Residents of Friona, Texas in 1909

Photograph of the people of Friona, Texas on June 17, 1909. They stand in front of some of the town's homes. Nine automobiles are parked behind the group.
Date: June 17, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Old Settlers Barbeque

Photograph of the "Old Settlers Barbecye [corr: barbeque] given on the evening of June 15th 1909 on the lawn of Mrs Florence Peak, in honor of Mrs. W.H. Davis and Mrs. Peak, by W.G.Turner and Newton Lassiter. First Row - left to right, Mrs Richard King, "Mex" Dunn, Mrs John Mitchell, "Bud" Daggett, Eph.M. Daggett Jr, Col. Abe Harris, Mrs. Florence Peak, Sam Woody, Mrs W.H. Davis, Mrs Chas. Louck, Henry Feild, Jesse Melton and Major J.J. Jarvis. Upper Row- left ot right, Capt. M.B. Loyd, H.W. Peak, Jessee Jones and Benj P. Ayres."
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation (open access)

Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation

Confirmation Bible, Beth-El Congregation. Presented to Rose Levenson for Confirmation on Shevuoth, May 26, 1909 at Fort Worth, Texas by Rabbi George Zepin. Title page and inscription of the bible states that this volume contains "the Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, after the best Jewish authority by Isaac Lesser."
Date: May 26, 1909
Creator: Rabbi George Zepin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chadron, Nebraska in 1905

Photograph of Main Street in Chadron, Nebraska in February 1905. Businesses include a Ladies' Bazar, a Dry Goods & Notions Store and a Grocer.
Date: February 5, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 31st Legislature, 1909 (open access)

Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 31st Legislature, 1909

Charter of the City of Fort Worth includes the formal act of incorporation including organization of the city, government, police and fire departments, streets and sewers, parks, water and sewerage, taxes and finances, public health and sanitation, courts, and other provisions, ordinances, and laws. Index starts on page 87.
Date: 1909
Creator: City of Fort Worth
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ernest O. Thompson, Overland Automobiles 1909

Photograph four old automobiles with drivers parked in front of a dealerships. The tops are down and the drivers wear suits, two with caps, one with a cowboy hat and one with goggles. Behind the cars is a wooden building with a sign that reads, "Ernest O. Thompson Overland Automobiles". Next to that is a lumber yard with the words, "Amarillo Lumber & Coal" painted on the roof.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Northwest Texas Conference, Forty-Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South (open access)

Journal of the Northwest Texas Conference, Forty-Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1909
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

B.B. Paddock and Other Confederate Veterans

Photograph of seven Civil War veterans, including B.B. Paddock who is second from the right in the back row. The men are wearing old Confederate uniforms, two with ribbons attached to their jackets and the rest with medals and insignia attached. Four of the men are wearing bow ties, three have mustaches and four have beards. The man seated in the center has a walking cane and the man on his right has a cigar. In the background is a bed, large curtains, and on the wall are two light fixtures and a framed painting. There is a light hanging from the ceiling.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboys Getting Ready for a Roundup

Cowboys on the W Ranch getting ready for a roundup in 1908. W.S. Priest is the third man from the right.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Forty-third Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1908
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Forty-second Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Forty-second Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the conferences, condensed minutes, resolutions, reports from committees, selected biographies, and statistical tables.
Date: November 1907
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Garza County Court

Photograph of the first Garza County Court. There are several men seated and standing in front of a canvas tent. All of the men are wearing hats and some are wearing neckties and some vests. In the front row, left to right are: S.C. Wilkes, L.F. Barrow, Walter Roy, and a Mr. Davis. In the back row, left to right: W.E. Alexander, Hal Murrey, Bud Boren, B.F. Wilkes and Oscar Kelly. In the middle of the frame is an old automobile with people in it. On the left side of the frame is a covered wagon and in the foreground is a saddle.
Date: July 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate] (open access)

[Certificate]

