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Amusement rides

Photograph of people at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, standing next to the chain link fences that surround the rides and also on various amusement rides behind them. A portion of the Cotton Bowl stadium is visible in the background. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amusement rides

Photograph from the 1968 World's Fair of people lining up for amusement rides which includes a roller coaster, visible in the background.
Date: October 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy with net] looking for a bug

Photograph of an unnamed boy standing in a wooded area, holding a net, looking for bugs. The boy may be a grandson of J. D. Mitchell, an entomologist.
Date: October 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Cave

Photograph of a boy walking into the Cave amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas. The entrance to the ride is simulated like a cave entrance with rockery surrounding the opening. Other visitors are visible on the paved walkways.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade]

Photograph of the princesses float for the CavOILcade Parade. One woman is sitting under an arch at the top of the float, and nineteen other women are sitting on the edges of the float. Other parades floats are behind the princesses float. In the background, there is a crowd of people watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade Float]

Photograph of the princess float for the CavOILcade Parade. The float consists of a girl, a boy, and a woman wearing a gown, tiara, and sash sitting on a white ramp. They are sitting in front of a structure made of columns with a gold crown shape on the front. In the background, two car floats are following, and there is a crowd of people watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[CavOILcade Parade Float]

Photograph of a float at the CavOILcade Parade. The float consists of four older boys wearing yellow shirts and black cowboy hats, sitting around a red and yellow bee mascot in the back of a yellow Chevrolet truck. The truck is decorated with red and gold streamers. In the background, there are people watching the float.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Circle 4 Club Actors]

Photograph of two men identified as John Garner (Cowboy John) and Smiley Burnette. Garner was one of the hosts of The Circle 4 Club, a children's television program in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area of Southeast Texas. Garner is wearing a cowboy hat and bracelet, and Burnette is wearing a hat and bandanna. The television program played on Saturday mornings.
Date: October 2, 1962
Creator: Cricchio Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clyde Champion Barrow Fingerprint Chart, 10/24/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department] (open access)

[Clyde Champion Barrow Fingerprint Chart, 10/24/1933 - Dallas, Texas Police Department]

Fingerprint chart of Clyde Champion Barrow, mailed from the Division of Investigation from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Chief of Police in Dallas, Texas. It include Barrow's physical description, relatives, and criminal record.
Date: October 24, 1933
Creator: United States. Dept. of Justice.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fielder House

Photograph of the back entrance of the Fielder house. The house has two levels with a balcony. It is surrounded by trees.
Date: October 1978
Creator: West, Carolyn
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

General view of shipyard, Victoria, Texas

Photograph of the shipyard at Victoria, Texas. Various kinds of boats, some at rest and some in movement, are pictured. Workers can be seen on the decks.
Date: October 10, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Party]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students at a Halloween party outside the school building. One student, a boy, is blindfolded and is pinning a "tail" next to a picture of a witch and black cat. Maxine Watts, the teacher, and another adult woman stand with the other children.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Party]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students playing "Pin The Tail On The Witch," at a Halloween party. A girl in a blindfold is standing at the picture of the witch, which is pinned to the wall of a building. An older woman is standing next to her. Several small children watch.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Party]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students at a Halloween party on the porch of the teacherage building. The children are playing a balloon relay.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Party]

Photograph of students at a Halloween party at Lower Valley School. They are standing in front of the school building taking candy from a box.
Date: October 31, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Himalaya ride

Photograph of people standing in line for a ride called the Himalaya at an amusement park. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

IBM Exhibit

Photograph of people standing and seated on benches outside the IBM Lakeside Pavilion at HemisFair '68. A monorail track with a stationary train is above the patio, extending from the IBM building. Additional information is printed on the back.
Date: October 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

IBM Exhibit

Nighttime photograph of people standing and seated on benches outside the IBM Lakeside Pavilion at HemisFair '68. A monorail track with a stationary train is above the patio, extending from the IBM building. The Tower of the Americas is visible in the background at right.
Date: 1968-10?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

J. D. Allnoch

Photograph of a young boy, J. D. Allnoch, standing in a wooded area, holding a bug hunter's net. J. D. Allnoch is the grandson of J. D. Mitchell, an entomologist.
Date: October 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Japanese persimmons

Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a persimmon tree.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Deputy Inspector Edward A. Parker to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/25/1933] (open access)

[Letter from Deputy Inspector Edward A. Parker to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/25/1933]

Letter from Edward A. Parker, Deputy Inspector and Superintendent of the Bureau of Identification in Memphis, Tennessee to D. E. Walsh, Superintendent of Bureau of Identification in Dallas, Texas informing him of a set of pictures he sent to D. E. Walsh's department.
Date: October 25, 1933
Creator: Parker, Edward A.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry T. Riddell to Bureau of Investigation Director John Edgar Hoover - 10/16/1933] (open access)

[Letter from Harry T. Riddell to Bureau of Investigation Director John Edgar Hoover - 10/16/1933]

Letter from Harry T. Riddell of the Bureau of Identification in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to John Edgar Hoover, Director of the Bureau of Investigation pointing out an error on records that were mailed to the Department of Justice.
Date: October 16, 1933
Creator: Belknap, William
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Supervisor H. E. Keller to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/31/1933] (open access)

[Letter from Supervisor H. E. Keller to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 10/31/1933]

Letter from H. E. Keller, the Supervisor of the Identification Bureau in Houston, Texas to D. E. Walsh, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau in Dallas, Texas thanking him for the photographs he sent from the Urschel Kidnapping case.
Date: October 31, 1933
Creator: Keller, H. E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lincoln High School Cheerleaders]

Photograph of a parade float consisting of a group of Lincoln High School cheerleaders sitting on top of a car at the CavOILcade parade. The girls are wearing yellow cheerleader uniforms, and some have yellow and purple ribbons tied in their hair. The girls are also holding yellow and purple pom-poms in their laps. A small child is standing up through the window of the car. In the background, there is a man dressed as a clown, and a crowd watching the parade.
Date: October 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History