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Morgan Senior Class of 1943

Description: Group of students posing for class picture, by side of building, graduating class from Morgan High School, 1943, with seven girls seated in front and row of seven young men and possibly teacher in back. First row, seated, left to right: Frances Rule, Mary Jane Cole, Pauline Murphey, Margaret Payne, Lorine Landtroop, Danny Briscoe, Ruby Johnson. Back row, standing, left to right: Willie Gibson, Jug Kimbell, Cecil Gibson, George Hughes, Randy Campbell, Kenneth Chambers, Billy Kirton, Jesse Tom Ro… more
Date: 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bosque County Historical Commission

[Two trains in Alamosa, Colorado]

Description: A contrast in Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's steam and motive power --- "the San Juan" train No. 215 headed by engine No. 472, a Mikado type 2-8-2 awaits departure signal for its scheduled run over narrow gauge rails to Durango, Colorado. Next to it is passenger train Mo. 15, headed by engine No. 1703, a Mountain type 4-8-2, arriving in Alamose from Denver.
Date: 1943~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Chesapeake and Ohio's "The George Washington"]

Description: Awaiting the hour of departure the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's "The George Washington" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 307, a mighty Hudson type 4-6-4 locomotive, stands in the Cincinnati Union Station as the conductor and engineer make a last minute check of the time indicated by their respective watches, circa 1943.
Date: 1943~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Grand Central Terminal in New York City]

Description: Photograph of Grand Central Terminal, New York, May 1943. Facing south on 42nd Street, the building sits squarely in the middle of Park Avenue and motor traffic goes around it by means of two elevated roadways running from 41st Street to 46th Street. The terminal has 123 tracks, 66 on the upper level and 57 on the lower. The upper level has 18.8 miles of track and the lower 14.9 miles making a total of 33.7 miles of railroad track in the terminal and its yard. There are 31 platform tracks o… more
Date: 1943
Creator: Nowak, Ed
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Bergstrom Field

Description: Two men in uniform behind desk. One is standing while one is sitting. Name plate on desk reads: Capt. L.D. Kendall.
Date: April 26, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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