[Portrait of Crystal Daniel Wetenkamp]

Portrait of Crystal Daniel Wetenkamp visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored long-sleeved dress with intricate thread work on the collar and kerchief. A hand-written note on the back reads, "Crystal Daniel Wetenkamp, 10 years, Jan. 21 - 94."
Date: February 21, 1894
Creator: Roberts
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Axtell Railroad Station]

Postcard sent to Miss Loudie George in Houston, Texas. The image on the front features a photograph of the Axtell Railroad Station on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas with three women and a man standing outside the entrance. Buildings are visible in the background. A note written on the back is dated November 2, 1910 and says "I arrived home Tuesday morning and made an auto trip to [...] via Moody got home at 10 last night will be in Waco again tomorrow May get to see you in Waco or I may have an exhibit there during the Cotton Palace They are decorating the business houses already"
Date: November 12, 1910
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Muster Roll: 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry] (open access)

[Muster Roll: 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry]

Revised muster roll for the 21st Texas Volunteer Infantry of the Confederate Army. This contains the names of the officers and the enlisted men who were a part of the company, as well as their fates.
Date: January 1, 1921
Creator: Cox, James C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gulf Coast Baptist (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1941 (open access)

The Gulf Coast Baptist (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1941

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes news of interest to Baptist churches and Baptists in Houston and the Gulf Coast area of South Texas along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 1941
Creator: Held, John A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diploma for Sidney Miller] (open access)

[Diploma for Sidney Miller]

Diploma certifying that Sidney Miller is a certified ferry pilot via Aviation Enterprises.
Date: April 24, 1943
Creator: Aviation Enterprises
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alliance Ambulance Inc. Patch]

Patch from Alliance Ambulance Inc. The rectangular patch has a white background and green edging. "Alliance Ambulance Inc." is written in green along the top and bottom edge. The center contains a green and black image of a diamond split into four sections by an "I."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baytown, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Baytown, Texas fire department. The wedge-shaped patch has a black background with amber edging. "Baytown" is written in white above a central image of a Florian Cross. The cross has red points, white borders, and an orange center containing the image of Texas and a billowing Texas flag. "Fire Rescue" is written in the vertical points, while the horizontal points contain a fire hydrant, pike, and ladder. A flame is located on either side of the cross.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baytown, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Baytown, Texas fire department. The bell-shaped patch has a dark blue background and yellow lettering and edging. "Duncanville Fire Dept." is written along the top and bottom. A Florian Cross is located in the center.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bellaire, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Bellaire, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a dark blue background with golden edging. A Florian Cross with white points and a dark blue center dominates the patch. "Bellaire" is written in white in the center and "Fire Dept." is written in blue across the vertical points. Blue illustrations of a hydrant, a hook, and a ladder appear in the horizontal points.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clear Lake City, Texas Emergency Medical Corps Patch]

Patch from the Clear Lake City, Texas emergency medical corps with a white background and blue edging. "Clear Lake Emergency Medical Corps" is written in red across the top and bottom of the rounded rectangular patch. A red and winged rod with a snake curled around it appears in the center of a blue representation of Clear Lake's borders.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clear Lake City, Texas Emergency Medical Corps Patch]

Patch from the Clear Lake City, Texas emergency medical corps with a white background and blue edging. "Clear Lake Emergency Medical Corps" is written in red across the top and bottom of the rounded rectangular patch. A red and winged rod with a snake curled around it appears in the center of a blue representation of Clear Lake's borders.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cloverleaf, Texas Volunteer Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Cloverleaf, Texas volunteer fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a yellow background and black edging. "Cloverleaf Fire Dept. Texas Est. 1952" is written in black on the edges of the patch. A green cloverleaf containing "Vol" sits in the center of the patch.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crosby, Texas Fire Rescue Patch]

