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[Dedication of the Elkhart High School]

Description: Photo taken the day of the dedication of the Elkhart High School. Left to Right: Co. Supt. R.H. Johnson Elkhart Principal, Mr. O'Quinn Elkhart Supt. W.J. Jentry Speaker Bonner Frizzell Mrs. Bonner Frizzell
Date: 1956~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Dining car on Santa Fe's "Texas Chief"]

Description: Dinner being served in the dining car of the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound, enroute from Chicago to Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Houston.
Date: 1956~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[First Christian Church Communion Table]

Description: Photograph of the First Christian Church communion table, which is carved with an inset of the Last Supper. The table was given in memory of the Charter Members of the Church, by the Loyal Women's Bible Class for the new sanctuary. The women had earned $1000 making all kinds of needlework, mostly quilting, for eight years to provide this gift to the congregation.
Date: 1956
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Summer Youth Meeting]

Description: Photograph of a First Christian Church Summer Youth Program meeting. Young man standing at left of photo not known. Front row - left to right: Phillip Foote, Norma Moss, Sylvia Swearingen, Sandra Brazil, Linda Douglas. Second row - left to right: Judy Dawson, Mary Evelyn Murphy, (girl sitting behind Sandra not identified), Darrell Evans, Ila Mae Prafka. Thirda row - left to right: Delmer Fussell, Bobby Morgan, Alline Dawson, Betty Murphy, (person sitting directly behind Ila Mae Prafka not i… more
Date: 1956
Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Lounge Car on the "Texas Chief"]

Description: Passengers, both young and old are enjoying the comfort of the lounge car in the consist of the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound, enroute from Chicago to Texas.
Date: 1956~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Neal Douglass - Staff

Description: Staff filling out paperwork while cameramen stand behind
Date: January 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Neal Douglass - Staff

Description: Some staff with Cameras, Misc. Shots of Construction, Schematics, etc.
Date: January 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

["The Pan American"]

Description: Louisville and Nashville's "The Pan American" train No. 99, southbound, rolls through Kentucky enroute fron Cincinnati to Louisville. Spring 1956.
Date: 1956
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The "Queen's Own" in Paso del Macho Yards]

Description: Electric locomotive of the former Mexican Railway, the "Queen's Own" in the Paso del Macho yards around 1956. This railroad has operated under catenary from Paso del Macho to Esperanza since 1928. It is the only section of the National Railways of Mexico which is electrified. On this railroad you travel over one of the most spectacular rail routes on the North American continent. In the background looms the Cumbres de Maltrata range where a 4.5 per cent gradient must be traversed.
Date: 1956~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Shorthorn Bar-B-Q group shots

Description: Men gathering around serving table
Date: January 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Shorthorn Bar-B-Q group shots

Description: People sitting and eating in a grove
Date: January 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Shorthorn Bar-B-Q group shots

Description: Two men at the picnic
Date: January 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Shorthorn Bar-B-Q group shots

Description: Men standing by a truck with a keg of beer
Date: January 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Shorthorn Bar-B-Q group shots

Description: Man & woman gleam at the camera holding beverages
Date: January 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Summer Youth Program Dinner]

Description: Photograph of the First Christian Church Summer Youth Program Dinner. Minister John H. Hughes is standing in front of the slogan 'Not My Will but Thine'.
Date: 1956
Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]

Description: Winding through the rugged countryside near Washita Canyon in Oklahoma, the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" powered by four diesel units and a consist of eleven cars, rolls southward towards Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Galveston, Texas, circa 1956.
Date: 1956
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Two women standing in front of the Kiosco in Matamoros

Description: Two women in casual dress are standing in front of a tiled wall with a metal railing on top of it. In between them, on the wall, is a tiled sign that says: "Fue construida siendo gobernador del estado el Gral del Div. Raul Garate L. Presidente de la Junta de la Administracion Civil el Sr. Leonides Guerra Lo proyecto y contruyo el Arcto Enrique Leon de la Evsra 1948" Translation: "Was constructed while being governor. Raul Garate L. President of the Civil Administration, Mr. Leonides Guerr… more
Date: 1956
Partner: Rose Marine Theatre

[White Rock Station in Dallas]

Description: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's White Rock Station in Dallas.
Date: 1956~
Creator: Monaghan, M.D.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Board Room Meeting

Description: Photograph of seven men and a woman seated around a board room table during a meeting. There are stacks of paper on the table and maps hanging on the walls behind them.
Date: January 4, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]

Description: Burlington's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, headed by Engine No. 9950, a 2250 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive arriving in Dallas.
Date: January 8, 1956
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Steam Switcher at Dallas' Union Terminal]

Description: Dallas Union Terminal Company's No. 7, type 0-6-0 steam switcher, adjacent to the south end of Union Terminal on January 8, 1956.
Date: January 8, 1956
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Texas Chief" leaving Dallas]

Description: The Dallas section of the "Texas Chief" train No. 116, northbound, departing from Dallas on the afternoon of January 8, 1956.
Date: January 8, 1956
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
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