[1949 Inauguration Ticket] (open access)

[1949 Inauguration Ticket]

Ticket to the 1949 inauguration ceremonies. The ticket reads: "President's Platform. Inauguration Ceremonies. January Twentieth, 1949. Admit the Bearer to the Senate Wing of the Capitol and through the Rotunda Door to the President's Platform" and is signed "Carl Hayden, Chairman, Committee on Arrangements." The back of the invitation is signed "Joseph C. Duke, Sergeant at Arms, U. S. Senate."
Date: January 20, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1949 Inauguration Event Schedule] (open access)

[1949 Inauguration Event Schedule]

Card with a schedule of events for the 1949 inauguration written on it. The events range from Saturday, January 18 to Thursday, January 23, and include dinners at the Mayflower Hotel and a buffet luncheon at the White House.
Date: [1949-01-18..1949-01-23]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flower Label from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Sam Rayburn] (open access)

[Flower Label from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Sam Rayburn]

Label for flowers sent to Sam Rayburn in honor of his sixtieth birthday from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The label has a picture of The White House and is addressed to "The Speaker of The House of Representatives." At the bottom of the label is text which reads "Perishable flowers. Keep from frost and extreme heat."
Date: January 6, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Men in Front of Plane]

Photograph of Dave Whitelaid shaking hands with an unidentified man in front of a Beech AT-10 Wichita plane. William G. Fuller stands to the right, and a woman works in the background. The plane was the first built by Globe for the U.S. government.
Date: January 30, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Post Office in 1940 Snowfall]

Photograph of the post office and Luke's service station on a street where the road is muddy and a thin layer of snow lies on the ground.
Date: January 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gas Station During 1940 Snow]

Photograph of a gas station that offers free crank case service, Goodyear tires, and gasoline. The ground is white with a thin layer of snow.
Date: January 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Former Fire Station Building]

Photograph of a building formerly used as a fire station, used in the picture by the Elmer Wheatly School of Dancing and the office of T. Brooks Pearson & Co. Architects. The building was later used by the Wilkirson & Hatch Funeral Home of Waco.
Date: January 31, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helena and Johnny Wedding Day]

Photograph of a man in a suit and a woman wearing a skirt and blouse standing arm-in-arm in front of a car.
Date: January 14, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Gutzon Borglum] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Gutzon Borglum]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Gutzon Borglum, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast of a portrait relief.
Date: 1947-01/1964-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Budsworth and Son] (open access)

[Client Card: Budsworth and Son]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Budsworth and Son, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: plaster model of Indian.
Date: January 1941
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Joseph H. Bass (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Joseph H. Bass

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Joseph H. Bass, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Tablet" (18" x 28"), "Tablet" (18.25" x 28.75"), "Circular Plate" (22" diameter), "Circular Plate" (2 copies; 22" diameter), "Plaque" (2 copies; 28.25" x 18.25"), "Thomas Tablet" (16" x 22"), "Few Tablet" (22" x 22"), "Tablet" (2 copies; 22" x 24"), "Few Tablet" (brass cast; 22" x 22"), "Round Plaque" (brass cast), and "Tablet" (Burk Memorial Floor Tablet; brass cast; 21.5" x 51.75").
Date: 1940-01-26/1942-03-31
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Henry Berge] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Henry Berge]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Henry Berge, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Portrait Head" (2 copies; 1 bronze cast, 1 plaster cast; 12.75"), "Von Paris Plaque" (18.5" diameter), "Grave Plate" (18.5" x 8.5"), "Portrait Head with Small Shoulders" (11.25"), "Plaque with Four Rosettes" (18" x 10"), "Small Plaque" (20.25" x 7.25"), "Plaque of Dr. Blaylock" (25.5" x 20.25"), "Female Portrait Bust" (15"), "Large Sea Urchin", "Plaque" (2 copies; 18" diameter), "Male Portrait Head" (12.5" x 7.5"), "Sea Urchin on a Shell" (7'; repair), "Portrait Head" (12.75"), "Portrait Head Von Paris" (12.75"), "Large Sea Urchin", "Wild Flower" (18"), "Plaque of M.A. Offit'" (15.5" x 20.5"), "Portrait Relief" (33.5" x 38.75"), "Portrait Bust" (25.5" x 16" at shoulder), "Plaque" (15.5"), "Frederick Plaque" (21.25" x 7.25"), "Portrait Plaque of Blumenthal" (21" x 26"), "Large Sea Urchin" (6'6.75"), "Plaque" (5" x 18.5"), "Portrait Plaque of Blumenthal" (15" diameter), "Portrait Plaque of Mr. Hampshire" (21" x 26"), "Blaustein Relief" (2 copies; 30" x 40"), "Plaque of J.C. Legg", "Plaque" (15" x 10.5"), "Plaque" (30.25" x 23"), "Grave Plaque" (20.5" x 7.5"), "Plaque" (Portrait in Relief; 38" …
Date: 1948-01/1977-09
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Former Fire Station Building]

Photograph of a building formerly used as a fire station, used in the picture by the Elmer Wheatly School of Dancing and the office of T. Brooks Pearson & Co. Architects. The building was later used by the Wilkirson & Hatch Funeral Home of Waco. The address is 198 N 12th St., Waco, TX.
Date: January 31, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Journal of Medicine, Volume 37, Number 9, January 1942 (open access)

Texas State Journal of Medicine, Volume 37, Number 9, January 1942

Journal of the State Medical Association of Texas which includes articles, editorials, and news related to state physicians. Pages of advertisements come before and after the body of journal articles.
Date: January 1942
Creator: Texas Medical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 22, January 11, 1947 (open access)

Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 22, January 11, 1947

Weekly magazine containing Texas-related news and information: "Each week, Texas Week will present for you, through text and pictures, a concise summary of the significant news in the nation's greatest state. Included will be the most important news of state and local governments, business, industry and labor, agriculture and ranching, oil, books and the arts, religion, education and other vital phases of the state's political, economic, cultural and spiritual life" (p. 4, vol. 1, no. 1).
Date: January 11, 1947
Creator: Texas Week, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 23, January 18, 1947 (open access)

Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 23, January 18, 1947

Weekly magazine containing Texas-related news and information: "Each week, Texas Week will present for you, through text and pictures, a concise summary of the significant news in the nation's greatest state. Included will be the most important news of state and local governments, business, industry and labor, agriculture and ranching, oil, books and the arts, religion, education and other vital phases of the state's political, economic, cultural and spiritual life" (p. 4, vol. 1, no. 1).
Date: January 18, 1947
Creator: Texas Week, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 24, January 25, 1947 (open access)

Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 24, January 25, 1947

Weekly magazine containing Texas-related news and information: "Each week, Texas Week will present for you, through text and pictures, a concise summary of the significant news in the nation's greatest state. Included will be the most important news of state and local governments, business, industry and labor, agriculture and ranching, oil, books and the arts, religion, education and other vital phases of the state's political, economic, cultural and spiritual life" (p. 4, vol. 1, no. 1).
Date: January 25, 1947
Creator: Texas Week, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 21, January 4, 1947 (open access)

Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 21, January 4, 1947

Weekly magazine containing Texas-related news and information: "Each week, Texas Week will present for you, through text and pictures, a concise summary of the significant news in the nation's greatest state. Included will be the most important news of state and local governments, business, industry and labor, agriculture and ranching, oil, books and the arts, religion, education and other vital phases of the state's political, economic, cultural and spiritual life" (p. 4, vol. 1, no. 1).
Date: January 4, 1947
Creator: Texas Week, Inc.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History