Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 96 Matching Results
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- [Clifton Centennial-1952 #10]
- Photograph of the Public Service Company float, which was part of the 1952 Clifton, Texas centennial celebrations. This is a head-on view of a truck with a flatbed; a clothesline with clothing is strung across the bed and there is a couple dressed as pioneers on the float in addition to the driver. Buildings, parked cars, and other people are visible on either side of the street.
- [Clifton High School-Senior Class 1952 #1]
- Group of students posing for class photo, standing in front of building
- [Crime Scene in Orange, Texas]
- Photograph of a crime scene. L - R : Captain L.B. Haydon, Deputy Sheriff Red Bland, Robert Charles Henderson, Alton Williams, and Sheriff Chester Holt. A victim named Mrs. Nick Leon was leaving Weingarten's on Turrett Rd. when she was robbed and stabbed. Henderson was the suspect. He was arrested on September 15, 1952 for the offence.
- [Dr. Siddon's Home]
- Photograph of Dr. Siddon's home at 509 Seventh Street in Orange, Texas. Many trees surround this two-story home.
- [F.F.A. J. Lockhart #1]
- Three young men holding banner "Tarleton Judging Contest, Area 8 Poultry, Second team, FFA 1952"
- [F.F.A. J. Lockhart #2]
- Three young men holding banner "Area 8 Leadership Contest, Chapter Quiz, First Team, FFA 52"
- [F.F.A. J. Lockhart #3]
- Three unidentified young men holding banner, "Tarleton Judging contest, Area 8 Dairy, First Team, FFA 1952"
- [First Christian Church Congregation]
- Photograph of the First Christian Church congregation. The pews are full of people, there is not a single empty seat. The church choir is sitting in the two front pews alongside Reverend John M. Hughes, who is sitting on the inner side of the pew section on the right. Next to the minister is Jane Catanach and her son, Jimmy, and Arthur Catanach.
- [First Christian Church Cub Scout Banquet
- Photograph of a Cub Scout banquet at the First Christian Church. Most of the guests are in the middle of eating and sitting at tables. The Reverend John M. Hughes is standing in the back of the room, second from the right.
- [School-1952-53 #2]
- FFA class
- [School-1952-53 #4]
- FFA class
- [School-1952-53 #15]
- Young girl, dressed in formal
- [School-1952-53 #16]
- Unidentified young man
- [School-1952-53 #16]
- Unidentified young man
- [School-1952-53 #17]
- Young girl, dressed in formal
- [School-1952-53 #18]
- Young lady wearing formal and crown
- [School-1952-53 #20]
- Young lady dressed in two piece suit
- [School-1952-53 #21]
- Young man
- [School-1952-53 #22]
- Three young school boys
- [School-1952-53 #24]
- Three young school girls
- [School-1952-53 #25]
- Three FFA members holding banners for Second Place Green Hand Quiz and first place Green Hand team
- [Siesta Motel on MacArthur Drive in the 1950s]
- Photograph of the Siesta Motel on MacArthur Drive in Orange, Texas during the 1950s.
- ["Sunbeam" under a Texas sky]
- Under a beautiful Texas sky, Southern Pacific's modern diesel powered streamliner "Sunbeam" train No. 14, southbound, rolls on a mile-a-minute schedule enroute from Dallas to Houston.
- Goad Motor Company
- View of used car lot at Goad Motor Company. Goad was the Cadillac and Oldsmobile dealership located at 1214 W. 6th Street.
- Continental Trailways Bus System
- View of waiting room, benches, newsstand and fountain.
- Continental Trailways Bus System
- View of restroom interior inside terminal.
- Continental Trailways Bus System
- View of waiting room, ticket counter and lockers.
- Continental Trailways Bus System
- Interior view of terminal showing waiting room, ticket counter and manager's office.
- Continental Trailways Bus System
- Interior view of waiting room and ticket counter.
- Continental Trailways Bus System
- Nighttime view of exterior of the Continental Bus Center which was located at 1001 Congress Avenue. The capitol is seen in the background.
- Continental Trailways Bus System
- Exterior view of terminal at night with bus parked in front. In 1952 the Continental Trailways terminal was located at 1001 Congress Avenue.
- Continental Trailways Bus System
- Interior view of terminal with stairway leading to upper floor.
- Portrait
- Man standing
- ["Texas Special" departing from Dallas]
- Katy's "Texas Special" train No. 1, southbound, is headed by Frisco's No. 2006 diesel unit as it departs from Dallas.
- Lefty Speed
- Leaning to HIS left
- Lefty Speed
- Leaning to HIS right
- Display of "Home on the Range" Yesterday/Today
- 2 women looking in oven
- Display of "Home on the Range" Yesterday/Today
- 2 women at stove
- Display of "Home on the Range" Yesterday/Today
- 2 women in front of fridge
- Display of "Home on the Range" Yesterday/Today
- Kitchen & dining room set up
- [Cotton Belt train at Dallas Union Terminal]
- St. Louis - Southwestern (cotton Belt) Railroad train No. 2, headed by Engine No. 308, a 1600 H.P. Alco - GE diesel electric locomotive, at Dallas Union terminal on June 1, 1952.
- [Cotton Belt train at University Park, Texas Depot]
- St. Louis - Southwesten (Cotton Belt) Railroad train No. 2 headed by Engine No. 308, a 1600 H.P. Alco - GE diesel-electric locomotive, at University Park Depot in Dallas, Texas on June 1, 1952.
- Mrs. Ma Ferguson in the garden
- Mrs. Ferguson in the garden
- ["The Bluebonnet" in Dallas]
- Back-to-back Alco model PA 2000HP diesels power the all heavyweight southbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas "Bluebonnet" from Dallas toward San Antonio past Tower 19 on June 14,1952.
- ["Louisiana Eagle" in Dallas]
- Texas and Pacific Railway's train No. 21 "Louisiana Eagle", headed by Engine No. 2005, a 4000 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive in Dallas, Texas on June 22, 1952.
- ["The Owl" entering Dallas at sunrise]
- Southern Pacific's "The Owl" train No. 17, northbound, headed by diesel locomotive No 203, crossing the Trinity River bridge enroute into Dallas at sunrise on the morning of June 22, 1952.
- [Southern Pacific train passing through Dallas]
- Observe this rare specimen of steam motive power: Southern Pacific's Engine 741, a Mikado, type 2-8-2 locomotive, Train No. 155, heading a passenger train of two cars passing through Belt Junction in Dallas on June 22, 1952. Train 155 was a mixed freight and passenger train from Beaumont, Texas, which having dropped off its freight cars at Fox siding, out of sight just behind the coach, will continue to Union Terminal to deliver its passengers and express. The freight cars left at Fox would then be picked up by the Miller Yard switch engine and sorted for delivery in the yard. Engine 741 was one of fifty-seven of the Mk-5 class engines normally assigned to the train when it ran heavy.
- ["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]
- Texas & Pacific 1500HP F7A No.1581 which has been re-geared for passenger service and a 2250HP E8 approach the Belt Junction Interlocker with a mostly mail and express Train No.15 "The Texan" on June 22,1952.
- ["The Texan" at Belt Junction in Dallas]
- Texas and Pacific's " The Texan" train No. 15, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 1581, at Belt Junction in Dallas, on June 22, 1952.
- ["Twin Star Rocket" departing from Dallas]
- Rock Island Train No.17, the southbound Twin Star Rocket headed by No.652 a 2250 HP Electromotive E8 and a 2000 HP E7 approach Tower 19 on July 14, 1952.