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[L. A. Vogelsang Store in the Gray and Son Building]

Photograph (copy) of the interior of the L. A. Vogelsang Store in the Gray and Son Building, 1900 block of Avenue G, Rosenberg, Texas. L. A. Vogelsang is behind the counter. Glass cases and shelves (to ceiling) to left of photo. Man seated behind counter wearing dark suit with dark tie. A wooden chair on right, and hoops hanging on a peg on a pole on far right. Two women and three men are standing on far end of store. Scanned image is of the copy. Dimensions are of the copy.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[T.A. Wessendorff house, Richmond, Texas.]

photograph of T.A. Wessendorff house, Richmond, Texas, corner of Morton and 11th St. One story home with scalloped picket fence around the yard. Image is mounted on black cardboard substrate. Image dimensions: 17.8 cm x 12.4 cm

Date: 1905

Item Type: Photograph

[T.A. Wessendorff residence on Morton St. at 11th st.]

Photograph of T.A. Wessendorff residence on Morton St. at 11th st., Richmond, taken about 1896. Mrs. Hattie Jones Wessendorff is standing on the porch. Image is mounted crooked on a black matte. Image is quite faded and yellow. Identification is written in blue pen on the back.

Date: 1896~

Item Type: Photograph

Abiding Memories, funeral book sign in form for P.S. Reed

Date: unknown

Item Type: Artwork

[Ada Wessendorff as a teenager (about 16 yrs old).]

Photographic portrait of Ada Wessendorff as a teenager (about 16 yrs old). Wessendorff has her hair pulled back and secured with a large white bow at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a white dress with lace inset over shoulders. Bodice is shirred around shoulders, ending with a round lace band across the shoulders and chest. Shirt is shirred in four levels at the waist, and twice more at thigh level. Wessendorff is holding a bouquet of carnations. Image is mounted is cropped into an o… more

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Ada Wessendorff, Daughter of Joe B. and Lila Baker Wessendorff.]

Photographic portrait of Ada Wessendorff, Daughter of Joe B. and Lila Baker Wessendorff. Wessendorff has her hair pulled back and secured with a large white bow at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a white dress with lace inset over shoulders. Bodice is shirred around shoulders, ending with a round lace band across the shoulders and chest. Shirt is shirred in four levels at the waist, and twice more at thigh level. Wessendorff is holding a bouquet of carnations. Image is mounted is cro… more

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Adam Stafford, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred Colonists.]

Copy of a photograph of Adam Stafford, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred Colonists. Stafford is wearing a dark jacket with a cape around his shoulders. He has a white shirt with a bow tie tied around the collar. Stafford has graying hair with a bushy beard. He has his right hand on the crook of a wooden cane. Scanned image is of the copy.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Adams Bros. Store in Richmond, Texas]

Photograph of the Adams Bros. Store in Richmond, Texas. The store is a two-story brick building. Photograph shows northeast corner of building. African-American man standing next to pole in front of store. Child standing next to man who is leaning against another pole. Five African American people standing in front of next wooden building (on right of photo). Photograph is mounted on cardboard substrate. The cardboard is broken at top and top right, broken again at bottom left corner (pieces mi… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Adams Home in Missouri City]

Print of the Adams Home, Missouri City. Two story white wooden house, pictured from side, trees obscure the view of front of home.

Date: 1962

Item Type: Photograph

[Administration Building, Texas Centennial Exposition]

Photograph of the Administration Building taken during Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas, Texas in 1936. Arch of building has a statue, Spirit of the Centennial, in center. In front of the statue is a water fountain surrounded by three flags. An American flag is flying in the left of the photo; there is a tree on right.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Advertisement mailed to Miss Beatrice M. Jones]

Advertising mail out sent to Miss Beatrice M. Jones

Date: unknown

Item Type: Letter

Advertisement mailed to Y. U. Jones

Address page for an advertisement from Foley Bros. Dry Goods Company mailed to "Mr. Y. U. Jones, Thompson, Texas." A partially-visible image in the lower-left corner includes the text, "To Go Forward - not backward is our aim. Each month we add some new features to our service - to increase our helpfulness and [to] merit your valued patronage."

