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[Diana Campbell Parr]

A photograph of Diana Campbell Parr, daughter of privateer James Campbell and wife of Solomon Parr. Mrs. Campbell is wearing a long-sleeved, full-length dark dress with a bow at the neck and gloves.
Date: 1840~/1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Henry Wilcox]

A photograph of a sketch of Henry Wilcox, an early settler of Shoal Point. In the sketch, Mr. Wilcox is wearing a dark suit coat, a white shirt and black bow tie.
Date: [1840..1853]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The family of Helen Edmunds Moore around 1890]

Twelve family members are gathered for a photograph in front of a brick building with a porch. On the left, two men sit on a cane loveseat, while two women and one man stand behind them. On the right, an older man and woman sit on another loveseat. A younger man sits next to them in a cane chair and four younger individuals stand posed behind them. All are dressed in formal clothes - the women in long dark dresses or suits, the men in three piece suits.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The family of Helen Edmunds Moore around 1890]

A group of six women and four men are gathered in an outside location, four standing and the rest sitting, for this group photograph. All are dressed in formal clothes - the men are wearing suits, the women wear long dark dresses or long-sleeved white blouses and long skirts.
Date: 1890
Creator: Patterson, R. S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sepha Helen Edmunds in a school photograph in 1891]

A group photograph of school children, including Helen Edmunds Moore, at the age of 11. Twenty-nine children, including both boys and girls, are arranged in three rows for the group photograph. The children are dressed in dress clothing, with the girls wearing long dresses, and the boys wearing long-sleeved shirts and dark pants. Some of the girls wear pinafores over their dresses; some of the boys wear suit jackets. One child, in the middle of the picture, is noticeably younger than the others and still wears the long white clothes of a very young child. Boys in the first row sit cross-legged on the ground. Helen Edmunds Moore is in the second row, fourth from the left with a handwritten "x me" below her torso. On the back of the photograph is written: "Jack Louden, Ed Sitzler, Clifford Everett, Tod Kirk, Robert Henry Heraker 1891 Nina Fyfe, Nellie Sharp, Josie Fish, Daisy Eteen, Susie [Eteen], Gladys Jacobs, Mariah Deathrige, Ora Zeigler, Zelma Eldridge, Lettie Chandler, Jennie Gray, Sepha Helen Edmunds 11 years of age." Stamped on the back of the photograph is "W. W. Graham, View Artist, 1431 Walnut St., Tel. 1440, Kansas City, Mo."
Date: 1891
Creator: Graham, W. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of Bob Wedell]

A formal portrait of Bob Wedell in a three-piece suit and tie. On the back of the photograph is written: "Bob Wedell."
Date: [1895..1903]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore]

A formal portrait of Helen Edmunds at the age of 15. She is wearing her long hair up on top of her head and is wearing a white or pastel formal dress. This appears to be a debutante portrait. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "Sepha Edmunds 1896 Kansas City Mo."
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore]

A formal portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore. Her hair is cut short and falls in soft waves. She is wearing a sheer black dress with a scalloped lace neckline. Based on other photographs, she appears to be in her teens or early twenties.
Date: [1897..1906]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Wedell]

Bob Wedell, dressed in a white shirt, dark pants and tie, stands with one hand on his hip outside. Behind him can be seen a house, some trees and a fence. There is a black area on the print from the left center to the center bottom of the image.
Date: [1900..1903]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of Col. Hugh B. Moore]

A portrait of Col. Hugh B. Moore in a dark suit jacket, white shirt and bow tie.
Date: [1900..1913]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of Col. Hugh B. Moore]

A portrait of Col. Hugh B. Moore wearing a dark suit, a white shirt and a dark bow tie.
Date: [1900..1913]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of Col. Hugh B. Moore]

A professional full-length portrait of Col. Hugh B. Moore. He is dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and dark bow tie, with the jacket unbuttoned, and wears a hat on his head. He holds a partially smoked cigar in his left hand.
Date: [1900..1913]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of Col. Hugh B. Moore]

A studio portrait of young Hugh Benton Moore in a relaxed pose. He is wearing a dark suit with the jacket unbuttoned, a white shirt and a dark bow tie. The photograph shows a frontal, seated pose, with his hands lightly folded in his lap.
Date: [1900..1910]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore]

