[Series of Barrels]

Photograph of a line of barrels on a railway platform outside of a building. There are six barrels, four made of wood and two of metal. Text in the lower-right corner of the photograph reads, "Plate No. 7570, 5-1-27." An accompanying card (which has the Texaco logo at the bottom) labels the photograph as "Original type asphalt product packages" and the same text is handwritten on the back of the photograph.
Date: May 1, 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Old Danevang Farmers Coop Picture

Photograph a cotton gin next to the Danevang Farmers Cooperative building in Danevang, Texas. Accompanying information states this was the first cotton gin built on the property. A cluster of buildings in the center is surrounded by different types of agricultural implements and machines. Behind the main Cooperative building on the right, a water tower is visible. The photograph was taken from a distance, capturing rows of cotton crops running diagonally to the main buildings.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Release of Oil and Gas Lease (open access)

Release of Oil and Gas Lease

Release document of an oil and gas lease between the Roxana Petroleum Corporation and Carl Harton and his wife Christiane Harton. The document states that the petroleum company is relinquishing 70 acres of property in Wharton County, along with all rights, to the Hartons. Signatures were made on the bottom by the vice-president of the corporation and a notary. When closed, on the back, the top quarter of the document condenses the document into two lines of text that read, "Release of Oil and Gas Lease Roxana Petroleum Corporation To."
Date: February 14, 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. Carl Huber to Meyer Bodansky - January 1927] (open access)

[Letter from G. Carl Huber to Meyer Bodansky - January 1927]

Letter from G. Carl Huber to Dr. Meyer Bodansky requesting a recommendation for a fellowship for Dr. William M. Hoskins.
Date: January 18, 1927
Creator: Huber, G. Carl
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History