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[Certificate of birth of Julia Ann Pratt]
certificate of birth of Julia Ann Pratt born January 5, 1895 in Denton TX. Father William Clark Pratt of Kentucky, (Clerk at County Clerk's Office) and Nannie Ann Jones, from Texas (housewife) (#2 of 4 documents that were bound together)
[Birth Certificate for John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers]
Birth Certificate for John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers. Born October 12, 1892 in Galveston. Father Thomas Josiah Rogers, Galveston, (a painting contractor) Jane Theresa Hussey, from Galveston (a house wife. (#4 of 4 documents that were bound together)
[Certificate of baptism from Saint Mary's Cathedral in Galveston, TX]
certificate of baptism from Saint Mary's Cathedral Galveston, TX. Shows that John Malcolm Keenan Rogers was baptized September 7, 1892.
copy of John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers birth certificate
copy of John Malcolm Keenan Jerome Rogers birth certificate
[Letter to J.T. Rogers concerning the James River Squadron Confederate Navy]
Letter from Atlanta, GA May 27 (18)92 States that J.T. Rogers was steward or paymaster's clerk on the Gunboat Roanoke of the James River Squadron Confederate Navy from July 1864 up to the time of the evacuation of Richmond and that in that capacity he was efficient in the discharge of his duties and in every way entitled to, and worthy of confidence. Signed by Samual M. Tucker
[Hettie Ellen Herbert]
-Digital copy of: Hettie Ellen Herbert, c. 1895
[Front Page of the Rosenberg Progress, October 11, 1895. ]
First page of the Rosenberg Progress dated October 11, 1895. Vol. 1 No. 37. The text appears to be a discussion of political issues, but the text is too blurry to be readable.
[County script for jury duty]
County script for $50 for jury duty, 16 December 1892.
[Receipt for teacher's salary]
Receipt for teacher's salary, 20 November 1896.
[Hilmar Guenther and three unidentified men]
Photograph of four men. Bearded man standing at center is Hilmar Guenther. Lower left and upper left corners are torn off.
[Hilmar Guenther family]
Photograph of Hilmar Guenther family, San Antonio, ca. 1899. From left to right, Hilmar Guenther, Dorothea Guenther (Mrs. John Moore, Jr.), Lieschen Guenther (Mrs. Norveil Chittim), Marie Bachman Guenther. Image is mounted on a black matte with a white 0.6 cm border immediately around photo. Photographer's mark in white at center bottom, "Barr, San Antonio, Texas." Image dimensions: 15.5 cm x 10.2 cm. Back of photo has strips of newspaper glued to it at both sides.
[Hoof rasp]
Hoof rasp that is rectangular and flat. The bottom has small diamond-shaped teeth. The sides are horizontal. The top has big wedge teeth. The handle is long and skinny, but bent far over.
[Crescent shaped file with horizontal teeth]
Crescent shaped file with horizontal teeth. It has a pointy short handle the curves at the end.
[Bracket-shaped draw knife]
Bracket-shaped draw knife with turned wooden handles and a 10 in steel blade. The handles have steel caps on the tips.
[Animal nose ring]
Animal nose ring that is painted black and has a head like pliers and below the joint is a screw that widen and reduced the size of the opening or mouth of the ringer. For ringing hogs' ears
[Long L-shaped poker]
Long L-shaped poker with a wire coil handle with a circle on the tip for hanging
[Compass saw]
Compass saw that has an upside down G-Shaped handle with two screwed where the blade inserts. The one further away from the blade is 2 cm in diameter and is stamped with H Disston & Sons Philada With a little emblem in the center. The other is 1.2 cm in diameter and is plain. The blade is most likely the original because it has been engraved with the same names.
[Combination tool that has a flat head with five sharp tines]
Combination tool that has a flat head with five sharp tines that have been inserted into the head. The neck has been inserted into the head and handle. The handle is wooden and shaped like a cylinder with rounded ends.
[Stock and die]
The stock of the die is rectangular shaped with two long handles that come out opposite sides. One handle is part of the rectangle while the other screws on to tighten or loosen the five dies inside the stock. The rectangular part of the stock has a 10.5 cm X 2.7 cm rectangular opening into which the dies fit. On the dies are several engraved numbers. A 7 is marked at the top of all five dies and on the 1st,3rd,4th and 5th are marked 10, 12,14,16. Above the die is a stamp: BUTTERFIELD & CO DEP BY LINE, V1. ROCK ISLAND. P.a Below them is written: No 32 B.
[U-shaped clevis]
U-shaped clevis with a pin through the top. The pin has a circle at one end with a hole.
