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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]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Richardson Public Library

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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Woods Cafe, early 1940s, McKinney

Description: High vantage point photo of the inside of the cafe, looking towards front door. This is a very busy lunch hour. Most of the men have either hung their hats on the wall rack or still have them on. Only two people have noticed the photographer, the rest are occupied by their meal or conversation. The door to the cafe is propped open, leaving the screen door to allow any sort of breeze in.
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Collin County History Museum

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Theodore Kilgore on a Swing]

Description: Photograph of a toddler-aged Theodore Albert Kilgore, aka Teddy Kilgore, sitting outdoors on a wooden swing. He is clad in only a cloth diaper, socks, and shoes. In his hands he is holding a pair of toy glasses.
Date: 1940/1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall 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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[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]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical 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]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Thomas Road house]

Description: Photograph of a house on Thomas Road that was designed by Stone and Pitts, Architects. The ornamental steel around the windows and upper patio was designed by John Dollinger Jr., Inc. Two cars can be seen to the right of the house, one in the garage and another parked to the side. The back of the photo is stamped "Business Men's Studio 201 Main Street Beaumont, Texas"
Date: [1940..1949]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Scan of 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division With List of Names]

Description: Photo scan of the members of Battery B, 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division and Medical Corps detachment. The uniformed men are standing or crouching in lines in front of military vehicles. The text "Battery "B," 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division, Cleburne Tex. Dec. 12, 1940. Medical Corps Detachment On Front Row." is printed across the bottom on the photo. The accompanying document lists the names of the men in the photo.
Date: December 12, 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

[Photo of Battery B, 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division]

Description: Photograph of the members of Battery B, 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division and Medical Corps detachment. The uniformed men are standing or crouching in lines in front of military vehicles. The text "Battery "B," 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division, Cleburne Tex. Dec. 12, 1940. Medical Corps Detachment On Front Row." is printed across the bottom on the photo. There is a list of the names of the pictured men on the back of the photo. The image is part of the collection of The Layland Museum-Cl… more
Date: December 12, 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University
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