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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
493
The Grapevine Sun
391
Rescuing Texas History, 2019
334
Frances Marion Allen Collection
159
Rescuing Texas History, 2016
80
Woman’s Wednesday Club
60
The Fort Worth Press
50
Rescuing Texas History, 2017
50
Rescuing Texas History, 2013
42
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
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[Calling Card for Dr. D. Emery-Allen]
Card with printed cursive text reading "Dr. D. Emery-Allen" on the front. Handwritten text on the back reads "Ida Burdett / Beatrix Doty / Miss Dunn."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Allen, Dr. Frances Daisy Emery
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card for Frances D. Emery, M.D.]
Card with the handwritten text: "Frances D. Emery, M.D."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Allen, Dr. Frances Daisy Emery
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen's Highland Pharmacy ledger and scrapbook]
Combination ledger/scrapbook containing handwritten sales records, financial entries, letterheads, and other documents related to Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen's medical career and pharmacy. It also includes newspaper clippings and programs, as well as personal items such as bookmarks, correspondence, greeting cards, poetry, postcards, and ephemera.
Date:
[1904..1925]
Creator:
Allen, Dr. Frances Daisy Emery
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allen Family genealogy album]
Collection of both original and reproductions of genealogy charts, documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, records, correspondence, and programs relating to the Allen family. Some records include Confederate tax receipts, state and county tax receipts, tax statements, and marriage licenses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Allen, Frances Marion
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper Brown, Jr. photographic postcard]
Photographic postcard featuring a portrait of Harper Brown, Jr. wearing a three piece suit and holding a fedora style hat at his side. His other hand rests on the arm of a bench, and a backdrop with unclear designs is behind him. The back of the postcard is printed to indicate location of correspondence, address, and stamp location. The stamp box is created by the postcard company name, Artura. Written in pencil is, "Harper Brown??"
Date:
[1910..1924]
Creator:
Artura
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harper Brown]
Cabinet card photograph of Harper Brown visible from the chest up. He has his head turned to a three-quarters profile view, and wears a long moustache. He wears a three piece suit and tie with a jeweled pin in the tie knot. The card has decorative indentations on the edges, and the studio imprint at the bottom reading, "Barron, Terrell, Texas." An inscription above the imprint and another on the back reads, "Harper Brown.'
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barron
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sybil Brown]
Cabinet card photograph of Sybil Brown, Uncle Harper's Stepdaughter. She is visible from the waist up and wears a white lace dress with a metal guitar brooch at her throat and a cross necklace. Half of her hair is pulled up and tied with a ribbon, and she looks to the left. The card has decorative scalloped edges, and at the bottom is the studio imprint in brownish ink which reads, "Barron, Terrell, Texas." On the back is the following inscription: "Sybil - Brown / Uncle Harper's step daughter."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barron
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cassie Brown with hair up]
Cabinet Card photograph of Aunt Cassie Brown seen from the chest up. She wears a dark blouse with a diagonal row of embroidery and diagonal decorative buttons making a V on her chest. She wears a key as a brooch. Bellow the image is the studio imprint reading, "Barron's Studio / Opera Block, Terrell, Texas." The back of the card has an inscription reading, "Aunt Carrie [sic] Brown / (Mrs. Harper Brown.)"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barron's Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a girl]
Cabinet card photograph of a young girl visible from the chest up. She has one elbow resting on a piece of furniture in front of her, and her cheek resting on that hand. The other hand rests on the furniture. She wears a short sleeve, light colored top, a metal bracelet, ring and necklace. He hair is styled in long ringlets with curled bangs. She is posed in a three-quarters view. The card has decorative scalloped edges and the studio imprint at the bottom reads, "Barron's Studio, Opera Block, Terrell, Tex." An inscription on the back reads, "? Stirman."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Barron's Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Annie Belle Emery Bright photograph album of house on Routh Street in Dallas]
Photograph album created by Annie Belle Emery Bright depicting life at the Emery house on Routh Street in Dallas, Texas. The majority of the images includes both exterior and interior views of the house, the barn and animals, Emery family members and friends, people working outdoors, some outdoor recreational activities, and various outdoor scenes. There are a few photographs of headstones at a cemetery and a man and woman posing with a bicycle. None of the images are labeled with identities, locations, or dates.
Date:
19XX
Creator:
Bright, Annie Belle Emery
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Football team seated on bleachers]
Photograph of an American football team seated on wooden bleachers. Some of the team wear shoulder pads under their plain long sleeve shirts. They wear breeches that go over the knee and tube socks that go up to the knee. Four men wear dark suits and hats, and another wears a white button down shirt, tie and hat. The photo is mounted to a grey board with decorative printed boarders and a printed information about Bryant Studio.
Date:
[1910..1929]
Creator:
Bryant Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allen family riding donkeys in Mineral Wells]
Photograph of five people mounted on donkeys in a rocky outcrop with a rocky mountain wall behind them. They are all dressed up, the women wearing long dresses or skirts and the man wearing a three-piece suit, and the boy at center wearing a nice jacket. All wear hats except the man, whose hat has fallen on the ground, and the boy who holds his hat. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock which has an imprint in gold on the lower left corner that reads, "Photo Car / H. Clark / Mineral Wells, / Texas." On the back is an inscription naming the individuals from right to left: "Annie Emery - Dr. J. W. Allen - Paul Emery - Dr. F.D. Emery - ?" There is also a large imprint on the back for the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway.