Date: unknown

Creator: Foley Bros. Dry Goods Company

Item Type: Text

[Aerial view of Rosenberg]

Photograph (copy) of an aerial view of Rosenberg looking southwest. On the second block from bottom, a tower can be seen toward right side of photo. Also on second block from bottom toward left side is a two long narrow buildings joined by walkway that has many cars parked in front of it.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial view of Rosenberg with a football field to the left of the photo]

Photograph (copy) of an aerial view of Rosenberg, looking west along Avenues G and H. A football field can be seen to far left, center.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial view of sulfur mine at Orchard, Texas.]

Aerial view of sulfur mine at Orchard, Texas. Train in far left corner. Another train in mid-left. Lake on left. Sulfur block on right. Stamped on back: DUVAL TEXAS SULFUR CO. ORCHARD, TEXAS. Also stamped on back: DON-CORTIS COMPANY 1526 Bonnie Brae St. Ph. L. 4229 Houston, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial view of the A.P. George Ranch]

Negative 35mm film of an aerial view of the A.P. George Ranch house and yard. Original photograph was enclosed in George family scrapbook.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[African American boy knee-deep in water during 1899 flood]

Photographic print mounted on cardboard. Electric light plant- cotton platform are visible. African American boy standing at center right knee-deep in water.

Date: 1899

Item Type: Photograph

[African-American cowboys branding calves at John Moore Ranch]

Photograph of African American cowboys branding calves at John Moore Ranch, ca. 1920. Men are identified on back, left to right, as Joe Foster, Frank Johnson, Judge Mason, Mathina Harris. Johnson is holding branding iron, Mason is holding down calf.

Date: 1922

Item Type: Photograph

[African-American cowboys branding calves, calf still steaming from branding]

Photograph of African-American cowboys branding calves. Cows in foreground. Three African-American cowboys have a calf down, still steaming from branding. Pen fence in background.

Date: 1922

Item Type: Photograph

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, a horse surrounded by debris]

Photo on cardboard mat.1900 Galveston flood damage. A horse is standing in the center of a pile of wooden rubble. A two-story, white house is in the background. Back of photo reads: NO, 29 19th & Ave N. A lone survivor. A horse Who seemed desirous of telling his sad experience.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, debris surrounding a storm victim's body]

Photo on cardboard mat. Planks of wood are scattered. A covered body is lying on top of a large wooden surface. An open box is at bottom, right corner of photo. Some building appear to be left standing in the background. Back of photo reads: NO-44. 20th & M1/2 St- At dawn Sept. - 9 1900, dead could be seen at every Turn.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, locating storm victims]

Photo on cardboard mat. Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm. Wagon load of storm victims. Two men are walking behind the wagon. Wagon driver is standing up and holding reins to horses. Foreground shows wood debris. Large covered area in background. Back of photo reads: NO-26. On 22st & wharf 73 wagon loads of storm victims buried at Sea, on SEPT-10 1900 W.A. Green. Galveston, Texas.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, St. Patrick's Church]

Photo on cardboard mat. Remains of a St. Patrick's Church, a large, brick building after Galveston storm. Utility pole in bottom, right corner of photo.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, storm victims' bodies on a barge]

Photo on cardboard mat. Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm. 700 bodies were carried to sea by barge. Six men on a barge littered with bodies. Bottom fourth of photo is whited out (possible obstruction to camera).

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

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[L. A. Vogelsang Store in the Gray and Son Building]

[T.A. Wessendorff house, Richmond, Texas.]

[T.A. Wessendorff residence on Morton St. at 11th st.]

Abiding Memories, funeral book sign in form for P.S. Reed

[Ada Wessendorff as a teenager (about 16 yrs old).]

[Ada Wessendorff, Daughter of Joe B. and Lila Baker Wessendorff.]

[Adam Stafford, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred Colonists.]

[Adams Bros. Store in Richmond, Texas]

[Adams Home in Missouri City]

[Administration Building, Texas Centennial Exposition]

[Advertisement mailed to Miss Beatrice M. Jones]

Advertisement mailed to Y. U. Jones

[Aerial view of Rosenberg]

[Aerial view of Rosenberg with a football field to the left of the photo]

[Aerial view of sulfur mine at Orchard, Texas.]

[Aerial view of the A.P. George Ranch]

[African American boy knee-deep in water during 1899 flood]

[African-American cowboys branding calves at John Moore Ranch]

[African-American cowboys branding calves, calf still steaming from branding]

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, a horse surrounded by debris]

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, debris surrounding a storm victim's body]

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, locating storm victims]

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, St. Patrick's Church]

[Aftermath of 1900 Galveston storm, storm victims' bodies on a barge]