89-0020 oversize Galveston Placards Collection, 1901-1944, Advertising placards related to Galveston concerts, lectures, performances, events, a organizations. This is an artificial collection assembled by the Rosenberg Library. The placards were discovered resting in two oversize cardboard boxes in the History Center. The following items have been transferred to the Museum: Two ha fans advertising Goodyear Shoe Shop a New York Shoe Repairing Company, Galveston, circa 1930 Three "Direct-o-Phone" memo calears with tablets advertising various Galveston businesses, circa 1930 Two ha-painted signs advertising Galveston Art League exhibition at Purdy's Gallery, [1932] One ha-painted sign, "Galveston's Little Theatre Presents The Royal Family", 1930 One ha-painted Galveston Little Theatre sign, "Outward Bou by Sutton Vane", [1930]
GALVESTON PLACARDS COLLECTION 89-0020 oversize #_ Description Concerts, Lectures, Performances, etc. 1/1 American Guild of Organists. Galveston Chapter 1/2-6 Ball High School, [] 1/7 Ball High School. Alumni Association (re: Seton, Ernest Thompson) 1/8 Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks 1/9 Children's Theatre of New York 1/10 C[ollege of the] Iustrial] A[rts]. Choir 1/11 Galveston Committee, Cause & Cure of War (re: McGreal, Louis (Mrs.)) 1/12-15 Galveston County Civic Music Association (4) 1/16-17 Galveston Ministerial Association 1/18 Galveston Town Hall Series (re: Grace Moore) 1/19 Galveston Symphony Society (re: Houston Symphony Orchestra) 2/1 Harvey, Catharine Van Alstyne 2/2-3 Houston Civic Opera Association 2/4 Junior Welfare (re: "Galveston Gals") 2/5-9 Little Theatre (5) 2/10 New York Philharmonic Society (has water damage) 2/11 Red Cross. Galveston Chapter 2/12-13 Rosenblatt, Josef (cantor) (see also portrait in Name File photographs a two programs in "Music in Galveston" Subject File) 2/14-16 Sarg's (Tony) Marionettes (3) 2/17-18 Texas Christian University. Men's Glee Club 2/19 Texas Lutheran College. Choir 2/20 University of Texas. Men's Glee Club [1934] 1943 1934 1936-37, 1945, 1944 1928 1935, 1935 1932 [] 1932-33
#_ Description Concerts, Lectures, Performances, etc. (cont.) 2/21 Ursuline Academy 2/22-23 Young Women's Christian Association Events Religious Events 3/1-2 Gideon Bibles for Galveston Hotels Dedication First Presbyterian Church 3/3 Reformation 400th Anniversary First Lutheran Church Trinity Episcopal Church 3/4-13 Lenten Services (10) 3/14-15 Mission Service Subgroup Guild 3/16 Flower Show Sports Events 4/1-2 Galveston Amateur Tennis Association 4/3 Galveston Outboard Motor Club et al Fifth Annual Regatta Offats Bayou 4/4-5 Galveston [Buccaneers] vs. Beaumont [Exporters] & New York Giants vs. Detroit Tigers Miscellaneous Events 4/6-9 American Legion. Argonne Post No. 20 (4) 4/10-12 American Merchant Marine Library Association (3) 4/13-14 Barbecue High Isla 4/15-16 Bathing Girl Revue (photostatic copies) 4/17-20 Community Chest. Galveston (4) 4/21-22 Ford Frolic 5/1-2 Galveston Labor Council Labor Day Celebration 5/3-6 Mardi Gras (4) 5/7-8 Mother's Day "Go to Church" 5/9 Oleaer Festival 5/10 Oleaer Parade 5/11-12 President's Birthday Ball [1935] 1917 [1932], [], [1930], [1930] [1920s] [1930], [1936], 1939 1941 1934, [1934]
6/1 6/2 6/3 6/4-7 6/8 6/9-14 6/15-20 7/1 7/2-5 7/6-10 7/11-12 7/13 7/14-23 8/1-2 8/3 8/4 8/5-7 Description Organizations Businesses Cedar Lawn Company Gra Auction Sale Palm Gardens Childress (J. N.) General Insurance (re: fire alarm boxes) Clarke & Courts Commercial Printing Iustry of Galveston (4) E-909 (excursion boat) Finck (F. J.) Stationery & Printing Company (6) (re: Railway Post Office schedule; causeway) Galveston Chamber of Commerce (6) (re: tourism; causeway) [1930] [1916] [1923] [1924] 1904-05, 1907 [1924], Galveston-Houston Electric Railway Company (re: causeway) [1912] Galveston Tribune "Galveston Was not Born to Die" (4) (re: Hurricane of 1900) 1901 Galvez (excursion boat) (6) 1919-23, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company "Old Hoss Sale" (includes mimeographed supplementary list of freight to be sold at public auction) 1934 Knapp Brothers [1924] McCarthy (Ed.) & Company (10) (re: fire alarm boxes) Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway (re: "Alamo Special") Missouri Pacific Railroad (re: Thanksgiving football game excursion train) Rex Laury Rosenthal Packing Company (3) [1916], [1922], [1924] [1923]
_ Description 8/8-30 Organizations (cont.) Businesses (cont.) Miscellaneous Businesses (re: railroad schedules; Gra Opera House) (21) [1904], 1905-06, 9/1-3 Miscellaneous Businesses (cont.) Miscellaneous Organizations 9/4 Christmas Seals 1938 9/5 Galveston Typographical Union 9/6 New York Tuberculosis Association (torn) 1923 9/7 Red Cross. Galveston Chapter. Home Service Section [1917-18] 9/8 Texas Typothetae 1920 Political Campaigns 9/9 Briggs, Clay Stone 1928 9/10-12 9/13-14 City Party (3) Iepeent Citizens Party 9/15-16 Stubbs, Theodore 9/17 Thompson, Clark W.