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["Welcome to Rosenberg" sign in downtown Rosenberg, TX]

Photographic postcard of downtown Rosenberg, TX, late 1940s. View along Ave H. Welcome to Rosenberg lighted sign featured at center. On reverse is note from Emma Phillippi to brother Norveil Phillippi and family. postmarked June 12, 1949, Rosenberg. Gulf station in background. Schaffers Drug Store on right.

Date: June 12, 1949

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Texas, Fort Worth sheet.

Map shows mid-twentieth century railroads, major roads, extent of cities and towns, creeks and rivers, and topography in Tarrant County and portions of adjacent counties. Relief indicated by contours and spot heights. Scale [1:125,000].

Date: 1949

Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

["The Louisiana Daylight" passing L & A Junction]

Texas and Pacific's "The Louisiana Daylight", train No. 28, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 709, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive passes L & A Junction near Waskom, Texas.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Special" enroute to San Antonio]

Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's train No. 1 "The Texas Special" southbound enroute to San Antonio in 1949.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Southern Pacific train arriving in Dallas]

With the Sears building in the background and the Union Terminal Company's coach yard on its left The Hustler Train No. 15 rolls into Dallas in the early afternoon in 1949 behind one of Southern Pacific's handsome P-14 steam locomotives.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Texas Special" departing Austin]

Katy's "Texas Special" train No.1, southbound, headed by Engine No. 389, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, near the suburbs of Austin, Texas.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Westbound double-headed passenger train in Dallas]

Observe this unusual scene: One of the Texas and Pacific Railway's westbound passenger trains entering Dallas Union Terminal Station - double-headed by steam locomotives with Engine No. 715, a Pacific type 4-6-2, on the point. the time was 5:00 PM in the year 1949. This unusual photograph appears to depict a three-locomotive movement from the Cadiz St roundhouse to the station tracks at Union Terminal Co. The first engine is a T&P 4-6-2 No.715, the second most likely also a T&P locomotive, an… more

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Yard at Dallas Union Station]

Observe this scene of activity in the Dallas Union Station's yards - the "Sam Houston Zephyr" has just entered the terminal, closely followed by the "Hustler" while the "Texas Zephyr" waits for its scheduled departure.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The "Katy Flyer" departing from Denison, Texas]

Missourri - Kansas - Texas (Katy) Railroad's oldest name train: the "Katy Flyer" train No. 6 northbound, headed by Engine No. 395, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of eight standard heavyweight cars, departing from Denison, Texas enroute to St. Louis.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Locomotive rolls through Texas countyside]

Missouri Pacific Railway's train No. 32 southbound, headed by Engine No. 1158, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of seven standard heavyweight cars - rolls through the Texas' countryside, approaching the Lone Star State's capital city of Austin.

Date: 1949~

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Southern Pacific engine at the Cadiz St. Roundhouse in Dallas]

On the ready tracks at The Cadiz St. roundhouse in Dallas are SP-T&NO 4-6-2 No. 652, Cotton Belt 4-8-2 No.679, and FW&D No. 51 on a partly cloudy day in 1949.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Southern Pacific locomotive arriving in Dallas]

Locomotive No. 620 one of the P-6 class "protection" engines kept under steam at Ennis, substitutes for one of the three streamlined P-14 engines (650, 651,or 652) normally assigned to bring The Hustler, Train No. 15 into Dallas in 1949. The Southern Pacific was in direct competition with the FW&D in Texas at the time and the Dallas/Houston route's schedule had to be protected against engine failures. One engine was kept with steam up at Ennis and another at Hearne for just such emergencies.

Date: 1949

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Texas Howth Quadrangle

Topographic map of portions of Waller and Washington Counties, Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31,680

Date: 1949

Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

Texas Almanac, 1949-1950

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, history, government, population and all other subjects relating to the political, civic and economic development" of the time. A general index is on page 638.

Date: 1949

Item Type: Book

Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Texas official highway map: Spring and summer edition.

Map shows mid-twentieth century Texas state roadways. Includes legend, index, and inset maps of Texas cities and routes between cities. No scale indicated.

Date: 1949

Creator: Texas. Highway Department.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Valentine Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000

Date: 1949

Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)

Item Type: Map

Location: 30.75 -104.25

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department