Draves Family Scans
Scanned pages from the Draves family session on 2026-06-19. Click any page to zoom.
96 pages
Portrait of a young man 
Group portrait at lodge ![1945 family identification (verso) — 1945 — Handwritten identification on a pink card, marked "Copy". Reads: "1945 Front Row / Aunt Minnie is seated, Schlosser on left, / Gus holding Margarit[?] / Mary Menger, next to Mother- / Back Row / Barbara Ann Menger Burkholder, Rose Lee Menger, John C[?] Burkholder, Gertrude Menger, August Menger, Louis Menger, Mildred Schlosser Stoltz[?]".](/gallery/display/p003.webp)
1945 family identification (verso) 1945 
Large family gathering with bride ![Zintgraff photographer mark (blank verso) — Essentially blank cream card back of a photograph, bearing only a faint blue printed studio stamp: "ZINTGRAFF / PHOTOGRAPHER / SAN ANTONIO[?]".](/gallery/display/p005.webp)
Zintgraff photographer mark (blank verso) 
House with garden ![Two men in early automobile — Two men in hats and suits seated in an early open touring automobile on a dirt road or wash with bare trees behind. A fishing rod is propped up in the car. The license or number on the car reads "5814[?]". No handwritten text visible.](/gallery/display/p007.webp)
Two men in early automobile ![Dr. Rudolph Menger & son (identification) — Dark, partly overexposed photo (largely black) showing two men in hats at lower right amid brush or thatch. Handwritten caption along a strip reads: "Dr. Rudolph Menger & Son Te[?] Menger".](/gallery/display/p008.webp)
Dr. Rudolph Menger & son (identification) ![SMC baseball team — Studio team portrait of thirteen young men in dark uniforms lettered "SMC", arranged in rows with baseball bats, a glove, and a young mascot boy seated in front holding a bat. Mounted on a gray card. Faint imprint at lower right reads "...SAN ANGELO, TEX.[?]".](/gallery/display/p009.webp)
SMC baseball team ![Property of (blank verso) — Card back of a photograph, mostly blank with a faint mottled pattern. Handwritten in ink at upper left: "Property of" followed by an illegible signature [?].](/gallery/display/p010.webp)
Property of (blank verso) 
Large group under tree 
Large group under tree (variant) ![Blank verso with photo stamp — Largely blank cream-colored verso of a photograph. A faint blue ink stamp in the center reads, in part, "If mail [?] give credit line to [?] PHOTO CO." No handwritten identification.](/gallery/display/p013.webp)
Blank verso with photo stamp 
Menger Family group portrait ![Verso: Menger Family identifications — Handwritten ink identifications on the back of the group portrait: "elderly woman - front row - Babette Catharine Barbara Menger", "'Menger Family'", "Charlotte Menger Belcher - my mother - bottom row - third from the left", "Rudolph Menger - top row, fourth [?] from the right", "H&H Coffee", "H&H Company Picnic".](/gallery/display/p015.webp)
Verso: Menger Family identifications 
Large group portrait under fish ![Verso: H&H Coffee, Rudolph Menger — Pencil writing on the verso: "H. & H. Coffee" and "Rudolph Menger Co.[?]". An attached note card reads: "Front Row 1st on left Mr. Rocks [?], traveling salesman. Paul [?]" and "Dave Crowe, sales, on Grandpas right shoulder."](/gallery/display/p017.webp)
Verso: H&H Coffee, Rudolph Menger 
Group of nine men, studio portrait 
Three men at factory machinery ![Menger family outdoor group — Sepia outdoor group portrait of about twenty people in rows before trees, with an elderly woman seated at center. Faint handwriting along the top edge is mostly illegible; ink captions along the bottom include "Theodore Menge[r], Catherine Menge[r]", "[?] Catharine [?] Barbara [?] Menger", "Mary[?]s Theo[?]", and "Gertie Menger".](/gallery/display/p020.webp)
Menger family outdoor group 
Family group under mounted fish 
Group of ten men in warehouse 
Verso: Date and occasion unknown 
Group of nine men, studio portrait ![Verso: San Antonio Machine and Supply — Verso of a photograph with a pink card affixed. Pencil notes read "Pinecone? [?] Stewart [?]" and "Make copy". Cursive ink note: "Uncle Ed Lauser [?] right SAN ANTONIO Machine and Supply Co."](/gallery/display/p025.webp)
Verso: San Antonio Machine and Supply ![Three men at canning line — Black-and-white photo of three older men in suits standing at an industrial conveyor line where cans labeled "Master [?]" move along a perforated metal belt, in a factory or warehouse setting.](/gallery/display/p026.webp)
