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The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1948 (open access)

The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1948

Weekly newspaper from Llano, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 20, 1948
Creator: Collins, Will
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from Drs. Lowrey to U. D. Maxwell, 1948] (open access)

[Receipt from Drs. Lowrey to U. D. Maxwell, 1948]

Receipt from Drs. Lowrey to U. D. Maxwell showing Maxwell paid the amount of $3.00.
Date: June 14, 1948
Creator: Lowrey
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of First Methodist Church of Dublin, Texas]

Photograph of the First Methodist Church building in Dublin, Texas.
Date: September 2, 1948
Creator: Rogers, J. R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy] (open access)

[Client Card: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Flight of Night."
Date: August 1948
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Bronze Incorporated] (open access)

[Client Card: Bronze Incorporated]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Bronze Incorporated (Leonard Grosse), including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces include: plaque (2 copies; 56" x 16"), plaque (2 copies; 24" x 12"), "Lily Pads and Frogs," "Aviator" (2 copies), "Dutch Group" (24" x 13", 28" x 18" at the pails; base 35"), fountain, "Boystown Figs" (3 copies), "Bible" (66" x 44"), "Last Supper," "Boystown Figures" (2 copies), bookends (2 copies), modern sculpture (3 copies), "Christ," racing trophy (6.5" x 13.5" x 8.5"), several figures, abstract, William H. Peck plaque, Luther Bust (2 copies; 38" x 33"), "Eagle" (42"), "Bust of Colonel R. R. McCormick" (2 copies; 30"), "Monk and Lady" bookends, "Dead Dog," and "Christ Plaque" (60" x 34").
Date: May 1948
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Kenneth Campbell] (open access)

[Client Card: Kenneth Campbell]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Kenneth Campbell, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: soldier bust (2 copies), portrait head (23"), portrait bust (21"), "Bust of Chief Joseph" (25" x 19" x 11"), portrait bust (22" x 14" x 8"), female portrait bust (25" x 18"), portrait bust (14.5" x 7.5"), figures, portrait heads, and eagle (48" x 26" x 15").
Date: 1948-10/1984-09
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Annette Cave] (open access)

[Client Card: Miss Annette Cave]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Annette Cave, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: Bear (2 copies; 5.5"), Colt (2 copies; 5.5"), Boxers, Railroad Workers, and Colt (2 copies).
Date: 1948-08/1950-10
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Mary R. Birch] (open access)

[Client Card: Miss Mary R. Birch]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Mary R. Birch, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces include "Head" (4 copies, chrome plate, 5"), "Horses Head" (7 copies, 6 bronze casts, 1 plaster cast).
Date: 1948-08/1950-08
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Henry Berge] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Henry Berge]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Henry Berge, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Portrait Head" (2 copies; 1 bronze cast, 1 plaster cast; 12.75"), "Von Paris Plaque" (18.5" diameter), "Grave Plate" (18.5" x 8.5"), "Portrait Head with Small Shoulders" (11.25"), "Plaque with Four Rosettes" (18" x 10"), "Small Plaque" (20.25" x 7.25"), "Plaque of Dr. Blaylock" (25.5" x 20.25"), "Female Portrait Bust" (15"), "Large Sea Urchin", "Plaque" (2 copies; 18" diameter), "Male Portrait Head" (12.5" x 7.5"), "Sea Urchin on a Shell" (7'; repair), "Portrait Head" (12.75"), "Portrait Head Von Paris" (12.75"), "Large Sea Urchin", "Wild Flower" (18"), "Plaque of M.A. Offit'" (15.5" x 20.5"), "Portrait Relief" (33.5" x 38.75"), "Portrait Bust" (25.5" x 16" at shoulder), "Plaque" (15.5"), "Frederick Plaque" (21.25" x 7.25"), "Portrait Plaque of Blumenthal" (21" x 26"), "Large Sea Urchin" (6'6.75"), "Plaque" (5" x 18.5"), "Portrait Plaque of Blumenthal" (15" diameter), "Portrait Plaque of Mr. Hampshire" (21" x 26"), "Blaustein Relief" (2 copies; 30" x 40"), "Plaque of J.C. Legg", "Plaque" (15" x 10.5"), "Plaque" (30.25" x 23"), "Grave Plaque" (20.5" x 7.5"), "Plaque" (Portrait in Relief; 38" …
Date: 1948-01/1977-09
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy with a Cow]

Photograph of a boy kneeling next to a beef calf and holding a ribbon which says "Grand Champion Beef." He is at the annual Travis County Food and Livestock show in Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date: 1948
Creator: Ross Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys and Men with Beef Calves]

Photograph of men and boys kneeling next to their beef calves in front of wooden pens at the 1948 Travis County Food and Livestock Show in Rosewood Park in Austin. Doris Miller Auditorium is partially visible in the background.
Date: 1948
Creator: Ross Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Nora Maness] (open access)

[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Nora Maness]

Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The light gray ticket bears the signature and photograph of Nora Maness. In the photo, Maness wears a white blouse and stands in front of a painted backdrop. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from nine to twenty-four. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.
Date: 1948
Creator: State Fair of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Association Application: Everett Thomas Duncan, MD] (open access)

[Medical Association Application: Everett Thomas Duncan, MD]

Application submitted by Dr. Everett Thomas Duncan for membership in the Texas Medical Association. It includes background related to education, specialties, and other professional information.
Date: 1948~
Creator: Texas Medical Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Journal of Medicine, Volume 44, Number 3, July 1948 (open access)

Texas State Journal of Medicine, Volume 44, Number 3, July 1948

Journal of the State Medical Association of Texas which includes articles, editorials, and news related to state physicians. Pages of advertisements come before and after the body of journal articles.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Texas Medical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1948 Fire]

Photograph of firemen wading through water near equipment covered with sheets.
Date: March 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

T. A. Mayes

Photograph of Thomas A. Mayes, a Travis County Agricultural Agent with the Negro Extension Service.
Date: 1948~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ben Griffin Auto Fire]

Photograph of a two story white brick building at 1601 South Ervay with black smoke engulfing the roof while two firemen operate a hose at the top of a ladder.
Date: June 3, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Birthday Greeting Card]

Birthday greeting card with a red ribbon running through it. The card has a picture of an older woman surrounded with a wreath of flowers, and includes text: "Greetings from 'Mama Sue' on her ninetieth birthday, December 25, 1948."
Date: December 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy with a Cow]

Photograph of a boy squatting next to a cow and holding a ribbon. Most likely he is at an annual Travis County Food and Livestock show in Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date: 1948~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy with a Prize Winning Pig]

Photograph of a young boy posing with his show pig and holding a first place ribbon at the Fourth Annual Travis County Food and Livestock Show.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire at Burris Lumber Company]

Photograph of men standing in debris spraying water at the Burris Lumber Company fire.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Spraying Water at Fire]

Photograph of firemen spraying water at the Southern Land and Lumber Company fire in Beaumont, Texas. There is lumber on the ground, and more firefighters are visible in the background.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fireman on Wood Pile]

Photograph of a group of firemen standing on top of a pile of wood at the Southern Land and Lumber Company in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firemen Inside Building]

Photograph of a large group of men wearing helmets, disrobing from their emergency gear.
Date: March 30, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History