Resource Type

[Portrait of Captain Gerald Lawrence Schetky]

Portrait of Captain Gerald Lawrence Schetky. Schetky was commander of the U.S.S. Texas from August 7, 1945 to July 26, 1966.
Date: [1945-08-17..1966-07-26]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Aircraft Flying Over the U.S.S. Texas]

Photograph of aircraft flying over the U.S.S. Texas. According to the identification card "more than 180 service airplanes passed in review Aug. 14," honoring Admiral Jehu V. Chase who was about to retire from the United States battle fleet. The aircraft are flying in perfect triangular formation over the ship while in the harbor at San Diego, California. Admiral Chase was standing on the deck while this flyover occurred. Includes an information card.
Date: August 14, 1933
Creator: Associated Press
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Navy Officer]

Portrait of a naval officer from 1916 to 1918. This officer has five different medals pinned to his chest. He also has very ornate epaulets on each shoulder pad.
Date: [1916-08-14..1918-12-31]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children's Day Parade Boulevard, Galveston

Photograph of Children Day Parade at Galveston. The parade is made up of girls with baby carriages. Crowds of adults are on the sidewalks on either side of the parade route. The ocean is visible in the background.
Date: August 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children's Parade, Galveston

Photograph of a Children's Day Parade at Galveston. The parade is made up of girls with baby carriages. Adults are on the sidewalk and the ocean is visible in the background.
Date: August 1, 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Haschke Family in their Car]

Photograph of the Haschke Family (Cecilia, Reinhold, and Feodor) in a car parked in front of an unidentified stone building. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Ma Haschke, Pa Haschke, Fedo Haschke - About the first car in Austin, Texas." The photograph is a cyanotype.
Date: August 8, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Fannie Mary Stauts in Graduation Regalia]

Photograph of a woman wearing a graduation cap and gown and holding a rolled diploma in her hands, standing outside of a house covered with ivy. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Fannie Mary Stauts, Aug. 1926, Day of graduation from Baylor U. B.A. Degree."
Date: August 1926
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Julia Hensley]

Portrait of Julia Hensley (1837-1915], an older woman wearing a dark dress with a white collar.
Date: August 25, 1873
Creator: Freeman, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lorena Stauts Birthplace]

Photograph of a small house. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mart 1908, Lorena Stauts born here."
Date: August 19, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Piano and Portraits in the Pound House]

Photograph of the parlor room piano in the Pound House on the Dr. Pound Farmstead in Dripping Springs, Texas; there are two portraits of Dr. Pound and his wife Sarah above the piano.
Date: August 21, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Finished Restoration in the Parlor at the Pound House]

Photograph of the inside of the parlor room at the Pound House in Dripping Springs, Texas; this photograph shows the restoration of the room to the way it appeared in 1910.
Date: August 2002
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of an Oil Lamp in the Pound House Parlor]

Photograph of an oil lamp controlled by a pulley system for easy lighting.
Date: August 21, 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Walter Staples and Clayton Mathews]

Portrait of two men, Walter Staples and Clayton Mathews, wearing identical clothing. One man is holding a small flute-like instrument, and the other is holding a banjo.
Date: August 9, 1891
Creator: Caradine
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Phoebe Winchester Hensley]

Portrait of Phoebe Winchester Hensley (1863-1940), a woman with dark hair wearing a white dress with a dark collar.
Date: August 1883
Creator: McClellan, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Restoration of the Pound House Dining Room]

Photograph of the inside of the dining room in the Pound House located in Dripping Springs, Texas. Here the room has been wall papered and restored back to its 1910 appearance with the fireplace on the far right side of the photo.
Date: August 2002
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of People at the "King's Kabins"]

Photograph of a group of people passing the time on the balcony and ground in front of the "King's Kabins" in Bella Vista, Arkansas. The cabin is situated among a large group of trees and is built into a hill.
Date: August 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg]

Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg before leaving for church at O. G. Dahlberg's West Sweden home with their automobile behind them.
Date: August 6, 1950
Creator: Dahlberg, David W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Dahlberg Family]

Photograph of O. G. Dahlberg with daughter Alice and son David, standing on the front porch of O. G. Dahlberg's Brady home.
Date: August 1951
Creator: Dahlberg, David W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Men Wearing Suits]

Photograph of five men wearing suits and ties standing and looking at the camera. Four of them are wearing glasses. They are standing in front of a brick wall. Back of photo reads, "L to R. J.P. Pevoto, C.M. Scott, L.A. Hosnes, J Kinley Jones, L.M. Welch on occasion of 40 year service award".
Date: August 21, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Young Man Kneeling in the Grass]

Photograph of a young man kneeling the grass with trees, picnic table, and buildings in background. There is a note on the back of the photograph in Spanish.
Date: August 28, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mr Reich's Birthday Party

Photograph of a man wearing a suit and tie and four women.Three women are looking at the camera and one woman and the man are looking at a piece of paper held by the man.
Date: August 26, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Lift Rescue at a Sky Tram #2]

Photograph of an aerial lift firefighting crane, the bucket of which is positioned next to a Sky Tram car suspended in the night sky. To the right of the yellow, aerial lift firefighting engine is a white, two-story building with palm trees next to it. To the left of engine is a medical tent, a small grey vehicle, a tall flagpole (with a GMC Trucks flag), and two emergency officers (one in a light blue shirt and one in a dark blue shirt). Four people, their faces turned away from the camera, stand underneath the awning of the building to the right. On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photograph.
Date: August 21, 1979
Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Lift Rescue of a Sky Tram #1]

Photograph of an aerial lift firefighting crane, the bucket of which is positioned next to a Sky Tram car suspended in the night sky. To the right of the yellow, aerial lift firefighting engine is a white, two-story building with palm trees next to it. To the left of engine is a medical tent, a small grey vehicle, a tall flagpole (with a GMC Trucks flag), and two emergency officers (one in a light blue shirt and one in a dark blue shirt). Four people, their faces turned away from the camera, stand underneath the awning of the building to the right. On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photograph.
Date: August 21, 1979
Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Broken Sky Tram Car On Top of Carnival Tent]

Photograph of a scraped sky tram car on top of a red and white striped awning of a carnival booth. Four men stand in front of the booth's tent, and in the distant background, a helicopter can be seen in the sky. One of the men is holding a thin coil of rope and there is a yellow ladder beyond the group. There are two separate carnival booths in the tent., both of which have various toy prizes (including large, smiling, stuffed bananas). On the back of the photograph is a red ink stamp giving information about the photo.
Date: August 21, 1979
Creator: Spainhouer, Freddie Philmon
System: The Portal to Texas History