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[Mary Jones around age of one, wearing a white dress]

Photographic print of Mary Jones, taken by H.H. Morris, Galveston, Tex. Jones is wearing a white dress and appears to be approximately one year old. Surface of print shows evidence of foxing. 11 cm. tear along crease of folder to left of photograph. Photograph is in a gray folder with a rectangular gray matte in center.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[At the Texas City Sulphur Dock in 1921]

Three women and two men, stand posing at the foot of a large pile on the docks near the SeaTrain loading crane in Texas City. The men are dressed in dark suits, ties and hats and the women are dressed in formal or dressy clothes and hats. On the back of the photograph is written: "Morton, Terry, Gustavos, Walker and Co. Sulfur Dock. T.C." William R. Blocker is also in the photograph.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[At the Texas City dock in 1921]

A group of three women and two men, posed on the Texas City Dock. Two men wearing dark suits and hats sit or crouch on top of the pilings to the right of the picture. The three ladies, dressed in stoles or jackets, hats and long dresses stand on the dock. On the back of the photograph is written: "Terry, Morton, Gustavos, Walker T.C. Docks." William R. Blocker is also in the photograph.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[On a train car in Texas City in 1921]

A group of three women and two men pose at the end of a railroad car in Texas City in 1921. The three women and one man (evidently Wlliam R. Blocker) are standing on the balcony or observation platform at the end of the railroad car. One man (evidently Dee Walker) stands on the ground in front of the balcony and the other individuals. The car's sides are unpainted and weathered wood and two windows are boarded up. All five persons are dressed in dark clothes and are wearing hats. In the background on the far right can be seen a long wooden building with a sign reading [unknown word] "House." On the back of the photograph is written:" Texas City Feb. 1921 Miss Gustavos, [Miss] Terry, [Miss] Martou, Dee Walker."
Date: February 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Snowy Christmas Scene]

Photograph of a snowy field in League City where a group of playing. A large tree branch hangs low in the foreground. A handwritten note in pencil is scrawled across the top of the photo.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[League City School]

Photograph of League City School, a two-story brick building that served as a grade school. A group of students are gathered by the wooden fence just outside the school.
Date: [1921..1922]
Creator: Schlueter, F. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Muster Roll: 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry] (open access)

[Muster Roll: 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry]

Revised muster roll for the 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry of the Confederate Army. This contains the names of the officers and the enlisted men who were a part of the company, as well as their fates.
Date: January 1, 1921
Creator: Cox, James C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ashbel Smith Building, State Medical College]

Postcard of the Ashbel Smith Building in the State Medical College in Galveston Texas. The illustrated image depicts a red stone building with an oval footprint and buttresses on either side of the entrance in the Romanesque Revival style of architecture. "State Medical College, Galveston, Texas" is printed in the upper right corner of the image. The back of the postcard contains correspondence addressed to "Mr. Clarence D[o]ty Ferris, Texas."
Date: June 19, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dredge-Pump (open access)

Dredge-Pump

Patent for new and useful improvements to Dredge-Pumps. The pump is used to draw up sand and gravel from the bottom of a river.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Stenberg, Anders Gustaf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Hanger. (open access)

Garment-Hanger.

Patent for a new garment hanger with supported arms that can be folded for storage, including illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Morton, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing tank for siphon closets. (open access)

Flushing tank for siphon closets.

Patent for flushing tanks to connect to siphon closets that is improvement vacuum
Date: January 22, 1919
Creator: Sweeny, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Flushing-Tanks. (open access)

Valve for Flushing-Tanks.

Patent for a flushing tank valve that reduces the time it takes to fill the tank with a higher accuracy for shut off levels.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Sweeny, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device. (open access)

Amusement Device.

Patent for a Ferris wheel in which the passenger cars rotate horizontally in addition to rotating vertically with the direction of the main wheel.
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Lindamood, Roy S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waiterless Restaurant (open access)

Waiterless Restaurant

Patent for a waiterless restaurant design with electrically operated waiters.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Paul, Charles P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: January 14, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: January 21, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, January 28, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: January 28, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: February 4, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: February 11, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: February 18, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: February 25, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1921 (open access)

The Union Review (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1921

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes news and information about local labor unions along with advertising.
Date: March 11, 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History