Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historic Sitehttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/SRH/browse/?sort=creator&fq=untl_decade:1850-18592011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historic SiteGodey's Fashions for January 18692011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183540/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183540/"><img alt="Godey's Fashions for January 1869" title="Godey's Fashions for January 1869" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183540/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Photographic portrait of Sam Rayburn2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183545/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183545/"><img alt="Photographic portrait of Sam Rayburn" title="Photographic portrait of Sam Rayburn" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183545/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Waller Family Coat of Arms2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183484/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183484/"><img alt="Waller Family Coat of Arms" title="Waller Family Coat of Arms" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183484/small/"/></a></p><p>Print of the Waller family coat of arms. Painted by Odine Mhoon. Odine was married to Sam Rayburn's nephew Morris Lightfoot in 1956. They divorced and Morris eventually remarried. The ivory colored paper displays the Waller coat of arms in shades of brown, black, gold, gray, white, blue, green and red. A shield at center shows three gold walnut leaves between two silver bands. At the top is a walnut tree with a pendant shoing three fleurs de lis (the arms of France) with the motto above, "HIC FRUCTUS VIRTUTIS" which is Latin for "This is the reward of integrity." The word "Waller" is below the coat of arms and is written in cursive.</p>Print of Woman2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183543/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183543/"><img alt="Print of Woman" title="Print of Woman" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183543/small/"/></a></p><p>Watercolor print of a woman. The woman wears her dark hair piled upon her head. She wears a red dress. The print is oval shaped. The signature in the lower right corner appears to be Wiley.
The image appears to be in the "Gibson Girl" style. Probably dates between 1890 and 1920.</p>Autographed Photo of Champ Clark2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183538/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183538/"><img alt="Autographed Photo of Champ Clark" title="Autographed Photo of Champ Clark" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183538/small/"/></a></p><p>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"</p>Photo of boy and girl in front of fireplace2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183546/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183546/"><img alt="Photo of boy and girl in front of fireplace" title="Photo of boy and girl in front of fireplace" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183546/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Photo of Sam Rayburn beside cabin in Lenoir, Tennessee2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183525/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183525/"><img alt="Photo of Sam Rayburn beside cabin in Lenoir, Tennessee" title="Photo of Sam Rayburn beside cabin in Lenoir, Tennessee" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183525/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Photograph of Robert E. Lee2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183491/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183491/"><img alt="Photograph of Robert E. Lee" title="Photograph of Robert E. Lee" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183491/small/"/></a></p><p>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."</p>Photograph of Ruth Bryan Owen2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183544/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183544/"><img alt="Photograph of Ruth Bryan Owen" title="Photograph of Ruth Bryan Owen" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183544/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Print of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183518/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183518/"><img alt="Print of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia" title="Print of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183518/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Print of Sam Rayburn2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183486/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183486/"><img alt="Print of Sam Rayburn" title="Print of Sam Rayburn" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183486/small/"/></a></p><p>Print of Sam Rayburn based on an original painting by Douglas Chandor. Sam Rayburn sits at a desk. He is wearing a dark, three piece suit with a blue striped tie and white shirt. He sits in a green leather desk chair. His left arm rests on the desk. He holds a book in his lap with his right hand. Chandor created three of these paintings. One was given to the East Texas State University (Now known as Texas A&M--Commerce), the Capitol in Austin, Texas and one hung in Sam Rayburn's private office in Washington, D.C.</p>Quote by Sid Richardson2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183519/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183519/"><img alt="Quote by Sid Richardson" title="Quote by Sid Richardson" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183519/small/"/></a></p><p>Print of quote by Side Richardson. The quote is in black ink and is printed upon ivory colored paper. A map of Texas is in the middle and is surrounded by Texas-themed artwork. Blue bonnets decorate the lower right corner, a cowboy riding a "bucking bronc" with cacti in the background can be seen in the upper right corner. In the upper left corner is a long horn skull. The lower left corner is dominated by the images of oil derricks. An airplane is featured near the south part of the Texas map and is headed east as if towards St. Joseph (San Jose Island), which is the only location denoted on the map, where Richardson lived for several months out of each year. The colors of the print include brown, yellow, black, green, purple, blue, red and white.</p>“Winter Sun in the Engadin” by Peder Monsted2011-09-03T12:03:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183500/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183500/"><img alt="“Winter Sun in the Engadin” by Peder Monsted" title="“Winter Sun in the Engadin” by Peder Monsted" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183500/small/"/></a></p><p>Color print of “Winter Sun in the Engadin” by Peder Monsted. A creek runs through the middle of the print. The water in the creek is very clear. Leafless trees can be seen on either side of the creek. A wood fence can be seen on the left side of the image. Cloudy sky above and in background.</p>