in back; gored skirt
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Infant sacque
Infant's woolen sacque with remnants of silk trim and silk ties
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knitted socks
Pair of child's knitted socks (a, b); heavier weight yarn used for 3.5 cm crocheted top of sock; top side width is 3 cm
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baby dress
Woolen baby dress; knitted and crocheted; ribbon around neckline
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tin scoop
Tin scoop with handle
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lace collar
Black lace fichu sewn into mesh-like material; from Calais, Vermont, dating before 1840.
Date:
[..1840]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shallow bowl
Round, shallow treen bowl sitting on a pedestal with paper pasted on bottom; "1884 Judge Theron Lance used This on his desk for pens great grandfather of Robert Theron"; lathe marks on bottom of pedestal
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History