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Neal Douglass Photography Collection
305
Rescuing Texas History, 2007
98
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
87
Rescuing Texas History, 2009
75
Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive
70
Rescuing Texas History, 2019
37
Austin History Center General Collection Photographs
32
Niles-Graham-Pease Papers
9
Chalberg Collection of Prints and Negatives
8
Lisa Davis Photographic Collection
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[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]
An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman.
Date:
August 3, 1841
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease]
A bill of sale for the purchase of an enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease.
Date:
August 10, 1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from Secretary of War Jefferson Davis]
A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, who refers to Brigadier Major General Persifor F. Smith’s letter of July 29, 1854, to Pease. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
Date:
August 29, 1854
Creator:
Davis, Jefferson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral receipt]
A receipt for printing and circulating funeral tickets (possibly for the funeral of Anne Marshall Pease, daughter of E.M. & Lucadia Pease).
Date:
August 1862
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]
The fourth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
Date:
August 14, 1868
Creator:
Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease, August 23, 1870]
The sixth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
Date:
August 23, 1870
Creator:
Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]
Autograph album belonging to Effie Roach Hofer. It includes page a 10-line verse poem entitled "Poetry," with drawing of fiddle and pointing finger and hand, signed "W.S. Porter/Secretary Jolly Brothers."
Date:
August 2, 1885
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Temporary Texas Capitol Building Fire]
Photograph of the fire that destroyed the building that had temporarily served as the capitol building for the state of Texas while the new capitol building was being constructed. Firefighters can be seen spraying water in to the upper floors while a large number of spectators look on.
Date:
August 30, 1899
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease]
A letter to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease, a former slave.
Date:
August 25, 1915
Creator:
Pease, Dave
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley]
A letter to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley, the child of a former slave.
Date:
August 25, 1915
Creator:
Whitley, S.L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley]
A letter to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley, the child of a former slave.
Date:
August 30, 1915
Creator:
Whitley, S.L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Ranger Captains]
Four men standing behind a seated man on a porch. Back reads: "Texas Ranger Captains. Seated: Captain Dan Roberts. Standing L to R: Captain J. A. Brooks, Adjutant General W. W. Sterling, former Ranger Captain Frank A Hamer and Captain John R. Hughes."
Date:
August 30, 1932
Creator:
Ellison Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado
Photograph of building under construction
Date:
August 9, 1936
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado
Photograph of building under construction
Date:
August 9, 1936
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado
Photograph of building under construction.
Date:
August 9, 1936
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado
Photograph of a three-story building under construction, with workers seated outside the front of the building a construction company sign in the lower-right part of the image. A church is visible in the background and a small wooden building is situated on the street in front of an empty lot between the church and the building. Vehicles are parked on both sides of the street.
Date:
August 9, 1936
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado
Photograph of building under construction
Date:
August 9, 1936
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado
Photograph of building under construction
Date:
August 9, 1936
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor O'Daniel at Camp Bullis
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel stands with the troops in a grassy field at Camp Bullis as they salute.
Date:
August 10, 1938
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor O'Daniel at Camp Bullis
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel inspects the troops in a grassy field at Camp Bullis.
Date:
August 10, 1938
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Children swimming at Rosewood Park]
Photograph of a group of African-American children swimming and splashing at the Rosewood Park for Negroes swimming pool. Extensive use of swimming pool and facilities demonstrates success of this recreation center.
Date:
August 19, 1938
Creator:
Ellison Photo Service
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[CCC Tents Under Trees]
Photograph of a campsite for the Civilian Conservation Corps, with two rows of tents with cots under shade of trees.
Date:
August 14, 1939
Creator:
Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History