[Soldering iron]
Soldering iron with a copper plated head, four sided with a pyramid point, with an octagonal body of head. At the back of the head there is a long painted black iron neck that has been inserted into the head. The neck ends in a point. The wooden handle is removable and fits over the pointed end of the neck. It is a turned handle that split in half and been repaired with black electrical tape. There is also metal wire wrapped around the base of the handle where the split originated. Three nails are inserted up into the base of the handle around the hole for the neck.
[Strop with a wooden core]
Strop with a wooden core two padded leather sides parallel to each other, one side is unpadded leather, and the fourth side is inset with a hone. One of the padded sides has a 6 cm hole exposing cotton, same side is missing three nails and is torn.
[Rusty Pliers]
Pliers that are hinged at top and then has four textured holes, and then has parallel handles of which one ends in a clasp that hooks the two handles together. On the handle without a clasp, written on the inside, is "M KLEIN & SONS"
[Hand saw with a steel blade]
Hand saw with a carved wooden handle and steel blade. Handle has a carved leaf pattern on one side with three brass bolts: top two are 1.2 cm in diameter and have no surface decoration, bottom bolt is 2.2 cm in diameter and is stamped with an eagle and with "Warranted / Pat. Dec. 27, 1887 / Superior"
[Czech-Moravian farm in Ellinger, TX]
Photo of Czech-Moravian farm, Ellinger, TX, ca. 1885-1900. Mother (Anna Kallus), father, and three children posed in front of farm house with two wagons and 4 horses/mules. Large tree in center background. White wooden house on left. Scanned image is of the copy.
[Wedding portrait of Mary Kramr and Rehor Zapalac]
Wedding portrait of Mary Kramr and Rehor Zapalac, 1891. The Zapalac family operated general stores in Fredek, TX and Sealy, TX. Zapalac is wearing a three piece suit with pin-striping. He has a flower pinned to the right side of the jacket. His hair is parted down the center. Kramr is wearing a satin jacket with buttons from neck to waist. Skirt is long and has lace trim in two rows near hemline; lace also at wrists and collar. Her veil reaches floor length. See accession file for supporting documents (copy) Scanned image is of the copy.
[Framed image of Mr. J.W. Slavin]
Framed image of Mr. J.W. Slavin, proprietor of Thompsons Store between 1875 and 1920. Image: Charcoal-enhanced photographic print of Mr. J.W. Slavin. He has a moustache and receding hairline. Slavin is wearing a dark vest and suit jacket, ascot tie, and white shirt. Frame: Grey oval frame constructed of painted plaster over a wooden base. Raised design/appliqué at top, bottom, left, right with gold, orange, red, green, and blue highlights.
[Framed image of Mrs. J.W. Slavin]
Framed image of Mrs. J.W. Slavin, proprietor of Thompsons Store. Image: Charcoal enhanced photographic print of Mrs. J.W. Slavin. She is wearing cross-shaped earrings, dark high-collar dress with white collar and nine light colored buttons. Frame: Grey oval frame constructed of painted plaster over a wooden base. Raised design/appliqué at top, bottom, left, right with gold, orange, red, green, and blue highlights.
[John M. Moore, Sr. and Lottie Dyer Moore's four oldest children.]
Photographic print of John M. Moore, Sr. and Lottie Dyer Moore's four oldest children. Clockwise from top center: Ray (8 yrs), Dyer (3 yrs), Ivy (6 yrs), John, (1yr). Front of print is marked in pencil, numbering children to correlate with list of names on back. Ivy is reclining against a bear skin rug. John is seated on an upholstered bench. Ray is standing in center. Dyer is seated on upholstered chair on right. Photograph is mounted on a black cardboard substrate. Bottom of cardboard under gold trim reads: Chas. J. Wright 84 Main St. Houston, Texas. (in gold). Top right corner is missing. All corners are worn and torn.
[An invitation to a wedding.]
Copy of an invitation to a wedding. Invitation reads: Mr. And Mrs. J.H.P. Davis announce the marriage of their daughter Mary E. to Mr. Albert P. George, Wednesday, October the seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety six. Richmond, Texas. At Home after November the first. Richmond, Texas.
[Carry Nation wearing a black dress and holding a book]
Photographic postcard of Carry Nation. Nation is dressed in a dark colored dress with buttons that run along the left side of the it. She has a matching cape over her shoulders. She has a long fabric headpiece covering the back of her graying hair. A white flower or bow is tied at the collar. She has three pins pinned to her cape - one is of a hatchet that is pinned on left side of cape. Nation is holding a book on her right hand and her left thumb is resting on a page.
[Carry Nation. Nation is seated in a decorative wooden chair.]
Photograph of Carry Nation. Nation is seated in a decorative wooden chair next to a round wooden table. She has her right hand on the back of an open book and her left hand on the open page of the book and she is posed as if she were reading. Nation, who has graying hair and wears wire-rimmed glasses, is wearing a white dress that has buttons that extend from her left shoulder to the thigh area. The dress has long sleeves and a bow tied at the collar. The photograph is mounted on a gray cardboard matte with bevel cut edges that frame the perimeter of the rectangle portrait. Bottom of matte reads: WHITE 1261 BROADWAY N.Y. Photographer name also seen in white written between the table legs. Photo dimensions are: 10 cm X 14 cm.
