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[1011 N. Perry - Howard House]
Photograph of the front and side of the "Howard House" located at 1011 N. Perry in Palestine, Texas. The house is a one-story, antebellum-style house with Greek revival influence. There are square columns along the front porch and a brick chimney on the side of the house.
[1961 Lincoln Continental in Showroom]
Photograph of a new 1961 Lincoln Continental in an automobile dealer's showroom.
[1961 Lincoln Continental in Showroom]
Photograph of a new 1961 Lincoln Continental in an automobile dealer's showroom.
[Aerial View of Knox Glass Company]
Aerial view of the Knox Glass Company in Palestine.
[Aerial View of Palestine]
Aerial view of Palestine.
[Aerial View of Palestine]
Aerial photo of Palestine.
[Aerial View of Palestine]
Aeriel View of Downtown Palestine
[Amarillo Depot]
The Santa Fe's attractive and well maintained depot at Amarillo, Texas.
[Anderson County Cotton Growers]
Photo of a couple of Cotton farmers in Anderson County
[Anderson County Courthouse]
Photograph of the south and west sides of the Anderson County Courthouse, located at 500 N. Church in Palestine, Texas, taken from the corner of N. Church and E. Crawford streets. The three-story building has Classical Revival-style elements including Ionic columns across the front. There is a dome topped with a statue of Lady Justice in the center of the roof.
["Aztec Eagle" departing from Mexico City]
"The Aztec Eagle" train No. 1 northbound, modern streamlined passenger train of the National Railways of Mexico departing from Mexico City on the 802 mile run to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico located on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas. Circa 1960.
["Bonehead" Troop Gathers for Cato's Funeral]
Photograph of the "Bonehead Boys" at the funeral of their deceased scout master, Edwin "KOW" Cato. The men are posing in four rows, the front two are kneeling and the back two rows are standing. There is a bus behind them with their troop name "Bonehead Boys" painted across the roof, right above the windows.
[Buildings on Avenue A]
Photo of several buildings along Avenue A. Note the mural ad on the side of the one building.
[Caboose at Reagan School]
Photo of the caboose that sits next to the Reagan School on Michaux Street.
["California Zephyr" in California]
The superb Vista-Domed streamliner, "California Zephyr", rolls over Western Pacific rails through Feather River Canyon in California, circa 1960. Mountains and a river are in the background.
["California Zephyr" in Colorado]
The famous "California Zephyr" roll through Colorado on Denver and Rio Grande Western Rails, circa 1960. This modern Domeliner traveled a route of 2,532 miles from Chicago to Dan Francisco. The luxury train was jointly operated by the Burlington, Rio Grande and Western Pacific Railroads.
[Chesapeake and Ohio's "The George Washington"]
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's modern streamliner, "The George Washington" train No. 2, eastbound, leaving Huntington, West Virginia, on a winter night in January 1960.
[Clovis, New Mexico depot]
For many years this depot at Clovis, New Mexico was one of the busiest passenger terminals on Santa Fe rails, circa 1960. This was the junction point for passenger trains operating to and from the Texas cities of Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston; also, for the mainline trains operating via Amarillo to and from Chicago and the West Coast.
["The Colonial" rolling from Boston to New York]
The New Haven's modern streamliner, "The Colonial" enroute between Boston and New York.
[Commuter Train]
Commuter train on the electrified division of the New Haven Railroad between New York and New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1960.
["The Crescent" in the Georgia mountains]
"The Crescent" on w of Southern Railway's deluxe streamliners, crosses the mountains of north Georgia. It carried private room Pullman cars between New York and New Orleans and reclining-seat coaches between Washington D.C. and Atlanta and New Orleans.
[Engine 183 above the Toltec Gorge]
Rio Grande's engine No. 483 exits from Toltec Tunnel No. 2 on narrow gauge rails between Alamosa and Durango, Colorado. This is above Toltec Gorge with the Garfield Monument located about 100 feet west of the tunnel portal. Rocky cliffs are to the left of the track and a railing is to the right.
[Engine 488 at Chama, New Mexico Depot]
Engine No. 488. a Mikado type 2-8-2 narrow gauge locomotive, heads Rail Fans' Special train at Chama, New Mexico Depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
[Firestone Employees at Exhibit]
Photograph of Firestone employees at an exhibit with their families.
[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]
Copy negative of the front and north side of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home), visible on the right side of the image. The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]
Photograph of the front and north side of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home). The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
[Grand Central Station in Chicago]
Grand Central Station, Chicago was opened on December 8, 1890. Baltimore and Ohio's passenger service into and out of this terminal was inaugurated in Dec 1, 1891. Sign on the side of the building says, " C & O, B & O Want Passengers? You bet! only $22.15 to Washington - Free movies - Try us - WA.2-2211".
[Interior of New York's Grand Central Station]
Photograph looking East through the concourse of a fabulous railroad terminal, Grand Central Station, New York, NY in January 1960.
[Johnnie Bell Ballard]
Photo of Johnnie Bell Ballard
[Knox Glass Plant]
Photo of the Knox Glass Company, Palestine.
