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Travis Heights, Austin

Description: Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. There are trees and shrubs on either side of the dirt road; no houses are visible.
Date: July 15, 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Troops at Spofford Junction]

Description: Photograph of a line of troops on horseback near a railroad line. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Spofford Junction - 4/8/13 - 14 Cav. Troops leaving for Brownsville, Tex. via R.R."
Date: April 8, 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Two Letters from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother, October 27 & 28, 1917]

Description: Two letters from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother and family. The first letter primarily concerns his living situation in Stamford, England along with a short discussion about his first real flight time. In the second letter Clay primarily talks about a rain-filled day and reading, along with him and his friend DeGarmo eating peanut butter.
Date: October 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Two Men Hunting]

Description: Photograph of two men, John B. Caldwell and Horace Moore, hunting. They are seen with rifles near prickly pear cacti. Their car is partially visible in the background.
Date: 1918?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Two Photographs of Oldsmobile Employees and a Galveston Dock]

Description: Two photographs of showing employees unloading Oldsmobile cars in Galveston; all of the employees in the first picture are standing in front of a car wearing overalls, mechanic's clothes or a shirt and jeans. The photograph on the back shows a sign on one of the docks in Galveston that reads: "Vehicles Must Not Remain Standing between the Arrows."
Date: {1914-09,1916-07}
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[War Department Document to the A. E. F.]

Description: This official War Department document contains orders to the named officers "of the Aviation Section, Signal Reserve Corps," the names are listed on the following pages. The men are to "participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights."
Date: July 24, 1918
Creator: McAndrew, James W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Warranty Deed from C. F. Bonnell to W. H. Bonnell]

Description: Deed from C. F. Bonnell to W. H. Bonnell acknowledging W. H.'s payment of $1 in exchange for land from C. F. Bonnell, the widow of John A. Bonnell; W. H. Bonnell is her only son and heir. The deed states that the land being purchased is situated on Verde Creek in Kerr County; the rest of the paragraph details the land, its borders, and size. Finally, the deed includes statements acknowledging that C. F. Bonnell did appear to the clerk to perform this action.
Date: May 8, 1912
Creator: Moore, A. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library

[Warranty Deed from Virginia Leigh to Edward B. Leigh]

Description: Warranty deed from Virginia Leigh to Edward B. Leigh acknowledging the sale of land for $1 paid by Edward to Virginia. According to the deed Virginia has released her rights to the land purchased by Edward and that he obtained "an undivided one half interest in and to that certain three hundred and twenty acre tract known as Survey No. 1430."
Date: April 4, 1919
Creator: Leavell, John R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library

[Warranty Deed from Zebulon Jenkins and his Wife to J. E. M. Yates]

Description: Warranty deed from Zebulon Jenkins and his wife, to J. E. M. Yates for "all our undivided one half interest in a to the following described lot, tract or parcel of land" in Grapevine, Texas. According to the description, the purchase is a piece of land in a three acre lot had been "conveyed to E. R. Boardman by E. N. Hudgins and wife," and is the same lot "conveyed by E. R. Boardman and wife G. E. Bushong, J. L. Morehead, Z. T. Wall, J. E. M. Yates and Zeb Jenkins." The statement on the back … more
Date: November 23, 1916
Creator: Logan, W. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: City of Grapevine

[Woman in Galveston, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a woman in Galveston, Texas. The woman is wearing a spotted dress and a bonnet. She stands on the beach, and the bottom of a pier or platform is partially visible behind her.
Date: July 25, 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Wooldridge School, 4-B Grade

Description: Group portrait of a class of elementary students at Wooldridge School in Austin. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that the boy in the back row, ninth from left is John Barry Caldwell at 9 years old.
Date: October 19, 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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