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[Documents Related to Heirship of Betty Jean C. Johnson]
Collection of documents related to the estates and mineral rights transferred to Betty Jean Johnson including affidavits of heirship from her mother (Frances Chambers) and aunt (Lotus Gohmert), receipts documenting the court recording for these forms, a copy of the official warranty deed regarding mineral rights owned by Chambers and Gohmert, and related notes. The documents were in an envelope sent from the Roosevelt County clerk (New Mexico) to Mrs. Donald C. Johnson Sr. in Texas, with a handwritten label identifying the documents.
Date:
1991~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement: The Texas Automatic Wagon Brake]
Flyer advertising an automatic wagon brake, with an illustration and text about the brake and an offer to sell it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[American Carpenter and Builder Envelope]
Envelope pre-printed with the Chicago address and advertising information for the American Carpenter and Builder company, the "Largest Corps of Competent Editors and Contributors."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#1]
Blank application to join the Association American Inventors of Philadelphia, signed by the president, George (Geo.) H. Holgate.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Assciation American Inventors of Philadelphia
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Application for Honorary Membership in Association American Inventors, Philadelphia [#2]
Blank application to join the Association American Inventors of Philadelphia, signed by the president, George (Geo.) H. Holgate.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Assciation American Inventors of Philadelphia
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Brochure Advertising Shares for Duke of Dublin Oil Company]
Pamphlet outlining information about the Duke of Dublin Oil Company including the organization and officers, holdings, and business proposal, with a form for investors to buy shares of the stock.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duke of Dublin Oil Company
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Quick Service Garage]
Business card with the company name "Quick Service Garage" above the text "We Repair, Wash and [Re]store Cars" as well as an address in Dallas and a phone number that has been handwritten on the lower left corner.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Calling Card: Harry Lazarus]
Card with the name "Harry A. Lazarus" printed in the center. Written below in purple ink: "302 1/2 N. Ak[...] St. 2nd Floor."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check Receipt Book: 1921]
Booklet of check stubs listing information about each check that was written and account balances.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: {{{article title}}}] PCJKJ_02-68
Newspaper clipping of a photo of five men wearing leis and holding golf clubs, identified as golfers preparing for a practice round before the National Publinx Tournament.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Stores Rented by 'The Inch']
Newspaper clipping describing display cases that serve as the extremely small storefronts, highlighting the Jaffe Candy store.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Contract for Lot Sale in Oklahoma]
Printed "Special Lot Contract" with handwritten information selling a 40-acre tract (lot 3, block 36) to Mrs. J. S. Chambers, with a list of conditions on the back.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Guarantee Development Company
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Courrespondence Regarding Cleaning Plates]
Partial handwritten correspondence without any names in which the writer asks about becoming a seller of "cleaning plates."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Drawing of Staircase]
Technical drawing of a single flight of stairs going from a ground floor to the second floor, with 22 rises.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Signed]
Legal document assigning rights of the "Eclipse" quilting frame to L. D. Major, allowing him to sell the invention in “all of the states and territory of the United States _east_ of the Mississippi River, _except_ the states of _New York and Pennsylvania_.” A smaller statement is affixed with a seal, noting that the assignment has been registered with the U.S. Patent Office.
Date:
{1897-05-19,1897-10-14}
Creator:
Major, John H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elida: Bonnie Little City of the Plains
Pamphlet advertising the new town of Elida in west Texas and describing information about the locale including business opportunities and climate.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope Addressed to Mrs. Chambers]
Envelope from the Portales National Bank in New Mexico, addressed to Mrs. J. S. Chambers in Dallas. Several notes are handwritten across the front of the envelope: "New Mexico land"; "This is land my Granddaddy homesteaded, land was sold in 1947, but part of mineral rights were retained"; "Important Mineral lease"; "This is recorded in Elida, New Mexico --> Info given to Abstract office in June of 1991 giving my address, Betty Jean Johnson."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger: 1889-1890]
Personal financial ledger documenting income and expenses related to businesses and named individuals.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Form Used as Scratch Paper]
Order form with the logo for "J. M. Wilcox & Son, Dealers in Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Shingles, Paints, &c." that appears to have been used as scratch paper for math equations.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwriing Scratch Paper]
Pages of scratch paper that appear to have been used to practice copperplate handwriting with a fountain pen, including specific letters that are repeated, words, and names.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Text About Sulking]
Partial piece of lined paper with a handwritten statement about the childishness of sulking, and a statement about the "meaning of life."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Headshot of Unidentified Woman]
Photograph of an unidentified woman, visible from the shoulders up, posing with her body facing the right side of the image and looking toward her right shoulder at the camera. Her clothing is light-colored with a green collar.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hotel in Anna]
Photograph of a group of unidentified people posing in a line on the porch of a hotel, along with two little girls standing in the yard, near the picket fence around the property. The hotel is a two-story building with light-colored wooden siding and a series of windows that have darker trim; scalloped wooden siding decorates the visible gable ends. Handwritten on back: “This is Grandpa Dunlap’s Hotel In Anna Tex.”
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[House in Amarillo]
Photograph of the front of a bungalow-style house, with a small yard enclosed by a decorative short metal fence identified by handwritten text as "Residence of Mrs. Moore, 17th Fillmore St. Amarillo, Tex." The front part of the house is octagonal with a horseshoe-shaped porch held up by Doric columns. Two people are partially visible, sitting on the far edge of the porch in the left side of the image.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History