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[Clipping: Arrow Shows You How to Tie a Tie] (open access)

[Clipping: Arrow Shows You How to Tie a Tie]

Clipping from a magazine featuring an advertisement from Arrow about their new line of ties with step-by-step grayscale images and instructions for tying a four-in-hand knot. Below the instructions, there is a color image of the necktie designs that are available with text explaining that Arrow shirts are guaranteed to coordinate with their tie designs. A portion of a car advertisement is visible on the back, including an image of a yellow car stopped near a curb where a number of people are waiting in fancy dress clothing.
Date: 1937~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Marsh Type PF-1 Centrifugal Fire Pumps, Gasoline Engine Driven (open access)

American Marsh Type PF-1 Centrifugal Fire Pumps, Gasoline Engine Driven

Pamphlet advertising American-Marsh portable PF-1 water pump for firefighting. It includes information about the use of the pump, various specifications and maintenance requirements, and brief descriptions of other pumps sold by the company. There are handwritten notes in green ink on the inside pages.
Date: March 27, 1937
Creator: American Steam Pump Company
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Ace Sleuths] (open access)

[Clipping: Ace Sleuths]

Newspaper clipping featuring an illustrated comic “Ace Sleuths” featuring J. Frank Norfleet of the Hale Center, Texas tracking down five confidence men who swindled $80,000 of his money. On the back of the illustrated comic there is an article describing a 1937 murder case and an advertisement.
Date: 1937
Creator: Allen, Stookie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Average Head - Capacity Curve: Hale Universal Pumper

Detailed intersecting line-graph that shows a motor’s revolution per minute (R.P.M) and the head capacity of a generator. The left side of the graph shows the “Pressure in Pounds per Square Inch” starting at 80 and increases by 20 until 280. On the right side of the graph portrays the Motor and Pump R.P.M starting at 2000 and increasing by 100 until 3400.
Date: June 21, 1937
Creator: Hale Fire Pump Co., Inc.
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for an Unknown Item] (open access)

[Receipt for an Unknown Item]

Receipt for an unknown item for forty-six dollars and sixty cents ($46.60).
Date: January 18, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for General Motors Acceptance Corporation] (open access)

[Receipt for General Motors Acceptance Corporation]

Receipt for a payment made to General Motors Acceptance Corporation in San Antonio for $46.60.
Date: February 20, 1937
Creator: Muller, C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for a Cash Payment for Twenty Dollars] (open access)

[Receipt for a Cash Payment for Twenty Dollars]

Receipt for the cash payment of twenty dollars and zero cents from Alex “Tex” Bradford to the Kinsel Motor Company. On the back of the receipt shows the total amount of money remaining before the item becomes paid off totaling to $166
Date: July 3, 1937
Creator: Kinsel Motor Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Payment at Kinsell Motors] (open access)

[Receipt for Payment at Kinsell Motors]

Receipt for a payment made by Tex Bradford to Kinsel Motors in San Antonio for $46.60.
Date: January 5, 1937
Creator: Kinsel Motor Compnay
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for a Payment to Chevrolet for Thirty Dollars] (open access)

[Receipt for a Payment to Chevrolet for Thirty Dollars]

Receipt for a Payment to Chevrolet for Thirty Dollars – Receipt for the payment of thirty dollars and zero cents by Alex “Tex” Bradford to the Chevrolet Motor Company.
Date: July 20, 1937
Creator: Chevrolet Motor Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for a Payment to Kinsel Motor Company - February 2, 1937] (open access)

[Receipt for a Payment to Kinsel Motor Company - February 2, 1937]

Receipt for a payment of $46.60 made by Alex “Tex” Bradford to the Kinsel Motors Group in San Antonio, Texas. Payment was made by check with a total amount of $88.11 with a remaining balance of $41.51. In the top right corner of the document is a faded purple stamp that reads, “THIS PAYMENT ACCEPTED FOR AND SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF GMAC.”.
Date: February 4, 1937
Creator: Kinsel Motor Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Receipt for a Cash Payment of $4660.00] (open access)

[Receipt for Receipt for a Cash Payment of $4660.00]

Receipt for a payment of $4,660 made by Alex “Tex” Bradford to the Kinsel Motor Company in San Antonio, Texas. Payment was made by check with a total amount of $8,257 with a remaining balance of $3,597. In the top left corner of the document is a faded purple stamp that reads, “THIS PAYMENT ACCEPTED FOR AND SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF GMAC.”.
Date: March 5, 1937
Creator: Kinsel Motor Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for a Cash Payment by Alex Bradford] (open access)

[Receipt for a Cash Payment by Alex Bradford]

Receipt for a partial cash payment Alex Bradford to the Kinsel Motor Company, for a total of twenty dollars and zero cents ($20.00). A handwritten note in blue colored pencil that reads, "aug 6 cc, Lockhart".
Date: August 6, 1937
Creator: Kinsel Motor Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Registration Certificate for a 1935 Chevy Truck] (open access)

[Texas Registration Certificate for a 1935 Chevy Truck]

Texas registration certificate for a 1935 Chevrolet truck owned by Alex “Tex” Bradford. The registration certificate features additional information featuring the old license number, the new license number the engine number, the total weight, the total carrying capacity, and the total gross weight.
Date: March 18, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tiny Tot Program]

Photograph of the scenery at a Tiny Tot program in 1937. A group of children are seen playing around some trees and a few adults are with them.
Date: March 29, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History