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149
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80
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60
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[Aunt Dollie Stirman laid to rest in Kaufman, Texas]
Photograph of three women and two men standing next to a mounded grave, which is covered in flowers and wreaths. They all look down at the grave, and wear dark clothing. The women wear hats while the men hold their hats at their sides. A fence and foliage is visible to the right and behind them. The snapshot has a white boarder and the image is hazy around the edges. An inscription on the back reads, "Aunt Dollie Stirman laid to rest / Kaufman Tex. / Mrs P[illegible] / Maggie Hale / Eva Stirman Smith / Uncle Rollin / Fred Stirman."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group photo outdoors with elderly Uncle Rollin and Aunt Dollie Stirman]
Photograph of a group of people standing outdoors posing for a photo together. An old man with a mustache and thinning hair stands behind a wheelchair occupied by an old woman wearing a long white dress. A young boy stands next to the wheelchair while another stands in front. Two men and a woman stand to the right of the woman in the wheelchair. Trees, the top of a covered bridge, and a house can be seen in the background. There is a white border around the snapshot.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fred and Marvin Stirman, Daisy Emery Allen, and Annie Emery Bright at tourist park in Austin, Texas]
Photograph of four people sitting on either side of a white picnic table on white benches. A man and young boy sit on the left side with trees at their backs, and two women sit on the right side with a field at their backs. There are various dishes and items on the table, and white one-story buildings in the background. The women look at the camera while the man looks back at the boy who is looking down at the table in front of him. The snapshot has a decorative striped boarder, and the back has the following inscription: "Tourist Park at Austin, Tex. / Fred Stirman / Marvin " / Frances Allen / Annie Emery Bright / Oct. 1927."
Date:
October 1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen's Highland Pharmacy ledger and scrapbook]
Combination ledger/scrapbook containing handwritten sales records, financial entries, letterheads, and other documents related to Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen's medical career and pharmacy. It also includes newspaper clippings and programs, as well as personal items such as bookmarks, correspondence, greeting cards, poetry, postcards, and ephemera.
Date:
[1904..1925]
Creator:
Allen, Dr. Frances Daisy Emery
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gem tintype portrait of young girl 1]
Gem tintype photograph of a young girl from the chest up. She wears a striped jacket buttoned to the collar, and a black hat that covers only the very top of her head. She has shoulder-length light colored hair with straight bangs. She looks directly at the camera and does not smile. Her eyes and mouth are slightly blurred. The photograph has cracks in the emulsion layer in the upper right corner, and at the very corner a section has flaked off.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gem tintype portrait of young girl 2]
Gem tintype photograph of a young girl from the chest up. She wears a striped jacket buttoned to the collar, and a black hat that covers only the very top of her head. She has shoulder-length light colored hair with straight bangs. She looks directly at the camera and does not smile. There are slight losses of the emulsion layer on all edges of the image.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young boy related to Emery family]
Tintype photograph of a young boy seated in a wooden chair with a pillow behind him. He wears a dark jacket and breeches set with horizontally stripped socks that go past the knee. He looks directly at the camera and lays his hands on the tops of his thighs. All of the corners have been cut diagonally and there is cracking in the emulsion layer throughout.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man with child on each knee]
Tintype photograph of a man with a young girl on each knee. He wears a white button down shirt with a tie and vest, and a dark wide-brimmed hat. He has a large moustache and holds a long pipe in his mouth. The girls on the left wears a white dress with a dark jacket over the top. The jacket has two sets of buttons going from bottom to collar, and decorative embroidery on the cuffs and collar. She wears a white hat. The girl on the right wears a white dress with an open black jack which is ruffled along the edges and cuffs. She wears a black hat. Both girls claps their hands on their laps, and everyone looks directly at the camera. All four corners are cut off diagonally.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tintype of young woman related to Emery family]
Tintype photograph of a young woman seated in a wooden chair. She wears a long sleeve white dress with a high collar, black fingerless gloves, and a pearl necklace. She has chin length dark hair combed back from her face, and holds a box in her lap. Her cheeks have been hand colored with pink. Both top corners are cut off diagonally, and there are losses of the emulsion layer throughout the image.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gem tintype portrait of young girl 3]
Gem tintype photograph of a young girl from the shoulders up. She wears a striped jacket buttoned to the collar, and a black hat that covers only the very top of her head. She has shoulder-length light colored hair with straight bangs. She looks directly at the camera and does not smile. The image is slight off center, skewed to the lower right corner. There are spots along the bottom of the image where the emulsion layer is damaged.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Annie Belle Emery Bright's 7th grade students]
Photograph of Annie Emery Bright's seventh grade students at Colonial Hill Public School in Dallas, Texas. The students stand on steps outside of the school building. The boys wear dark suits with breeches and long socks, while the girls wear light dresses. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock, and an inscription on the back reads, "Colonial Hill Public School, Dallas / 7th Grade / My pupils (Miss Annie Bell Emery)."