Patch from the Crosby, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a dark blue background in its top and bottom sections and yellow edging. "Crosby Tx. Fire-Rescue" is written in yellow across these sections. The center section features a scene of the Warner Brothers character, "Tasmanian Devil," coming down a road during a storm. He is wearing a fire helmet while holding a hydraulic rescue tool and an axe. A fire hose is spraying water in front of him.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cypress Creek, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Cypress Creek area of Houston, Texas fire department. The triangular patch has a dark blue background with yellow edging. "Cypress Creek Houston Texas" is written in yellow along the top and bottom of the patch. A red Florian Cross with white edging covers the center.. "Fire Rescue" is written in yellow over the top and bottom points. A yellow and black "fire scramble" appears in the center of the cross
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cypress, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Cypress, Texas fire department with a red and white background and blue edging. "Cy-Fair Fire Dept." is written in white across the top, middle, and bottom sections of the rectangular patch. The word "Cy-Fair" is between two white semicircles. The top semicircle has the image of a ladder and hook crossed over each other. The bottom semicircle contains a red fire hydrant.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Deer Park, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Deer Park, Texas fire department. The shield-shaped patch has a black background with red and gold edging. "Deer Park Fire Dept." is written in gold across the top and bottom of the patch. A Florian Cross in the center of the patch has golden points connected by a red circle. "Texas" is written in the lower point. A grey bird flies in front of the top point which has an American and a Texas flag projecting upward. The center of the patch bears a silver star surrounded by a golden laurel.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eastex Freeway, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Houston, Texas fire marshal. The rectangular patch has yellow edging and a blue, red, and white background in the approximation of a Texas flag. A Florian Cross on the blue field contains a "fire scramble" and the words "Est. 1977." Two fire axes bearing the words "Courage" and "Honor" on their heads are crossed over the middle of the patch. "Eastex Fire Dept." is written across fire hoses that are wrapped around the axes' handles.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harris County, Texas Emergency Corps Patch]

Patch from the Harris County Emergency Corps. The round patch has a white background and blue edging. The outer ring has "Harris County Emergency Corps" written in blue. An inner circle is outline in blue, says "Emergency Rescue First Aid" in red, and contains a blue and yellow cross.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Highlands, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Highlands, Texas fire department. The cross shaped patch has a navy blue background and golden edging. "Highlands," "Fire," "Rescue," and "EMS" are written inside of the points. The center bears the image of a yellow and red "fire scramble" and a blue Star of Life.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Highlands, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Highlands, Texas fire department with a dark silver background and dark blue edging. "Highlands Texas Fire Dept" is written in blue across the top and bottom of the shield-shaped patch. A red and yellow image of an antique fire pump.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Houston, Texas Fire Department Arson Division Patch]

Patch from the Houston, Texas fire department arson division. The shield-shaped patch has a dark blue background and black and golden edging. "Houston Arson" is written along the top and bottom. A green circle containing "City of Houston" and "Space City U.S.A." forms a ring around a globe crossed with red lines.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Houston, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Houston, Texas fire department. The patch has yellow edging, a blue outer background, and an inner background that is partially pale blue and partially the blue, white, and red of a Texas flag. "Houston Fire-EMS Rescue" is written along the outer edge in yellow. The flag background contains a yellow illustration of a skyline. The light blue background contains a white Florian Cross. The top point of this cross contains "1838," the left point contains a Star of Life, the bottom point contains a hazardous material symbol, and the right point contains a hook and ladder. An illustration of Texas appears in the center of the cross.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Houston, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Houston, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a dark blue background and yellow edging. A cross with white points occupies most of the patch. "Houston" is written in the center and "Fire Dept." is written across the top and bottom points. Images of a fire hydrant and a crossed hook and ladder appear in the horizontal points.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Houston, Texas Fire Department Patch]

Patch from the Tyler, Texas fire department. The circular patch has a black background and golden edging. A Florian Cross with white points and a black center covers the patch. "Houston Fire Dept." is written vertically over the cross. Images of a fire hydrant and a crossed hook and ladder appear in the horizontal points.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History