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Schmidt, Karl H., fl. 1934 [Poll tax receipt for Mrs. Max Bickler from Travis County, Texas]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09917.01 Author/Creator: Schmidt, Karl H., fl. 1934 Place Written: Travis County, Texas Type: Receipt Date: 11 December 1934 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One poll tax receipt from Travis County, Texas dated December 11, 1934. This receipt is for the payment of a one dollar seventy five cent poll tax paid by Mrs. Max Bickler and signed by A.W. Grubble, Deputy and Karl H. Schmidt Tax collector. The receipt also lists Mrs. Bickler's age; 50 years, her occupation; housewife, and her complexion; white. On the rear of the receipt it is stamped that she voted November 14, 1935.

Bickler, Max, Mrs. fl. 1934
Schmidt, Karl H., fl. 1934
Grubble, A.W., fl. 1934

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