Date:
[1900..1919]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Drs. Allen]
Photograph of Dr. James Walter Allen and Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen taken in a studio. The photograph shows the two from the waist up in front of a backdrop with painted sky and trees. Dr. J. W. Allen wears a suit jacket, checkered waistcoat, and plaid tie. Dr. F. D. E. Allen wears a white blouse with a high collar and long sleeves, and a thin white tie with a fluer de lis brooch attached at mid-chest. The photograph is cut into a narrow oval shape and is mounted on dark cardstock with an embossed frame around the photo. An inscription on the back reads, "Content, Tex 1905 / Drs Allen & Allen."
Date:
1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of people in front of the P. Warnica House]
Photograph of fifteen people posing in front of a house. Most, including men, women, and children, are seated or standing on the porch on the right of the photo, while an older and younger man stand in front of shrubs to the left. Dr. James W. Allen and Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen are seated at the bottom right on the porch steps. There is a white wooden fence in the foreground. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock. An inscription in black ink at the top of the photo reads, "P. Warnica home Content Tex. 1904." Inscriptions in black in below the photo identify the individuals, though it's difficult to read.
Date:
1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Drs. Allen and Allen holding bags]
Photograph of Dr. James Walter Allen and Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen doctor bags at their sides. The studio portrait shows them standing in front of a background with painted sky and trees. Dr. J. W. Allen wears a dark suit, light waistcoat with dark stripe pattern, a tie with plaid pattern, and hold a white hat by his side. Dr. F. D. E. Allen wears a white blouse with high collar and long voluminous sleeves, and a slightly darker floor-length skirt. The photograph is mounted on a dark cardstock with embossed frame pattern. Bellow is a white label with printed text that reads, "Drs James Walter & D Frances Allen / 1905 Content, Texas." On the back is an inscription reading, "Drs Allen & Allen 1905 / Content, Tex."
Date:
1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. J. W. Allen and Dr. F. D. E. Allen]
Photograph of Dr. James Walter Allen and Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen taken in a studio. The photograph shows the two from the waist up in front of a backdrop with painted sky and trees. Dr. J. W. Allen wears a suit jacket, checkered waistcoat, and plaid tie. Dr. F. D. E. Allen wears a white blouse with a high collar and long sleeves, and a thin white tie with a fluer de lis brooch attached at mid-chest. The photograph is cut into an oval shape and is mounted on dark cardstock with an embossed decorative pattern framing the photo. At the top is a white strip of paper with printed text reading, "Dr James Walter Allen - Dr D Emery Allen."
