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Polo in the United States - The Boerne, Texas Influence
A short history of polo, and the influence of Boerne, Texas on the game, especially the use of Texas-trained ponies.
Date:
July 2014
Creator:
Edmonds, Bettie
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation: San Antonio Polo Club Game and Honor Ceremony, October 27,1963]
Invitation to a polo game and ceremony honoring Cecil Smith, held by the San Antonio Polo Club, on October 27, 1963, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at Brackenridge Park and the San Antonio Country Club. Includes a list of the players for the polo game.
Date:
1963-10~
Creator:
San Antonio Polo Club
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Mrs. Emil Philippus, April 28, 1921]
Postcard to Mrs. Emil Philippus, discussing arrangements for Mrs. Philippus to meet her mother-in-law at the depot on May 8, 1921. The front of the postcard features a photograph of the Holy Angels Academy in Boerne, Texas, a two-story, light-colored wood building with wrap-around porches on both stories. There is a small tower extending from the center of the roof of the building, and a short flagpole at the front of the roof. There is a large group of students and nuns standing on the first-floor porch and sitting on a few short steps leading up to the porch. There are two large, bare trees on either side of the front steps.
Date:
April 28, 1921
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Rose to Mrs. E. F. Kneupper, July 15, 1915]
Postcard from Rose to Mrs. E. F. Kneupper, discussing Rose's travel plans and wishing Mrs. Kneupper, whom she calls "Ida," well. The front of the postcard features a photograph of a public school in Boerne, Texas. The building is two-stories, made from light-colored stone, with windows along all side of both stories and two short flights of stairs leading up to the two entrances. A narrow drive curves in front of the school.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Clifton Kneupper, June 1916]
Postcard to Clifton Kneupper. The sender wishes him well and writes that they wish he was there. The postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of a driveway along the side of a tall sloping hill and the surrounding area. Further down the winding dirt drive, there is a suspension bridge across the road. The surrounding area has lots of scrub brush and small, bushy trees.
Date:
June 1916
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[J. O'Connor General Business Ledger: January - April 1899]
Balance book kept by Joseph O'Connor documenting cash, expenses, merchandise, sales, and other financial information. Only the first eight pages have been used.
Date:
1899-01-17/1899-04-19
Creator:
O'Connor, Joseph
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[M. O'Connor General Business Ledger: November 1895 - June 1896]
Ledger containing accounting information kept by Martin O'Connor for a general "Jobbing Business" including merchandise sold, purchases, expenses, and other financial documentation.
Date:
1895-11-25/1896-06-27
Creator:
O'Connor, Martin
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[J. O'Connor General Business Ledger: January - September 1899]
Ledger containing accounting information kept by Joseph O'Connor for a general "Jobbing Business" including merchandise sold by customer, expenses, and other financial documentation.
Date:
1899-01-10/1899-09-01
Creator:
O'Connor, Joseph
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[J. O'Connor General Business Ledger: March - April 1899]
Ledger kept by Joseph O'Connor documenting funds, merchandise, expenses, sales, and other information for his wholesale flour business in San Antonio, Texas. Only the first eight pages are used.
Date:
1899-03-08/1899-04-04
Creator:
O'Connor, Joseph
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas
This book covers statistical information for the state of Texas. It includes "great inducements for the investment of capital, health for the invalid, interesting sights and scenes for the tourist and pleasure seeker, broad fields of research for the historian, unsurpassed hunting grounds for the sportsman, and other resources waiting to be unlocked by the key of capital in the hands of labor and industry" (title page).
Date:
1890
Creator:
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[History of Boerne's Rare 1614 Low German Bible]
A short guide about a Low German Lutheran Bible from 1614, which includes the book's history, the backgrounds of those involved in its creation, the mysteries surrounding the book, and the repairs done on it. A timeline summarizing the history of the book is also included on the back of the guide.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Edmonds, Bettie
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mrs. Edmond's Class]
Photograph of Mrs. Edmond's 1st-grade class at Alamo Heights Elementary School. Mrs. Edmond is holding the Texas flag in the background. Bottom row, 1st child on the left is John Russell Stephenson, Col USAF, MSC (Ret.).
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stephenson Family]
Photograph of the Stephenson family. The name of each family member is written on the photograph.
Date:
1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Battle of Flowers]
Photograph of the Battle of Flowers parade in San Antonio. A group of women in white is sitting atop a float being pulled by horses down a crowded street. The man at the bottom center, smiling into the camera is William Donald Stephenson.
Date:
May 1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Daniel Castillo and Cousin Frankie]
Photograph of Daniel A. Castillo (17) with young cousin Frankie Menchaca posing in front of a house while on vacation in San Antonio, Texas. The back of the photograph is stamped "357A" and a handwritten note of "19."
Date:
1957
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of William Perry Herring McFaddin]
Portrait of William Perry Herring McFaddin, a man with a thick mustache, wearing a suit and bow tie.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barr, D. P.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Historical Association Eighty-Third Annual Meeting, 1979
Program for the 83rd annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, held in San Antonio, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference.
Date:
March 1979
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Historical Association Seventy-Second Annual Meeting, 1968
Program for the 72nd annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, held in San Antonio, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference.
Date:
April 1968
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Historical Association Ninety-Ninth Annual Meeting, 1995
Program for the 99th annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, held in San Antonio, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference.
Date:
March 1995
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Historical Association One Hundred and Eleventh Annual Meeting, 2007
Program for the 111th annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, held in San Antonio, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference.
Date:
March 2007
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Alamo Museum]
Postcard of the Alamo from the right side, a cannon sitting in the courtyard. The back of the postcard adds, "Museum at the Alamo San Antonio, Texas Erected in 1718 as a church and fortress, it became the symbol of Texas independence. During the Texas-Mexican Independence War in 1836, it was defended and lost to the last Texan. Soon "Remember the Alamo" became synonymous with Texas independence."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of The Alamo in San Antonio]
Postcard of the front of the stone Alamo, described as "Alamo, San Antonio, Texas." The letter on the back reads, "Is all of Texas as hot as this? Are all your beauties now fed? Are you coming back to Rauie this season? Leo E." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden Mrs. H. C. Duncan 5th Ave. + 15th St. Huntington, W. Va."
Date:
May 29, 1916
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Gardens at Alamo]
Postcard of a group of people looking at the red, yellow, and white blooms near the Alamo. The back of the postcard places the scene at, "The Gardens at the Alamo San Antonio, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History