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[Ferry Barge and Passenger Train in New Orleans]

Description: Southern Pacific's ferry barge, the "Mastodon" with passenger train aboard, is taken in tow by tugboats for the crossing of the Mississippi River at New Orleans.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Ferry Barge and Passenger Train in New Orleans]

Description: Southern Pacific's ferry barge "Mastodon" - with accompanying tug boats - awaits passenger train moving aboard to be ferried across the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The First Diesel Engine in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of boxcars being pulled by a diesel engine train. The train tracks are located in a barren area and there is a railroad sign on the far right hand of the photograph.
Date: 1937
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[First National Bank lobby]

Description: Ballard Powell, Gwen Beeman Pate (Mrs. Hugh), and A.M. Beeman (taller man) stand behind the counter of the First National Bank in Sanger, Texas.
Date: 1937~/1943~
Partner: Sanger Public Library

Five Loving Cups on a Table Outside

Description: Photograph of five trophies on top of a small table outside. The trophies are called "Loving Cups". Behind the table is a large lawn and in the background a row of trees and houses.
Date: 1937
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Gate City Creamery Fair Exhibit

Description: Photograph of a fair exhibit. There are two men serving ice cream shown with two customers. Ice cream cones and various flavors of ice cream are displayed between the two men.
Date: 1936
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Gentle Ambulance]

Description: Man, woman and child in front seat of an ambulance with two nurses and the "patient" in back. Probably a 1928 Cadillac limousine.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Sanger Public Library

["Gouldsboro" ferry boat]

Description: Texas and Pacific Railway's "Gouldsboro", a steam powered ferry boat, transports a passenger train across the Mississippi River at New Orleans, circa 1938.
Date: 1938~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Green Diamond"]

Description: Illinois Central's original train "The Green Diamond" which went into service between Chicago and St. Louis in 1936. The consist included a combine baggage-mail car, four coaches, dining car, and observation parlor car.
Date: 1936~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Hotel O'Neill - 313 Spring Street]

Description: Copy negative of storefronts on Spring Street in Palestine, Texas. There are two connected brick buildings, two stories on the left and four stories on the right; they have some brick embellishments around the windows. The first building appears to have two storefronts that have a sidewalk cover across the front and a barber's pole on the left corner as well as the words "Bus Station" on one window. To the right, a store labeled "O'Neill Drug Store" is in the larger building, and a roof with… more
Date: 1930~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

["The Hustler" arriving in Shreveport, Louisana]

Description: Known in the Pelican State as the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway's "The Hustler," train No. 4-203, northbound, arriving in Shreveport, Louisiana from New Orleans on an April morning in 1939. The small Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive, which heads this passenger train, carries the train's name etched on a metal plate attached to the boiler front, positioned below the headlight. These overnight trains - operating between New Orleans and Shreveport were popular over a long span of years, making t… more
Date: April 1939
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

J.M. Felts Hardware Main St. 1930

Description: Photograph of a man standing behind a hardware store counter. Both tools and house ware items are displayed on either side of the store.
Date: 1930
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[McKnight Plaza - Palestine]

Description: Photo of McKnight Plaza taken during the 1930s. This business district was the primary area for businesses owned and operated by African-Americans in Palestine, and was located in the 100 block of Avenue A, on the south side of the street next to what is now United Realty (the former First National Bank Building). The building was demolished in 1945.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Men, Women, and Children on the Steps of the First Christian Church in Port Arthur, Texas]

Description: Photograph of men, women, and children standing and sitting on the steps and balcony of the First Christian Church in Port Arthur, Texas. Standing above steps, left to right: Charles W. Horan, Henry W. Davis, John H. Stanley, Homer T. Whitson, Ezra Cheek, J.B. Talley, John H. McDonald, James S. Dillinger; back row, on steps, left to right are Mr. Boyington, Mrs. Charles E. Perry, Reverend Chas. D. Poston, Mrs. C. D. Poston, S. E. Gartman holding his son, Robert Ellis Gartman, and W. F. Sylvest… more
Date: September 1930
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

["The Montrealer" near Montreal]

Description: Photograph of one of America's most unique passenger trains. Depicted in this photograph is the "Montrealer" train No. 21, northbound, on the last portion of its journey near Montreal, Canada. The famous old name train - headed by a C,ational's Engine No. 231 - a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of five standard heavyweight cats - was om service for a number of decades. "The Montrealer" was a Pennsylvania train from Washington D.C. to New York; a New Haven train from New York to… more
Date: January 1938
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Mr. Lutcher Stark]

Description: Photograph of Mr. Lutcher Stark taken from the 1937 annual, the Orange Peel.
Date: 1937
Partner: Heritage House Museum

["North Coast Limited" in Livingston, Montana]

Description: Northern Pacific Railway's "North Coast Limited" headed by Engine No. 2608, class A, Northern, type 4-8-4 locomotive, makes a station stop at Livingston, Montana. This was a Northern Pacific train from Seattle to St. Paul and a Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy train from St. Paul to Chicago.
Date: 1938~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Orange High School, Senior Class of 1932 -1933]

Description: Photograph of the Senior Class of 1932 -1933 at Orange High School in Orange, Texas. The students wear their caps & gowns before a backdrop of a wooded landscape.
Date: 1933
Partner: Heritage House Museum

["The Owl" at Oakland, California]

Description: Southern Pacific's "The Owl" at Oakland, California depot (also designated as 16th Street) at 7:53 am enroute to San Francisco. This was a fast overnight train operating between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Date: 1938~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
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