[Photograph of Carry Nation standing near a table.]
Photograph of Carry Nation. Nation is standing next to a round wooden table. She is holding an open book in her hands. Nation, who has graying hair pulled up into a bun and wears eyeglasses, is wearing a white dress with buttons that extend from her left shoulder to her thigh. The dress has long sleeves and a bow at the collar. The portrait ends at the knees. The photograph is mounted on a gray cardboard matte with bevel trim around rectangle of picture. Bottom of matte reads: WHITE 1261 BROADWAY N.Y. Image dimensions are: 10 cm X 14.1 cm
[Dorothea Guenther at 4 months old in December of 1894.]
Photograph of Dorothea Guenther at 4 months old in December of 1894. Dorothea is wearing a long, white dress with a white jacket that is tied with a fringed tie. Dark colored blanket in background. Photograph original is mounted on cardboard and trimmed in gold. Bottom of cardboard reads: Paris & Rothwell 11&13 W. Commerce St., San Antonio, Texas.
[The Moore Home in 1894.]
Photograph of the Moore Home in 1894. Home is a two and a half story white, wooden building with large railed front porch. A man is sitting on the left of porch and Four children are standing/sitting on the front steps. Various lawn furniture in front of house. There is a double swing in right corner. Trees surround the house excluding the front walkway.
[McFarlane House that was located on Jackson Street.]
Photograph of the McFarlane House that was located on Jackson Street in Rosenberg, Texas. The McFarlane house is a story and a half white wooden house with dark trim. The front porch has ornate wooden railing that is partially obscured by the wooden fence that surround the yard. The gate to the fence is on the far left side of the photo. Four people are standing on the front porch. There is a man on horseback just to the right of the center of the photograph. He is wearing dark pants, white shirt, dark jacket and hat; and he is on a dark horse. The photograph is mounted on cardboard substrate. The photograph has tears, is broken at top left corner, worn at all corners, and is stained. The photograph has tape on back.
["House In Richmond, Texas Across Road From Entrance To Morton Cemetary"]
Postcard image of "HOUSE IN RICHMOND, TEXAS ACROSS ROAD FROM ENTRANCE TO MORTON CEMETARY C. 1895" as noted in handwriting on back of postcard. A fence is in the foreground with two women standing behind the fence in the front yard. A small tree is on the left side of the photo. The house is a one story building with a chimney on the right side.
[Mamie Davis, A.P. George, and Jennie Jones]
Photograph (copy) of a Mamie Davis, A.P. George, and Jennie Jones when they were young (before A.P. and Mamie were married). Davis is wearing a dark colored dress with two pins pinned on her chest. She has her long hair loose down her back and on her right shoulder. She has her left hand on a floral arrangement. George is wearing a three piece dark suit with white shirt and dark tie. Jones is wearing a Dark dress with buttons down the front to waist. She is seated in a chair. Scanned image and dimensions are of the copy.
[T. B. Wessendorff Lumber Yard in Richmond, Texas]
Photograph (copy) of T. B. Wessendorff Lumber Yard in Richmond, Texas during the flood of 1899. Three men are in a small wooden boat in center of water filled street. The lumber yard is on the right of photo. White picket fence with trees enclosed on left. Standpipe in left background. Photo has writing in white: T.B.W. Lumber Yard July 8, 1899 ? . Scanned image and dimensions are of the copy.
[A. Kochan Store during the flood of 1899]
Photograph (copy) of the A. Kochan Store during the flood of 1899. The front store reads: FARMING AND IMPLEMENTS PLOWS AND CULTIVATORS CORN AND COTTON PLANTERS A KOCHAN . The store is a one-story tin building. A buggy is parked in water in front of the store. A house next door has a picket fence. Railroad tracks in front of store. Shrubs and utility pole in left foreground. Dark writing across front but not legible. Scanned image and dimensions are of the copy.
[Flood scene on Third Street in Richmond, Texas]
Photograph (copy) of the flood scene on Third Street in Richmond, Texas in 1899. Center of photo shows three men in the water; one submerged to waist, the other two submerged to the neck. A wooden barrel is floating to right of photo. Far right is a partial building with water in it. On left, a man can be seen standing in the doorway of a two-story brick building. Other buildings, utility poles, and trees in background. Written on front of photo: 3rd St. July 7, 1899, No 12. Scanned image and dimensions are of the copy.
