3,899 Matching Results

Search Results

[Letter from David S. Kennard to his mother Sarah Kennard, September 10, 1862]

Description: Letter written by David S. Kennard to his mother Sarah Kennard discussing his reception of two of her letters. He details that he has had a "long spell of sickness" which has delayed his response to her correspondence. He discusses updates of acquaintances and mentions to his mother that he has had a photograph taken of himself. He lets her know he will mail it to Jennie on the day he wrote this letter.He closes the letter detailing to his mother that he has nothing more to write and that he wo… more
Date: September 10, 1862
Creator: Kennard, David S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Group portrait of St. Theresa (Czech) Lodge]

Description: Group portrait of St. Theresa (Czech) Lodge with Catholic priest in front of Rosenberg Lodge Hall, ca. 1935. Members of group who are identified on the back in pencil are: Mrs. Amelia Hrncir, Julia Perietz, Clara Maresh, Mrs. Matina, Annie Perietz, Lillie Maresh, Marie Matina, Celia Perietz. The priest is standing next to the third row on far right of photograph. White wooden building in background. Top of a flag in back row, left. Two girls are holding a banner on right, front row. Writing in… more
Date: 1935
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[School children dressed in WWI Red Cross and Army uniforms]

Description: Studio portrait of school children dressed in WWI Red Cross and Army uniforms for the funeral of Frank Maresh in 1918. Maresh died in France shortly after WWI ended. His body was returned to Sealy and buried in the local cemetery. Children in front row are Clara and Frank Maresh, niece and nephew of Frank. Boy and girl in front row are each holding a flag (girl cross; boy American flag). Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1918
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

8 x 10: Ten American Photographers

Description: Catalog from the exhibition, "8 X 10: Ten American Photographers," June 23–September 6, 1976, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: essay, list of artists and artworks in the exhibition, artist biographies.
Date: 1976
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Partner: Dallas Museum of Art

Photographs by Clyde Dilley

Description: Catalog from the exhibition, "Photographs by Clyde Dilley," January 28–March 8, 1970, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Includes: introduction, list of artworks in the exhibition, essay by the artist, selected images.
Date: 1970
Creator: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Partner: Dallas Museum of Art

[Group in Chamber of Commerce]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and a few women sitting in chairs at a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce building in Port Arthur, Texas. A man holding a piece of paper, identified as Mack Thomas, stands at the front of the room. Two pictures of ships are balanced on top of full bookshelves, and a photo of a woman hangs on the wall in the background.
Date: 1951
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Peanut Dryer]

Description: Photograph of a peanut drying facility next to railroad tracks. According to the U.S. Census of Agriculture, Denton county had 3,947 acres planted in peanuts in 1992.
Date: 1990
Partner: Private Collection of Bouncer Goin

[Main Street after the Tornado]

Description: Photograph of buildings damaged by a tornado. The destroyed structure was the carriage building for Grey's Furniture and the undertaker. The house next to it belonged to the Ratchford family. A tornado had touched Aubrey and many other North Texas communities on the evening of April 14, 1918.
Date: April 15, 1918
Partner: Private Collection of Bouncer Goin

[Man and woman with family]

Description: Photograph mounted on cardboard substrate of a man and woman (seated) with two young men standing behind them, and a young woman standing behind the young men. Shrub (background) to far right of photo. Printed at bottom of photo: Williams, Winchester, Tenn. Back of photo: R. B. Williams, Photographer. Winchester, Tenn. Framed in curling design.
Date: unknown
Creator: Williams
Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Back to Top of Screen