[Bear with a Boy and a Man]

Photograph of an unidentified boy wearing a hat holding a chain attached to a bear while a stands behind them watching; a house, a barn, and a wooden fence are visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bear with Chain]

Photograph of a bear with a chain around its neck; behind him there is a water trough on the right and a house and a barn are visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy and Bear]

Photograph of an unidentified boy standing behind a bear with a chain around its neck; there is a trough on the right and a house and a barn are visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy with a Bear]

Photograph of an unidentified boy and a bear with a chain around its neck sitting on the ground with a house and a barn in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Bear]

Photograph of an unidentified man smoking a pipe holding a chain attached to a bear; two houses and a barn are visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Bear on Chain]

Photograph of a bear with a chain around its neck sitting on the ground while an unidentified man watches from the side with a house and a barn visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man, Boy, and Bear]

Photograph of an unidentified boy pulling on a chain attached to a bear's neck while a man watches from the background; behind him a house and barn are also visible.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man on Horseback and Bear]

Photograph of an unidentified man on horseback looking at a bear, who is chained up, while a second man stands to the side watching with a house, a barn, and a wooden fence visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. Shroeter's Bear]

Photograph of an unidentified man (perhaps Mr. Shroeter) with his back to the camera, holding a stick and facing a bear that appears to have a rope tied to it. A house and a barn are visible in the background on the left and a smaller structure and a wooden fence are on the right.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men and a Bear]

Photograph of two unidentified men, one on horseback, watching a bear with a chain around its neck; there is a watering trough next to the bear on the right and two houses and a barn are visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman and Bear]

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing behind a bear with a chain around its neck; on the right there is a water trough and a house and barn are visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman in Fur with Bear]

Photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a fur coat and hat standing behind a bear that is tied up; on the right there is a trough and a house and a barn are visible in the background.
Date: February 18, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Washburn on Horizon]

Photograph of the town of Washburn on the horizon taken from across an empty field.
Date: February 3, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Washburn on Horizon]

Photograph of the town of Washburn, Texas on the horizon from across an empty field.
Date: February 3, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Fire Department, Groene]

Photograph of the men of the Abilene Fire Department. The men are wearing variations of uniforms and appear to be a range of different ages. Half of the men are standing in a row and the other half are seated in a row in front.
Date: February 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bob Shuler's Free Lance, Volume 2, Number 3, February 1918 (open access)

Bob Shuler's Free Lance, Volume 2, Number 3, February 1918

Monthly publication written by pastor Bob Shuler, providing personal anecdotes and opinions about topics related to living according to the Methodist faith, particularly support for the Prohibition.
Date: February 1918
Creator: Shuler, Robert P. (Robert Pierce), 1880-
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Teacher and Students in Washburn School]

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing in front of students seated at several rows of desks in the Washburn School; there is a drawing on the blackboard behind her and several pictures hanging on both walls.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to M. O. Laisure, February 27, 1916] (open access)

[Letter to M. O. Laisure, February 27, 1916]

Letter to M. O. Laisure discussing compliance with a request from the sender, as well as meeting with the sender in the future.
Date: February 27, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to A. M. Hilliard and J. Carroll, February 18, 1916] (open access)

[Letter from Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to A. M. Hilliard and J. Carroll, February 18, 1916]

Letter from Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to A. M. Hilliard and J. Carroll requesting a list of the seniority rights of the engineers in the eleventh and twelfth seniority districts, which are about to be merged. The letter also requests information about what actions have been taken in regard to which engineers will be working in the merged district.
Date: February 18, 1916
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Engineers, February 1915 (open access)

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Engineers, February 1915

List of engineers employed in the 11th District of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company South Texas Division as of February 1915. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date: February 24, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Women in Canyon]

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a dark suit and tie and a hat and three women wearing dark dresses and hats sitting on the steps of the ruins of the West Texas State Normal College administration building in Canyon City with a water tower visible in the background.
Date: February 17, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Shacks at West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of temporary classroom buildings, a windmill, and a two-story building at West Texas State Normal College with a pile of rubble in the foreground and telephone poles in the background. Referred to as the "shacks," the temporary buildings were used as classrooms after the fire that destroyed the main building of the college in 1914.
Date: February 17, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Texas State Normal College]

Photograph of temporary buildings and a windmill at West Texas State Normal College. Referred to as the "shacks," the temporary buildings were used as classrooms after the fire that destroyed the main building of the college in 1914.
Date: February 17, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harold Gist and Roy Smith in Automobile]

Photograph of Harold Gist, Roy Smith, and an unidentified older woman in an automobile with plains in the background; both men are wearing dark suits, ties, and hats, and the woman is wearing a dark dress and a hat. One of the men is sitting in the front seat holding the steering wheel and the other man and the woman are in the back seat.
Date: February 14, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History