[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1950-1956] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1950-1956]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1950-01-18/1956-01
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1954-1960] (open access)

[Financial Ledger for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1954-1960]

Ledger containing financial records for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including deposits, collected dues, disbursements, and other financial transactions.
Date: 1954-01/1960-06
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pictorial Souvenir Album of the City of Bonham, Texas. (open access)

Pictorial Souvenir Album of the City of Bonham, Texas.

Booklet outlining general information about Bonham, Texas focusing primarily on businesses, newspapers, and educational institutions along with images of business interiors, residences, and other buildings.
Date: January 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Apparel Mart Lobby with Notice Sign]

Photograph of a notice sign in the lobby of the Apparel Hall at the Dallas Market Center.. The sign states that the building will be closed (probably to the public) while the "Market" is ongoing, the dates of which are written below. Behind the sign is a light crowd of people in lines, with several security crowds presiding. A desk lies in the very back, with further notices, signs, and writings out of focus.
Date: January 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pond Construction #1]

Photograph of construction work in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Wire mesh is laid out along a large empty dirt basin lined with stones, lumber, buckets, a wheelbarrow, and a large truck with a concrete pump and a cylindrical concrete mixer. Multiple workers are seen in the basin and on the truck.
Date: 1971-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Felix Butte to Elizabeth Kirkpatrick - January 24, 1923] (open access)

[Letter from Felix Butte to Elizabeth Kirkpatrick - January 24, 1923]

Letter from Dr. Butte to Elizabeth regarding a chemistry exam he has to take.
Date: January 24, 1923
Creator: Butte, Felix Latimore, Sr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Moon Bridge Covered in Snow]

Photograph of the Moon Bridge in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Depicted is a wooden arch bridge over the garden's pond with railings covered in snow, frost, and ice. The plants and shrubs, prominently placed in the foreground, are also covered in dense layers of snow. Across the background, bare trees with snow on their branches are visible.
Date: January 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Walsh Before Bonham-Sherman Flight]

Postcard of aviator Charles Walsh moments before his flight from Bonham to Sherman, seated in his biplane and wearing goggles and a cap. He holds a steering wheel, and the plane's engine is positioned behind him. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Aviator Walsh, 2 minuets [sic] before Bonham - Sherman Trip, Jan. 30-1912."
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Walsh's Biplane, Near Take Off]

Photograph of Charles Walsh's biplane nearing take off in a field in Bonham, Texas. A crowd of spectators watch the airplane from behind as it pitches slightly upwards, its propeller spinning.
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Walsh and His Plane]

Postcard of aviator Charles Walsh standing in front of his biplane before a crowd of spectators in Bonham, Texas. Walsh (center) wears goggles and a hat and leans against one of the aircraft's trusses. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
Date: January 28, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Inspecting Charles Walsh's Biplane #1]

Photograph of a crowd swarmed around Charles Walsh's biplane in Bonham, Texas. Additional people view the crowd from a grandstand in the background, with a handful of spectators elevated on a short wooden tower. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
Date: January 28, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Inspecting Charles Walsh's Biplane #2]

Photograph of a crowd swarmed around Charles Walsh's biplane in Bonham, Texas. Additional people view the crowd from a grandstand in the background, with a handful of spectators elevated on a short wooden tower. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
Date: January 28, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Propagation Workshop]

Photograph of a workshop teaching plant propagation to the students of Everman Elementary School at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Inside a room containing lockers and other equipment, numerous children are visible along a black table with black plant containers and piles of soil and perlite, with a gardener standing at the end of the table giving instructions.
Date: January 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pond Construction #2]

Photograph of construction work in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Wire mesh is laid out along a large empty dirt basin, which contains a raised dirt mound, one of the future pond's small islands, at left. A large truck with an outstretched concrete pump and a cylindrical concrete mixer is parked at right, flanked by several workers, while another white truck is parked at left behind the basin. Other workers are visible working inside the empty pond, some wielding tools.
Date: 1971-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pond Construction #3]

Photograph of construction work in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Wire mesh is laid out along a large empty dirt basin, which contains a mound of dirt at center. A large truck with a concrete pump and a cylindrical concrete mixer is partially obscured at left. Multiple workers are visible in and around the basin, some laying mesh and others overlooking the concrete pour, which has already been completed for part of the pond.
Date: 1971-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pond Concrete Pour #1]

Photograph of concrete being poured out of a pump in the pond at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. A worker holds the pump while another smooths out the concrete with a mortar hoe. Two other workers stand at right overseeing the pour. The completed Lake Arbor pavilion is also partially visible at right, along the edge of the future pond.
Date: 1971-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pond Concrete Pour #2]

Photograph of workers pouring out concrete into the pond at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. Several are visible standing in the wet concrete, with some holding mortar hoes and rakes to smooth out the concrete. Others stand on the steel wire mesh, next near the tube where the wet concrete comes out, on areas the concrete has not yet been poured in. The concrete stilts holding the Lake Arbor pavilion are visible at top left.
Date: 1971-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Footpath Construction #1]

Photograph of two workers installing siding for a footpath in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The siding, held in place by one worker, is welded to the existing path's shape by another worker with a welder and a welder helmet. The shape of the footpath visible in the photograph is mostly complete, surrounded by mounds of dirt, barren several trees and a white truck parked behind the footpath in the background.
Date: 1973-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pagoda, Completed Base]

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. Only the base has been constructed, a simple wooden obelisk with thin ropes attached to it at the top and wooden stakes surrounding it. Four of the pagoda's curved roofs, appearing to be made of cast bronze, sit at bottom right in front of the obelisk among a clearing of bushes and barren trees.
Date: 1973-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pagoda, Base Installation]

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. The pagoda's base, a wooden obelisk, is being installed on a stone pedestal in a clearing of trees and bushes by a large orange crane that holds it by ropes attached to the top of the obelisk. Near the base, several workers watch the installation.
Date: 1973-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pagoda, Roof Installation #1]

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. A large orange crane holds a piece of the pagoda's curved roof with thin wires near the pagoda's wooden base, which has been installed onto the stone pedestal below it. Four workers oversee the installation of the roof piece as it is raised closer to the base's top.
Date: 1973-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pagoda, Roof Installation #2]

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. A large orange crane holds a piece of the pagoda's curved roof with thin wires near the pagoda's wooden base, which has been installed onto the stone pedestal below it. Several workers oversee the installation of the roof piece as it is raised closer to the base's top.
Date: 1973-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pagoda, Roof Installation #4]

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. The pagoda's tiered roofs have been installed onto the wooden base, and a worker standing on tall white metal scaffolding near the top oversees the installation of the top curved roof as it is moved into place by an orange crane holding it with thin ropes.
Date: 1973-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Japanese Garden Pagoda, Completed Roofs]

Photograph of the pagoda at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden under construction. The tiered curved roofs of the pagoda are completed, installed onto the wooden obelisk-shaped base. Two workers oversee the pagoda on metal scaffolding set on top of a white truck, while a crane is parked nearby to the right of the structure.
Date: 1973-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History