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[Portrait of Harry Smith]
Oval-shaped portrait of Harry Smith, visible from the chest up, wearing a light-colored shirt with a high collar, a dark colored necktie, jacket, and vest, which has a chain across it. Handwritten on back: “Harry Smith. Amarillo, Tex. Friend.”
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Mulkey
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Standing Near Water Pipe]
Photograph of an unidentified man looking toward the camera, standing to the right of a farm pond or pool that is being filled by a pipe partially visible at left, suspended at a height and emptying into a trough connected to the pool. An open field is visible in the background. Handwritten numbers and a sketch of a face are on the back.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Teen Couple in Formalwear]
Photograph of a teenage couple posing side-by-side in what appears to be a dining room, including part of a table at right and a china cabinet behind them. The young man is wearing a suit that includes dark slacks and a white jacket with a black-and-white bowtie and a red carnation boutonniere; one of his right fingers is splinted. The young woman at right is wearing a white or light-colored sleeveless, calf-length gown decorated with lace and has a spray of red flowers pinned to her left shoulder; she is holding a rectangular box in front of her.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Cathey's
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Unidentified Girl]
Studio portrait of a young girl seated in front of a textured backdrop. She is wearing a light-colored, short-sleeved, knee-length dress decorated with ruffles and she is posing with her hands resting next to her knees.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Unidentified Couple]
Portrait of a couple posting together on a light-colored backdrop. The man (right) is wearing a light-colored suit with a dark bowtie seated in a decorative wicker chair. A woman is standing at left, resting her left arm on the man's right shoulder; she is wearing a long-sleeved, floor-length, dark-colored dress with ruffles around the shoulders and cuffs.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Finnell, J. E.
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
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
[Men with Lumber in a Street]
Photograph of three men with a load of lumber on a low flat-bed wagon hitched to two dark-colored horses; two men are standing on the ground, at either end of the lumber and the third is standing on top of the lumber. The wagon is in a wide, unpaved street, near the corner of a building labeled "H. C. Edelblute & Co. General Merchandise" (at left), and in the far right background, a water tower, train car, and other buildings are partially visible.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Insurance Verification Letter for D. C. Johnson - August 27, 1956]
Letter to Don Johnson regarding his company life insurance policy, asking for verification of beneficiaries and other policy information.
Date:
August 27, 1956
Creator:
Hanak, E. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to James and Frances Chambers - April 6, 1925]
Letter to "James and Frances" signed "Mother," providing a description of the author's recent trip to Virginia and various tourist locations.
Date:
April 6, 1925
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Obituary of Dunlap Children, 1892]
Transcribed copy of an obituary describing the death of several of the Dunlap family's children in February 1892, along with a statement at the end addressed to "Gillie" about the text.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter Regarding Connecticut Life Insurance Policy]
Letter on Simmons Company letterhead, regarding an employee life insurance policy certificate issued by Connecticut General Life Insurance Company.
Date:
1952~
Creator:
Hanak, E. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Connecticut General Life Insurance Rider for T-341-12]
Rider issued by the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company regarding the policy of Donald Johnson, changing the coverage amount to $4200.
Date:
1953~
Creator:
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Equitable Life Assurance Society Certificate D-125]
Life insurance certificate for $1000 worth of death benefits issued to Donald Johnson as an employee of the Simmons Company.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Official Certificate for U.S. Patent 692984]
Official certificate issued by the U.S. patent office along with the text of a patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
United States. Patent Office.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lumber Calculations]
Paper with handwritten notations that appear to be a list of lumber types, listing number of pieces, sizes, length, and cost. The address "408 N. Akard" is written at the top.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for $31.20]
Receipt with handwritten text: "Received of J.J. Click, Thirty One 20/ Dollars. In full of a/c. Morgan & Son."
Date:
April 21, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
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
[Letter from J. J. Click to J. H. Major - June 20, 1898]
Letter from J. J. Click to John Major titled "Friendly Criticism" discussing a joint business and claiming that Major has been negligent. It includes long itemized lists of accounts documenting money spent by each of them.
Date:
June 20, 1898
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[White Oak Wagon Timber Financial Ledger]
Accounting book containing lists of financial transactions and mathematical calculations.
Date:
1877/1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
References to Actual Clients in the State of Texas
Advertisement for patent lawyers (C. A. Snow & Co.) listing Texas clients for whom they have "obtained patents, filed caveats, registered trade-marks, secured copyrights, or done other [patent[ work" organized alphabetically by city.
Date:
1894~
Creator:
C. A. Snow & Co.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to W. L. Welch - June 8, 1903]
Letter from John Click asking W. L. Welch to send him one of the ironing tables that he sells so that he can try to arrange a commission deal for someone else to sell them.
Date:
June 8, 1903
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Click to J. M. Cripe - May 12, 1904]
Letter from John J. Click to J. M. Cripe discussing Click's ironing board invention and possible sale of the patent to Mr. Cripe.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 2-4, 7-10]
Illustrations of individual parts to patent a reversible spring-motor, with numbered labels to reference each piece. The first sheet contains details for three pieces (8-10) and a partially-constructed component (figure 2); the second sheet includes close-up illustrations of three of the moving parts (figures 3, 4, and 7).
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History