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[1902 Flood in Big Spring, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the 1902 flood in Big Spring, Texas. There are buildings visible in the distance and to the right, as well as a train engine and a few cars filled with debris in the middle-left of the image. A man can be seen to the right in front of a small gate. Text below the image says "Flood in Big Spring in 1902 - [sic] Early settlers and particularly immigrants from Pennsylvania who came to work in the T&P shops, often wrote back about the sandstorms on the frontier. But now and then they … more
Date: June 1957
Creator: Bradford, J. H.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Aerial Photo of Big Springs, Texas #1]

Description: Aerial photograph of Big Spring, Texas, including a railroad yard and roundhouse in the lower-right corner and various other buildings in the town. Several train tracks are visible through the center of the image, running under an arched metal bridge. Handwritten text below the photo says, "T&P Roundhouse - Big Spring, Texas 1940's."
Date: 194X
Creator: Haynes, Jack M.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Aerial Photo of Big Springs, Texas #2]

Description: Copy pring of Big Spring, Texas, including a railroad yard and roundhouse in the lower-right corner and various other buildings in the town. Several train tracks are visible through the center of the image, running under an arched metal bridge. Handwritten text below the photo says, "T&P Roundhouse - Big Spring, Texas 1940's."
Date: unknown
Creator: Haynes, Jack M.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Aerial Photo of Big Springs, Texas #3]

Description: Aerial photograph of Big Spring, Texas, including a railroad yard and roundhouse in the lower-right corner and various other buildings in the town. Several train tracks are visible through the center of the image, running under an arched metal bridge. Handwritten text below the photo says, "T&P Roundhouse - Big Spring, Texas 1940's."
Date: 194X
Creator: Haynes, Jack M.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Authorization for Absence from Hospital - Byrdie Pearl Carswell in the care of T. N. Carswell - August 13, 1962]

Description: An authorization for absence from the hospital, from Big Spring State Hospital, dated August 13, 1962. Byrdie Pearl Carswell, patient, in the care of T. N. Carswell, signed by Preston Harrison, M.D., Superintendent. The reverse side includes rules and regulations concerning absence from Texas State mental hospitals.
Date: August 13, 1962
Creator: Harrison, Preston E.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Big Springs

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Big Spring, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Location: None
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Cooley Office Building, Big Spring, Texas: Basement Floor Plan

Description: Basement floor plan for an office building commissioned by G. C. Cooley in Big Spring, Texas. Other sections include diagram of lighting panels, electric service riser diagram, wiring schedule, electrical symbols, outlet height schedule, lighting fixture schedule, wiring device schedule, and notes.
Date: 1952
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Cooley Office Building, Big Spring, Texas: Basement Framing Plan

Description: Basement framing plan for an office building commissioned by G. C. Cooley in Big Spring, Texas. Other sections include wall detail at basement access, basement notes, basement wall steel placement diagram, detail of column construction joint, and other column sections.
Date: 1952
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Cooley Office Building, Big Spring, Texas: Building Elevation Drawings

Description: Building elevation drawings for an office building commissioned by G. C. Cooley in Big Spring, Texas. They include north and east elevations. Other sections include a thru main entrance, steel ladder details, details of fresh air intake louvers on north elevation, and details of cooling tower louvers on east elevation.
Date: 1952
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Cooley Office Building, Big Spring, Texas: Door & Window Details

Description: Door and window details for an office building commissioned by G. C. Cooley in Big Spring, Texas. They include installation details for aluminum entrances, details of typical exterior door frame, details of interior door frame in 8" masonry wall, detail of interior door frame to equipment rooms, detail of interior door frame in 2' plaster partition, installation details for aluminum windows A and B, and installation details for aluminum windows B & C.
Date: 1952
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Cooley Office Building, Big Spring, Texas: Floor Plans

Description: Floor plans for an office building commissioned by G. C. Cooley in Big Spring, Texas. They include a sixth floor plan, and penthouse floor & main roof plan. Other sections include details of cooling tower intake louver on west elevation, detail of flashing for stub columns in cooling tower, detail of cooling tower flashing, detail of typical parapet, penthouse roof plan, and typical metal coping detail.
Date: 1952
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.
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