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Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001
Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, teacher and pianist from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Wilson talks about coming to Kerrville to teach at the "Kerrville Colored School," life for African-Americans in the area, the African-American community, and her personal life.
Date:
January 16, 2001
Creator:
Bacon, Dan; Bethel, Ann & Wilson, Itasco Sampson
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1967
Weekly newspaper from Silsbee , Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 16, 1967
Creator:
Barrington, Peggy
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1967
Weekly newspaper from Silsbee , Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 16, 1967
Creator:
Barrington, Peggy
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1967
Weekly newspaper from Silsbee , Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 16, 1967
Creator:
Barrington, Peggy
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1942
Weekly newspaper from Humble, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 16, 1942
Creator:
Beaumont, E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1943
Weekly newspaper from Humble, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 16, 1943
Creator:
Beaumont, E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1943
Weekly newspaper from Humble, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 16, 1943
Creator:
Beaumont, E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1944
Weekly newspaper from Humble, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 16, 1944
Creator:
Beaumont, E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother, October 16, 1917]
Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother regarding the receiving of letters back and forth. Clay asks about people back home including Jack who took a physical per joining the military; in England Clay had just been ordered to get a tailored suit. Finally he asks again to not worry about him while he is away.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Irene Fisher Womack and Bill Womack, June 16, 2011
Interview with Irene and Bill Womack, a couple from two well-known Kerr County families, from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their ancestors, the Reals and the Womacks. They also talk about the local people and places they remember growing up in Kerrville. The interview transcript includes photos of Mr. and Mrs. Womack and their family, on pages 31-36.
Date:
June 16, 2011
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Womack, Irene Fisher & Womack, Bill
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard Series, Part 5: Appropriation]
Postcard from Rose Collins to Harry Bahl with an illustration of a man holding the waist of a woman holding an umbrella. This card is the fifth card in a set of six and has the title "Appropriation" printed at the bottom. There is a note on the back of the card that reads: "Your better half is getting fat, but she will have to stay a couple of months to do her any good."
Date:
July 16, 1910
Creator:
Collins, Rose
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Caved-In Roof After Fire]
Photograph of an interior view of the smoking, caved-in roof of a building. A brick wall on the right, and a brick and wood wall with windows in the background are still standing. Many charred wooden slats and planks are visible amidst the rubble. In the bottom right corner is an embossed "Photo By Dallas Fire Dept." stamp. On the back of the photograph are a red-bordered label, the number "16." written in handwritten in red ink, and information about the photograph.
Date:
February 16, 1964
Creator:
Douglas
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Firefighters Use Aerial Platform to Fight a Fire]
Photograph of Dallas Fire Department firefighters using a fire engine with an aerial platform called "Snorkel No. 2" to spray a water hose at a smoking building visible on the right. More uniformed firefighters on the ground use three more water hoses to hose down the building. The hoses are all connected to a fire engine on the left, and another fire engine is partially visible on the right, in front of a traffic light. Two men who are not in firefighting uniforms, one holding a camera to his chest, stand amidst the pile of water hoses in the middle ground. On the back of the photograph are a red-bordered label, the number "2" written handwritten in red ink, and information about the photograph.
Date:
February 16, 1964
Creator:
Douglas
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fire on the Roof of a Building]
Photograph of a partially obscured, smoking fire on top of a brick building. The building is part of a row of other brick buildings that are visible at the bottom of the photo, one of which has a sign reading, "Piccadilly Cafeteria." Along the face of the buildings, fire escape ladders and staircases are attached. On the back of the photograph are a red-bordered label with text stricken-out, red handwritten notes, and information about the photo.
Date:
February 16, 1964
Creator:
Douglas
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Firefighters Hose Down Smoking Building From Above]
Photograph of two firefighters on an aerial platform, using firefighting hoses to spray water into dark clouds of smoke above a building. The building has a semi-circle striped awning, with the numbers "1417" on it, and a traffic light pole in front of and to the left of the awning. Beyond the aerial platform crane arm, a sign reading "Piccadilly Cafeteria" is partially visible through the smoke, along with another building. The top of the fire engine attached to the aerial platform and two more firefighters are partially visible along the bottom of the photo. On the back of the photograph are a red-bordered label, handwritten notes, and information about the photo.
Date:
February 16, 1964
Creator:
Douglas
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Firefighters Use Aerial Platform to Hose Down Building]
Photograph of uniformed firefighters spraying water hoses at a smoking building - from the ground and from an aerial platform. Much of the building is obscured by smoke and darkness, but part of a sign for a barbecue restaurant is partially visible. Some of the firefighters' names are visible or partially visible on the backs of their firefighting jackets. The back of the aerial platform fire engine is partially visible on the left and there are coils of fire hoses in the street in front of it. On the back of the photograph are a red-bordered label, a small number "8" handwritten in red ink in the top right corner, and information about the photo.
Date:
February 16, 1964
Creator:
Douglas
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Firefighters Use Aerial Platforms to Firefight]
Photograph of a street view of two fire engines (one on the left, partially obscured by a brick building on the left, and another in the center) with their aerial platforms extended towards a smoking brick building in the center background. Two firefighters stand on the platform in the center, and at least one firefighter stands on the other platform. On the ground, other firefighters, another fire engine, and two emergency trucks are visible. The smoking building is connected to other buildings on either side, which are obscured by buildings on either side of the street in the middle ground. On the back of the photograph are a red-bordered label with text crossed out, handwritten notes, and information about the photo.
Date:
February 16, 1964
Creator:
Douglas
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Firefighters Use Hoses to Extinguish Burning Barbecue Restaurant]
Photograph of six firefighters using fire hoses to spray water at a barbecue restaurant that is mostly obscured by smoke. The firefighters' names are on the backs of their jackets, and one of the firefighters carries a small tank strapped to his back. The restaurant has a sign that says "Barbecue," and a striped awning with the restaurant's street address on it. In the background are a metal fire-escape and another building. On the back of the photograph are a label and an information stamp filled in with handwritten notes.
Date:
February 16, 1964
Creator:
Douglas
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Row of Firefighters in Front of Smoking Building]
Photograph of a row of uniformed Dallas Fire Department firefighters (two of which are wearing light-colored uniforms and white helmets) facing a row of smoking brick buildings, one of which bears the sign "Prime Steaks - Barbecue." There are metal ladders and fire escape staircases mounted to the front of the buildings. Two fire engines are partially visible on the right and a firefighter on an aerial platform is visible in the top left of the photo. Two men in civilian clothes stand behind the firefighters, amidst a pile of the fire hoses some of the firefighters are using to spray down the building. On the back of the photograph are a red-bordered label with text stricken out, red, handwritten text in the upper right corner, and information about the photo.
Date:
February 16, 1964
Creator:
Douglas
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Denison Herald (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 96, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1961
Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 16, 1961
Creator:
Easterly, Claud
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1969
Weekly newspaper from Pharr, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 16, 1969
Creator:
Glover, Lloyd H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1969
Weekly newspaper from Pharr, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 16, 1969
Creator:
Glover, Lloyd H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1970
Weekly newspaper from Pharr, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 16, 1970
Creator:
Glover, Lloyd H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Pharr Press (Pharr, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1970
Weekly newspaper from Pharr, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 16, 1970
Creator:
Glover, Lloyd H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History