Armour Co. Baseball team of North Texas, 1915

Photograph taken in 1915 of the ten members of the Armour Co. Champs baseball team of the North Texas Sunday League. The teams consists of 10 members, shown in the picture standing in a row, and two unidentified men sitting in front. A few of the names given are Bill Sorells, Oscar Vogel and Bill Stillman, though it cannot be determined who they are in the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Men on horses in front of a ranch house, Sweetwater, Texas, 1883

Five men on horses in front of a ranch house in Sweetwater, Texas in 1883.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Women riding horses, Sweetwater, Texas

Photograph of women sitting on horses side-saddle in long riding dresses in Sweetwater, Texas. They were the wives of West Texas's most promient citizens. Named from left to right: Mrs. Grundy Thurman Mrs. Jim Newman Mrs. Thomas Trammell Mrs. J.H. Beall Mrs. Dove F. McCaulley Mrs. R.A. Ragland
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street scene in Sweetwater, Texas ca. 1887-1888

Photograph of a street scene, c. 1887-1888 in Sweetwater, Texas. People can be scene outside a store and several wagons are stationed outside the "City Hotel"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sweetwater Saloon

Photograph of men standing in front of the Sweetwater Saloon. Retail beer is advertised at 5 cents
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mount Gilead Baptist Church]

Photograph of the Mount Gilead Baptist Church at 600 Grove Street. There are six large columns across the front of the building. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hinsdale & Bryant
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cattle Barn at the North Stockyards]

Photograph of the interior of the cattle barn at the stockyards in Fort Worth. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hinsdale and Bryant
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parade Floats - Washer Bros, ca. 1890

Photograph of the Washer Bros. float during a parade in Ft. Worth, Texas, c. 1890. The float is decorated with flower garlands, ornaments and the dummy of a man. It is pulled by a team of four horses, each with a blanket bearing the initials W.B. on their back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of the audience at the Cowtown Coliseum]

The Cowtown Coliseum filled with an audience.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Hope, Doris Day, and other performers writing their autographs on an airplane]

Bob Hope and other performers are writing their signatures on the body of a jet airplane.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Paul Whiteman on horseback before a show at the Cowtown Coliseum]

Paul Whiteman on horseback in Fort Worth.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Hope and Doris Day prepare for a show at the Cowtown Coliseum]

Bob Hope and Doris Day look over sheet music in preparation for a performance at the Cowtown Coliseum.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elvis Presley performing with the Blue Moon Boys]

Elvis Presley and his band the Blue Moon Boys playing music. D.J. Fontana can be seen playing the drums with Bill Black on stand-up bass.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 31st Legislature, 1909 (open access)

Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 31st Legislature, 1909

Charter of the City of Fort Worth includes the formal act of incorporation including organization of the city, government, police and fire departments, streets and sewers, parks, water and sewerage, taxes and finances, public health and sanitation, courts, and other provisions, ordinances, and laws. Index starts on page 87.
Date: 1909
Creator: City of Fort Worth
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 30th Legislature, 1907 (open access)

Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 30th Legislature, 1907

Charter of the City of Fort Worth includes the formal act of incorporation including organization of the city, government, police and fire departments, streets and sewerage, water supply, taxes, public health and sanitation, courts, public schools, and other provisions and laws. Index starts after page 63, on page i.
Date: 1907
Creator: City of Fort Worth
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1905-06. (open access)

Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1905-06.

Directory to the city of Fort Worth, Texas includes lists of important institutions and locations as well as address listings for businesses and individuals. Index to Advertisements is on page 5; Table of Contents is on page 8.
Date: 1905
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1899-1900. (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1899-1900.

Directory to the city of Fort Worth, Texas includes lists of important institutions and locations as well as address listings for businesses and individuals. Index to Advertisements is on page 7; Table of Contents is on page 8.
Date: 1899
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Spring Palace. (open access)

The Texas Spring Palace.

This pamphlet includes a guide to the Texas Spring Palace including particular sites and places in Texas. Additionally, the Texas and Southwestern Railway Guide starts on page 59 with printed timetables for the train schedules.
Date: May 1890
Creator: Rose, John R.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proceedings of an Interstate convention of cattlemen, held at Fort Worth, Texas ... March 11, 12, 13, 1890 ... (open access)

Proceedings of an Interstate convention of cattlemen, held at Fort Worth, Texas ... March 11, 12, 13, 1890 ...

A book with the proceedings of the Interstate Convention of Cattlemen held in Fort Worth in 1890.
Date: 1890
Creator: Interstate Convention of Cattlemen.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy's general directory of the City of Fort Worth, 1896 - 1897 (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy's general directory of the City of Fort Worth, 1896 - 1897

An 1896 - 1897 directory of Fort Worth.
Date: 1897
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photographs of Fort Worth. (open access)

Photographs of Fort Worth.

A book with photographs of early Fort Worth.
Date: 1917
Creator: Swartz, D. H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Football Team, University of Texas, 1893]

Photograph taken in 1893 of the first University of Texas - Austin football team. 11 players and one man in a suit. Standing - left to right: Ray McLane, James Morrison, J.H. Myer, R.E.L. Roy Kneeling - left to right: Victor Moor, Paul McLane, J.W. Philip Sitting - left to right: David Furman, W.P. McLean, W.J. Crawford (Mgr) , R.U. Lee, Adison Day
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Atlas to Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District (open access)

Atlas to Accompany the Monograph on the Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District

This atlas contains maps of the Grand Canyon area and colored illustrations.
Date: 1882
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior. Geological Survey.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Holly Filtration Plant]

Photograph of the Municipal Water Plant in Fort Worth, Texas. Steel for this structure was furnished by the Southwestern Mechanical Company. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hinsdale & Bryant
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History