Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 16 Matching Results

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[Ambulance from the Hassell Foster Funeral Home]

Photo of an ambulance owned by the Hassell Foster Funeral Home.

Date: 1953~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Ambulance from the Hassell Foster Funeral Home]

Photo of an ambulance owned by the Hassell Foster Funeral Home.

Date: 1953~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Caution - Bad Bridge]

Photograph of a sign reading, "Caution Bad Bridge 1000ft. Drive Slow" The sign is standing in water from the flood of the Sabine River in 1953.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Christmas Caroling Party 1953]

Photograph of the First Christian Church Christmas Caroling Party in 1953. Many carolers are standing in front of two parked buses singing. Janis Joplin, who became a noted rock star in the music world in the late 1960's, is standing on the steps of the bus in a white sweatshirt.

Date: 1953

Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Palestine Students at Play]

Photo of Palestine students at play.

Date: 1953~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Photograph of Flood, Green Avenue at River]

Photograph of the 1953 flood in Orange, Texas. This photo shows a couple of billboards advertising beer on Green Avenue. The signs are standing in water.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Flooded Street]

Photograph of flooding at Green Avenue and Front Street. Men are standing in knee-deep water in an empty lot surrounded by sandbags. Behind them is a Sinclair Filling Station.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Flooding on East Side of the Sabine River]

Photograph of flooding along the East side of the Sabine River. A camper is submerged in the water. There is a lot of mud outside of the Show Boat landing.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Santa Fe train crossing the Trinity River Bridge]

Santa Fe's train No. 111, eastbound, diesel powered, crossing the Texas and Pacific Railway's Trinity River Bridge, enroute from Fort Worth to Dallas.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Unidentified Palestine High School Teenagers]

Photo of a group of unidentified teenagers from Palestine High School, apparently at a football game.

Date: 1953~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Gainesville, Texas Depot]

Although many years have elapsed, the Santa Fe's Gainesville, Texas passenger station built in 1901 still retains a well preserved appearance in June of 1953. In reality, it has changed very little from those early days in 1901.

Date: June 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]

Frisco's "The Black Gold Champion" train No. 517, southbound, headed by Diesel locomotive No. 2022, arriving at Dallas Junction, which is the wye near Irving, Texas, on June 18, 1953.

Date: June 18, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.819771 -96.944981

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Katy Flyer" passing Dallas Yard]

M-K-T Train No.6, The "Katy Flyer" slows through Dallas yard heading for Union Terminal behind a pair of Alco PA model 2000HP diesel electric locomotives on June 18,1953.

Date: June 18, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Eagle" entering Houston]

Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1-21, arriving in the Houston Union Station on July 12, 1953.

Date: July 12, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Valley Eagle" departing from Houston]

Missouri Pacific's "Valley Eagle" train No. 11, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 8005 , departing from the Houston Union Station, enroute to Brownsville, Texas on the morning of July 12, 1953.

Date: July 12, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunset Limited" departing from Houston's Grand Central Station]

Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 206, departing from Grand Central Station in Houston enroute to New Orleans on July 13, 1953.

Date: July 13, 1953

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 16 Matching Results

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[Ambulance from the Hassell Foster Funeral Home]

[Ambulance from the Hassell Foster Funeral Home]

[Caution - Bad Bridge]

[Christmas Caroling Party 1953]

[Palestine Students at Play]

[Photograph of Flood, Green Avenue at River]

[Photograph of Flooded Street]

[Photograph of Flooding on East Side of the Sabine River]

[Santa Fe train crossing the Trinity River Bridge]

[Unidentified Palestine High School Teenagers]

[Gainesville, Texas Depot]

["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]

["The Katy Flyer" passing Dallas Yard]

["The Texas Eagle" entering Houston]

["Valley Eagle" departing from Houston]

["Sunset Limited" departing from Houston's Grand Central Station]