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Automatic Switch (open access)

Automatic Switch

Patent for an automatic switch for street railways.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Godoy, Jose Ma
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Mexican Postage Stamps]

Postcard of a collection of Mexican postage stamps around a note that reads, "We are in Mexico now and I am crazy about it. Lot of love for you all. Mother sends love - Leonora U." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 65 Beach Ave. Charlotte, N. Y."
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Incomplete Transcript of Testimony from J. J. de Hinojosa and R. M. Hinojosa de Balli, 1790] (open access)

[Incomplete Transcript of Testimony from J. J. de Hinojosa and R. M. Hinojosa de Balli, 1790]

Transcript of testimony documenting a dispute regarding land in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Date: March 1909
Creator: Seago, H. D.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recollections of H. Zipporah Roebuck - February 1909] (open access)

[Recollections of H. Zipporah Roebuck - February 1909]

Recollections of H. Zipporah Roebuck on family stories about her uncle, Thomas Falconer, who was swept up in the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. She discusses his release from Mexico and a story about how he made up about a family saint to avoid being shot.
Date: February 1909
Creator: Roebuck, H. Zipporah
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ciudad Juarez]

Photograph of Ciudad Juarez Mexico. This image is looking toward the Mission Guadalupe. There are many people walking down the street and wagons parked by buildings.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dedication Of The Monument]

Photograph of people celebrating the dedication of the Benito Juarez monument. There are many people standing around and dancing. The monument has a canopy around it that is providing shade for the people and the officials.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de Vera Cruz.

Map shows early twentieth century street names, railroad lines and stations, buildings, and port configuration in Vera Cruz, Mexico. Scale [1:44,000].
Date: [1909..1911]
Creator: Terry, T. Philip (Thomas Philip), 1864-1945
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 12, July 1908 - April, 1909 (open access)

The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 12, July 1908 - April, 1909

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 329.
Date: 1909
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 11, July 1907 - April, 1908 (open access)

The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 11, July 1907 - April, 1908

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the beginning of the volume starting on page i.
Date: 1908
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Central High School in Waco]

Postcard of Waco Central High School, a large, two-story brick building with three rows of windows, with a row of trees in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco, Texas. High School." There is a handwritten note on the front of the postcard: "Mrs. R. B. H. Our new address is 1418 S. 7th St. Waco. Think you would write. Don't seem like the same old town without you." There is also a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: October 7, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ciudad Juarez]

Photograph of Ciudad Juarez, facing east. Several buildings, including Calle Commercio, are visible in the foreground.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico, Central America, and West Indies.

Map shows boundaries of Mexico and Central American countries, and major cities and towns as well as islands of the West Indies. Insets: "Haiti" and "Cuba." Relief shown by shading and hachures. Scale [ca. 1:18,374,400].
Date: 1907
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 10, July 1906 - April, 1907 (open access)

The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 10, July 1906 - April, 1907

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the beginning of the volume starting on page i.
Date: 1907
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bullring in Juarez, Mexico]

Photograph of two men outside of a bullring in Juarez, Mexico. One man is identified as Jon Denton of Austin and the other is "Stewart". The bullring has various advertisements posted on it in English.
Date: May 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

I&GN International Route : The Mexico-St. Louis Special

Map shows railroad route from St. Louis to Mexico City. Railroads, counties, and towns in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory are indicated and areas of Indian habitation are noted. Includes text describing the advantages of "The Mexico-St. Louis Special." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1906
Creator: International & Great Northern Railroad
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 9, July 1905 - April, 1906 (open access)

The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 9, July 1905 - April, 1906

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the beginning of the volume starting on page i.
Date: 1906
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States and adjacent countries, : Mexico, Cuba, Canada etc.

Map shows early twentieth century geography, states, cities, towns, railroad lines, and territories in the United States and parts of Mexico and Canada. Includes table of areas and 1900 census population statistics for the United States, territories, and possessions. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca.1:10,000,000].
Date: 1906
Creator: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833] (open access)

[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]

Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del & Oca, Pedro Mones De
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833] (open access)

[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]

Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833] (open access)

[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833]

Valle granting permission to conclude the sale to Zavala of the eleven leagues of land which he possesses as his own in Texas. And the documents transferring power of ownership and land rights of the eleven leagues of land to Emily de Zavala. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ciudad Porfirio Diaz 1905 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Ciudad Porfirio Diaz in Mexico, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: November 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ciudad Porfirio Diaz 1905 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Ciudad Porfirio Diaz in Mexico, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: November 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ciudad Porfirio Diaz 1905 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Ciudad Porfirio Diaz in Mexico, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: November 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ciudad Porfirio Diaz 1905 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Ciudad Porfirio Diaz in Mexico, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: November 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History