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[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of 818th Tank Destroyer Battalion Reunion]

Description: Photograph of a large group of middle-aged and older men, mostly in casual dress with a few men in suits, sitting and standing in three rows against a large wallpapered wall. A large wooden frame with a picture of a big cat eating a military tank inside sits at the feet of one of the men in the middle of the front row.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Photograph of Paul and Lantha Ree Brumit]

Description: Photograph of a dark-haired man and woman, shown from the chest up in front of a plain, light-colored background. The man is wearing a military uniform and hat, while the woman is wearing a collared dress or blouse with a large floral pattern. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicate the approximate date the photo was created.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Photograph of Paul Brumit in Uniform]

Description: Photograph of a young man wearing an army uniform, standing in front of a dead, lopsided tree. The man is standing in a large, dirt area, and in the background, rows of military cabins are visible. There is a decorative border surrounding the photo, and handwritten notes on the back of the photo indicating the date upon which the photo was taken.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Photograph of Troy Brumit, Infantryman]

Description: Photograph of a young man with dark hair, wearing an infantryman military uniform and hat, shown from the chest up against a plain background. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo say the photo's subject is named Troy Brumit, and indicate the approximate date upon which the photo was taken.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Photograph of Paul Brumit in Uniform]

Description: Photograph of a young man, with his hair parted on the left side, wearing a military uniform and sitting for a portrait in front of a plain background. The young man is shown from the chest up. On the back of the photo, handwritten notes indicate the approximate date the photo was taken.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

Blanketing Burfard

Description: Photograph of a group of men at Camp Mabry bouncing another man on a blanket. One man is looking back at the camera, but the rest of them are focused on the man in the air. They are all dressed in military uniforms. Cabins with fabric roofs are in the background. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Blanketing Burfard, a bird from Oklahoma, me rising on my toes, white leggings."
Date: 191X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.315372 -97.758097
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photograph of Six Cannons Firing a Salute]

Description: Photograph of six cannons, lined up facing left in a gravel or concrete lot in front of a two story building. One of the cannons in the middle has just fired, leaving a thick, light-colored cloud coming from the muzzle. To the right of the cannons, there are military members in uniform, standing with their backs to the cannons. There is a dark sedan parked to the left of the two-story building, and more cars are slightly visible past the cannons, parked in front of the building. There is handwr… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Cromeans, Ernie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas Permian Basin

[Photograph of Soldier on Horse at Fort Davis]

Description: Photograph of a man in a light blue, yellow, and navy cavalry uniform, holding a rifle and sitting on a honey-colored horse. His uniform is comprised of a black helmet with a long yellow plume, a navy jacket, light blue trousers with a yellow stripe down the leg, knee-high boots, and a saber attached to his hip. The horse is harnessed and saddled, with a small quilted blanket under the saddle. They are standing in a large, dry, dirt space, with three small, one-story houses in the far backgroun… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas Permian Basin

[Photograph of Man Giving a Speech Outside at Fort Davis National Historic Site]

Description: Photograph of a middle-aged man with short, dark hair, wearing a brown suit jacket and tie, standing in front of a brown, wooden podium. Behind her is a large group of people sitting in rows on either side of the podium. In front of the podium and the rest of the people on the platform, there are large strips of red, white, and blue fabric draped on a frame to imitate an American flag and separate the platform from the dirt lot in front of it. There is an American flag hanging from a flagpole o… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.598832 -103.892270
Partner: University of Texas Permian Basin
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