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Country
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Year
Month
Jim Bean
Photograph of man. Photo of Jim Bean, Van Horn, TX
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mr. and Mrs. Ponciano Villalobos, Sr. Wedding Party
Photograph of four people in wedding party. Photograph of Mrs. and Mrs. Ponciano Villalobos, Sr., and two unidentified members of wedding party, of Van Horn, TX. 1991.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Myrtle Moten]
Portrait of Myrtle Bell Moten as a toddler standing on a wooden chair with her left hand resting on the its back. She is wearing a white dress and black boots with leggings and her hair is set with coils of curls.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Annetta and Myrtle Moten]
Photograph of Carrie Annetta Moten and Myrtle Bell Moten, daughters of Dr. Edwin D. Moten and Mrs. Whitlock Moten. Myrtle is standing and pointing towards the camera while Annetta is sitting on the grass on the right side of the image. They are both wearing white dresses with shoes and leggings.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Annetta and Myrtle Moten]
Photograph of Carrie Annetta Moten and Myrtle Bell Moten, daughters of Dr. Edwin D. Moten and Mrs. Whitlock Moten, standing in a grass yard with a wooden fence behind them. Myrtle is standing on the left and the snapshot is blurred over Annetta on the right side.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Unidentified Group of Young Girls]
Photograph of a group of five unidentified young girls with an unidentified woman in the background. They are all wearing white dresses and are standing in order of height from the shortest to the tallest. There is a fence and tree in the background.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Southern Hotel in early Texas City]
A front view of the Southern Hotel in early Texas City. The hotel is a large structure with three stories, and has porches along parts of the lower two stories. An early automobile is parked in front of the hotel. A horse-drawn carriage can be seen near the right side of the hotel. The roadway in front and alongside the hotel is dirt. To the left of the hotel is a one-story wooden house.
Date:
[1911..1920]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Election poster for the first Texas City election in 1911]
A photographic reproduction of a campaign poster for the first city elections for the city of Texas City, held on Saturday, September 16, 1911. The poster reads as follows " Vote for W. P. Tarpey for mayor H. M. Coats and F. B. Davison for commissioners for a greater Texas City and a square deal for all Election Saturday, September 16th, 1911". At the bottom of the poster is printed "Fred F. Hunter, Printer, Galveston." The poster has no graphic decoration or color, and is printed in black and white letters.
Date:
September 16, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calendar for 1912]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1912, bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Tiffany and Company
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Old Riverland School]
Old Riverland School. Photo taken in 1911
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Henrietta Public School Grade 9]
Henrietta Public School grade 9. Photo taken during 1911-12 school year: Henrietta, Texas.
Date:
[1911..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gregory School Faculty
Photograph of the faculty of the Gregory School in 1911. They are standing in a line outside of a building. Handwritten text at the bottom says, "Days gone by...?"
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Ellis County sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, ferries, roads, railroads, towns, and schools. Shows numbered sections. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
October 13, 1911
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Ellis County, Texas.
Date:
October 13, 1911
Creator:
Bennett, Frank; Burke, R. T. (Richard Thomas Avon) & Lounsbury, Clarence
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, reconnoissance survey, central Gulf coast sheet
Map displays soil types along with bayous, creeks, rivers, swamps, towns, counties, roads, railroads, and experiment stations.
Date:
December 20, 1911
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, reconnoissance survey, panhandle sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, railroads, towns, and counties. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
October 26, 1911
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnoissance soil survey of the central Gulf coast area of Texas
Soil survey of twelve counties on the central part of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas bordering the Gulf of Mexico. The counties are Brazoria, Matagorda, Calhoun, Aransas, Refugio, Bee, Goliad, Victoria, Jackson, Wharton, Dewitt, and Karnes. Text describes the area, climate, soils, agriculture, irrigation, and drainage of these counties.
Date:
December 20, 1911
Creator:
Carter, William T. (William Thomas)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnoissance soil survey of the panhandle region of Texas
Soil survey of 26 counties in the panhandle region of Texas. Included are Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler counties. Text describes the area, climate, soils, agriculture, and irrigation of these counties.
Date:
October 26, 1911
Creator:
Carter, William T. (William Thomas)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The "Doodle Bug" Interior]
This photograph illustrates the interior of a McKeen motor car, known locally as a "Doodle Bug", with its dust-proof round windows. This one, owned by the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway, was an 81-passenger, 70-foot-long, 200-horsepower, gasoline-powered, motor coach. It traveled from Graford through Oran and Salesville to Mineral Wells, thence on to Dallas. It made a round trip daily from 1912 to 1929. A turntable at Graford turned the coaches around. There were two "Doodle Bugs" on the WMW&NW. The third similar coach, owned by the Gulf, Texas and Western Railroad (GT&W), traveled from Seymour through Guthrie, and Jacksboro to Salesville beginning in 1913. It proceeded thence over the WMW&NW track to Mineral Wells, and on to Dallas. The McKeen Motor Car Company was run by one William B. McKeen, who was both red-haired and described as "Flamboyant." He painted his demonstration cars bright red, and reproduced an image of them on his letterhead. He has been described as a "Hard-sell artist in an industry more accustomed to polite suggestion." He "Bombarded railroad presidents, big and small, with volley after volley of rapid-fire sales letters and telegrams, often following them up with personal visits." He was also characterized …
Date:
1911/1935
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Louise Giddens and school kids
Photograph of Rose Kipp, Ella Rentz, Emma Gordon, Dorothy White, and several unidentified children. This is a picture of the school children at the school that John Henry Kipp, Sr. started. The teacher, Louise Giddens, is the tallest woman in the picture. The girl next to the teacher is Ella Kipp the oldest of John Henry Kipp, Jr's children and the boy on the other side of the teacher is Henry Kipp. The girl next to Henry is Elva or Elvie Kipp. The girl in front of Elvie and Henry is Leota Kipp. The girl in the back next to Elvie is Rose Kipp and the boy next to her is John Lee (called Lee) Kipp. All of the children named were the children of John Henry Kipp, Jr.
Date:
1911~/1912~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Chromascope, Volume 12, 1911
1911 yearbook for Austin College, published by the Senior Class of Austin College.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Austin College
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ben Parker Homestead]
Photo of the Ben Parker Home, located west of Elkhart, Texas. People pictured are: (left to right) Ben J. Parker, Ross Parker, Lorene Parker, Estelle Parker (on porch), Joe Bailey Parker, Docia Parker (on porch in chair holding:) Dale Parker, Charm Parker, Jack Parker, Lucinda Ellen (Lula) Parker.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First Union Pacific passenger train leaves Ft. Collins]
This photograph depicts one of the most eventful days in the history of Fort Collins, Colorado. The date is July 15, 1911 and the time is 7:20 am as the Union Pacific's first passenger train departs from the city. Observe the beautiful old-time steam locomotive, an American, type 4-4-0 locomotive, heading a consist of handcrafted wooden cars, having underbody truss rods and open platforms.
Date:
July 15, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Daylight Special" at Chicago Central Station]
One of the Illinois Central's de luxe passenger trains; the "Daylight Special" train No. 19 southbound, stands in the Central Station in Chicago - as passengers entrain - prior to the departure hour : 10:02 AM. This train (and its companion, No. 20 northbound) operated between Chicago, Springfield, and St. Louis. The rail distance was 294.17 miles; and the schedule was 7 hours and 44 minutes: equivalent to a running time of about 40 miles per hour. This photograph was taken in the summer of 1911. This was a modern train in that era - cited in the Official Guide of the Railways (June 1916) as: All steel and electric-lighted. The consist included: chair cars and coaches, cafe-club car and Observation Parlor car.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History