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Big Springs Baptist Church, Garland, Texas

Big Springs Baptist Church, wood frame building. Label on reverse: "Big Springs Baptist Church 1877-1919. Date of Picture 8-3-19. J. W. Campbell"
Date: August 3, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Polk Street Bridge, Richardson, Texas

Polk Street, bridge over Floyd Branch of Cottonwood Creek, looking north toward Main Street. Sherman Street extends south from the left side of the photograph (not visible). There is a gap in the north/south pavement between Polk and Main Streets where Sherman Street might extend north toward Main Street. Leafed trees are along both sides of the picture, beyond the bridge. Utility lines and poles go along both sides of the right-of-way. Buildings and cars are visible. Past the intersection with Main Street, on the left/west is Children's Wonderworld, 113 Sherman, a toy and hobby store.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Polk Street Bridge, Richardson, Texas

Polk Street, bridge over Floyd Branch of Cottonwood Creek, looking northeast toward Main Street. Sherman Street extends south from the left side of the photograph (not visible). The street sign is just to the left/west of the bridge. There is a gap in the north/south pavement between Polk and Main Streets where Sherman Street might extend north toward Main Street. Leafed trees are along both sides of the picture, beyond the bridge. Utility lines and poles go along both sides of the right-of-way. Buildings and cars are visible. Past the intersection with Main Street, on the left/west is Children's Wonderworld, 113 Sherman, a toy and hobby store. This photograph appears to have been taken at the same time as RPLv007a.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Polk Street, Richardson, Texas

Polk Street, looking east. The bridge over the Floyd Branch of Cottonwood Creek is on the right, next a residence, then the North Texas Lumber Company building at the Houston & Texas Central Railroad. On the rails is a Southern Pacific boxcar. In front of the rail car is a long flatbed truck partially loaded with cargo. On the left/north side of Polk Street is a wide roadside area of short grass, some bushes, and then trees. In front (west of) the lumber building is Central Street.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Polk Street at North Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas

Polk Street, looking west, toward North Central Expressway, which is elevated. Polk Street terminates at the northbound access road of the Expressway. The center and right side of the picture show the grassy area between Polk Street and the Floyd Branch of Cottonwood Creek. A concrete culvert is to the right of Polk Street, but the area over it is not paved. Two cars are stopped at the intersection, and the tops of two cars can be seen on the expressway. There are trees and utility poles and lines. On the right/north side of the photograph, behind/west of the expressway, is a water tower.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pittman Street, East from Abrams Road, 1959, Richardson, Texas

Pittman Street, 300 block, looking east from Abrams Rd. The streets are blacktop with no curbs or sidewalks. Utility poles on the right/north side of Pittman carry lines to houses on both sides of the street. The home partially visible on the left has a television antenna attached. An alley, proceeding right/north, with a culvert, is on the right/north of the street. Large trees line the eastern portion of the street as it approaches the horizon.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pittman Street, West from Abrams Road, 1959, Richardson, Texas

Pittman Street, 400 block, looking west, from Abrams Road. This block of Pittman is paved, with curbs. Five houses are visible on the left/north side of Pittman. The houses with the white roofs were built ca 1953. The house with the darker rook has a chimney. The 300 block of Pittman, in the lower left corner, is blacktop, with no curbs. A school zone sign and the street sign are at the NE corner of the intersection.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

Intersection of two paved streets. A street sign at the left side of the photo reads "Abrams Rd" "and "Maple St." Houses on the left side of Maple St [center of the photograph] have light-colored roofs and front driveways. Most yards have small trees. There are no sidewalks. Two cars are on the street, and other cars are visible near the horizon, in driveways. Additional information: This is the 400 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Rd. Maple terminates on the east at Grace Dr. Many of the houses were built in 1953.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

Unpaved, uncurbed, street, intersecting with a paved street. The unpaved street has wood-clad houses on both sides. Those on the left side are more visible. Just the roof of one house is visible on the right. Some, but not all, homes have front sidewalks. There are utility poles and lines on both sides of the street. At the intersection, in the foreground of the picture, a street sign is on the left, and a fire hydrant is on the right. Most houses have shrubbery and trees, with more mature trees in the background and horizon. A delivery van/truck is just visible at the back end of the street, and the back of one car is on the right edge, in a driveway. Additional information: This is the 300 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Road, toward Greenville Ave. The houses were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

