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[Calvary Episcopal Church in 1947]
Postcard image of the Calvary Episcopal Church, Richmond, Texas. Same as 1971.075.001a.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harry G. Thompson seated at his desk at Imperial Sugar Company]
Photograph of Harry G. Thompson seated at his desk at Imperial Sugar Company. Circa: 1947. Thompson has thinning gray hair and is wearing wire frame eyeglasses. He is wearing dark pants, white shirt and striped tie. He has his hands clasped together and resting in his lap. A phone is hanging on the wall on right of photograph. Window with blinds in top, left background. Back of photo is stamped in red: HORACE G. TUCKER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER THE HOUSTON POST. Also written in black: 1 Col. Please save these cuts for Morris Frank.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Business Section" of downtown Rosenberg, TX]
Photographic postcard of downtown Rosenberg, TX, late 1940s. Intersection of Ave H and 3rd Street. Street light at top of photo. Photo at bottom reads: BUSINESS SECTION, ROSENBERG, TEX.
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Welcome to Rosenberg" sign in downtown Rosenberg, TX]
Photographic postcard of downtown Rosenberg, TX, late 1940s. View along Ave H. Welcome to Rosenberg lighted sign featured at center. On reverse is note from Emma Phillippi to brother Norveil Phillippi and family. postmarked June 12, 1949, Rosenberg. Gulf station in background. Schaffers Drug Store on right.
Date:
June 12, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roy and Dorothy Schmidt and their Aunt Lillie Maresh Gentry]
Roy and Dorothy Schmidt posed in front of automobile with their Aunt Lillie Maresh Gentry during WWII. Children are both wearing overalls. Lillie is wearing a short sleeved shirt with below the knee hemline. The dress ties at collar and has ruffled front with buttons. Lillie has shoulder length dark hair. Dorothy has short, curly blonde hair. Roy's cap is covering his hair. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Employees of the Imperial Sugar Company.]
Group photograph of employees of the Imperial Sugar Company taken at their employee appreciation dinner in November of 1947. The group includes 46 men and two women (front row). Roof of a tin building in background. Imperial Sugar main building (brick with windows) in top right corner of photograph. Employees are identified as front row left to right: Gus Stabler, W. L. Friend, Mabel Dunkerly Woolley, Myrtle Friend Stabler, J. E. "Daddy" Blair, Claude Douglas, Homer Johnson, R. B. "Bob" Sheppard, Frank Schultz, Luke Thompson, J. Q. Boyer, H. R. Rushing, Louie Dreier, Vic Krehmeier, ? Willie Reese. Second Row: J. B. Fowler, Eluterio Cervantez, Juan Cervantez, J. F. "Jim" Guyer, R. A. Prikryl, M. M. McBride, Henry A. "Buck" Herder, A. M. Horn, W. L. Scarborough, E.O. Guenther, S. V. "Sid" Loper, J. M. "Jim" Sheppard, J.H. "Jinx" Hobbs, Paul Schumann, I.H. Kempner Sr, Harry G. Thompson, E.E. Saeger. Top Row: C. A. Dierks, Frank Tallas, W. T. "Bill" Matlage, Frank Hauerland, Ramaldo Nanez, Cosme Gonzales, Max Schumann, T. F. Freeland Smith, Arthur Rister, Frank Seitz, B. H. "Bennie" Varnau, O.W. "Otis" Enquist, Robert Harper, Frank Williams, Lee Townsend, Ted Harman.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6997
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: (1) Maximum salaries of county officers of Fort Bend County for fiscal year 1946. (2) Maximum compensation for deputy constable in Fort Bend County where constable compensated on fee basis. (3) Whether constable compensated on fee basis is authorized to automobile expenses in accounting for fees of office.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-395
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The taxability of certain real property on which Sugarland Industries granted certain easement rights to Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District.
Date:
October 1, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6591
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Conflict in the school district lines in Fort Bend County
Date:
1945
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for Thos. N. Carswell - June 4, 1943]
An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell, C. A. S., dated June 4, 1943, for special work from April 17, 1943 through June 4, 1943, Four pages.
Date:
June 4, 1943
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Joe Weingarten, May 13, 1954]
Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Joe Weingarten discussing Sugarland Industries and the Imperial Sugar Company's donations to the Boy Scouts.
Date:
May 13, 1945
Creator:
Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Plumbing Fixtures]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Imperial Mercantile Company, including plumbing fixtures.
Date:
October 4, 1948
Creator:
Imperial Mercantile Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Asparagus Tips]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Imperial Mercantile Company, including Del Monte Asparagus tips.
Date:
September 10, 1948
Creator:
Imperial Mercantile Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Garth Whole Figs]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Imperial Mercantile Company, including a case of Garth Whole Figs.
Date:
February 19, 1949
Creator:
Imperial Mercantile Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Figs and Shipping]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Sugarland Industries, including a case of figs and shipping costs.
Date:
November 30, 1948
Creator:
Sugarland Industries
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Meal Packages]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by the Imperial Mercantile Company, including meal packages.
Date:
November 8, 1944
Creator:
Imperial Mercantile Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Monthly Statement for I. H. Kempner]
Monthly Statement for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Imperial Mercantile Company, including flowers for Mrs. Buhler's funeral.
Date:
September 7, 1949
Creator:
Imperial Mercantile Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Sausage]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Imperial Mercantile Company, including two pounds of sausage.
Date:
December 14, 1948
Creator:
Imperial Mercantile Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Express Charges]
Receipt for services to Sugarland Industries by Railway Express Agency, including express charges to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Volpert.
Date:
September 14, 1949
Creator:
Railway Express Agency, Incorporated
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Figs]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Sugarland Industries, including Garth figs and shipping costs.
Date:
January 24, 1949
Creator:
Sugarland Industries
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Sausage]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Imperial Mercantile Company, including two pounds of sausage.
Date:
December 14, 1948
Creator:
Imperial Mercantile Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Tires]
Invoice for items sold to I. H. Kempner by Sugarland Motor Company, including United States Deluxe tires.
Date:
May 31, 1949
Creator:
Sugarland Motor Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner, November 11, 1944]
Letter from G. D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner discussing enclosed invoices from the Imperial Mercantile Company.
Date:
November 11, 1944
Creator:
Ulrich, Gus D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. L. James to I. H. Kempner, June 21, 1949]
Letter from Thos. L. James to I. H. Kempner discussing an invoice for Dr. Thompson, and requesting a check that was misplaced.
Date:
June 21, 1949
Creator:
James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History