Three men at canning line ![Verso: Rudolph and August Menger — Verso with pencil notes above three circled head positions. Top reads "H + H Coffee [?]". A circled figure at left is labeled "Rudolph Menger"; a figure at right is labeled "? August Menger". Photographer's stamp: "Zintgraff PHOTOGRAPHERS SAN ANTONIO 2, TEXAS No. 25874".](/gallery/display/p027.webp)
Verso: Rudolph and August Menger 
Group portrait in coffee warehouse ![Verso: H & H Coffee Co identifications — Verso of a group photo with a pink card affixed and circled head positions. Pencil note at top: "H & H Coffee Co". Side note: "Barbara (Murphy) Burkholder [?]" and "Louis Menge [?]". The pink card is captioned "Make Copy / Pictured on left:" followed by a list of names that is partly legible, including "Louis [?] Menger", "...Menger", "...daughter", "...Menger", "...Burkholder [?] Holliday [?]".](/gallery/display/p029.webp)
Verso: H & H Coffee Co identifications 
Large group portrait in warehouse 
Verso: Rudolph and Theodore Menger ![SMC baseball team portrait — Studio group portrait of a baseball/sports team of thirteen young men wearing dark jerseys lettered "SMC", with bats and a glove arranged in front. Mounted on gray card; a photographer's imprint reads "...ston, T[?]" at lower right.](/gallery/display/p032.webp)
SMC baseball team portrait ![Verso with blue ink note — Verso of a mounted photograph showing faint show-through of the image. Blue ink cursive note in the upper left, largely illegible, appears to read "Chapulta [?] 87 [?]" with a signature beneath.](/gallery/display/p033.webp)
Verso with blue ink note 
Minnie Hoffmann house, 1917 1917 
Bearded man with family 
Dr. Rudolph Menger and wife 
Hunter with deer (photograph) 
Rudolph W. Menger (identification) ![Rattlesnake cartoon by Chris Jasso — Color comic-style illustration of two men outside a wooden shack reacting to a rattlesnake. Speech bubbles read: "PAMELA THAT MUST BE THE HOMBRE THAT JUST GOT BACK HERE FROM KOREA. NEVER SAW HIM BEFORE.", "WATCH IT BILL THERE COMES A RATTLER GET INSIDE THE SHACK", and "PLAY WITH IT A WHILE WILL YOU SONNY I WAITED A LONG TIME FOR THIS. BE A GOOD BOY AND TAKE HER TO MAMA..". Signed "C.M. Jasso '5[?]".](/gallery/display/p039.webp)
Rattlesnake cartoon by Chris Jasso 
William Charles Belcher (identification) ![August Menger (portrait) — Studio portrait of a man in a pinstriped suit and patterned tie, mounted in a decorative card frame. Signed below in ink "August Menger". Studio imprint reads "Smith's Studio[?] San Antonio, Tex.".](/gallery/display/p041.webp)
August Menger (portrait) 
August Menger obituary (page 1) 
August Menger obituary (page 2) 
Portrait of an older man ![Ed Menger (identification) — Handwritten verso reading: "Ed Menger Son of Dr. Rudolph & Catherine Barbara[?]". The page is otherwise blank with damage/staining along the left edge.](/gallery/display/p045.webp)
Ed Menger (identification) 
Edward W. Menger (Find A Grave) 2015 ![Portrait of a young man — Oval-vignette studio portrait of a young man with a bow tie and dark coat, mounted on a card with a crest and studio imprint reading "Corn[?]ss[?] San Antonio, Tex.". No name visible.](/gallery/display/p047.webp)
Portrait of a young man ![Rudolph W. Menger graduation (verso) — 1910 — Heavily water-stained verso of a photograph with handwriting: "June 16, 1910 - Rudolph W. Menger" and "Graduation Picture St. Mary's College San Antonio, Texas". A faint signature "Rudolph Menger[?]" appears in the center.](/gallery/display/p048.webp)
Rudolph W. Menger graduation (verso) 1910 
Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. group 
Key to N.R.A. parade photo 1933 ![Menger family group portrait — Outdoor group portrait of about sixteen people in three rows in front of trees. Handwritten names along the edges include (top) "Helen", "Louis", "Alfred Kaufeldt[?]", "Barbara[?]", "Rudolph Menger[?]", "Gus"; (bottom) "Theodore Menger", "Estelle Menger", "Catherine[?]", "Barbara Menger[?]", "Menger Twin", "Gertie Menger[?]". Several names are faint and uncertain.](/gallery/display/p051.webp)
Menger family group portrait 
Verso: Menger Family Picnic 1939 
Group portrait with two dogs ![SMC class composite 1910 — 1910 — Oval-framed photo composite of eleven young men around a central "19 S M C 10" monogram, signed "Cones" at lower right. Name banners under each portrait include "Charlie Tips", "Adolph Mosel[?]", "E.A. Tressy[?]", "Walter Stupp[?]", "Arthur Ana[?]land", "Edward Schulz[?]", "David C. Botello[?]", and others; several are illegible.](/gallery/display/p054.webp)
SMC class composite 1910 1910 !["Day's News" cartoon, Menger Camp — 1926 — Pen-and-ink cartoon page titled "DAY'S NEWS / By: Chris Jaro[?] . 1926" showing a person in cowboy hat fishing and rowing a "LIFE SAVER" boat. Captions reference "Mrs. R.W. champion fisher-women at the Menger Camp." and keeping the "six pounders" from running away; labels point to "Dark Red" and "French harp".](/gallery/display/p055.webp)