Date:
August 1901
Creator:
Clark, H.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young Arthur Smith]
Cabinet card photograph of a toddler with short blond hair combed to the side, and wearing a white lace gown. He sits on a whit wicker chair with decorative back. The printed image is in an oval shape. The studio imprint at the bottom of the card reads, "Cummings Studio, Kaufman, Texas." An inscription on the back reads, "Arthur Smith / Greene, Tex. / Eva Stirman older boy."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Cummings Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 13, 1859
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
April 13, 1859
Creator:
Cushing, E. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Worth High School class photograph]
Photograph of the Fort Worth High School class taken on the steps of the brick and stone building. A few students are seated in the first two rows while the rest stand. The women wear long dresses or skirts with long sleeve blouses. The men wear dark suits with ties. Some students wear hats. The photo is mounted to an off-white board with gold printed designs framing the photo and the words "The D. H. Swartz View Co., Fort Worth, Texas." The board is mounted to another board that has paper strips with typewritten text reading: "Fort Worth High School taken by D H Swartz Co. . date c 1890s Third row from top , fourth from left, above and to left of girl with rose in hand is FRANCES DAISY EMERY. Her head is tilted to her right / Her sister Annie Bell (sic) Emery is third from bottom row and third from left. She is holding the hand of a close friend Lucy Nored( later Mrs Lucy Runnels Wright)." A hand written inscription on the back reads, "1890-1894-Hi Sc" and also lists Frances and Sheila Allen's address.
Date:
189X
Creator:
D. H. Swartz View Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen Sweet Sixteen]
Cabinet card photograph of Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen wearing a blouse with a large ruffled collar and a large bow at the center of the collar. Her hair is styled in an up-do and she has small dangling earrings. At the bottom of the card, printed in gold ink is "Daniel, Ft. Worth, Texas," and in very light handwriting the words "Dr. Daisy." Handwritten on the back of the card in blue ink is ""Sweet 16" Daisy."
Date:
1892~
Creator:
Daniel
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Damaged photograph of Dr. J. W. Allen]
Photograph of Dr. James Walter Allen wearing a suit and tie. The photograph is damaged around Dr. Allen's face. The photo is mounted to a white board with scalloped edges. Red printed text at the bottom reads: "J. E. Daniel, Fort worth, Texas." Handwritten in the lower right corner is the date "1892."
Date:
1892
Creator:
Daniel, J. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three Emery Sisters]
Photograph of Annie Belle Emery Bright (looking to the side), Sue Lottie Emery, and Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen, each wearing a highly decorative dress with collar that covers the neck. They each have their hair up, and Frances wears wire rimmed glasses. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock with an oval window with a decorative embossed border. Embossed on the lower right corner of the cardstock is "Deane / Dallas / Texas." Inscription on the back reads "1902."
Date:
1902
Creator:
Deane
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dr. J. W. Allen at nineteen]
Cabinet card photograph of Dr. James Walter Allen at the age of nineteen. He wears a dark pea coat and slightly baggy pants. He leans one arm on a studio prop that looks like the end pillar of a low decorative stone wall. The backdrop is painted sky, pathway, and trees. At the bottom of the card is printed text that reads, "Ardmore. Downing, Ind. Ter." An inscription in pencil on the back of the card reads, "Father - when I was nineteen-"
Date:
1893~
Creator:
Downing
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sheila Emery Allen and Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen Elko book prints]
Yellow paper album, bound with red plastic spiral, containing three snapshots of Sheila Emery Allen and Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen. The snapshots are square with shallow, scalloped edges and rectangular holes in the top borders for the binding spiral. The first photograph shows the two women seated together on what appears to be a living room couch, with a crocheted or knitted blanket on the couch back and a side table holding a lamp and books. The second photograph shows Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen seated alone on the couch, looking at the camera with her left hand raised. The third photograph shows Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen seated alone on the couch and looking down at a glove she is holding in her hands.
Date:
195X
Creator:
Elko Photo Finishing Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[High School Diploma: Annie Belle Emery]
Diploma for Annie Belle Emery from Fort Worth High School. There is an illustrated banner at the top of the certificate including decoration around the name and an image of three women surrounded by books, musical instruments, and other objects related to art, music, science, and other educational topics.
Date:
May 21, 1897
Creator:
Fort Worth (Tex.). Public Schools.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Degree: James Walter Allen]
Medical degree certificate for James Walter Allen issued by the Fort Worth University Medical Department. There is an illustrated banner at the top of the certificate and a seal with a ribbon near the bottom.
Date:
April 7, 1898
Creator:
Fort Worth University. Medical Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Uncle Arthur Houghton]
Cabinet card photograph of Uncle Arthur Houghton with moustache and wearing a three piece suit and thin white tie. The card is printed in so that the photograph looks as if it's on a piece of paper that is curling at the top and bottom edges, and sits inside of a dark window on the card. The edges of the card are scalloped, and the lower front has a studio imprint reading, "E. W. Fortune / Los Angeles, Cal. 239 1/2 South Spring Street." An inscription on the back reads, "Uncle Arthur Houghton."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Fortune, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Archie Tucker]
Photograph of Archie Tucker, Ada Wren's son. He is visible from the chest up and wears a dark suit and tie. The photo is cut into a narrow oval and mounted on a cream colored board which has the studio imprint at the bottom right reading, "Gentry / Dallas." The back of the card has many inscriptions reading, "F.D. Emery / Ada Waa's son / Archie Tucker Dallas / Granma Emery's (cousin Mug's) grandson."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Gentry
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History