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[Family Christmas Card]

Description: Holiday greeting card featuring the portrait of a family of three. Beneath their photo is text that reads, "Best wishes for a Merry Christmas"; below that is an illustration of a nativity scene.
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Family Note]

Description: Family note regarding the childhood death of Addie Mae place, sister of Isaac Waldo Place and Millard Fillmore Place. Addie died in a fire after her clothes caught fire while ironing.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midwestern State University

Family Register: Claus P. Engdahl and Wilhemina Erikson Engdahl & John J. Johnson and Nina Norman Johnson

Description: Document listing the descendants of Claus P. Engdahl and Wilhemina Erikson Engdahl and John J. Johnson and Nina Norman Johnson. Each family member has their address and phone number included if known or is marked deceased. The children of Edward Reginald and Catherine Caroline Engdahl are listed first, then their siblings's children.
Date: unknown
Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

[Field Day, Marshall]

Description: A group hosts a field day. The participants, event, date, and location are unidentified. A table at center holds a display. Two young girls sit in front next to a sign about the event. A woman in white stands nearby. In the distance, men in uniform appear to supervise games while adults look on.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Field Filled with Tents]

Description: Photograph of dozens of large, circular tents pitched close together in a field. In the distance, the smoke of a campfire rises above the tents. On the right side of the image, three men, one in light-colored undergarments and the other two in military-style uniforms, are gathered around a stack of firewood. A woman in a light shirt and a long, dark skirt looks on.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Field Full of Tents]

Description: Photograph of a field taken from a distance. The field is packed with small, dark colored tents. Beyond the tents, there are several large buildings. Telephone lines run throughout the scene. The sky above is darkened by clouds.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Fifth Grade Class at Armand Bayou Elementary School, 1981-82]

Description: Photograph of Mary Howard's fifth grade class during the 1981-1982 school year at Armand Bayou Elementary School in Houston Texas, Texas. The 25 students are arranged in 4 rows in front of a velvet curtain; their teacher stands to the right of them on the first row. A small marquee board with their class information is set in front of them. The photo is set inside a folded card; opposite the photo on the inside cover is a handwritten catalog of the students in the class.
Date: 198X
Creator: National School Studios, Inc.
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Fifth Grade Class at James H. Ross Elementary School, 1972-73]

Description: Photograph of a fifth grade class during the 1972-1973 school year at James H. Ross Elementary School, formally known as Newport Elementary School, in League City, Texas. The 26 students are arranged in 4 rows in front of a velvet curtain. Two adults stand on either side of the first row; on the left is Mr. Little and on the right is Mrs. Witt. A small marquee board with the class information is set in front of them. The photo is set inside a folded card.
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Fifth Grade Class at Newport Elementary School, 1967-68]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Shirley Jordan's fifth grade class during the 1967-1968 school year at Newport Elementary School, which was later renamed James H. Ross Elementary, in League City, Texas. The 27 students are arranged in 4 rows in front of a velvet curtain. A small marquee board with their class information is set in front of them. The photo is set inside a folded card; opposite the photo on the inside cover is a handwritten catalog of all of the students in the class by their position in each… more
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Filmstrip Projector]

Description: A filmstrip projector (35mm) was a standard piece of audio-visual equipment in schools and libraries, beginning c1965. This model belonged to Marshall Public Library, which was built in 1973. The filmstrip projector was replaced by videocassette and VHS player-recorder technology.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Fireboat Chas. Clarke Entering the Water]

Description: Photograph of Galveston's fireboat/towboat the "Chas. Clarke" entering the water with water cannons spewing jets of water right of the frame. The boat is dark-colored and has only one smokestack. Several men mill about the deck of the boat. Another, much larger ship sits docked behind the boat on the right side of the frame. On the left side of the frame, several smaller boats are docked.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Firefighters at League Park]

Description: Photograph of a group of firefighters sitting on the top of a fire engine truck parked at League Park. They are all wearing red shirts and black shorts. Two trophies are nestled between them.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

first fifty

Description: Souvenir pamphlet documenting the history of the First State Bank in Rio Vista, Texas along with photos of the bank and portraits of all the employees.
Date: 1970
Creator: First State Bank
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

[First Grade Class at James H. Ross Elementary School, 1970-71]

Description: Photograph of the first grade class during the 1970-1971 school year at James H. Ross Elementary School, formally known as Newport Elementary School, in League City, Texas. The 26 students are arranged in 4 rows in front of a velvet curtain; two unidentified women stand on the first row on either side of the group. A small marquee board with the class information is set in front of them. The photo is set inside a folded card.
Date: [1970..1971]
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[First Grade Class at Newport Elementary School, 1968-69]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Jean Dunn's first grade class during the 1968-1969 school year at Newport Elementary School, which was later renamed James H. Ross Elementary School, in League City, Texas. The 21 students are arranged in 4 rows in front of a velvet curtain; their teacher stands to the right of them on the first row. A small marquee board with their class information is set in front of them. The photo is set inside a folded card.
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[First Grade Class at Newport Elementary School, 1968-69]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Jean Dunn's first grade class during the 1968-1969 school year at Newport Elementary School, which was later renamed James H. Ross Elementary, in League City, Texas. The 21 students are arranged in 4 rows in front of a velvet curtain; their teacher stands to the right of them on the first row. A small marquee board with their class information is set in front of them. The photo is set inside a folded card; opposite the photo on the inside cover is a handwritten catalog of som… more
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[First Snow]

Description: Photograph of the Castillo's Chevy Malibu parked in the family home's driveway at 1308 North 6th Street, Wichita Falls, Texas. Snow covers the ground and neighbors' homes in the background. This is the first snowfall in January 1970.
Date: January 1970
Partner: Midwestern State University
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