[This is a slightly different view of V 28b.] Unpaved, uncurbed, street, intersecting with a paved street. The unpaved street has wood-clad houses on both sides. Some, but not all, homes have front sidewalks. There are utility poles and lines on both sides of the street. Most houses have shrubbery and trees, with more mature trees in the background and horizon. A delivery van/truck is just visible at the back end of the street, and the one car is parked in a driveway on the right side. The left edge of the street has tire-tracks visible. Additional information: This is the 300 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Road, toward Greenville Ave. The houses were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Taylor County Veterans Memorial and Plaza, featuring a bronze soldier and silver eagle sculptures.

Taylor County Veterans Memorial and Plaza, featuring a bronze soldier and silver eagle sculptures on Taylor County Courthouse grounds
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Terry Gilbreath
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teacher's Contract for Pearl Vinson, 1924 (open access)

Teacher's Contract for Pearl Vinson, 1924

Teacher's contract for Pearl Vinson from 1924. The contract stipulates that she will teach for 7 months at a rate of $85/month in the Cross Roads Elementary in Cass County. Other signatures on the contract include J. F. Joyner, M.A. Harrell and R.E. Hall, trustees, and J. L. Lovelace, County Superintendant
Date: August 4, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Who is W. T. Eldridge? (open access)

Who is W. T. Eldridge?

Pamphlet taking a position against the prison reform ideas of W.T. Eldridge, a businessman who ran the Imperial Sugar Company. The political commentary is addressed to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Legislative Investigating Committee, and the Members of the Legislature of Texas. It includes several letters, question-and-answer transcripts and other documentation discussing Texas legislation and policies related to prisons.
Date: August 1913
Creator: Dunovant, Adelia A.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carolyn Street Scott at the airport]

Carolyn Street Scott at the airport. Mark Richards had taken her to see the airplane he and Caroline and their children had flown to Texas from their home in Virginia.
Date: August 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Topography: Van Horn Quadrangle

This topographic map shows the elevations and location of private and public roads, railroads, building structures, bridges, and water sources and drainage structures in the Van Horn, Texas quadrangle. It contains a legend of each of the structural elements and a scale for the elevation and contour of the area.
Date: August 1906
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, August 16, 1878] (open access)

[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, August 16, 1878]

Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer discussing a time John visited Emma.
Date: August 16, 1878
Creator: Davis, Emma
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, August 27, 1878] (open access)

[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, August 27, 1878]

Letters from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer discussing a conversation they had at a social.
Date: August 27, 1878
Creator: Davis, Emma
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, August 28, 1879] (open access)

[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, August 28, 1879]

Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer discussing a man mistreating John and mutual acquaintances.
Date: August 28, 1879
Creator: Davis, Emma
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, August 21, 1878] (open access)

[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, August 21, 1878]

Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis. He discusses being a gentleman and studying.
Date: August 21, 1878
Creator: Brewer, John C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, August 9, 1879] (open access)

[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, August 9, 1879]

Brief letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis asking if she would accompany him to church that night.
Date: August 9, 1879
Creator: Brewer, John C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, August 24, 1879] (open access)

[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, August 24, 1879]

Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis including a discussion between him and his parents about working and crops. In a postscript to the letter he discusses mutual acquaintances and wanting a horse from his father.
Date: August 24, 1879
Creator: Brewer, John C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 2001 (open access)

The Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 27, Number 2, Summer 2001

Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society containing information about the organization, membership, and field of aquaculture and ecosystem management.
Date: August 2001
Creator: American Fisheries Society. Texas Chapter.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 36, Number 3, Summer 2010 (open access)

The Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 36, Number 3, Summer 2010

Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society containing information about the organization, membership, and field of aquaculture and ecosystem management.
Date: August 2010
Creator: American Fisheries Society. Texas Chapter.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 37, Number 3, Summer 2011 (open access)

The Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 37, Number 3, Summer 2011

Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society containing information about the organization, membership, and field of aquaculture and ecosystem management.
Date: August 2011
Creator: American Fisheries Society. Texas Chapter.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History