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[Scale beam]

Description: Scale beam, missing two pieces. There are marks with weights from 20 to 160 on one side and marks from 5 to 50 on the other. The end is hook shaped. Wire has been added to hang it from. It has some rust. Old Object Term: scale,cotton
Date: 1890
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[T.W. Davis as an infant, sitting in a chair]

Description: Oval photograph of T.W. Davis as an infant sitting in a chair covered with a Mexican style blanket. He is wearing a dark dress with a white collar and pleats on the lower half, striped stockings and dark dress shoes. There are twelve buttons on the front of his dress. His left hand is resting in his lap, while his right hand is gripping the arm of the chair. Attached to a cardboard substrate.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Mourning card of Capt. W. K. Davis]

Description: Mourning card of Capt. W. K. Davis. Died Aug. 3, 1891. Black card with gold edging and writing. Top, center sparrow holding a card that reads: "In Loving Remembrance of". Underneath bird, Holy Bible with "Capt. W. K. Davis, Died Aug. 3, 1891" written on front. Foliage in background. Bottom, center unraveled scroll reads: "Tis hard to break the tender cord, When love has bound the heart, Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words, Must we forever part? Dearest loved one we have laid thee, In th… more
Date: August 3, 1891
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A young boy sitting on a sofa]

Description: Photograph of a young boy sitting on a sofa with his back touching the back of the sofa. Possibly Thomas "Bud" Walter Davis as an infant. He is wearing a white lacy dress, white leggings and dark lace-up boots. His left arm is extended and touching the back of the sofa. His left arm is bent and his left hand is touching his chest. His right leg is crossed under his left leg, which is extended out in front of him. Attached to a cardboard substrate.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Bust photograph of a young woman, possibly Nancy Slavin Jones]

Description: Oval bust tintype photograph of a young woman, possibly Nancy (Nannie) Slavin Jones, wife of Thomas Walter Jones. She is wearing a pink dress with a small white collar. Her dark curly hair falls just above her shoulders, with the front portion pulled back from her face. Under photograph on matte, handwritten: "Nannie Jones". Enclosed in an ivory cardboard substrate.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Newspaper article titled "Pushing cattle to Bellaire"]

Description: Newspaper article titled "Pushing cattle to Bellaire Cowboy: No place like home on the range" taken from the HERALD COASTER and written by Sharon Wallingford dated Wednesday, April 27, 1988. The article spotlights Oscar "Lightning" Autrey, a African-American cowboy. Written at the top of the article "Grandpa Jodarski first settled in Booth Tex when he came here - This is how it was 1920 - He knew Mr & Mrs Booth well. Written at bottom: "Ethel was born in Booth, Texas."
Date: April 27, 1988
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Certificate issued to Mr. F. J. Jodarski]

Description: Certificate issued to Mr. F. J. Jodarski. The U. S. Army Air Forces III Fighter Command Aircraft Warning Service Certificate of Appointment issued this certificate to Mr. Jodarski in 1943. Certificate written on linen colored paper with black text and blue watermark (circle with wings).
Date: 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Photograph of George Jodarski with a calf]

Description: Photograph of George Jodarski with a calf (not named). George is standing in his yard on the George Ranch. George, who is wearing dark colored pants, light colored shirt, and a hat, is standing on the other side of the calf. He is holding the coiled lead rope in his left hand. There is partial view of a white wooden house on the right, dog house near tree at the center right. "Momma's chickens" are beneath that tree (in front of a long culvert); fence and boxed trees to the left. Mrs. Walter's… more
Date: 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Photograph of George Jodarski and his prize calf]

Description: Photograph of George Jodarski and his prize calf. The photograph was taken in 1940 at the Jodarski's second house (one house closer to Richmond on the same side of the road). Albert Peyton George gave Jodarski the calf and he entered it in the Fort Bend County Fair where he won Grand Champion. Albert George bought the calf at the Fort Bend County Fair auction and gave it back to Jodarski. Jodarski then entered the calf in the Houston Fat Stock Show and Livestock Exposition, where it placed 2nd.… more
Date: 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Metal derrick platform with an oil pump below it]

Description: Photograph of a metal derrick platform with an oil pump below it. There are two more oil derricks in left background; gravel road extending from right foreground into left background. Written on back in red pencil: "2 col A. P. George 65.3 [encircled] 1411". This photograph is one of a group that was found taped together for a journal or newspaper publication.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Row of oil storage tanks in a pasture on the George Ranch]

Description: Photograph of a row of oil storage tanks in a pasture on the George Ranch. The tank in foreground has a dark circle with "GULF" printed in the center. The tanks have a cat walk on the right side that leads to one central stairway on right. There is a wooden post, barb wire fence in foreground; trees in background. This photograph is one of a group that was found taped together for a journal or newspaper publication.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Four young women sitting on the cement ledge of the bridge over Dry Creek]

Description: Outdoor photograph of four young women sitting on the cement ledge of the bridge over Dry Creek on FM 762. The photograph was taken in 1942. The George Ranch house can be seen between the trees in right center background; along with cattle grazing in front pasture; and the tree lined driveway in left background of photograph.
Date: 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Frankie Jodarski and three other children, in a pasture at George Ranch]

Description: Outdoor photograph of Frankie Jodarski with three other unidentified children taken in a pasture on the George Ranch. Frankie, on far left, is wearing dark colored pants, belt, vest, and tie, with a white shirt and hat. His name "Frankie" is written on the photo directly above his image. Frankie is standing apart from the three other boys. Fence in background, wooden gate on right, road on other side of fence with fence line across road. Photo is bordered by thin line framed drawings of camera… more
Date: [1920..1925]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Sylvester and Alfred Jodarski at George Ranch]

Description: Outdoor photograph of Sylvester and Alfred Jodarski taken on the George Ranch in 1923. Sylvester is wearing dark pants, white shirt, and a hat. Alfred is wearing dark stockings, dark knee pants, white shirt, black bow tie, and a hat. They are both standing on a dirt path in a pasture. There is a wooden gate at the end of the path directly behind the two boys. Fence in background, two horses seen just to the right in another pasture across the road. Written below image: "Sylvester [&] Alfred Jod… more
Date: 1923
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Five children on the Jodarski back porch]

Description: Outdoor photograph of five children on the Jodarski back porch. The photograph was taken in 1928 on the George Ranch. Two of the children are seated on the bottom step that leads to the porch, two children are standing on the second step, and the fifth child is standing on the top step. The white wooden house has a lantern hung on the exterior wall on the left side of the photograph.
Date: 1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Four girls in the Jodarski yard]

Description: Outdoor photograph of four girls taken in the Jodarski yard. The Jodarski family lived on the George Ranch. The four girls, who all have short hair, are standing on a dirt pathway. Flowers in foreground. The white buildings in the background have been identified as: from left of photo to right: George School, Jakubick's house, natural gas station (small white building), Eben's house (far in background) and Walter Kopicinski's house (nearest) and outbuilding on right. "Everybody had a smokehou… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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