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[Birth Certificate of Ermila Dehoyos] (open access)

[Birth Certificate of Ermila Dehoyos]

Birth certificate for Ermila Dehoyos, born on November 20, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas to Jose Dehoyos and Maria Rodriguez Dehoyos.
Date: December 4, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Warranty Deed] (open access)

[Warranty Deed]

A warranty deed granting land in the city of San Antonio from Francisco G.Guerrero and Frances L. Guerrero to Guadalupe C. Martinez on April 26, 1984. The warranty deed is for Lot 20.
Date: April 26, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Buffalo at Brackenridge Park]

Postcard of buffalo grazing in a field at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas. The postcard is addressed to Annie Wiggers in Temple, Texas.
Date: May 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Fritz Linnstaedter at Shrine]

Photograph of Fritz Linnstaedter at a shrine, sitting on a stone ledge next to a small figurine.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Child]

Portrait of a child wearing a dark dress and sitting on a bench, with a painted backdrop behind her.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lind Bros.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Matti Benkendoffer]

Portrait of Matti Benkendoffer, a young woman wearing a white dress and holding a bouquet of white flowers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hegemann
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mission in San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a family in front of a mission in San Antonio, Texas. Weeds and trees grow from the adobe walls.
Date: January 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña near San Antonio, Texas. Grass grows wild from ruined parts of the stone building. A well is visible in the foreground. Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

U.S. Military Post from Tower

Photograph of a U.S. Military Post, taken from a nearby tower. A low stone building is visible across the foreground, and a 2-story building, possibly housing, is visible across the background. Other buildings are in the center. Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jacobson, M. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Sam Houston Tower

Photograph of the clock tower at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of many soldiers on horseback in a field at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. The photograph was taken from the nearby tower. There is a handwritten letter on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[San Pedro Springs, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of San Pedro Springs near San Antonio, Texas. An individual is on a boat in the foreground and a large crowd is gathered on the bridge in the distance. A few people stand on the banks of the river.The back of the photograph contains a printed history of the missions of San Antonio. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cathedral of San Fernando, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of the Cathedral of San Fernando in San Antonio, Texas. Several shops are visible in the street to its right. A hrose adn carriage is parked in front of one of the shops. The plaza in front of the buildings is muddy. The back of the photograph has a detailed history of the building and its predating missions printed on it. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[San Antonio Grand Opera House]

Photograph of the San Antonio Grand Opera House on Alamo Street in San Antonio, Texas. A horse-drawn carriage is parked in the street in front of the building.
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of the front of the Alamo. A wooden building to the left has a sign reading "Alamo Building."
Date: unknown
Creator: Delfraisse, A. L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[U.S. Military Post, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a U.S. Military post in San Antonio, taken from a distance uphill. A tower is visible in the background. Several buildings are at right and at center is a field with large mounds of hay. The back of the photograph provides a printed description and history of the vicinity.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jacobson, M. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adobe House, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of two children and a dog in front of a small house. The house is made up of adobe, branches, brush, and planks. Laundry hangs from a line behind the house. Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hardesty, F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a residential area at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. This shot captures a walkway leading up to a line of apartments slanting downhill to the right. Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Our Mexican Citizens, Aristocratic Mansion

Photograph of a small stone house. The roof of the house is tiled with scattered stones. A note at the bottom of the image says, "303. Our Mexican Citizens. Aristocratic Mansion." A brief history of San Antonio is printed on the back of the photograph. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mill Bridge, San Antonio, Texas

Photograph of a bridge in San Antonio, Texas. Horse-drawn carriages are wading through the water below. A building in the background has hand-painted signs reading "Herrick's". Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

U.S. Arsenal

Photograph of the U.S. Arsenal in San Antonio, Texas. The two-story building is partially obscured by trees and is surrounded by a lawn and white fence. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Hardesty, F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a field at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. The rectangular field's perimeter is lined with trees. Cannons are visible at the base of the flagpole in the center of the image. A tower is in the background and other buildings are at the right. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a field at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. There is a gazebo in the center. At the edge of the field are trees with houses visible behind them. Cabinet card format.
Date: 1889
Creator: Paris, A. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, February 27, 1998

Interview with Connie Douglas Reeves, named Texas Woman of the Century, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Reeves talks about her life in Eagle Pass and San Antonio Texas, her education as the only female in her law school class, her career as a high school schoolteacher, and her horseback riding experience at Camp Waldemar. She describes organizing a girls' riding group, called "The Lassos," with whom she performed at the World's Fair in New York in 1938 and Washington D.C. Mrs. Reeves also briefly discusses the sheep ranching she did with her husband, Jack Reeves, the flood of 1928, and the flood of 1932.
Date: February 27, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Reeves, Connie Douglas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History