Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 29 Matching Results

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["The Bluebonnet" in Cuba, Missouri]

St. Louis - San Francisco (Frisco) Railway's de Luxe passenger train - "The Bluebonnet" (jointly operated with the Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad) train No. 8, northbound, headed by Engine No. 4501, a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, rolls on the high iron at a speed of a mile a minute through the town of Cuba, Missouri, enroute to St. Louis.

Date: 1948~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunset Special" rolls through Missouri]

This train of yesteryear, Missouri Pacific Railroad's "Sunshine Special" train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 6423, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven cars, rolls through Missouri countryside enroute from Texas to St. Louis.

Date: 1917~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Flying Crow" rolling through Eastwood Hills, Missouri]

Kansas City Southern Railway's " The Flying Crow" train No. 15, southbound, rolls through Eastwood Hills, Missouri enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana, circa 1925. The train is headed by a beautiful Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a Vanderbilt oil tender.

Date: 1929~

Location: 39.033130 -94.514283

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Main Entrance to the St. Louis Union Station]

Photograph of the front side and main entrance to the St. Louis Union Station. The building has an eclectic architectural style.

Date: 1950~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Eagle" southbound from St. Louis]

Photograph of Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1, southbound, passing through Carondelet Park in the suburbs of St. Louis enroute to Texas on a late summer afternoon in 1948.

Date: 1948

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Train Shed at St. Louis Station]

Photograph of the St. Louis Union Station's train-shed which covers about fifteen acres. Under this steel canopy there are thirty-four stub-end tracks devoted exclusively to passenger service.

Date: 1950

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Kansas City Star"]

On a snowy morning at 10 o'clock, with the temperature at 18 degrees, the Union Pacific Railroad's No. 69, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2877, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departs from the Kansas City Union Station enroute from St. Louis to Denver on January 5, 1947.

Date: January 5, 1947

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Blue Bird" near St. Louis, Missouri]

Wabash Railroad's famous streamliner "Blue Bird" train No. 24 northbound, powered by diesel locomotive No. 1002 with domes on Pullman cars and coaches. glides through beautiful Forest Park, St. Louis, enroute to Chicago.

Date: 1958~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Southern Belle"]

Kansas City Southern Railway's "Southern Belle" train No. 1, southbound, crossing Truman Road enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana. Kansas City in the distance.

Date: 1959~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Texas Eagle" at St. Louis' Union Station]

Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 2 northbound, concluding its run from Texas, backs into the St. Louis Union Station.

Date: 1952~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Firefly" entering Kansas City]

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's "The Firefly" train No. 14-32, northbound, headed by a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, entering the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1925.

Date: 1925~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Alton Limited" in St. Louis, Missouri]

"The Alton Limited" Chicago and Alton Railroad train No. 4, northbound pulling through St. Louis, Missouri in 1946.

Date: 1946

Creator: Peters, Walt

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Mrs. Honor Eudy]

Image of Mrs. Honor Eudy in 1846, wife of a relative of Mary Anne Moon Brown of Paris.

Date: 1860~/1869~

Creator: McSpaden, Stewart

Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

Matilda Harl Smith and Husband

Photograph of Matilda Harl Smith and husband from the bust up. She is wearing a dark dress with puffed sleeves, ruffles, and a ruffled high collar. He is wearing a dark suit with a vest, white shirt, bow tie, and pocket watch chain. He has gray hair and a gray beard and mustache.

Date: unknown

Creator: Simington

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Elizabeth Foster

Studio photograph of Elizabeth Foster from the bust up. She is wearing a dark dress with puffed sleeves and a high smooth collar. Pinned to the collar is a brooch that depicts a small smiling child with it's finger raised.

Date: unknown

Creator: Heyser, J.T.

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Couple in Nice Clothes with Podium

Studio photograph of J.D. Harl and Ida June Foster Harl. He wears a dark suit and boots. He has a mustache and his dark hair is parted on the side. She is wearing a dark dress with fur trim on the skirt and ruffled bustle. The top has many buttons going up the center. There is a white bow on her left shoulder and there is a high lace collar. Her hair is pulled up and curled. Between the couple is a wooden podium upon which his left arm and her right is resting. They are standing on top … more

Date: unknown

Creator: Simington, J.M.

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Woman with Embroidered Jacket

Studio photograph of an unidentified woman. Her hair is parted in the center of her head and pulled back. She wears a high-collared shirt with a ribbon wrapped around the neck and a dark jacket with jeweled embroidery.

Date: unknown

Creator: Papineau's, A.

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Small Girl in Dark Dress

Studio photograph of a small girl in a dark dress. She has short dark hair. Her dress has puffed sleeves and a lace collar. She is standing on a white cloth.

Date: unknown

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Mother and Daughter Portrait

Studio photograph of a woman holding a small girl. They are both wearing dark dresses with puffed sleeves and both have dark curled hair. The woman wears a necklace and earrings and the girl wears a pin. The woman's hair is held up with a hair pin.

Date: unknown

Creator: Simington

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Boy Sitting in Chair with Tassels

Studio photograph of a small boy sitting in a one-armed decorative chair. The boy is wearing a dark short suit with stockings and boots. His hair is parted on the side and his left leg is bent underneath his right leg. The chair has a floral print on it and the edges have large tassels hanging from them. Behind him is a fake backdrop.

Date: unknown

Creator: Simington, J.M.

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Baby on Fur

Photograph of an infant in a long white dress. The baby is sitting atop a wicker chair that is covered in a large piece of light-colored fur.

Date: unknown

Creator: Simington

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Man in Suit with Beard

Studio photograph of a man in a dark suit, white shirt, and bow tie. His hair is parted on the side and combed over and he has a long goatee and mustache.

Date: unknown

Creator: Forney

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Girl in Dress with Bows and Tassels

Photograph of a young woman in a dark dress. The dress is decorated elaborately with bows covering the bottom hem, bust, and cuffs of the sleeves. Around the thigh and knee areas on the dress are three tassels connected together through decorated loops on the dress. She is wearing dark stockings and white shoes with large bows. Her right hand is bent upwards towards her head. She stands on cloth and there is a fake backdrop behind her.

Date: unknown

Creator: Simington

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

A Boy, Girl and Baby

Studio photograph of three children. On the left side of the photo stands a young girl in a white dress with lace, black stockings and boots and dark hair. On the left side is a small boy with a frilly shirt, short pants, dark stockings and boots, and an over-sized bow pinned to his shirt. Between the boy and girl is an elaborate wicker chair upon which sits a baby boy with blond hair who is wearing a long-sleeved white dress. They are standing on top of cloth and behind them is a fake back… more

Date: unknown

Creator: Simington

Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

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