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[Blanche Perry Painting for Christiansburg, Virginia] (open access)

[Blanche Perry Painting for Christiansburg, Virginia]

Black and white photograph of baptistry painting Perry did for the church in Christiansburg, Virginia. Painting was photographed against a brick wall. Scene depicts water with large rocks, various types of trees, mountains, clouds, sun, shaft of light. Inscription on back of photograph reads in part, "Painted after trip to Quebec ... We came thro Va. [through Virginia] en route home from Quebec in 1950 (Sept)."
Date: November 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Mount Vernon]

A packet of postcards included in the articles Brother Sewell brought back from Mt. Vernon. Postcard shows George Washington's plantation home Mount Vernon, and two oval portraits of George Washington and Martha Washington with Washington's family motto: "Exitus acta probat."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mt. Vernon]

Photograph of George Washington's plantation home Mount Vernon, visible from the side. A number of individuals can be seen behind the columns on the front porch of the main house. Photograph taken by Brother Sewell.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History