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[Group of Men and Women at a Meeting]

Photograph of a group of men and women sitting around a table at a meeting.
Date: October 1, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Outside a House]

Photograph of a man standing outside of a house with his hand on the door handle and a paintbrush in his other hand. A wooden chair sits next to the house and a water tank is visible behind the house.
Date: November 21, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group at Dinner]

Photograph of a group of men and women sitting at a table with plates and cups in front of them. The woman on the far left is Mrs. Mildred Holliway and the second man from the right is Mr. Lloyd Kerley.
Date: March 6, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group at Dinner]

Photograph of men and women sitting at a table with food and drinks on it.
Date: March 6, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girls Jumping Rope]

Photograph of a group of little girls playing jump rope in a courtyard.
Date: May 26, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: October 20, 1964 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: October 20, 1964

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on October 20th (first concert) during the 15th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The music director and conductor was Leo Scheer.
Date: October 1964
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: November 17, 1964 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: November 17, 1964

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on November 17th, 1964 during the15th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The musical director and conductor was Leo Scheer.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: January 17, 1964 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: January 17, 1964

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on January 17th during the 14th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The conductor was Leo Scheer.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: February 4, 1964 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: February 4, 1964

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on February 4th (fourth subscription concert) during the 14th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The conductor was Leo Scheer.
Date: February 1964
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. B. Dickey, Pottsboro Postmaster]

Photograph of Jim Bailey Dickey, who worked as the Pottsboro postmaster from 1944 until his retirement in 1964. Jim Bailey Dickey wears a grey suit with glasses and short hair.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: March 31, 1964 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: March 31, 1964

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on March 31st (fifth subscription concert) during the 14th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The conductor was Leo Scheer.
Date: March 1964
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: December 15, 1964 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: December 15, 1964

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran on December 15th during the 15th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies. The musical director and conductor was Leo Scheer.
Date: December 1964
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Post Office Retirement Citation for Jim B. Dickey] (open access)

[Post Office Retirement Citation for Jim B. Dickey]

Citation recognizing Jim B. Dickey's service to the United States Post Office in the wake of his retirement. It bears an insignia of man riding a horse.
Date: January 31, 1964
Creator: United States Postal Service
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Maria-Martha Verein Minutes, Volume 4, 1964-1982] (open access)

[Maria-Martha Verein Minutes, Volume 4, 1964-1982]

Records of the minutes of the Maria-Martha Verein, a civic society in Comfort, Texas. It includes a text of the group's 1956 bylaws, several loose pages of minutes, and receipts.
Date: October 4, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Bennett College] (open access)

[Client Card: Bennett College]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Bennett College (Donald Eldridge), including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast relief (19" x 13").
Date: October 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: American Leonic Manufacturing Co.] (open access)

[Client Card: American Leonic Manufacturing Co.]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the American Leonic MFG. Co. (Walter Koenig), including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast "The Last Supper" (5' x 38").
Date: June 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Elizabeth Bliss] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Elizabeth Bliss]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Elizabeth Bliss, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast entitled "Rearing Horse."
Date: April 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Cavanaugh] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Cavanaugh]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Cavanaugh, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Female Figure" (Beatrice; 33"), "Figure in Frame" (Spring; 12.5" x 6.5"), "Standing Male Figure" (10"), "Two Seated Girls" (7").
Date: 1964-04/1978-03
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Ms. Amy Blitzer] (open access)

[Client Card: Ms. Amy Blitzer]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Ms. Amy Blitzer, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included "Man and Woman on Motorcycle" (19" long x 17" high), and "Two Figures on top of the Other".
Date: 1964-05-13/1971-02-26
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: American Friends of the Hebrew University] (open access)

[Client Card: American Friends of the Hebrew University]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the American Friends of The Hebrew University (Erna Weill, Routtenberg), including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: bronze cast portrait head of Leonard Bernstein (16.5" x 12" x 11")
Date: January 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. John Beemer] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. John Beemer]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. John Beemer, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Head with Cigar and Glasses" (2 copies; 1 bronze cast, 1 plaster cast; heroic size; verde antique marble base).
Date: November 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Sydney Baron] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Sydney Baron]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Sydney Baron, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order includes multiple bronze casts of a "figure of Pan & Woman," mounted on a black marble base.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Irwin Buchler] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Irwin Buchler]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Irwin Buchler, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order includes a bronze cast of a "Seated Female Figure," made from a wax model.
Date: December 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Chapellier] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Chapellier]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Chapellier, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Figure of a Juggler" (8.5" x 6.5"; bakelite base), and "Figure of Man Holding Pants" (8.5"; bakelite base).
Date: February 1964
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History