46 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

Gatesville Camp Fire Girls

Photograph of a group of girls that are members of Camp Fire Girls of America posing on rugs in front of an ornate backdrop. They are wearing Native American-style women's gowns, beads, and headbands. The girls are identified from the top left as Margaret Bishop, Louise Raby, Willie Rae Brashear, Virginia Brown, Doris Davison, Ruth Wells, Anita Stewart, Margaret Powell, camp counselor Alice Boyer, Eloise Colgin, Julia Bishop, Zelia McClinton, and Grace West.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographic Portrait of Thurman and Herman Maxwell]

Postcard featuring twin infants Thurman and Herman Maxwell, children of Franklin Lee and Nancy Maxwell. They are sitting on a chair with spiral metalwork on its back and legs. The twins are wearing white dresses and bonnets. "Twins" has been written over their heads in red ink, and a T and H have been written on their heads. The reverse side of the postcard has the infants' names written in blue marker, and a handwritten note that reads "To grandma and uncle Ben."
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gatesville May Queen Float]

Photograph of a May Queen parade float attached to a team of horses. A canopy covers much of the flower-festooned float. The five formally dressed girls are identified from the left as Nona Christman, Marie Suggs, May Queen Eula Gilder, and Annie Atkins. A man wearing a dark hat and coat sits at the front of the float and holds the reigns of its team of horses. A man can be seen riding behind the horses, and another man holds the heads of the front pair of horses. Ruby's Saloon and the city's First National Bank can be seen in the background. A slip of paper taped to the reverse side says "North Side of the Square."
Date: December 1915
Creator: William J. Blair Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students of Ireland School, 1915]

Photograph of a group of children of various ages that attend school in Ireland, Texas. Two chaotic rows of children stand behind a row of their sitting peers. A ball with "Ireland" painted on it rests against the legs of a girl on the lower left of the photo. The teacher, H. Hall, stands behind the group of children.
Date: December 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gatesville May Queen Float]

Photograph of a May Queen parade float attached to a team of horses. A canopy covers much of the flower-festooned float. The five formally dressed girls are identified from the left as Nona Christman, Marie Suggs, May Queen Eula Gilder, and Annie Atkins. A man wearing a bowler hat and dark clothes rides a dark horse beside the float. A man wearing a dark hat and coat sits at the front of the float and holds the reigns of its team of horses. A man can be seen riding behind the horses, and another man holds the heads of the front pair of horses. Ruby's Saloon and the city's First National Bank can be seen in the background.
Date: December 1915
Creator: William J. Blair Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People on Steps of Coryell County Courthouse]

Photograph of a group of over sixty white men and women standing in several rows outside of three arches of the Coryell County courthouse. Most of those present are wearing fine hats and clothes.
Date: June 16, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Roughhousing in Front of a Wells Fargo Building]

Photograph of a group of men standing in front of a Wells Fargo & Company Express building in Oglesby, Texas. The men stand together in front of the building's raised porch. Four of the men are playfully grabbing and punching each other while three others watch from behind them.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hamilton Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Meridian Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1919
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lampasas Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1917
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gatesville Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1917
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Temple Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1917
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Lock (open access)

Window-Lock

Patent for a window lock. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Sydow, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lard-Press. (open access)

Lard-Press.

Patent for a lard press, which is easy to use and inexpensive to make.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Harman, Effie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Tooth Holder. (open access)

Harrow-Tooth Holder.

Patent for a harrow tooth holder, which allows some flexibility of the teeth based on soil conditions.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Hoard, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a portable quilting frame.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Dalton, Gilbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Opening Plow (open access)

Seed-Opening Plow

Patent for a seed opening and planting plow. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Johnson, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper that can be used as a garden hoe. Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Weaver, John Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gatesville 1912 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gatesville in Coryell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1912
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gatesville 1912 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gatesville in Coryell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1912
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gatesville 1912 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gatesville in Coryell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1912
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gatesville 1912 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gatesville in Coryell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1912
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gatesville 1912 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gatesville in Coryell County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1912
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alex and Winnie Freeman Standing by Trees]

Photograph of Alex and Winnie Freeman standing together in front of a pair of small trees on a prairie field. Winnie wears a white dress while Alex wears a dark suit and hat.
Date: 1917~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History