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[Minutes for Hillyer Oil Compeny Meeting - 1918-02-14]

Minutes taken from a Hillyer Oil Company meeting on February 14, 1918. The naming of Chas E. Anderson, Senior, and J. T. Willits [Willets], as temporary chairmen is mentioned. Development of plots of land and the attendees of the meeting is also mentioned.

Date: February 14, 1918

Creator: Willits, J. T.

Item Type: Text

[Letter from Hillyer Oil Company - 1917-08-03]

Letter from Hillyer Oil Company dated August 3, 1917. It discusses the location and drilling of successful oil wells, and mentions plots of land for sale.

Date: August 3, 1917

Creator: Hillyer Oil Company

Item Type: Letter

[Richmond looking east along Morton Street]

Postcard of scene of downtown Richmond, looking east along Morton Street. Circa 1912/1913.Daily-Levy Store on right. Automobiles parked on the side of the street can be seen in the bottom left corner of photo. Blurred image of a man walking on sidewalk in bottom right of photo.

Date: 1912

Item Type: Postcard

[Public School in Richmond]

Postcard image of the Public School, Richmond, Texas. Two and a half story brick building. Group of people are standing near the northeast corner of the building. A person is leaning out of the middle, bottom story window.

Date: 1911

Item Type: Postcard

[Downtown Richmond looking east along Morton Street]

Copy print of the scene of downtown Richmond, looking east along Morton Street. Automobiles parked in left corner of photo. Blurred image of man walking on sidewalk to the right of the photo. Fire hydrant in right corner of photo also.

Date: 1912

Item Type: Photograph

[Indiana Town in Rosenberg, railroad crossing on the left.]

Postcard image of Indiana Town, Rosenberg, Texas. Dirt road intersection in foreground. Railroad crossing sign is in left corner of postcard.

Date: 1911

Item Type: Postcard

[Postcard of Railroad Street During 1913 Flood]

Postcard of Railroad Street, Richmond, Texas after 1913 flood. Water seen along bottom and center of photo. Train in (center) background. Tent in top left corner.

Date: December 10, 1913

Item Type: Postcard

[1913 flood in Richmond, Texas]

Postcard image of 1913 flood in Richmond, Texas. Water visible in bottom half of photo. White, wooden house with porch surrounded by white picket fence on left. White house in background, also. Top, right corner is torn (piece missing).

Date: December 10, 1913

Item Type: Postcard

[Flood of 1913 in Richmond]

Postcard image of the flood of 1913. Richmond businesses seen are: The Rosen Store, Robinowitz Bros., Postcard is cracked across middle.

Date: December 10, 1913

Item Type: Postcard

[Brazos River Bridge from a distance]

Photograph mounted on gray cardboard mat. Photo of the Brazos River Bridge, Rosenberg, Texas in 1912. Photo by Holman's. Photo has bare branch in far left corner. Left corner of mat is broken (piece missing). Grey spot in top, left corner of photo.

Date: 1912

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Flood Scene in Richmond, Texas]

Photograph of flood scene from 1913 in Richmond, Texas. Bottom half of photo is of water in Richmond streets. Buildings in background. Tall post in center of picture.

Date: 1913

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Flood in Richmond]

Flood scene of Richmond, Texas in 1913, with streets under water, utility poles across the middle of the photo, and houses and bridge in the background.

Date: 1913

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Man Driving in Flood Waters]

Photograph of Richmond, flood of 1913 scene. Man driving car in flood waters (another man standing on back of car). G.W. Buchanan Blacksmith shop in top, right of photo. Note on back states that Austin Newton could possibly be person in car.

Date: 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Map of Rosenberg dated 1910

Date: 1910

Item Type: Map

[The Championship Girls Basketball Team (1918) from Richmond]

Photograph of the Championship Girls Basketball Team (1918) from Richmond High School. Women are dressed in light colored shirts with big white collars. Five of the women have scarves around their collars. They are seated on the steps of the school with a basketball with R.H.S. Champions 1918 printed on the ball. Team members identified (written on back of photo in pencil) from left to right as: Bottom row: Lucile Rich, Rosalie Daughtery, Marguerite Wessendorff. Top row: Johnny Winder, Coach -… more

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

[The residence of F.I. Booth, Booth, Texas.]

Postcard image of the residence of F.I. Booth, Booth, Texas. Two and a half story, white, wooden home. All three stories have arched porches with rails. White picket fence and dark wooden fence are both seen in front of house. Two automobiles in foreground.