"Day's News" cartoon, Menger Camp 1926 
Portrait of an older man 
Verso: History of H and H Coffee Co 
Verso: History of H and H Coffee Co 
Wm. R. Hoffmann history, page 1 1904 
Hoffmann-Hayman history, page 2 1962 
Coffee Co. history, page 3 1957 
Coffee Co. history, page 4 
Coffee Co. property notes, page 5 
"Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow" (6) 1962 
Group portrait at banquet table 
Class of 1910 St. Mary's College key 1935 ![Menger family obituary clippings — 1887 — Scrapbook page of pasted German and English newspaper clippings about the Menger family. A handwritten caption reads "Gustav / Rudolph / Wilhelm" with dates "(bor. 20th Sept 1889)(25 April 1892)". A "Died." clipping begins "October 12th, 1887, Julius Oscar Menger... born in Boath[?], Germany, came with his parents to Texas... October, 1860, went in the 6th Texas regiment under Major Pyron[?]..." Other fragments mention Dr. Rudolph Menger and Simon Menger, founder of the Menger Soap Works.](/gallery/display/p067.webp)
Menger family obituary clippings 1887 
Menger newspaper clippings (German/English) ![Handwritten Menger family tree note — Handwritten genealogy sketch in marker. Left: "Simon Menger / son / Dr. R Menger". Right: "William + Mary / daughter Catherin[?] / Barbara 'Babette' Menger". A line connects them at the center labeled "MARRY", with "have 8 kids / Rudolph etc" written below.](/gallery/display/p069.webp)
Handwritten Menger family tree note 
Two photos of a launch boat 
R. W. Menger business card ![Basketball team portrait — Faded black-and-white team photograph of eight young men in athletic jerseys bearing a circular emblem, arranged in two rows, with a young boy seated in front holding a basketball. A faint ink signature appears at the bottom, possibly "[?] Menger".](/gallery/display/p072.webp)
Basketball team portrait 
Miss Charlotte Malone portrait 
Menger family group portrait 
Key to Menger family portrait 1857-8 
Texas in the War booklet cover 1861-1865 
Group of boys with bicycles 
Verso marked "1900" 1900 ![Key to boys' group photo — Photocopy of a group photo annotated with names connected by lines to individuals: "Geo Nelson", "Bob Seng", "Pat Davis", "Rudy Menger", "Chas. Tipps", "Ed Buckley", "Monty Seng", "Bro. Paul Riesckart[?]", "Chas. Florian", "Fritz Buehler", "Rudy Richter", "Milton Frederiaks[?]", "Tom Nelson", "Willie Sprwgltr[?]", "Walter Steves".](/gallery/display/p079.webp)
Key to boys' group photo ![Menger family portrait, labeled — 1857-8 — Another print of the eight-person family group portrait (mounted on a punched album page), with handwritten names below the image: "Oscar", "Simon Menger", "Erich", "Rudolph", "Louise [?]", "Anna", "August", and the date "1857-8".](/gallery/display/p080.webp)
Menger family portrait, labeled 1857-8 ![Letter about turkey hunting — 1980-01-02 — Handwritten letter, dated "Jan 2 -'80", beginning "Dear Bill, I know you are waiting for a late report on the hunting, so here it is. Mr Ted wound up the season without firing a shot at turkey. Two nice bucks though..." It describes turkey and deer hunting, mentioning Albert, Allen, Rudy Ester[?], Homer, Ozzie Palmer and Col White, and the Spanish oak pasture. Continues on p082.](/gallery/display/p081.webp)
Letter about turkey hunting 1980-01-02 
Turkey hunting letter, page 2 
Edward Menger San Antonio poem 1936-04-21 ![The Menger hotel menu cover — Decorative printed cover in pink ink showing a banana plant and tropical foliage, with a crest and the words "The Menger" and "San Antonio". A small artist's signature "Leslye[?] Green[?]" appears at lower right.](/gallery/display/p084.webp)
The Menger hotel menu cover 
Menger restaurant menu, October 1951 1951-10-17 
A la carte menu page 
Letter from Rudolph W. Menger 1979-08-09 
Note: home at Cherry & Commerce 
Home at Cherry & East Commerce St. 
Ford Model T Touring (overhead) 
Ford Model T Touring (interior) 
Ford Model T Touring (side view) ![Model T photo signed Menger — An old black-and-white photo of a man seated in an early automobile (Model T) on a road by a balustrade, overlapping a color photo of the front of the blue model car. The photo is inscribed across the top "[?]rudof J. MENGER" with faint writing at the lower left.](/gallery/display/p093.webp)
Model T photo signed Menger 
Women and children with Ford car 
Mary Menger Descendants (genealogy) 2016-07-07 
Menger genealogy (continued)