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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

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

Plano de Monterey.

Map shows early twentieth century Monterey, Mexico street names, railroad lines, and buildings. Includes legend to buildings. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:31,200].
Date: [1909..1911]
Creator: Terry, T. Philip (Thomas Philip), 1864-1945
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de la ciudad de Mexico.

Map shows early twentieth century Mexico City street names, railroads lines and stations, major buildings, hotels, churches, and points of interest. Map text in Spanish, publication note in English, copyright notes in both. Includes key to numbered points. Scale [1:25,800].
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: Terry, T. Philip (Thomas Philip), 1864-1945
Object Type: Map
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

[Portrait of the Frank S. Schreck Family]

Photograph of a family in an interior room. The room has a large rug, a piano, and multiple paintings. The group is facing the camera, with the exception of the woman in the center who seems to be playing the piano. The four boys on the right side of the photograph are each holding instruments, as well as the man standing next to them. There is an elderly man on the left side of the photograph, who is seated next to two small girls. There is a card on the back of the photograph that reads, "The F.S. Schreck Family. Left to Right: Grandfather Fuentes; name of girl unknown; Baby on floor Ursula; at piano Mother Ursula; Father Frank; Son Frank; Son Henry with his cello; Son Leo; Son Alfonso. Picture made at Matamoras, Mexico in the family home. Possibly about 1900."
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

De Vereenigde Staten en Mexico.

Map shows railroads, national parks, Native American habitation, state boundaries, swamplands, and major cities; mineral and petroleum resources on inset. Inset: "Delfstoffen in de V. St." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints and soundings. Scale [ca. 1:12,000,000].
Date: [1905..1910]
Creator: Wolters, J. B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico.

Map shows railroads, Gulf and Pacific shipping routes via the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, boundaries of Mexican states. Relief shown by shading. Scale [1:10,140,000].
Date: 1904
Creator: Americana Company
Object Type: Map
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

Central America.

Map shows early twentieth century submarine telegraph cables, railroads, and steamship routes in Central America. Insets: "Proposed Panama Canal" and "Proposed Nicaragua Canal." Relief shown by shading. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1903
Creator: Americana Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three soldiers]

Photograph of three Mexican soldiers in uniform, standing outside of a large brick building. The soldiers are dressed in their uniforms and the man in the center is holding a bayonet. The building they are standing outside of is brick and has a large rounded section that is visible behind the men. The man on the far right is standing on top of a short step.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cowhands and Steers]

Photograph of cowhands on horseback and steers leaving La Babia Ranch withe some trees and hills in the background.
Date: 1900~/1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Walking Outside of a Church]

Photograph of a church and a man walking on the sidewalk.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Soldiers in Juarez, El Paso]

Photograph of three Mexican soldiers in uniform, standing outside of a large brick building.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Plaza De Toros]

Photograph of the Plaza De Toros C. Juarez, a bullfighting ring in Mexico, with five people in the foreground and near the entrance.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

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
[Letter from Minnie O. Rawlings to Charles B. Moore, October 13, 1901] (open access)

[Letter from Minnie O. Rawlings to Charles B. Moore, October 13, 1901]

Letter sent from Minnie O. Rawlings to Charles B. Moore informing him that she has received the invitation to Linnet's wedding courtesy of her mother and says that it may be a difficult time for Moore as he will have an empty nest. She also discusses her teaching position in Mexico City, how she enjoys the climate, her health, and her plans for Christmas vacation. She notes that Mexico has an abundance of historical places that would be of interest to Charles, primarily Chapultepec.
Date: October 13, 1901
Creator: Rawlings, Minnie O.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Directory of the City of El Paso, Texas 1900 (open access)

Directory of the City of El Paso, Texas 1900

Directory for El Paso, Texas: includes postal guide, local officials, address listings for businesses and individuals, and advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1900
Creator: John F. Worley & Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buck's Directory of El Paso for 1902 (open access)

Buck's Directory of El Paso for 1902

Directory for El Paso, Texas includes: address listings for businesses and individuals, advertisements from local businesses, listings of government officials, a postal guide, a business directory, a directory for Chihuahua, Mexico, and a review of El Paso's development.
Date: 1902
Creator: Buck Directory Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Directory for 1903 (open access)

El Paso Directory for 1903

"Containing a General Directory of the Citizens and Business Firms Alphabetically Arranged, a Classified Business Directory, a Complete Street Guide and Miscellaneous Information of Value to Citizens and Strangers."
Date: 1903
Creator: John F. Worley & Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of baptism for Ignacio Bocanegra] (open access)

[Certificate of baptism for Ignacio Bocanegra]

Document certifying Ignacio Bocanegra's baptism in September 1895, at Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón, in Monterrey, Mexico.
Date: July 9, 1906
Creator: De Jesús Galván, Armando
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Birth certificate for Miguel Gomez] (open access)

[Birth certificate for Miguel Gomez]

Birth certificate (Coahuila State, Mex) for Miguel Gomez, son of Mathilde Gomez, born December 31, 1904.
Date: December 31, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ferrocarril Internacional Mexicano y sus conexiones, 1901.

Map shows early twentieth century Mexican International Railroad lines, geography, and cities in Mexico and the southwest United States. Includes legend, distance table, and two profiles of routes between Ciudad Porfirio Diaz and the Pacific Ocean; illustration of the International Bridge on title panel. Inset: Valle de Mexico. Relief shown by shading. Scale [ca. 1:4,600,000].
Date: 1903
Creator: American Bank Note Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carta general del Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza : formada por Disposición del Gobierno del mismo Estado.

Map shows early twentieth century roads, railroads, towns, mineral resources, haciendas, and ranches in Coahuila de Zaragoza [Coahuila] in northern Mexico. Includes legend and illustrations. Insets: "Zaragoza," "Coahuila Coal Co., washer plant & coke ovens," and "Compañía Metalurgica de Torreón, S.A." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:500,000].
Date: 1905
Creator: Abbott, T. S.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History