Date: 1911

Item Type: Postcard

[A train at Booth, Texas.]

Postcard image of a train at Booth, Texas. Two men are seated on the front of the engine. Texas flag is flying to the right of the photo. Dated November 11, 1911.

Date: November 11, 1911

Item Type: Postcard

[Train and station at Booth, Texas. Side view of train.]

Train and station at Booth, Texas. Side view of train. Fence in foreground. Roof top of train station (in background) visible above train. Dated November 11, 1911.

Date: November 11, 1911

Item Type: Photograph

[The Booth Home, Booth, Texas.]

Postcard image of the Booth Home, Booth, Texas. Picket fence in foreground. Booth home in upper, left corner of photo. Person walking on dirt road.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Postcard

[Mrs. Swinford, Lizzie Wessendorff, etc.]

Photograph of (as identified on back in ink) Mrs. Swinford, Lizzie Wessendorff, Jennetta Wessendorff, Archietta Davis Jones, Jennie Jones Wessendorff, Marguerite Wessendorff, Doris Wessendorff, Marie Wessendorff. Three little girls are sitting on a long wooden bench in front of five (standing) women. There is a see-saw behind the women to the right of photo. White picket fence on left. House in background on right. The photo is torn on top right corner and the top left is folded. Center is crea… more

Date: 1910

Item Type: Photograph

[Lizzie Wessendorff and Violet O'Farrell at the O'Farrell Home.]

Photograph of Lizzie Wessendorff and Violet O'Farrell at the O'Farrell Home, Richmond, TX. Both girls appear to be about 14-16 years old. They are seated on the rail of a circular stone porch.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Store interior identified on back as Wessendorff Hardware Store.]

Photograph of store interior identified on back as Wessendorff Hardware Store, 1913, with man identified as Mr. Keeton. Keeton is standing next to a row of kitchen stoves. Rack at left of picture holds pitchforks, shovels, saws, axes, etc. Image is mounted on a black cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 17.5 cm x 12.2 cm

Date: 1913

Item Type: Photograph

[The interior of the J.H.P. Davis Bank, Richmond, TX. View of the teller booths.]

Photograph of the interior of the J.H.P. Davis Bank, Richmond, TX. T.A. Wessendorff is standing in teller's booth at the left edge of the image. Bundled wheat shafts is hung to the right of the cashier window. Floor is tiled in snowflake or flower pattern. Cuspidors on the floor at left and next to table at right. There is a 1.5 x 1.5 cm piece missing from the photograph located along the top edge 6.5 cm from the left corner. Surface damage--maybe bugs? Damaged areas have been filled in w… more

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Lizzie Wessendorff as a teenager, ca. 1912.]

Formal photographic portrait of Lizzie Wessendorff as a teenager, ca. 1912. Wessendorff has her hair pulled back loosely into a bun on the crown of her head. She is looking to the left and has a very serious expression. Wessendorff is wearing a white dress with a gathered neckline and fabric flowers at her right shoulder. Photograph is mounted in a gray folder. Front of folder has a 1 mm dark gray stripe locate 1.8 cm from the edge. Folder has embossed image of a girl holding lilies and her… more

Date: 1912

Item Type: Photograph

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[Minutes for Hillyer Oil Compeny Meeting - 1918-02-14]

[Letter from Hillyer Oil Company - 1917-08-03]

[Richmond looking east along Morton Street]

[Public School in Richmond]

[Downtown Richmond looking east along Morton Street]

[Indiana Town in Rosenberg, railroad crossing on the left.]

[Postcard of Railroad Street During 1913 Flood]

[1913 flood in Richmond, Texas]

[Flood of 1913 in Richmond]

[Brazos River Bridge from a distance]

[Photograph of Flood Scene in Richmond, Texas]

[Photograph of Flood in Richmond]

[Photograph of Man Driving in Flood Waters]

Map of Rosenberg dated 1910

[The Championship Girls Basketball Team (1918) from Richmond]

[The residence of F.I. Booth, Booth, Texas.]

[A train at Booth, Texas.]

[Train and station at Booth, Texas. Side view of train.]

[The Booth Home, Booth, Texas.]

[Mrs. Swinford, Lizzie Wessendorff, etc.]

[Lizzie Wessendorff and Violet O'Farrell at the O'Farrell Home.]

[Store interior identified on back as Wessendorff Hardware Store.]

[The interior of the J.H.P. Davis Bank, Richmond, TX. View of the teller booths.]

[Lizzie Wessendorff as a teenager, ca. 1912.]