[Client Card: American Bronze Company, Inc.] (open access)

[Client Card: American Bronze Company, Inc.]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for American Bronze Company, Inc., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: bronze cast bust (24" x 22"), flagpole (2 copies), and urn (4 copies, 4'10" x 10.5").
Date: 1950-09-07/1956-05-21
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gatesville Messenger and Star-Forum (Gatesville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1954 (open access)

The Gatesville Messenger and Star-Forum (Gatesville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1954

Weekly newspaper from Gatesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 7, 1954
Creator: Post, John F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars Outside Presbyterian Church]

Photograph of a hearse and a fire truck parked in front of a Presbyterian church for Assistant Chief Ruie E. Akin's funeral in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: June 7, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firemen Standing at Attention Outside Station]

Photograph of a group of firemen in uniform standing at attention for Assistant Chief Ruie E. Akin's funeral, outside the central fire station in Beaumont, Texas. The first four men in the line, from left to right, are A. B. O'Quinn, John McReir, Onion Wilkerson, and Joe Curry. The ninth man from the left is Ed Grass, and the twelfth from the left is Frank Estes.
Date: June 7, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Story Fire]

Photograph of a two story brick building ablaze with firemen aiming one hose through the broken windows on the top floor.
Date: September 7, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History