[Mexican Church at Angleton]

Photograph of the Mexican Church at Angleton. The church is a wooden building with large windows along the side, and there are five members of a Sunday School class standing in front. The following is handwritten on the back: "Mex. church at Angleton. Because of rain these were the only ones present, but we had Sunday School anyhow." The photo is dated 12/27/36.
Date: December 27, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a group of unknown people]

Portrait of a group of unknown people in front of an unidentified building. There are men and women in the group, and more people looking over the railing to the right. The women are wearing dresses, and three people are holding books. The "Stewart Photo Co." stamp on the back dates the photograph to August 31, 1936.
Date: August 31, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Bay City Mexican Church members]

Photograph of a group of Bay City Mexican Church members. The group includes men, women, and children. Two of the little girls on the front row are holding baby dolls. They are posing in front of the church. According to the information on the back, the photograph was taken on December 27, 1936. The name Esparza is written on the back, but it is not clear whether or not this person is in the photograph.
Date: December 27, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members and children of the Bay City Mexican Church]

Photograph of a group of members and children of the Bay City Mexican Church. The group is posing in front of the church, and two of the little girls in front are holding baby dolls. The name of the church, in Spanish, is partly visible on the sign above the entrance. According to the information on the back of the photograph, it was taken on December 27, 1936.
Date: December 27, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[E. B. de Vacaciones]

Photograph of a large group of children and some adults. The children are of varying ages with the youngest in the front. Some of the girls are holding dolls, and three of the women in the back row are holding books. They are posing in front of a wooden building. The following is written above the picture: "To Rev. R. D. Campbell." The following is written on the back: "E. B. de Vacaciones del 1 al 21 de 1936. 82 niños matriculado, con 10 ayudantes. S. G. Ramirez."
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Women Dressed for Church]

Photograph of two ladies standing together and smiling at the camera. The women are wearing long dresses, decorative hats, and high heels. They are facing toward the right-hand side of the image. There us a two-story building lined with windows visible in the background. The image is surrounded by a decorative border, and there is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "Two loyal friends of the Mexican work. Mrs. W.W. Downing, Mrs. Stella Campbell of Corpus Christi".
Date: December 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[School Children in Gonzales, Texas]

Photograph of Hispanic school children in Gonzales, Texas standing in a group for a class picture. The children are all dressed in semi-formal attire; the girls are wearing light dresses, shirts and skirts, and the boys are wearing light shirts and matching dress pants with belts. Behind the group trees are visible as well as a small part of a white house. The photograph has a black decorative border around it and handwriting on the bottom that reads, "FiBidev. Gon. 1936". There is also handwriting on the back that reads, "Gonzales DVBS- 1936" and "6". There is a stamp at the top of the back that reads, "Trlica Studio Headquarters For School Supplies Gonzales, Texas".
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stone Slab Near Water]

Color slide of a stone slab on a grassy hill, a short distance away from a body of water. The slab is center right, and bears an inscription just below a high relief wreath enclosing a five-pointed star. The inscription reads: "Site of A settlement made in 1851 by 20 Mormon families under the leadership of Lyman Wight 1796-1858 * * Here they built homes, lumber mills, and shops for the manufacture of furniture * Abandoned in 1853" A smaller line of text below reads: "Erected by the State of Texas 1936" Accompanying information names the settlement Mormon Mill.
Date: 1936/..
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Graduation ceremony at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church]

Photograph of a graduation ceremony at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in 1936. Children, from left to right: Lorenzo Peguero ; Jose Luera ; Antonio Martinez ; Justo Molino ; Reyes Lisea ; William Guillen ; Jose Maria Martinez ; Antonio Cano ; Inconception Estrada ; Dolores Paramo ; Carmen Cano. Seated, Father Ladislado Lopez.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1936 School Grades 8-9

Photograph of the Danevang School class of 1936, consisting of adolescent boys and girls, in front of a building. Three windows are seen in the back. The seated front row, from left to right, has been identified as Jack Wind, Herolf Jensen, Viggo Hermansen, Leo Allenson, Dorothy Mae Krenek, Magdalene Thyssen, Dagmar Thyssen, Merle Longwood, and Ingeborg Thyssen. The second row, from left to right: Mr. Elvin Praytor, Fatty (Ernie) Invardsen, unknown, Pearl Juhl, and Johanna Larsen. Third row, from left to right: Dorabell Hansen, Ella Nielsen, Magdalene Thyssen, Johanna Harton, Edith Jensen, and Mrs. Laure Praytor. The back row, from left to right: Leo Westerholm, Otto Thyssen, Willard Longwood, Henry Nielsen, unknown, Harry Hermansen, Siguard Thyssen, and unknown.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mother & Daughter

Copy print of a mother and daughter inside a body of water. The child has been identified as Elsie Lee Christiansen and the woman, as Ester Knudsen Hutson. The woman is waist-deep in the water, wearing what appears to be a towel tied around her neck over a bathing suit. The girl stands next to her on the left, knee-deep in the water wearing a striped one-piece swimsuit. She cocks her head to the left and smiles at the camera. Accompanying information states they were at a family picnic.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1936 Confirmation

Black and white photograph of a confirmation class standing in front of the [Danevang Lutheran Church]. A mixture of boys and girls dressed in formal attire are arranged on the steps before the church building which has the inscription "ANS GAR KIRKE" written on the arched window above its doors. Two other windows on either side of the doors are visible behind the group.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1936 Confirmation

Black and white photo depicting the girls of the confirmation class of 1936 standing on the steps of the [Danevang Lutheran Church]. The girls, who are all wearing white dresses, are arranged in two rows. They are accompanied by a man in a dark suit and tie identified as Pastor A.E. Frost. Behind the group, the church doors and a faint inscription above it as well as two windows are visible.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1936 Confirmation

Black and white photo of the girls and boys of the 1936 confirmation class standing in front of the [Danevang Lutheran Church]. The girls stand front and center of the boys and Pastor Frost. The church doors and two windows are visible behind them.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1936 Confirmation Class of Danevang Lutheran Church]

Black and white photograph of an all-male confirmation class. The group of eleven boys are standing on the concrete steps in front of a white building, identified as Danevang Lutheran Church, featuring two windows and a set of doors with an arched window over it. They are all wearing suits and ties. Their pastor, Pastor A.E. Frost, stands directly behind them. The lawn surrounding the church is visible on either side of the class. A decorative, linear border frames the image.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hansen Family Portrait]

Copy negative of a black and white photograph of a family posed for a portrait in front of the house of their patriarch, Niels Hansen. There are 14 people in all; 7 are men, 5 are women, and 2 are a young boy and a young girl. They are arranged in several rows in front of a small, wire-fenced garden that is visible behind their legs. Two sets of windows are discernible directly behind them.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danevang School, Class of 1936, Grades 8-9]

A copy negative of a black and white photograph depicting grades 8-9 of the Danevang School in 1936. There are four discernible rows of people; the arrangement is a mixture of males and females. The man on the very left of the second row, wearing a suit and tie, is Principal Laure Praytor. His wife, teacher Inez Praytor, stands on the right end of the third row. The girls all wear dresses while the boys are wearing button-up shirts and pants. The entire group is posed in front of a white building, identified as the Danevang School. The building's exterior facade and three windows are visible.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Philosophical Society of Texas (open access)

The Philosophical Society of Texas

Text discussing the history, purposes and new by-laws of The Philosophical Society of Texas as of May 31st, 1936. The first page contains an excerpt of the meeting summary published in the Telegraph and Texas Register for the first meeting of the society and the original signatures of the founding members are on pages four through five.
Date: May 1936
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History