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[Transcript of Letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, August 26, 1847]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, in which Emily Perry let's her husband know she has arrived at her current destination, with their daughter, safely but that the trip home will require a detour due to outbreaks of fever around the Bastrop area. Emily Perry also provides a list of tasks that need to be tended to in her absence (preserves, garden, weather boarding, etc.).
Date: August 26, 1847
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[Transcript of minutes from the meeting of the Committee of Saftey for the Jurisdiction of Columbia, September 22, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for minutes from the meeting of the Committee of Safety for the Jurisdiction of Columbia. Topics discussed include: position appointments, the formation of volunteer companies, forming a sub-committee to address the citizens of New Orleans, and establishing a vigilante patrol to keep the slave population subjugated.
Date: September 22, 1835
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[Unidentified Float]

Description: Photograph of a parade float for Mai-Fest. The float is a car covered in flowers and decorations. There are at least five people inside, including two children in costume. The are lots of spectators on the sidewalk. The glass plate has been chipped at the bottom. "Mai-Fest 1926" is written in the bottom right corner.
Date: 1926
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
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[Unidentified Float]

Description: Photograph of a float in the Maifest. The float is covered in flowers and decorations and a large butterfly on the front, and there are children in costume riding. There are people on the sidewalk behind.
Date: 1927
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
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[Unidentified Float]

Description: Photograph of a parade float. The car is covered in flowers and decorations. There are four children riding in the car and a man driving. There is another float behind, and there are two large signs in the background. On of the signs if for Fink Bros.
Date: 1930~
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
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[Unidentified Mai-Fest Float]

Description: Photograph of a Mai-Fest float. The float is a decorated convertible car. There is a group of people riding in the car, including several children. Written at the bottom of the photograph is "Brenham's 39th Annual Mai-Fest May 17-18 1923."
Date: 1923-05-17/1923-05-18
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
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[View of Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a courthouse. The brick building is two-stories tall, with a tower on the far-left end. Small trees are growing in a yard to the right. In the foreground, there is a horse-drawn wagon parked by a curb in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
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[View of Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of a courthouse. The brick building is two-stories tall, with a tower on the far-left end. Trees are growing in a yard to the right. In the foreground, there is a firetruck parked by a curb in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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