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Convict Labor vs. Honest Labor.

Description: Circular formatted as a letter to state legislator from Harris County constituents, calling for state-level legislation to quit employing prisoners within Texas.
Date: 1891-07-15~
Creator: Smith, D. C.; Charlton, James; Ashe, S. S.; Hamilton, H.; Campbell, E. A.; Harris, Jonathan et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Lena Armstrong Public Library

Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Tri-Cities and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1939

Description: General directory for Baytown, Texas and the surrounding area including address listings for businesses and individuals as well as business advertisements. The areas include Baytown, Busch Terrace, Goose Creek, Pelly, La Porte, Cedar Bayou, Stewart Heights, Highlands, Wooster and adjacent territory. According to the title page, it includes contains “an alphabetical directory of all residents eighteen years of age and over; a numerical directory by streets with street telephone guide; a classifi… more
Date: 1939
Creator: Page-Interstate Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Sterling Municipal Library

Page-Interstate Company and the Daily Sun’s Tri-Cities and La Porte Texas Modern City Directory, 1937

Description: General directory for Baytown, Texas and the surrounding area including address listings for businesses and individuals as well as business advertisements. The areas include Baytown, Goose Creek, Pelly, La Porte, Cedar Bayou, Stewart Heights, Highlands, Wooster and adjacent territory. According to the title page, it contains “an alphabetical directory of all residents eighteen years of age and over; a numerical directory by streets with street telephone guide; a classified business directory wi… more
Date: 1937
Creator: Page-Interstate Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Sterling Municipal Library

[Man and women posing with a giant fish]

Description: Postcard issued by Bank of the Southwest using images from F.J. Schlueter Collection. Image is of man and women in bathing suits posing with a giant fish. Text on the back of the postcard reads, "Early Houstonians recall that Houston was a fisherman's paradise. The fishing's good today, too, but bathing costumes have improved considerably in most people's opinion. Houston Streets were never the same again. Photograph from the Bank of the Southwest--F.J. Schlueter Collection." Image is from… more
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Steam powered tractor with farmer]

Description: Postcard issued by Bank of the Southwest using images from F.J. Schlueter Collection. Image is of a steam powered tractor with farmer standing on the back. Farmer is in the process of plowing the field. Text on the back of the postcard reads, "Even in its early days, Houston was an agricultural center. Farm machinery such as this steam tractor helped Houstonians make the most of their natural resources. Photograph from the Bank of the Southwest--F.J. Schlueter Collection." Image is from ca… more
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[A young woman wearing a dark colored dress.]

Description: Photograph of a young woman wearing a dark colored dress ruffled lace above the collar. There is a stickpin on the dark collar. She is facing left of the camera. Photograph is mounted on cardboard. Bottom of cardboard reads: Chas. J. Wright, 84 Main St., Houston, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wright, Chas. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[A little girl wearing a light colored dress.]

Description: Photograph mounted on (pale blue) cardboard of a little girl wearing a light colored dress, dark stockings, and dark boots. She is leaning on a draped backdrop with her right elbow. Her left hand is placed upon her right wrist. Outdoor background to photo. Bottom of photo reads: Anderson's, 85 Mains Street, Houston, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson's
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[A young man dressed in a white shirt with white ruffled skirt.]

Description: Photograph mounted on cardboard of a young man dressed in a white shirt with white ruffled skirt. He has on stripe and design stockings with laced boots. He is standing on a covered backdrop that he is also able to lean on with his left elbow. Bottom of photo reads: From Anderson's, 85 Main Street, Houston, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson's
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Portrait of Charles Stech]

Description: Portrait of Charles Stech, visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored three-piece suit and bow tie. A hand written note on the back identifies him as "Charles Stech."
Date: unknown
Creator: Wright, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Unidentified Children in Clothing Characteristic of Asia]

Description: Photograph of five children in clothing characteristic of East Asia - kimonos and parasols - posed in a line of three standing children in the back row and two squatting children in the front row. The girls on the edge of the back row hold open parasols above their heads while the girls in the front row have their parasols closed and used for support. The boy in the middle has a hat on his head.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rains' Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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