Date:
1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cassie Brown with hair up]
Cabinet Card photograph of Aunt Cassie Brown seen from the chest up. She wears a dark blouse with a diagonal row of embroidery and diagonal decorative buttons making a V on her chest. She wears a key as a brooch. Bellow the image is the studio imprint reading, "Barron's Studio / Opera Block, Terrell, Texas." The back of the card has an inscription reading, "Aunt Carrie [sic] Brown / (Mrs. Harper Brown.)"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barron's Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aunt Cassie Brown]
Carte de visite photograph of Aunt Cassie Brown seated sideways in a wooden chair with one arm over the chair back. She wears a long sleeve dress with small checkers, buttons up the chest, a lace collar, and dark brooch. She looks to the side of the camera, and has her hair pulled back from her face, but hanging long over her shoulders and back. The card has a printed border about the image, and the back has the following inscription: "Aunt Cassie Brown / sister of of [illegible] / Brown (my mother) / who became Mrs. J W Emery / Aunt Cassie died / young. never married / DEA."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper Brown seated]
Cabinet card photograph of Harper Brown seated in a lattice chair with decorative swirls coming off the top of the back. He wears a dark three piece suit and tie, holds a fedora style hat. He looks to the side of the camera and crosses his legs at the knee. At the bottom of the card is written, "Harper Brown," and the studio imprint is embossed reading, "Hudson / Paris, Texas." Small decorative circular patterns are embossed around the edges of the card.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hudson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three men: Brown, Barry, and Mulford]
Photograph of three men all wearing dark suits, vests, and hats. Two men are seated and visible from the chest up, while the third man stands behind and between them with his hands resting on the seat back. The men all have moustaches and look to the left of the photo. The photograph is mounted on a dark board with an embossed studio imprint which reads, "Hudson." The back of the board has the following inscription: "F.D.E. / J. [illegible] Brown , Billy Barry, & C. R. Mulford / probably 98 / Elizabeth Brown Emery's brother on right. / DEA's uncle Harper married Aunt Ella ([illegible])."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hudson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eve Brown Houghton]
Carte de visite photograph of Eve Hougton from the chest up. She wears a dark blouse with puffed up shoulders, and a high collar. The collar and a section of the dress are made from a different darker fabric. She wears a brooch of a bouquet of five flowers, and a white ribbon under her collar which is tied in a bow at the side of her neck. Her head and gaze is turned slightly away from the camera, and her hair is pinned up. the back of the card has an inscription that reads, "Eve (Brown) Houghton / mother's sister."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Effie Wren]
Cabinet card photograph of Effie Wren standing before a backdrop with a river, bridge, and trees, and a plant next to her. She wears a long sleeve dark dress with sections of lighter fabric at the shoulders and chest. Along the edges of the lighter fabric are silver circles. She wears a black lace collar tied at her throat, with her hair pinned back. She holds her hands behind her back and looks slightly away from the camera. The studio's imprint is at the bottom of the card and reads, "Works / Norton Block 3rd and Main, FT. Worth, Tex." An inscription at the top of the back of the card reads, "Effie Wren 1892." and a longer inscription describing Effie's life.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Works
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Uncle Hugh Brown as a child]
Carte de visite photograph of Uncle Hugh Brown as a young boy. He sits on a wooden chair with one hand on his upper stomach and the other resting on an object next to him. The photograph is very faded and has stains throughout. The back of the photo has the following inscription: "This I think is / uncle Hugh Brown / Grandmother Elizabeth Emery's brother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper Brown]
Cabinet card photograph of Harper Brown visible from the chest up. He has his head turned to a three-quarters profile view, and wears a long moustache. He wears a three piece suit and tie with a jeweled pin in the tie knot. The card has decorative indentations on the edges, and the studio imprint at the bottom reading, "Barron, Terrell, Texas." An inscription above the imprint and another on the back reads, "Harper Brown.'
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barron
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aunt Effie and Harper Brown]
Cabinet card photograph of Aunt Effie and Harper Brown visible from the chest up. Effie wears a white dress with puffed shoulders, which has black pieces of fabric capping the shoulders and around her neck with a buckle. She wears wire framed glasses and has her hair twisted up in a bun on top of her head with a P shaped pin sticking out of the top. Harper wears a dark three piece suit with a mason pin on his vest lapel, an anchor on his tie, and another pin on his jacket lapel. He has a moustache. Both look to the side of the camera. An embossed imprint for the Hudson studio is at the bottom of the card. Inscriptions on the back read, "Brown / Harper," and "Aunt Effie Brown."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hudson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History