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The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1944 (open access)

The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1944

Weekly newspaper from Humble, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 1944
Creator: Beaumont, E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Eating Burgers at Station 36B]

Photograph of four firefighters eating burgers at a picnic-style table inside Station 36B. From left to right, the firefighters are: J.A. Roberts, Captain R. L. Bickley, J.D. Speak, and Wayne Wilkins. They are seated in front of three large windows covered by Venetian blinds. There is an embossed stamp on the bottom left of the photo. On the back of the photograph are a label with an identifier, a stamp with information about the photo, and handwritten notes identifying the firefighters.
Date: December 17, 1968
Creator: Brock, Charles W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 (open access)

The Tiger Opportunity (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1998

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1998
Creator: Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 1997 (open access)

The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 1997

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1997
Creator: Candia, Patti & Evans, Glynis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 4, 2001 (open access)

The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 4, 2001

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 4, 2001
Creator: Candia, Patti; Christine, Glynis & Agold, Cynthia
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1996 (open access)

The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 5, 1996

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 1996
Creator: Candia, Patti; Evans, Glynis & Crow, Burton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 (open access)

The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 4, 2007
Creator: Christine, Glynis & Agold, Cynthia
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2008 (open access)

The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 2008
Creator: Christine, Glynis & Agold, Cynthia
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cablegram from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Father, December 22, 1918] (open access)

[Cablegram from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Father, December 22, 1918]

Cablegram from Henry Clay, Jr. to his father back home wishing his family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well as saying he has nine solo flight hours.
Date: December 22, 1918
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Brother Ashton, December 22, 1917] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Brother Ashton, December 22, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his brother Ashton concerning the death of one of his friends due to a flying accident. Clay goes on to speak about how he had been flying the same plane before his friend went up and had the accident; according to Clay he neglected to tell this to his parents.
Date: December 22, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family Back Home] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family Back Home]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home on the day after Christmas possibly in 1917. Clay speaks about his flight training and his desire to become a scout; he spent Christmas there but received a turkey dinner from Mrs. Henson. At the end he talks about the clock he is making out of a damaged propeller.
Date: 1917-12-26?
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 9, 1917] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 9, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent first and second solo flights. Clay also says that he recently received four more letters from his mother dated from October and November.
Date: December 9, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 13, 1917] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 13, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning a recent crash he had while flying. Most of the letter is a summary of the incident but the end of the letter he says that he hopes to finish his thirty flight hours by Christmas.
Date: December 13, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 22, 1917] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 22, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family wishing them a merry Christmas and the possibility that he will be home by next Christmas. At the end he talks about the costs of living in England at the time.
Date: December 22, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 31, 1917] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, December 31, 1917]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family concerning his recent completion of hours on a Curtis plane. There is also a good chance that he will be commissioned soon; he hopes to get a few days leave to go see Ruth Coleman in Birmingham.
Date: December 31, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to Jenni Hill, December 10, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to Jenni Hill, December 10, 1918]

Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to Jenni Hill describing his actions from 1917 to 1918. Clay left the U. S. on August 18, 1917 and then left England on March 17, 1918; he first went over the lines in April 1918.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, December 1, 2009 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, December 1, 2009

Interview with Maria Silva Ayala Garza, descendant of Mexicans born in Mexican territory that is now in Texas, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Garza talks about her family's history in the area before it became incorporated into Texas. She also talks about growing up in Kerrville, as well as local people and places. Included in the interview are pictures of Mrs. Garza and her family, on pages 28-32.
Date: December 1, 2009
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Rhodes, Laura & Garza, Maria Silva Ayala
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to David Dahlberg, December 24, 1950] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to David Dahlberg, December 24, 1950]

Enveloped addressed to "Pvt. David W. Dahlberg" at "Lackland A.F.B." with a letter written the morning of Christmas Eve, 1950, from father O. G. Dahlberg which expresses his pride in his son David and sends good wishes for the holidays; and David Dahlberg in Air Force uniform while serving as a radio operator in Germany during the Korean "Conflict" in 1951.
Date: December 24, 1950
Creator: Dahlberg, O. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Journal, December 2012: Addendum - Revised Index (open access)

The Dallas Journal, December 2012: Addendum - Revised Index

Corrected name index for the December 2012 issue of The Dallas Journal.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Journal, Volume 58, December 2012 (open access)

The Dallas Journal, Volume 58, December 2012

Annual publication containing genealogical information about families in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding area, including family histories, lists of records (births, deaths, registration, etc.), correspondence, and other documentation. Name index begins on page 111.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 1, December, 1944 (open access)

East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 1, December, 1944

The first issue of "East Sweden Tidings", a monthly church newsletter, explaining the purpose of the Tidings to be communication with the troops of World War II; sending individual holiday greetings from the men of the congregation; and containing a sermon that encourages an "All Out" commitment of both the troops and the congregation to "restore God's peace on earth" and to "win the spiritual conflicts between right and wrong on the battlefields of the soul."
Date: December 1944
Creator: Dewey, Anson T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, December 4, 1911]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter with a note on the back saying that Pendexter's fire truck should "be ready for shipment about Dec. 20th." He goes on the say that the photograph on the reverse side shows "#18 wagon just as the walls fell at general paper Co. fire May 23-1911. The photograph shows four firemen standing on the back of the fire wagon watching as the wall falls down.
Date: December 4, 1911
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, December 8, 1911]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter discussing the shipment of Pendexter's new car from the Webb Factory, it should be shipped by the 20th. The photograph on the reverse side shows a group of firemen working to put out a fire; there are large hoses stretched out down the street attached to different auto engines.
Date: December 8, 1911
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, December 21, 1911]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter describing the photograph on the reverse side as a fire in St. Louis on May 23, 1911 and saying that Pendexter's new fire truck "is a dandy" and gives a descriptions of its technical features. The photograph on the reverse side shows a large number of fire fighters working to put out a fire at one of the buildings in the city; Eagan says "This is one of several paper stock fire." Three of the photographed firemen are walking up the large pile of debris while most of the others are at ground level working the hoses and spraying water on the pile.
Date: December 21, 1911
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History