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Two Men in Front of Building

Copy negative of a picture of Pete Smith and Wally Akin wearing suits standing in front of a building together. There is a note written in the upper right of the photograph that says, "To Wally Akin: - a gentleman, a scholar and a cowboy showman from Texas. Sincerely Pete Smith."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two Men in Front of Studio

Copy photograph of two men at MGM Studios in Los Angeles. On the left is Wally Akin, standing with his arm around Pete Smith, right. Both wear double-breasted suits and are standing beside a concrete wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man with Hippie

Copy negative of a two pictures and some newspaper clippngs. The first picture is of Wally Akin standing next to a hippie man. The second is of a girl standing on a sidewalk next to a building. Below the pictures is part of an article about Wally Akin's opinion on changing times in Hollywood.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Montage of Movie Studio Owners

Copy negative of a picture of the Warner Brothers West Coast Studios building with pictures of J. L., H. M., A., and S. L. Warner at the top left corner. There is a typed note at the bottom of the picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Actress

Copy negative of Vera-Ellen, an actress. The image is promoting the film "White Christmas". She is in costume, a long open skirt, pump heels, a high collared shirt and gloves. She holds animal fur near her chest and allows it to fall down to the floor as she balances on her left foot.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two Men Walking in Garden

Copy negative of of Pete Smith and Wally Akin walking. One of the men is grabbing the other's arm as he points to something. Both men are wearing pin-stripe suits, ties, and dress shoes. Bushes line the one of the walls of the building behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Unidentified Group of One Man and Two Women

Copy negative of a picture of two older women in dresses and an older man with a cane standing together in a driveway with a house and trees in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two Elderly Women with One Elderly Man

Copy photograph of three unidentified elderly people. An elderly man in a white shirt stands between two elderly women. The woman on the right wears a floral print dress, and the woman on the left wears a neutral-colored dress. Behind them are palm trees.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two Men in Garden

Copy negative of Pete Smith and Wally Akin standing together outside the MGM studios, with bushes and a building behind them. There is a handwritten note under the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man with Navy Officers on Ship

Copy negative of an aerial view of Treasure Island in San Francisco with trees, buildings, roads, and the surrounding ocean.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dry Docks

Copy negative of a dock in San Diego, California. In the picture a vast amount of landscape is covered. There are two dry docks with ships inside them. Smaller ships are seen all through out the harbor, as well as multiple buildings and people.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Airman

Copy negative of a portrait of Charley Frank Dennis while in the military.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of a Band Leader

Copy photograph of a portrait of a band leader. The man is wearing a hat, suit and is holding some sort of apparatus. He is standing in front of a stone wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children in Front of Schoolhouse

Copy negative of a group of children in front of a schoolhouse.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family on Vacation

Copy negative of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Weatherford, Jim and Alpha Norton, and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Corbett and their child on vacation in California. The women are wearing long light-colored dresses and the men are wearing button-up shirts and hats. In the background are trees.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family on Vacation

Copy negative of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Weatherford, Jim and Alpha Norton, and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Corbett and their child on vacation in California. The women are wearing long light-colored dresses and the men are wearing button-up shirts and hats. In the background is a palm tree.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family In Garden

Copy negative of two images, the left one is of a woman holding a baby in front of a house. She is wearing a long dress with square patterns, the baby has a long gown on. In the background there is a house with bushes growing around it. The image on the right is of a family at Busch Sunken Gardens in Pasedena, they are all wearing nice clothes and hats. There is a statue of a gnome on the right side of the picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man and Woman in Garden

Copy negative of Tom Clyde Hefner, Jr. and wife Ethel Margaret Hefner kneeling in a garden beside a fence. He is wearing a patterned suit, and she is wearing a striped jacket and pants.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon and Utah, and the chief part of New Mexico.

Atlas map of the newly formed state of California and the territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Oregon. The map includes boundary lines, major towns, early settlement roads, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,969,600] (110 miles to the inch).
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of California, Oregon, Texas and the Territories adjoining with Routes and c.

Topographic map of the Western United States and northern Mexico, showing Texas, California, Oregon, and Indian Territory. The map includes rivers, creeks, roads, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1849
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Santa Fé to San Diego: July 24, to December 3, 1849

Topographic map of John Wesley Powell's route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego, California, traced in red. Bodies of water, historic or notable sites, and geographic features are also marked, with relief shown in hachures. There is an inset map in the upper-left corner, marking Powell's route on a map of the United States.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Elderly Man with Young Girl

Copy negative of Sam Graves and Pat McDaniel. Sam Graves is sitting outside on a chair next to a well in front of a porch. Pat McDaniel stands beside him holding his hand. There are yucca plants and cacti growing in the yard.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group in front of Flag

Copy negative of a class picture of Miss Johnnie Colbert's kindergarten class. There are thirty-nine students with her in the picture and they are arranged in rows, the front row is sitting crossed-legged. Behind them is an United States Flag.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mother and Daughter on Fallen Tree

Copy negative of young Pat McDaniel and mother Thelma McDaniel sitting and leaning on a large log at Yosemite National Park with mountains and trees in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History