A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore on a postcard trimmed to smaller size. To the right of the portrait is handwritten "Kansas City 1901." Helen Edmunds is wearing a white long-sleeved blouse and a long dark skirt. She has a black ascot at her neckline. She is wearing a large black hat with a white brim. The hat has a black bow on the right side.
Date: 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two-room school in Texas City in the early 1900's]

Over 100 children, from early elementary through high school, pose in front of a school. The school is a one-story school, built of wood, built in 1901 on Fifth Street in Texas City.
Date: [1901..1910]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lot and Block Book of Texas City, Galveston County (open access)

Lot and Block Book of Texas City, Galveston County

Lot and block maps of Texas, City, Texas, 1902-1911: showing names of property owners, dimensions, lot numbers, block numbers, and street number of each block.
Date: 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Davison family in the early 1900's]

A group photograph of the Davison family in front of the Davison home. On the back of the photograph is written: "L-R Christine D. (Jones), Margaret D. (Grainger), Florence Davison, Florence D. (Hart), Don Davison, Frank B. Davison, Perry A. Davison, George O. Davison, Gere D. (Kilgore). and "(approx. 1906)."
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An ice cream social at the First Methodist Church in Texas City around 1909]

Three young ladies, dressed in white shirtfronts, lockets and long white skirts are sitting on chairs in a room eating ice cream. A young man, dressed in a dark suit jacket and plaid pants, eats ice cream from a large ladle. The ice cream tin and an extra plate sit on a wooden chair in front of the young ladies. The room holds other wooden chairs and a podium, behind the people. A map of the United States and a framed certificate are on the back wall. The room appears to be either a church or a court room. On the reverse of the photograph is written "Rev. Germany eating cream. Misses Whitney, Christine Davison and some other young lady. Note: Rev. Germany pastor of 1st Methodist Episcopal Church 1906 - 1909."
Date: [1906..1909]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore]

A formal portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore at age 25. She has styled her hair up on top of her head, and wears a formal dress with a pocket watch pinned to the left breast and a high-necked blouse. She is seated in the portrait and is looking to her right. On the back of the photograph is written: "Sepha (Helen) Moore 1906."
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Board of Trade Building in early Texas City]

A photograph of the Texas City Board of Trade building in the early 1900's. The building is three stories high with Texas City National Bank and Goodson Drugstore on the ground floor at the right of the building. On the front of the building are large letters spelling "BOARD OF TRADE". On the side of the building with the bank and drugstore entrances and the letters "T C E L & W C O". Five automobiles and parked around the building. A number of men dressed in suits and hats are gathered outside the building.
Date: [1907..1908]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Colonel Hugh Benton Moore, Captain A. B. Wolvin and others at the Texas City docks around 1907]

A group of seven businessmen stand on the Texas City dock. Behind them can be seen a large cargo ship docked. To the left of the picture, stands a warehouse building. An automobile is parked near the men. The driver, in long white coat, hat and gloves stands by the front left fender. The first man in the line of seven, with the numeral "1" written underneath on the photograph, is identified as Captain Wolvin of Duluth; he leans on the right front of the car. Col. Hugh B. Moore, carrying a coat is the man fifth from the left, and is identified with the numeral "2" on the photograph. On the back of the photograph is written: "Number I Captain Wolvin of Duluth [Number] 2 - H. B. Moore - General Manager for Company Interests in Texas City - about 1907 - taken at dock."
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A portrait of Col. Hugh B. Moore in uniform]

A posed photograph of Col. Hugh B. Moore in Army uniform. This photograph was taken before Col. Moore's service in World War I, as he does not wear his military decorations on his uniform jacket. In the portrait, Col. Moore is seated, holding his military cap in his lap.
Date: [1908..1914]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas City Post Office in 1908]

A photographic print of the Texas City Post Office in 1908. The second building from the left along a dirt road, the post office is a two story wooden building with a flat roof and a porch. To the left of the post office is a large two story house with a fenced hard. To the right of the post office, down the road from the post office are several two story buildings. On the photograph, in front of the building with the flat roof, is written :"P. O."
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas City Times. (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 1, 1909 (open access)

Texas City Times. (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 1, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Texas City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History