[Program: Gatesville High School Football Banquet, December 16, 1947] (open access)

[Program: Gatesville High School Football Banquet, December 16, 1947]

Program for the Gatesville High School Football Banquet, sponsored by the Gatesville Lions Club, held on December 16, 1947, at the Gatesville High School Gymnasium. Includes a picture of the Cowbell trophy the Gatesville Hornets won at the Gatesville vs. Hamilton annual game, a menu for the banquet, and a list of the evening's events - as well as a list of the football players, coaches, managers, and yell leaders.
Date: 1947-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Carhartt of Texas Employees]

Photograph of a group of people arranged in seven rows, some crouching on the wood floor, some sitting, and some standing, with a sign that says "Carhartt of Texas." The group is mostly made up of women, with the six men on the front row. The group is in a high-ceiling factory warehouse room, with visible hanging pipes, light fixtures, and wires, as well as a sewing machine table (on the bottom right of the photo). There is a rectangular hole cut out of the middle of the group, where someone's face might have been, and on the back, is the address of one of the employees, Thelma Christian.
Date: December 1956
Creator: Garrett
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of Fees from the Maxwell Estate by R. W. Duke, December 1, 1866] (open access)

[Receipt of Fees from the Maxwell Estate by R. W. Duke, December 1, 1866]

Receipt for fees received from the Maxwell estate by R. W. Duke, including stamp duties.
Date: December 1, 1866
Creator: Duke, R. W.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gatesville May Queen Float]

Photograph of a May Queen parade float attached to a team of horses. A canopy covers much of the flower-festooned float. The five formally dressed girls are identified from the left as Nona Christman, Marie Suggs, May Queen Eula Gilder, and Annie Atkins. A man wearing a dark hat and coat sits at the front of the float and holds the reigns of its team of horses. A man can be seen riding behind the horses, and another man holds the heads of the front pair of horses. Ruby's Saloon and the city's First National Bank can be seen in the background. A slip of paper taped to the reverse side says "North Side of the Square."
Date: December 1915
Creator: William J. Blair Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bond from Hannah Maxwell to Henry Maxwell, December 24, 1853] (open access)

[Bond from Hannah Maxwell to Henry Maxwell, December 24, 1853]

Bond wherein Hannah Maxwell states that she owes Henry Maxwell twenty five dollars. She also writes that she has sold ten and a half acres of headright land to Henry for six dollars and fifty-eight sense. The paper has been stamped with a five-pointed star and notarized by George Pegues.
Date: December 24, 1853
Creator: Maxwell, Hannah
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students of Ireland School, 1915]

Photograph of a group of children of various ages that attend school in Ireland, Texas. Two chaotic rows of children stand behind a row of their sitting peers. A ball with "Ireland" painted on it rests against the legs of a girl on the lower left of the photo. The teacher, H. Hall, stands behind the group of children.
Date: December 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gatesville May Queen Float]

Photograph of a May Queen parade float attached to a team of horses. A canopy covers much of the flower-festooned float. The five formally dressed girls are identified from the left as Nona Christman, Marie Suggs, May Queen Eula Gilder, and Annie Atkins. A man wearing a bowler hat and dark clothes rides a dark horse beside the float. A man wearing a dark hat and coat sits at the front of the float and holds the reigns of its team of horses. A man can be seen riding behind the horses, and another man holds the heads of the front pair of horses. Ruby's Saloon and the city's First National Bank can be seen in the background.
Date: December 1915
Creator: William J. Blair Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Henry Maxwell Confederate Tax Receipt, 1864] (open access)

[Henry Maxwell Confederate Tax Receipt, 1864]

Confederate tax receipt showing that Henry Maxwell owes the Confederate States of America $1,865.70.
Date: December 16, 1864
Creator: Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Krums and Kraklins, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 1918 (open access)

Krums and Kraklins, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 1918

The first issue of the Krums and Kraklins newsletter. The newsletter discusses its strange name, people in the area who have had the flu, the recent passing of Mrs. R. L. Marshall, and optimism vs. pessimism. On the back of each page is a small United States Tire Company heading.
Date: December 1, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History