Union of American Hebrew Congregations certificate of membership for Beth-El Congregation of Fort Worth. The certificate is orange in color and has a star-burst design radiating out from a scroll in the center. There is Hebrew text at the top beneath which is the quotation: "Come, let us take counsel together. --Nch. 6:7." The text on the scroll states: The Union of American Hebrew Congregations Established 1873 Hereby certifies that Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, Texas on March 22, 1907 (Nisan 7, 5667) became a duly affiliated member, entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership and to full participation in its plans and activities for the PERPETUATION AND PROGRESS OF JUDAISM IN AMERICA. Samuel S Hollender Chairman, Executive Board Maurice N. Eisendrath President Presented on November 5, 1955.
Date: March 22, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 30th Legislature, 1907 (open access)

Charter of The City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, As Passed by the 30th Legislature, 1907

Charter of the City of Fort Worth includes the formal act of incorporation including organization of the city, government, police and fire departments, streets and sewerage, water supply, taxes, public health and sanitation, courts, public schools, and other provisions and laws. Index starts after page 63, on page i.
Date: 1907
Creator: City of Fort Worth
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1907-08 (open access)

Directory of the City of Fort Worth 1907-08

Directory for Fort Worth, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the Present State, County and City Governments, County Officials of Texas, Giving Date of Organization of of Each County as also County Seat; List of Counties, Judicial Districts, District Judges and Clerks, and Time of Holding Courts in all Counties in Texas; Representative, Senatorial, Congressional and Supreme Judicial Districts; Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, U.S. Judicial District and U.S. Circuit Courts, where Returnable; a Complete List of all Postoffices and money Order Offices in Texas; also an Index of Societies, Associations, Churches, Corporations, Educational Institutes; Full Name and Address of all Residents, Their Occupations or Pursuits, and a Complete Classified Business Directory, also a Valuable Street and Avenue Guide, Numerically Arranged."
Date: 1907
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Houston Street Looking North in Ft. Worth, Texas c. 1907

Photograph of Houston Street looking North in Ft. Worth, Texas. In the center of the street is a boy riding a bicycle between trolley tracks towards trolleys and horse-drawn buggies. On either side of the street are tall buildings with signs such as, "Lyric Theatre", "A.J. Anderson Co Gun Store" and "Hotel Melba". Lining the street are telephone and electric poles. This photo is dated 1907 or later because the Flatiron building, constructed in 1907 can be seen on the left.
Date: 1907~
Creator: Smith Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir of Fort Worth, Texas : photo-gravures (open access)

Souvenir of Fort Worth, Texas : photo-gravures

A souvenir booklet with photos of Fort Worth.
Date: [1907..1910]
Creator: L. A. Barnes
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Indian Gap, Texas]

Photograph of Indian Gap, Texas. Indian Gap, as shown in the photo is located in a small valley (gap) between a northern hill and southern hill.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Forty-first Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Forty-first Annual Session, Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the conferences, condensed minutes, resolutions, reports from committees, selected biographies, and statistical tables.
Date: November 1906
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Surveyors Breaking Camp, 1906

Photograph of some surveyors breaking camp on March 9, 1906.
Date: March 9, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cleburne, Texas Baseball Players, 1906

Photo collage of the Cleburne baseball team in 1906. In the center of the collage is a studio photograph of the entire team with coach Doak Roberts seated in the center and young boy in front of him. Four members of the team are seated on the floor with the front two lying on the boy's knees. Surrounding the center photograph are thirteen studio portraits of the individual players with Coach Doak Roberts in the top center. Throughout the collage are cutouts of the players in action - catching the ball, batting and throwing. The players names are written illegibly underneath their pictures and the words, "Cleburne 1906" surround the center photograph. On the mat at the bottom is written, "In Group Doak Roberts, Bat Boy -"
Date: 1906
Creator: Shaw
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

J.M. Treadwell Driving a Buggy

Photograph of J.M. Treadwell driving a buggy with a canopy in 1906. Prince and King Dodo are the horses.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panther City Parrot, Volume 1 (open access)

The Panther City Parrot, Volume 1

The 1906 yearbook of Polytechnic College in Fort Worth, Texas. Includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.
Date: 1906
Creator: Polytechnic College
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

Van Zandt Fifith Grade, 1906

Photograph of the fifth grade class at Van Zandt School in 1906. The children are on the steps outside of the building. Their teacher stands in the center of the group.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History