[Mighty Engine No. 1361 of the Pennsylvania Railroad]
Pennsylvania Railroad's mighty and versatile Engine No. 1361, a K4s Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, was one of the earliest built in the shops at Altoona, Pennsylvania. This locomotive was placed in service May 18, 1918 and hauled passenger trains on the main line between New York, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh over a period of thirty-five years. It rolled up a total of 2,469,000 miles before retirement. It now reposes at the famous Horseshoe Curve as a permanent monument.
[O'Neill Hotel - 313 Spring Street]
Photo of the O'Neill Hotel and Coffee Shop, which was located at 313 Spring Street, Palestine. It was actually the third hotel to sit on the site. In 1873, following the coming of the railroad to town, the Laclede Hotel was built there, but was destroyed by fire in 1876. The following year, a Dr. Manning of Oakwood erected a brick building known as the International Hotel on that location. It was purchased in 1882 by Col. George Burkitt who turned over operations to Mrs. Emma Nolen. During her tenure, the property was known as the Nolen Hotel, but when she moved to St. Louis, Col. Burkitt himself took over the management. That building was razed in 1922 and the "new" O'Neill, maiden surname of Burkitt's Irish born mother, was constructed on the site. The O'Neill boasted not only hot and cold running water in its guest rooms, it was also equipped with an electric Otis elevator and a radio receiving set on the mezzanine for entertainment of the hotel's guests. When Texas Gov. Ross Sterling declared martial law in the East Texas Oil Fields and ordered the National Guard to take it over and shut-in all wells, the O'Neill became the staging center where the command cadre spent its first night "in the field." During the oil boom, the hotel was a favorite meeting place for oil operators, lease hounds and geologists. Among the famous early day oil men who slept under its roof and conducted business out of its rooms were H.L. Hunt, Harold Byrd, Jack Frost and other wildcatters. Those were the "glory days" of the venerable hotel, but not the end. The hotel was sold a number of times, and despite halfhearted attempts to restore it, the condition of the building went downhill. It was demolished …
["North Coast Limited" in Rocky Canyon]
Northern Pacific's modern Vista-Dome "North Coast Limited" in Rocky Canyon a short distance east of Bozeman, Montana, circa 1960. this was a Northern Pacific train from Seattle to St. Paul and a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train from St. Paul to Chicago.
[Observation Car on "The Panama Central"]
Interior view of the observation car in the consist of the Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited."
[Old Pennsylvania Station in New York City]
Photograph of one of the world's greatest railroad terminals, the Old Pennsylvania Station on New York, NY seen here on July 1960. Although transformed above the ground-level by construction of the Madison Square Garden, which was completed in December 1969, this terminal continues to provide efficient service to commuters and passengers who use the trains.
[Opening of the Sabine Power Plant]
Photograph of a group of men and women attending the opening of the Sabine Power Plant in Bridge City, Texas.
[Palestine Airport]
Photo of the hangers at the Palestine Airport.
[Palestine High School Students]
Photo of students from Palestine High School posing on the steps to Palestine High School.
[Palestine Memorial Hospital]
Photo of the old Memorial Hospital, which is located on the corner of S. Sycamore and Angelina Streets in the south side of Palestine. This building still stands, but no longer houses a hospital. It remains vacant as of the end of 2007.
[Palestine Memorial Hospital]
Photo of the old Memorial Hospital, which is located on the corner of S. Sycamore and Angelina Streets in the south side of Palestine. This building still stands, but no longer houses a hospital. It remains vacant as of the end of 2007.
["The Panama Limited" at Pass Manchac]
Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited" train No. 6, northbound, at Pass Manchac north of New Orleans, enroute to Chicago. train is passing over a body of water.
["The Panama Limited" departing Chicago]
Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited" train No. 5, southbound, an all Pullman streamliner, departing from Chicago on its 921.1 mile run to New Orleans.
[Photograph of Trinity River in Anderson County]
Photograph of the Trinity river from the Anderson County side.
[Picking Cotton in Anderson County]
Photo of workers picking cotton in Anderson County.
[Rail Buff's Special train]
Rail Buff's train enroute over the Denver and Rio Grande Western's narrow gauge line between Alamosa and Durango, Colorado.
[Railroad Y.M.C.A. - Palestine]
Photo of the Palestine Railroad Y. M. C. A. before it burned.
[Reagan School - 400 S. Michaux]
Photograph of the south and east sides of the Reagan School located at 400 S. Michaux in Palestine, Texas. The three-story brick building has Tudor Revival-style architectural features and served as a school for various grades between 1916 and 1976, later becoming a museum. Playground equipment is visible in the foreground.
[Reagan School - 400 S. Michaux]
Photograph of the northwest corner of the Reagan School located at 400 S. Michaux in Palestine, Texas. The three-story brick building has Tudor Revival-style architectural features and served as a school for various grades between 1916 and 1976, later becoming a museum. A sign on the lawn says "Second Thoughts Thrift Shop."
[Reagan School - 400 S. Michaux]
Photograph of the north side of the Reagan School located at 400 S. Michaux in Palestine, Texas. The three-story brick building has Tudor Revival-style architectural features and served as a school for various grades between 1916 and 1976, later becoming a museum.
[Reagan School - 400 S. Michaux]
Photograph of the northeast corner of the Reagan School located at 400 S. Michaux in Palestine, Texas. The three-story brick building has Tudor Revival-style architectural features and served as a school for various grades between 1916 and 1976, later becoming a museum.
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