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[E-4 Streamliners in Chicago]

Description: The Chicago and North Western Railway's E-4 type streamliners, which headed the "Overland Limited" and "Challenger" trains between Chicago and the West Coast, stand in the Chicago Passenger Station.
Date: 1945~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Deck of the USS Missouri on the day of Japan's surrender]

Description: Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Army and Navy officials watch on as dignitaries leave the deck.
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Elridge Hubert, 1945]

Description: Portrait photograph of Elridge Hubert in his military uniform in 1945. The name "Elridge" is inscribed below the matted photo.
Date: 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Elridge Hubert at University of Paris in 1945]

Description: Photograph of Elridge Hubert standing in the snow outside of the University of Paris in 1945. There is an Army Jeep parked in the street behind him.
Date: 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[General Douglas MacArthur addresses dignitaries at the signing of the Japanese Surrender]

Description: Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender which ended WWII. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, address the crowd at the beginning of the ceremony. Behind him from left to right stand: General Hsu Yung-Chang of China; Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser, Royal Navy; Lt. General Kuzma Derevyanko of the U.S.S.R.; and General Sir Thomas Blamey of Australia.
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Japanese surrender, September 2, 1945]

Description: Photograph of Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Toshikazu Kase overlooks Shigemitsu's shoulder.
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Military officers on the deck of the USS Missouri for the Japanese Surrender of WWII]

Description: Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender that ended WWII. Allied military officers stand on the deck of the USS Missouri. From left to right on the front row are: Lt. General Kuzma Derevyando of the U.S.S.R.; General Sir Thomas Blamey of Australia; Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave of Canada; General Jacques LeClerc of France; Vice Admiral Conrad E.L. Helfrich of the Netherlands; and Air Vice Marshall Leonard M. Isitt of New Zealand.
Date: September 2, 1945
Creator: Kahl, Kalvin Henry
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Negotiating the surrender of Mili Atoll with the Japanese]

Description: Photograph of U.S. and Japanese officers negotiating the surrender of Mili Atoll, Marshalls on board the USS Levy. U.S. officers from left to right: Commander H.E. Cross; Capt. H.B. Grow, Commander W.C. Burkhard, Lt. P.S. Breck Jr., and Commander C.G. Olson. The Japanese officer on the right is Navy Capt. Masanori Shiga.
Date: August 22, 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Orange City Hospital]

Description: Photograph of the Orange City Hospital at Burton and Twentieth Streets in 1945. There are three cars in the parking lot. Trees with Spanish moss are in the foreground.
Date: 1945
Creator: Lawless and Son
Location: 30.103842 -93.751858
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Palestine Railroad Depot]

Description: Photograph of the Palestine Train Depot. This building was torn down sometime in the 1980's.
Date: 1945~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Parents of E.C. Hubert with Kenneth Wallace]

Description: Photograph of E.C. Hubert's parents seated outdoors in West Orange at the house on Moss Street. Behind them stands Cpl. Kenneth Wallace during a visit in summer 1945.
Date: 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Portrait of singer Lydia Mendoza

Description: Portrait of singer Lydia Mendoza with her guitar. Autograph on photo: "Cariñosamente Lydia Mendoza 1-19-48"
Date: October 20, 1945
Partner: Rose Marine Theatre

Portrait of singer Victor M. Cuevas

Description: Portrait of Victor M. Cuavas sitting on a pile of logs. Autograph on photo: "Dedico este recuerdo cariñosamente a Marie-- Victor M. Cuevas 23 - Dec 51"
Date: October 20, 1945
Partner: Rose Marine Theatre

School fence

Description: Photograph of nine unidentified children sitting on a wooden fence in front of a white wooden school building in Kemah, Texas.
Date: 1945~
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

[Secretaries at Texas Creosote]

Description: Photograph of secretaries at Texas Creosote Company in Orange, Texas between 1941 and 1945. They are all wearing dresses and stand in a line outside the building.
Date: 1945~
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Volunteers in the Palestine Service Men's Club]

Description: Photo of the volunteers of the Palestine Service Men's Club, which operated to serve soldiers passing through the city. It was organized in June of 1942 by area residents, and was inspired by, but independent from, the USO club. Volunteers offered refreshments, letter-writing materials, music, dancing and conversation in the club's room at the O'Neill hotel, which was located across Spring street from the Railroad tracks. The women also took sandwiches and cookies to distribute to the soldiers … more
Date: 1945~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission
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