Houston History Research Center at Houston Public Library - 37 Matching Results

Search Results

[Advertisement of a baseball game between Ellington Field and Southern Select]

Advertisement of a baseball game, Ellington Field vs. Southern Select, to be played at the Cleveland Diamond field, on Sunday April 19, 1942 at 2:30 p.m. The names of the players of each team are shown in the poster. The poster also contains advertisements.

Date: April 19, 1942

Item Type: Poster

[Advertisement of a baseball game between Prison All Stars and Southern Select]

Advertisement for a baseball game between the Prison All stars (a team selected from the best players of the Texas Prison system) and Southern Select (All Mexican team of Houston) at the Prison Stadium in Huntsville, Texas on Sunday, August 9, 1942. Entertainment by Prison Military Band. The game starts at 2:00 p.m. General admission is 25 cents (federal tax included). At head of poster, "Double-Header".

Date: August 9, 1942

Item Type: Poster

[Clipping of Win Post Tourney openers]

Section of the Houston Post covering the Post Tourney. Includes Post Tourney Calendar and Tournament Box Scores, and names of the teams and their performance. Also includes an article by Frank Morris, "Mexicans Field Sensationally behind Beltran."

Date: July 8, 1940

Item Type: Clipping

[Biographical dates of Manuel Urbina]

Short document detailing the biographical dates of Manuel Urbina, including his birth and marriage dates and the number of years he served as a minister in various cities.

Date: April 22, 1947

Item Type: Text

[Provisional passport for Manuel Urbina]

Photocopy of a provisional passport for Manuel Urbina, issued on December 3, 1945. Includes a photograph of Urbina and a partial thumbprint.

Date: December 3, 1945

Item Type: Text

[Affidavit of Support from Manuel Urbina]

Affidavit submitted by Manuel Urbina, and witnessed by Alfonso Pena, in Webb County, Texas. The affidavit states that Urbina is able to support his wife, Irene Salce de Urbina, and their children, and he would like them to live with him in the United States, as they are currently residing in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Date: March 13, 1946

Creator: Urbina, Manuel

Item Type: Legal Document

[Document No. X by Manuel Urbina, October 7, 1947]

Report, titled Document No. X, on the community in Angleton, Texas, and efforts to convert Hispanic Americans.

Date: October 7, 1947

Creator: Urbina, Manuel

Item Type: Report

[Letter from Manuel Urbina to Philip R. Brown - 1946-11-08]

Letter from Manuel Urbina to Philip R. Brown reporting on Urbina's progress with the congregation in Freeport, Texas. Urbina has met with some resistance in his work in the community, but he continues to reach out to his congregation.

Date: November 8, 1946

Creator: Urbina, Manuel

Item Type: Letter

[Rio Rico Grocery and Market, 1940]

Photograph of the Rio Rico Grocery & Market employees. From left to right: Melchor Garza Cantu, Simon Ibarra, Ruben Lopez, Lila Ibarra.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.76899810908332 -95.35335090000001

[Second Ward Merchant's Softball Team, 1944]

Photograph of the Second Ward Merchant's Softball team, with thirteen players in uniform and another four coaches and assistants. The team is posed in front of 2002 Congress Avenue Grocers. A collection of bats and mitts lie in the foreground.

Date: July 23, 1944

Creator: Litterst Commercial Photo Company

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.757057159078926 -95.35209959999997

[Los Panchos, musical group]

Photograph of musical group, Los Panchoes, in a bar. The trio stand along the bar, with three other men and two bar employees visible behind them.

Date: 1949

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldier with machine gun at target practice]

Photograph of a young man, a soldier, laying down on the ground at a machine gun at a practice range.

Date: August 1948

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldiers pose in front of military tank]

Photograph of eighteen soldiers posing in front of a military tank during the summer of 1948. One man, facing away from the camera, stands at the entrance to the tank. Two other tanks flank the group.

Date: August 1948

Item Type: Photograph

[Wedding photograph of Joe Castillo and his wife]

Wedding photograph of Joe Castillo and his wife, taken around 1940. The bride is wearing a white silk long dress, with white decorated band on her head and a veil. She holds a bunch of white flowers in her hand, wearing white gloves. The groom, Joe Castillo, is wearing a black suit and tie with a white flower boutonniere on his coat. He also is wearing white gloves.

Date: 1940

Creator: Barton Texas History Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Court document suggesting means to curb juvenile delinquency]

Written recommendation to the Harris County grand jury regarding measures to curb juvenile delinquency. Dated July 7, 1944 and submitted by John J. Ruiz, D.A. Fraser, John J. Herrera and Philip J. Montalbo.

Date: July 7, 1944

Creator: Ruiz, John J.; Fraser, D. A.; Herrera, John J. & Montalbo, Philip J.

Item Type: Text

[Photograph of a young boy]

School portrait of a young Hispanic American boy, taken for the 1947-1948 school year.

Date: [1947,1948]

Item Type: Photograph

[Application for War Ration Book by Frank Latlip]

War Ration Book Application card completed by Frank Latlip, Senior. It was mailed from El Paso, Texas on May 29, 1943. It is stamped: "No. 888908 CW"

Date: May 12, 1943

Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.

Item Type: Text

Houston History Research Center at Houston Public Library - 37 Matching Results

Search Results

Add Filters

Applied Filters

[Advertisement of a baseball game between Ellington Field and Southern Select]

[Advertisement of a baseball game between Prison All Stars and Southern Select]

[Clipping of Win Post Tourney openers]

[Biographical dates of Manuel Urbina]

[Provisional passport for Manuel Urbina]

[Affidavit of Support from Manuel Urbina]

[Document No. X by Manuel Urbina, October 7, 1947]

[Letter from Manuel Urbina to Philip R. Brown - 1946-11-08]

[Rio Rico Grocery and Market, 1940]

[Second Ward Merchant's Softball Team, 1944]

[Los Panchos, musical group]

[Soldier with machine gun at target practice]

[Soldiers pose in front of military tank]

[Wedding photograph of Joe Castillo and his wife]

[Court document suggesting means to curb juvenile delinquency]

[Photograph of a young boy]

[Application for War Ration Book by Frank Latlip]