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[Post Office Construction Site Looking South East]

Photograph of a post office construction site. There are horses with wagons behind them next to men digging from a dirt pile. There are buildings visible behind the post office.
Date: November 2, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Post Office Looking North]

Photograph of a post office with tall ionic columns in front of the entrance, and "United States Post Office" engraved above the columns. It has some minor work being done on the front. There is a landline pole on each post office corner, and a few other buildings.
Date: December 2, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Allene Freeman]

Portrait of Allene Freeman dressed in white with flowers in her hands.
Date: September 2, 1901
Creator: Miller
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 2, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - February 2, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about the continuous rain and work left to do.
Date: February 2, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1983 (open access)

South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1983

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date: June 2, 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1984 (open access)

South Belt Leader (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1984

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.
Date: August 2, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lt. Col. Millhiser and Lt. Clyde Harlow on Inspection]

Photograph of Lt. Col. Millhiser and Lt. Clyde Harlow riding on the back of a boat while on an inspection tour around Camp Hulen.
Date: November 2, 1942
Creator: Fitzgerald, Alonzo L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Myres' Gun Holsters] (open access)

[Sam Myres' Gun Holsters]

Newspaper clipping that focuses on Sam Myres' history as a maker of holsters for the FBI and the Texas Rangers. The article goes on to say that Bill Myres, Sam Myres son, has gone on after his father's death to run the family business. The article includes two pictures, the top shows a Texas Department of Public Safety Officer wearing a Myres-designed holster. Below that, there is a picture of Myres and Captain John R. Hughes discussing a holster. The title article of the article is "El Paso Firm Helped Carry Guns of West."
Date: June 2, 1957
Creator: Myres, Sam
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to S. D. Myres , April 2, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to S. D. Myres , April 2, 1957]

Letter from Stanton DeLaPlane to Bill Myres discussing the ties that DeLaPlane ordered from the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. DeLaPlane discusses how his daughter, Miriam is crazy about the ties and that they go perfectly with the bullfighter shirts that he got her from Mexico.
Date: April 2, 1957
Creator: DeLaPlane, Stanton
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, June 2, 1899] (open access)

[Check from J. F. Newman to Sam Myres, June 2, 1899]

Check made out to S. D. Myres for six dollars and forty cents on an S. D. Myres company check. It is signed by J. F Newman under the auspices of Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: June 2, 1899
Creator: Newman, J. F.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Myres to R. C. Crane, May, 2 1933 (open access)

[Letter from Sam Myres to R. C. Crane, May, 2 1933

Letter from Sam Myres to Judge R. C. Crane apologizing for taking so long to write him back after his kind letter asking how Myers was doing. Myres explains that he has been avoiding doing work, and paying honest obligations and so that is why he has not responded. He tells Crane about a new book out that he has enjoyed and if Crane is interested, offers to mail it to him so he can also read it. Myres says that the next time he is in Sweet Water, he hopes to meet up with Crane to catch up.
Date: May 2, 1933
Creator: Myres, Sam
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill Myres wearing Jack Thompson's Buscadero belt] (open access)

[Bill Myres wearing Jack Thompson's Buscadero belt]

Newspaper clipping that depicts Bill Myres in a brown suit wearing a Buscadero belt. The article that is under the picture talks about Sam Myres' longevity as a leather maker. His business is known to produce dependable and good quality items. Now that Sam Myres has passed, his son, Bill Myres, has taken over the business and continues to produce S.D. Myres Saddle Company products.
Date: June 2, 1957
Creator: Wilke, L. A.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 75, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1974 (open access)

The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 75, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1974

Alumni edition of the Tarleton State University student newspaper providing information on events at the school and news about university students, staff, and alumni.
Date: October 2, 1974
Creator: Tarleton State University
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History