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Texas as it is today (open access)

Texas as it is today

A book describing life in Texas around the year 1925. The book talks about many cities in Texas as well as interesting facts about Texas. The author wrote the book in an attempt to defeat internal and external stereotypes about Texas.
Date: 1925
Creator: Menn, Alfred E
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oluff Beauchamp Portrait]

Postcard of Oluff Beauchamp. The photograph was taken at a studio.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oluff Beauchamp Postcard]

Postcard of Oluff Beauchamp. The photograph was taken at a studio. Oluff is holding a cigar in his right hand.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of Children at the West Sweden School]

Photograph of nineteen students and two adults, likely the teachers, at the West Sweden School in McCulloch County, Texas. The children vary in age from elementary to teens and are wearing coats. "West Sweden School" is written on the back.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren]

Cropped reprint photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren in a group of children, wearing a knit jacket. Lundgren appears to be eight or nine years old. Handwritten on back: "1925 Lynney Lincoln Lundgren West Sweden School."
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teacher's Contract for Pearl Vinson, 1924 (open access)

Teacher's Contract for Pearl Vinson, 1924

Teacher's contract for Pearl Vinson from 1925. The contract stipulates that she will teach for 7 months at a rate of $85/month in the Cross Roads Elementary in Cass County. Other signatures on the contract include J. F. Joyner, M.A. Harrell and R.E. Hall, trustees, and J. F. Lovelace, County Superintendant.
Date: May 5, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1925 (open access)

The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1925

Yearbook for Mineral Wells High School in Mineral Wells, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1925
Creator: Mineral Wells High School (Mineral Wells, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bronco, Yearbook of Denton High School, 1925 (open access)

The Bronco, Yearbook of Denton High School, 1925

Yearbook for Denton High School in Denton, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1925
Creator: Denton High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Workers Breaking Soil]

Photograph of a large number of workers in dark-colored clothing using pickaxes to dig or break soil on the side of a hill. Behind them, there is an extremely large, three-story, side-gabled, Colonial-style brick building with a tower above the main entrance. At the left side of the image, a series of houses and utility lines are partially visible in the background.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stone Structure in Fort Worth]

Photograph of a small, open structure made of natural stone with a gabled roof that has pointed rafters extending below the eaves. The near gable end has a large arched entrance and the sides appear to be largely open, with low wooden and stone railings. There is a dirt path along the side of the structure and it is surrounded by bushes and trees.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Pathway]

Photograph of a pathway made of natural paving stones in a section of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The path curves toward the back-right of the image ind is surrounded by bushes and trees on the left, with decorative stones and flowers at right.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Near Botanical Garden Waterfall]

Photograph of an unidentified woman crouching on a series of stacked rocks that form part of a decorative waterfall at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. She is looking down toward the waterway, which appears to be dry and the area is surrounded by bushes and trees, visible in the background.
Date: 1925~/1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History