Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 16 Matching Results
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- [Chicago "Pay-Car"]
- This photograph portrays an unusual rail consist: Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad's Engine No. 202, a 2-6-2 type heading the "pay-car" in Chicago. In this era the railroad's tracks were being elevated throughout the metropolitan area.
- [Dr. Wall and Dan Davis]
- Outside of store displaying Coca Cola sign, Dr. Wall (Dentist) & Dan Davis are mock fighting for the camera.
- [Fifth and Main]
- Photograph of Fifth and Main Streets in Orange, Texas, looking south. First National Bank is to the right and the Wells Fargo Office is to the left. Horse-drawn carriages are in the street.
- [Gipson & Babb General Store]
- Front of Gipson & Babb Drugs & General Merchandise in Hunt County. Five men in western dress on front porch, one man on horseback. Hand made signs for ice cold drinks and one for long distance telephone.
- Imperial Hotel
- Ida Snearly seated beside some plants with the Imperial Hotel in the background.
- [Katherine Elizabeth Griggs with Easter Lilies]
- Photograph of Katherine Elizabeth Griggs holding some Easter Lilies in a garden.
- [Katherine Elizabeth Griggs with Easter Lilies]
- Photograph of Katherine Elizabeth Griggs holding some Easter Lilies in a garden.
- ["New Orleans Limited" rolling through Alabama]
- One Southern Belle - Louisville and Nashville Railroad's "New Orleans Limited" train No.1, southbound, rolls through southern Alabama enroute to New Orleans from Montgomery in the spring of 1915. This de luxe steam powered train with a consist of ten cars of standard heavyweight equipment is headed by Engine No. 197, a K-3 class Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive. This engine was built in the year 1912 at the Louisville and Nashville's South Louisville Shops.
- [Orange Depot]
- Photograph of the Orange Depot in 1915. Passengers stand on the platform as the steam engine pulls the train into the station.
- [Orange Leader Staffers and Printers in 1915]
- Photograph of staffers and printers at the Orange Leader around 1915. Three of them are identified: Matt Larson, far right, Mike Claybar, fourth from right, and Meredith Smith, second from right. They are standing outside the Post Office.
- [The Orange Militia]
- Photograph of the Orange Rifles (Militia) in front of a restaurant. The men are shown kneeling and standing with rifles. There are people near the entries of the restaurant.
- [Photograph of Flooding at Farwell Home in 1915]
- Photograph of the floodwaters outside the F.H. Farwell home in 1915. The flooded area is now the parking lot of the Stark Museum. The home became the Little Mexico Restaurant.
- [Sanger High School Class of 1915]
- Left to right: Alma Lain Chambers (teacher), William Bush Chambers (teacher), four unknown, Gwendolyn Chambers (later Huey), unknown
- [Volunteer Firemen 1915]
- Photograph of volunteer firemen standing in front of the Childress fire station. Some of the men are wearing fireman hats and they are all dressed in suites or in collared shirts with ties. Two horse-drawn wagons are standing behind the line of volunteers. There is a water tower in the background and buildings on both sides of the fire station.
- [World War I Soldiers]
- Photo of a group of WWI Soldiers. Ralph Broyles is the soldier on the lower left.
- [First Christian Church Dedication]
- Photograph of the new church building dedication for the First Christian Church. The Reverend Claude F. Pierce (dressed in white shirt and pants with dark jacket in front with his hands on his hips) was the minister here 1911-1915.