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[14th Tank Battalion Tents]

Photograph of the tents belonging to the 14th Tank Battalion. Trucks are parked to the right, and the tents are set up along a tree line.
Date: 1944
Creator: Roberts, Cecil E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

A [1793] map of Kentucky drawn from actual observations by John Filson.

Map shows late eighteenth century Kentucky counties, settlements, and roads. Includes text and explanation of symbols. Inset: A plan of the rapids in the River Ohio. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [1:633,600].
Date: November 23, 1793
Creator: Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1895 railroad map of Ohio.

Map shows late nineteenth century Ohio railroads, canals, counties, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Includes illustration, index to railroads and tables of telegraph, express, and sleeping car companies. Scale [ca. 1:520,000].
Date: 1895
Creator: Ohio Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The 1911 Majestic Theater in Fort Worth

Photograph of Commerce Street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Majestic Theater is in the center of the frame with many signs and posters on it. Some read, "The St. Louis Limited. Road Through The Ozarks. Frisco Lines" Another poster reads, "Majestic, Venus, Alpha Sextette". This is Fort Worth's second Majestic Theater, built in 1911. Next to the theater is a building with awnings and a sign that reads, "Fisk Tires, Gasoline". Telephone poles and wires and horse-drawn buggies line the road.
Date: 1911?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
1918 classified directory : containing the names, addresses and phone numbers of representative manufacturing, business and professional interests of Fort Worth and vicinity. (open access)

1919 Map and guide of Dallas & suburbs.

Map shows early twentieth century Dallas, Texas street names, railroads, interurban streetcar lines, neighborhoods, parks, country clubs, cemeteries, and some buildings, institutions, and businesses. Scale not given.
Date: 1919
Creator: C. Weichsel Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1980 [Arlington, Texas] land use plan.

Map shows late twentieth century land use, existing and proposed school locations, major roads, and population density in Arlington, Texas. Includes legend and notes. Scale [ca. 1:38,400].
Date: 1980
Creator: Arlington (Tex.) Planning Dept.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2a. Hoja que comprehende la parte de Costa Tierra Firme é islas adyacentes : Entre los meridianos de 58 [grados] 47ʹ y 63 [grados] 49ʹ al ocidente de Cadiz.

Map shows Venezuela's northern shorelines and nearby islands in the Caribbean. Includes "Nota" about soundings. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1816
Creator: Dirección de Hidrografía.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

6th Ward School in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1893

Photograph of a large group of schoolchildren with their teacher in front of the 6th Ward School House in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1893. There are twenty-five boys, seventeen girls and one teacher. Some of the boys are seated or kneeling in the front row and the girls are taking up most of the middle row, standing. The boys are wearing knickers and jackets with boots and the girls are wearing dresses with jackets. There is a very large wooden door and arched doorway behind the group.
Date: 1893
Creator: Bryant Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

7th Street Looking West, Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of 7th Street looking West in Ft. Worth, Texas. On the right side of the street is the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank with a clock over its doorway and many tall buildings next to it. Inlaid in the brick road are trolley tracks and overhead are electricity and telephone poles. On the road are many old cars, a horse-drawn buggy, and people.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abschied von der Alten Welt: Eine Abschieds-Predigt, gehalten zu Kölzow in Mecklenburg-Schwerin am XX. S. n. Tr. 1845 (open access)

Abschied von der Alten Welt: Eine Abschieds-Predigt, gehalten zu Kölzow in Mecklenburg-Schwerin am XX. S. n. Tr. 1845

Fuchs' farewell sermon to his congregation in Germany, retiring from the ministry and leaving for Texas.
Date: 1845
Creator: Fuchs, Adolph
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Accurata delineatio celeberrimae regionis Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane ot. Canadae et Floridae.

Map shows early eighteenth century geography, settlements, and territories in North America. Includes historical notes. Inset: "Les costes de la Louisiane depuis la baye de Ascension jusques acelle de S. Joseph." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:12,000,000].
Date: 1734?
Creator: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of Africa drawn from the best modern maps & charts and regulated by astronoml. observatns.

Map shows mid-eighteenth century political boundaries, cities, and indigenous tribes in Africa. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1747
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of Asia drawn from the best modern maps & charts and regulated by astronoml. observatns.

Map shows mid-eighteenth century cities, political divisions, and some indigenous peoples in Asia. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1747
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of California drawn by the Society of Jesuits and dedicated to the King of Spain

Map shows Indian habitation, towns, and rivers in late eighteenth century California area of North America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1757
Creator: Gibson, John, fl. 1750-1787.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of Europe drawn from the best modern maps & charts and regulated by astronoml. observatns.

Map shows mid-eighteenth century European cities and political boundaries. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1747
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of North America describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763 : also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states ; the whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick [sic.] improvements [Sheet 1].

Map shows European settlements, areas of Native American habitation, routes of Spanish galleon voyages in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Includes explanation to symbols, text of Articles 4-7, 9, 17-18, and 20 of the Treaty of Paris, 1763, textual commentary and notes on explorers and discovery dates, and illustrated title cartouche depicting new world natives and animals. Insets: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay" and "The passage by land to California discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino." Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of North America describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763 : also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states ; the whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick [sic.] improvements [Sheet 2].

Map shows European settlements, areas of Native American habitation, routes of Spanish galleon voyages in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Includes explanation to symbols, text of Articles 4-7, 9, 17-18, and 20 of the Treaty of Paris, 1763, textual commentary and notes on explorers and discovery dates, and illustrated title cartouche depicting new world natives and animals. Insets: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay" and "The passage by land to California discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino." Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of North America drawn from the best modern maps and charts, and regulated by astron'l. observatns.

Map shows mid-eighteenth century North American cities, political divisions, and Native American tribes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1767
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontiers : shewing [sic.] in a distinct manner all the mountains, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts [Sheet 2].

Map shows South Carolina geography, place names, and port details. Inset: "The Harbour of Port Royal." Depths indicated by soundings; relief by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,800].
Date: 1972
Creator: Mouzon, Henry
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of South America drawn from the best modern maps & charts and regulated by astronl. observatns.

Map shows mid-eighteenth century South American cities, political divisions, and indigenous tribes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1747
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of the Caribby Islands with the Crowns, &c. to which they severally belong.

Map shows towns, ocean currents, political possession, and notable physical features. Includes explanation. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,750,000].
Date: 1759
Creator: Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An Accurate Map of the United States of America, according to the Treaty of Peace of 1763.

This map shows the United States east of the Mississippi River and surrounding areas. Bodies of water and geographic features are depicted (with relief shown pictorially) and labeled; general regions and states are also labeled although they are not delineated. The upper right corner of this map is missing, including portions of the New England area. Scale ca. [1:6,500,000].
Date: October 18, 1794
Creator: Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of the West Indies.

Map shows mid-eighteenth century West Indies and coast of North America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1762
Creator: Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History