Autographed Photo of Champ Clark
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Champ Clark. Black and white photo. Autographed to Sam Rayburn by Champ Clark. Inscription on front of photo reads, "To Sam Rayburn, Your Friend, Champ Clark"
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183538/
Godey's Fashions for January 1869
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: Godey's Lady's Book
Description: Print of Godey's Fashions from January 1869. The colored print depicts five women wearing very ornate gowns. The floor-length gowns include long sleeves and high collars. Each gown has either ruffles, bows, buttons, pleats, draping, or fringe or a combination of these. The women all appear to have long hair styled up on their heads. Several of the women wear ornately adorned bonnets. The gowns, bonnets and background are colored blue, yellow, green, red, black and white. A young boy wearing a blue suit stands at the front of the women. The group appears to be standing in an elegant room, such as a parlor. There is a hutch on the right side of the print with shelves with vases, a chair on the left and drapes hanging against the wall behind the group.
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183540/
Photo of Alfred E. Smith, Bernard Baruch and Sam Rayburn
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Alfred E. Smith, Bernard Baruch and Sam Rayburn. The group of men all wear dark, three piece suits, white button-down shirts and dark ties. They sit near a table, which is in the foreground. The table has several pieces of paper on it and several glass ashtrays. The back of the photo reads, "ALFRED E. SMITH - BERNARD BARUCH - SAM RARYBURN - IN CONFERENCE ON RAILROAD LEGISLATION."
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183531/
Photo of boy and girl in front of fireplace
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of two children. The two children stand in front of a brick fireplace and mantel. The black and white photo appears to be circa 1950. The girl wears a light colored, short-sleeved, knee-length dress, white socks, black mary jane shoes and a ribbon in her hair. The boy wears dark slacks, a plaid sport coat, white button-down shirt and dark tie. A white pocket square is barely visible in his left pocket. He also wears dark colored shoes. The children are looking at one another in this photo. The girl has her left arm around they boy's waist, the boy has his right arm over the girl's right shoulder. In the background is a brick fireplace, with a mantel that appears to have Christmas cards displayed upon it. There is a glass vase or candle holder in the center of hte mantel. Pale, striped wallpaper can be seen above the mantel. A fireplace tool set stands at the right of the children along with a broom. The children stand on the bricked hearth.
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183546/
Photo of Sam Rayburn
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: Modell
Description: Photograph of Sam Rayburn. A formal black and white portrait of Rayburn. Rayburn wears a dark, three piece suit with a white, button-down shirt and a dark colored tie. He sits at a desk which contains papers, pen stand and pens and an ashtray. Rayburn has his left elbow propped up on the desk, the other arm is at his side.
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183532/
Photo of Sam Rayburn beside cabin in Lenoir, Tennessee
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Sam Rayburn standing beside the cabin of his birth in Lenoir, Tennessee. Sam Rayburn is wearing a light colored suit, with white button down shirt and a dark tie. He wears a white Panama hat with a dark colored band. He stands resting his right hand on the side of the cabin. The cabin pictured is constructed of rough cut wood. It is two stories high and and the exterior of a stone fireplace stands to the left of Rayburn. The ground is covered with tall grass and weeds. The photo is black and white.
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183525/
Photograph of Robert E. Lee
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Robert E. Lee. General Lee served as a Confederate General during the U.S. Civil War. He died on October 12, 1870. The photo is a head and shoulders view of Lee. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and black bow-tie. He has gray/white hair and a medium-length beard. Text under the image reads, "Last Photograph General Robert E. Lee."
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183491/
Photograph of Ruth Bryan Owen
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954). Owen was the daughter of William Jennings Bryan. She served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1929-1933 representing Florida's Fourth Congressional District. She served as an Ambassador to Denmark from 1933-1936. The photo is black and white. In the portrait Mrs. Owen wears a pearl necklace and pearl earrings. Her hair is gray and is waved. She wears a floral print dress, only the collar can be seen. The background is all white.
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183544/
Photographic portrait of Sam Rayburn
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: Harris & Ewing
Description: Photograph of. Sam Rayburn. The black and white photo shows Sam Rayburn from the knees up. He is sitting in a chair. He wears a dark, three-iece suit, white button-down shirt and dark, striped tie. A pocket watch chain can be seen at his vest. Rayburn rests his left hand on the arm of the chair. His right elbow rests on the opposite chair arm. The background is gray/ivory.
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183545/
Print of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
Description: Color print of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. The color photo shows Monticello surrounded by green grass, flowers, trees and shrubs. This image shows the West Front entrance of the Monticello home.
Contributing Partner: Sam Rayburn House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183518/