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[1918-19 Students, Texas Lutheran College]

Photograph of several unidentified students of the Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, arranged in four rows. Female students occupy the middle two rows and male students occupy the upper and lower rows. They pose together in front of a painted backdrop on a decorative rug.
Date: 1918/1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1918 Aubrey High School Yearbook] (open access)

[1918 Aubrey High School Yearbook]

High school yearbook for the Aubrey, Texas class of 1918. It includes photographs, names, athletics notes and memorabilia.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
1918 classified directory : containing the names, addresses and phone numbers of representative manufacturing, business and professional interests of Fort Worth and vicinity. (open access)

[1918 Farewell Book for the Central Infantry Officers Training School]

Farewell book for the Central Infantry Officers Training School group of 1918. The front of the book is decorated with the image of an eagle in front of the United States Flag. It is held together by two cords.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1918 Longview High School Graduating Class]

Photograph of the 1918 Longview High School graduating class in Longview, Texas. The graduates are wearing dresses and suits, and they are standing on the front steps of a brick building.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1918 Texas Lutheran Women's Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1918 Texas Lutheran College women's basketball team, depicted together in three rows in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 247, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1918 (open access)

The Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 247, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 1, 1918

Daily newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Accession Records of the Carnegie Public Library (1918)] (open access)

[Accession Records of the Carnegie Public Library (1918)]

A ledger containing handwritten accession records for the Carnegie Public Library from 1918. Some loose papers accompany this ledger.
Date: 1918
Creator: Carnegie Public Library
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Addicks Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Advertising the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, 1918

This photo shows an old car with a steer head attached to the front, driven by a man, with four cowgirls and a wooden Indian as passengers. The girl on the far left is Prairie Rose Henderson and the girl sitting on the hood of the car is Ruth Roach.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Airport Facilities]

Photograph of an aerial view of Love Field airport facilities. Buildings include an aero repair shop, a dope house, a garage, a rest house, a mechanic shop, the YMCA, a canteen, hangars, barracks, and mess halls.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[After the Hike]

Postcard image of five soldiers sitting down on a pile of scrap wood boards. One is pictured as wiping his face with a towel while three others are pictured holding one of their feet. Text above the image reads "After the hike". Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Miss Addie Wheeling.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Welding Company]

Photograph of the American Welding Company in 1918. Pictured is their leased large metal building and shed. A man with a wheelbarrow stands to the left of the shed. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Welding Company]

Photograph of the American Welding Company plant site in 1918. A large metal shed houses approximately 10 vehicles in this photo. Homes are on the hillside in the distance. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Approach to North Bluff, Corpus Christi]

Stairway and winding lanes on approach from the bay in downtown Corpus Christi.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Artesian wells in Dallas County.

Shows two well log charts comparing bedrock compositions and a depiction of groundwater at successive depths in feet. No scale.
Date: 1918
Creator: University of Texas. Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aubrey Christian Church on Main Street North]

Photograph of a group of adults and children posing in front of a frame church building.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Tire. (open access)

Automobile-Tire.

Patent for a device that provides a cushion to spring wheels.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Dalwigk, Hermann
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[S. B. Burk Burnett in Tie]

Photograph of S. B. Burk Burnett wearing glasses, coat, and tie against a dark background.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Barwise School Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Basketball Court in a Field]

Photograph of a basketball court outside a field of crops near Seguin. Cars are parked along the side of the court, and spectators are lined up around the court's edge. Two baskets are on each side, with court lines crudely drawn in the dirt. Players in uniforms walk around the court.
Date: 1918~/1919~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Battleship at Dock]

Photograph of a battleship at a dock in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Beeville Post Office

In 1857, Michael Seeligson was the first postmaster at Beeville-on the Medio (originally Medio Hill in Goliad County), five miles northeast of the present town of Beeville. In the new county seat after 1889, the Beeville Post Office was moved several times. Opened on June 5, 1918, the present neoclassical building was built under Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, with Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore. During construction, on May 7, 1917, contractor Robert B. Brown shot and killed Drayman J.P. Hermes. Found guilty of homicide in federal court, Brown appealed. In 1921, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Homes ruled that Brown acted in self defense, thus establishing the right to stand one’s ground in federal law. With the WWII boom and Chase Naval Air Field, the Beeville Post Office was upgraded to a first-class post office in 1944. Other changes followed, such as the end of mail contracts for the railroads in December of 1952. In 1961, the size of the building was doubled by the matched addition of the north half of the present structure. Much needed parking space was provided on the south side of the building in 1989. One block from the courthouse, this …
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bellevue 4th of July Parade]

Bellevue 4th of July Parade. Photo taken in 1918: Bellevue, Texas.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History