[Refinery at Sugar Land]
Photograph is an enlargement of the original photograph of the refinery at Sugar Land, Texas. There is a nine story building to the left of photo. Smoke stack in center blowing thick, black clouds of smoke extending across the right side of the photo. White two story building on right with porch facing right edge of photo. Photograph is mounted on white cardboard substrate with a label in black at bottom that reads: "The oldest known photograph of the refinery at Sugar Land was taken in the 1890's. Historians think it was 1894. At that time Sugar Land had a rooming house and a general store but not much more." Back of cardboard is gray. Image dimensions are: 24 cm X 15.9 cm. Scanned image is of this copy.
[John McNabb]
Photograph of "John McNabb, perhaps about 1890. Born in Scotland in 1806. (Exact date unknown). Died April 27, 1894; a member of the Santa Fe Expedition. His remains were removed from the family cemetery northwest of Rosenberg to Morton Cemetery in Richmond in the sprint of 1974." This description was written on the back of the photograph in ink. McNabb has thinning gray hair and is wearing a plaid suit (top button buttoned) with a dark wide tie, and a white shirt (collar of shirt barely visible above jacket and tie). Photo is mounted on cardboard substrate with gold scalloped trim. Bottom of photo on gold textured label: The "APEX" (emblem) 948 Elm St. Dallas, Tex.
[Rosenberg Post Office in 1899]
Photograph of the Rosenberg Post Office in 1899. White, wooden building with tall front and covered porch. Man on bicycle in front of porch. One man and three women standing on porch, and two women in bonnets are sitting in doorway. A horse is tied to the post of porch on right. Meyer Real Estate on right, also. Written on front of photo in blue ink: Rosenberg and in black ink: 1899. Photo appears to have been mounted on cardboard or in an album. Tear in right corner.
[Five young women and Four young men]
Group portrait of 5 young women and 4 young men. Portrait is informal, with one woman in the top row lighting a cigarette for the man on her right, and one man on the bottom row offering a cigarette to the woman on his left. Image is mounted on a cardboard substrate with scalloped edges. Photographer's mark: "George H. Wonfor, Artist and Photographer." Wonfor worked in Galveston 1896-1897.
[Miss Euhlia Gomez]
Photograph of Miss Euhlia Gomez (as identified in pencil on back) of Alice, Texas, a classmate of Helen Patterson Rosenbush of the Foster Family. Photograph of a young lady with dark hair wearing a dark skirt with dark, satin blouse, and jacket with white trim on lapels and ruffles at wrist of sleeves. She is wearing a dark hat with S W U printed on the ribbon around the crown of the hat. Gomez is sitting in a chair with a floral print fabric draped across chair arm. Gomez has her right arm resting on fabric draped arm of chair. She is holding a parasol (closed with point down on floor) in her left hand. Photograph is mounted in a pale gray textured matte. Matte has white outer border (thin). Written in gold at bottom of matte: Wilcox, Georgetown, Texas. Photograph is torn or peeled away on right side, extending to top and bottom center. Penciled on bottom of photo: Euhlia and on bottom of matte ???. Image dimensions: 8 cm X 10.5 cm.
[County bridge over Brazos at Richmond]
Photograph of the opening of the "county bridge over Brazos at Richmond, June 20, 1894" as written in pencil on the front of the photo. Back of photo in pen: Joe and Alma Ryon. June 20, 1894. People are standing on the bridge. Seven men are standing/sitting on top beams of bridge and five are standing/sitting on the beam to far right that attaches to the ground structure. Photograph is mounted on tan cardboard substrate. Photo has foxing and stains. Cardboard has stains and is worn at the corners.
[Construction of the first bridge across the Brazos River]
Photograph of the construction process of the first bridge across the Brazos River. There are men standing on the lumber being use to construct the bridge surface, and a man wearing a dark colored vest, white shirt, and light colored hat in the right corner of photo. An African-American boy walking toward camera in the right corner, and there are trees in background. Photograph is mounted on a gray cardboard matte.
[Mr. And Mrs. Worthington]
Photograph of Mr. And Mrs. Worthington (as noted in pencil at bottom of photograph). The couple is standing in front of a two-story wooden home with shrubbery to their right and left. Mr. Worthington is wearing a dark, three-piece suit and hat. He has a cane in his left hand. Mrs. Worthington is wearing a long dress with dark trim at collar and sleeves. She has her left hand on a wooden table with flower arrangement on top of it. Back of photo in pencil reads: Grandpa and Grandma Worthington at their house in Richmond. Photograph is mounted on tan cardboard substrate. Cardboard has stains and thick black semi-circular area in top left corner.
[Opening of the Brazos River Bridge in 1894]
Photograph of the opening of the Brazos River Bridge in 1894. Couple on right (identified on back of copy of this photo) leaning against rail: Mr. And Mrs. J.J. Adams. The man standing to left in dark suit is identified as Buck Flanagan, the prison warden at Sugar Land. There are six people standing on the bridge. There is a dog to the right of the bridge.
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