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[Archie Griffith on Motorcycle]

Description: Photograph of Archibald "Archie" Hughes Griffith sitting on an Indian motorcycle with "Miss. Barabara" written on the windscreen. He lived from March 22, 1890-August 6, 1982. Archie is the maternal grandfather of Sandra Person Wyche.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Calder Place house]

Description: Photograph of a house on Calder Place that was designed by Steinman and Golemon, Architects. The ornamental steel seen on the windows and patio were designed and provided by John Dollinger Jr., Inc. The back of the photo is stamped "Business Men's Studio 201 Main Street Beaumont, Texas"
Date: [1940..1949]
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Downtown and Port of Beaumont]

Description: Postcard of the Port of Beaumont on the Neches River with downtown Beaumont in the background. In the foreground, written in the grass, is "Port of Beaumont." At least five ships and a tugboat are visible at the port. The Kansas City Southern Lift Bridge is visible on the right side of the photograph and in the background downtown Beaumont buildings can be seen including the Jefferson County Courthouse. On the back of the postcard is printed the following: "The City of Beaumont is one of the Na… more
Date: [1940..1969]
Creator: The Edwards News Co.
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

First Christian Church, Richardson, Texas

Description: Wooden frame church, white clapboard siding. The middle section of the front (gable end) entends forward to form an entrance and upward to form a [bell?] tower. The double entrance door is covered with a decorative braced awning with a closed dormer. A sign over the door reads "First Christian Church." The roof is shingled, maybe wooden. A signpost is at the right edge of the picture, with the name of the church and the pastor's name. To the left of the main building is a lower building/annex… more
Date: [1940..1958]
Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Jefferson Earle Kuntz]

Description: Photograph of Jefferson Earle Kuntz. Kuntz was a defense lawyer in Wichita County. The back of the image identifies the photograph to be from Royce Studios in Wichita Falls, Texas, and order number 67135.
Date: 1940
Partner: Midwestern State University

Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, the Methodist Church: 1940

Description: Journal of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information. Index starts on page 141.
Date: 1940
Creator: Methodist Church (U.S.). Northwest Texas Conference.
Partner: Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church

[The Kilgore Family]

Description: Photograph of the Kilgore family standing together outdoors. Standing on the far left are Theodore Kilgore and Zonnie Knight Kilgore, the patriarch and matriarch of the family. In the middle of the group is Edna, Ullmann's wife, and Ullmann himself, holding their infant son, Theodore, aka Teddy. The younger Kilgore sons, Joseph and Charles, are standing on the right.
Date: 1940
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Long Street house]

Description: Photograph of a house on Long Street that was designed by Steinman and Golemon, Architects. The ornamental steel on the house was designed and provided by John Dollinger Jr., Inc. An automobile is parked in a garage to the far right.
Date: [1940..1949]
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Lydia Place]

Description: Photograph of "Lydia Place. Grandma Place- mother of Isaac Waldo." The front of the photograph reads, "Grandma Place. A grand old lady." The only color in the image is flowers on the lapels of her suit jacket.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Mary Beulah Cartwright Oualline]

Description: Photograph of Mary Beulah Cartwright Oualline. She was born in Montgomery County, Texas on September 5, 1881. She died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on January 29, 1966. She is the maternal great-grandmother of Sandra Person Wyche.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Midwestern State University

Pecan shellers of San Antonio: the problem of underpaid and unemployed Mexican labor

Description: A book about the livelihood of migrant Mexican pecan shellers. The book contains information concerning: the pecan-shelling industry in San Antonio, the earnings of the pecan shellers in 1938, the social lives of the pecan shellers, and the potential prospects of the pecan shellers.
Date: 1940
Creator: Menefee, Selden C.; Cossmore, Orin C. & Webb, John N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[School Play]

Description: Photograph of Alamo Heights Elementary School students in the school play. Some children are wearing crowns and two are dressed as king and queen. Fourth from the right is John Russell Stephenson, Col USAF, MSC (Ret.).
Date: 1940
Partner: Midwestern State University
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