Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 30 Matching Results

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[Interior of Pennsylvania Station in New York]

Photograph of Pennsylvania Railroad's great passenger terminal, Pennsylvania Station in New York in 1945.

Date: 1945

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[E-4 Streamliners in Chicago]

The Chicago and North Western Railway's E-4 type streamliners, which headed the "Overland Limited" and "Challenger" trains between Chicago and the West Coast, stand in the Chicago Passenger Station.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Palestine Railroad Depot]

Photograph of the Palestine Train Depot. This building was torn down sometime in the 1980's.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Palestine High School Basketball Team]

Photograph of the Palestine High School Basketball Team.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Volunteers in the Palestine Service Men's Club]

Photo of the volunteers of the Palestine Service Men's Club, which operated to serve soldiers passing through the city. It was organized in June of 1942 by area residents, and was inspired by, but independent from, the USO club. Volunteers offered refreshments, letter-writing materials, music, dancing and conversation in the club's room at the O'Neill hotel, which was located across Spring street from the Railroad tracks. The women also took sandwiches and cookies to distribute to the soldiers … more

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Volunteers in the Palestine Service Men's Club - WWII]

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Palestine High School Football Team]

Palestine High School Football Team.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Volunteers in the Palestine Service Men's Club]

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

Mrs. L. M. Sinclair

Letter from L. M. "Buddy" Sinclair to his wife, Katie. Buddy was stationed in France at the time of this letter around February, 1945.

Date: 1945-02~

Creator: Sinclair, L. M.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Sulphur Springs Public Library

[Street Scene - Looking North - Orange, Texas]

Photographic postcard picturing a street scene in Orange, Texas, looking north. Automobiles line the street and businesses of all sorts are on both sides of the street. The Orange Chamber of Commerce and the Holland Hotel are both in the foreground.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Secretaries at Texas Creosote]

Photograph of secretaries at Texas Creosote Company in Orange, Texas between 1941 and 1945. They are all wearing dresses and stand in a line outside the building.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Main Business District in Orange, Texas]

Postcard depicting the main business district in Orange, Texas in the 1940s.

Date: 1945~

Creator: Grogan Photo Company

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Elridge Hubert sitting on a Jeep in Paris]

Photograph of Elridge Hubert in Paris. He is holding a large snowball and sitting on the hood of a Jeep.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Elridge Hubert at University of Paris in 1945]

Photograph of Elridge Hubert sitting under a snow-covered evergreen tree outside of the University of Paris.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Parents of E.C. Hubert with Kenneth Wallace]

Photograph of E.C. Hubert's parents seated outdoors in West Orange at the house on Moss Street. Behind them stands Cpl. Kenneth Wallace during a visit in summer 1945.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Elridge Hubert at University of Paris in 1945]

Photograph of Elridge Hubert standing in the snow outside of the University of Paris in 1945. There is an Army Jeep parked in the street behind him.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Elridge Hubert, 1945]

Portrait photograph of Elridge Hubert in his military uniform in 1945. The name "Elridge" is inscribed below the matted photo.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

School fence

Photograph of nine unidentified children sitting on a wooden fence in front of a white wooden school building in Kemah, Texas.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Kemah Historical Society

West Sixth Street at Blanco

Photograph of a man and a young child standing on the corner of the north side of the 1100 block of West Sixth Street at Blanco in Austin, Texas. Stores in picture are West Austin Drug, Cunningham's Community Stores, Typewriter Service Co., West Austin Cleaners and Capitol Floors.

Date: January 1, 1945

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.272761 -97.757147

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Portrait of singer Lydia Mendoza

Portrait of singer Lydia Mendoza with her guitar. Autograph on photo: "Cariñosamente Lydia Mendoza 1-19-48"

Date: October 20, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Rose Marine Theatre

Portrait of singer Victor M. Cuevas

Portrait of Victor M. Cuavas sitting on a pile of logs. Autograph on photo: "Dedico este recuerdo cariñosamente a Marie-- Victor M. Cuevas 23 - Dec 51"

Date: October 20, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Rose Marine Theatre

[Deck of the USS Missouri on the day of Japan's surrender]

Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Army and Navy officials watch on as dignitaries leave the deck.

Date: September 2, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[General Douglas MacArthur addresses dignitaries at the signing of the Japanese Surrender]

Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender which ended WWII. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, address the crowd at the beginning of the ceremony. Behind him from left to right stand: General Hsu Yung-Chang of China; Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser, Royal Navy; Lt. General Kuzma Derevyanko of the U.S.S.R.; and General Sir Thomas Blamey of Australia.

Date: September 2, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Japanese surrender, September 2, 1945]

Photograph of Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Toshikazu Kase overlooks Shigemitsu's shoulder.

Date: September 2, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

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[Interior of Pennsylvania Station in New York]

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[Palestine Railroad Depot]

[Palestine High School Basketball Team]

[Volunteers in the Palestine Service Men's Club]

[Volunteers in the Palestine Service Men's Club - WWII]

[Palestine High School Football Team]

[Volunteers in the Palestine Service Men's Club]

Mrs. L. M. Sinclair

[Street Scene - Looking North - Orange, Texas]

[Secretaries at Texas Creosote]

[Main Business District in Orange, Texas]

[Elridge Hubert sitting on a Jeep in Paris]

[Elridge Hubert at University of Paris in 1945]

[Parents of E.C. Hubert with Kenneth Wallace]

[Elridge Hubert at University of Paris in 1945]

[Elridge Hubert, 1945]

School fence

West Sixth Street at Blanco

Portrait of singer Lydia Mendoza

Portrait of singer Victor M. Cuevas

[Deck of the USS Missouri on the day of Japan's surrender]

[General Douglas MacArthur addresses dignitaries at the signing of the Japanese Surrender]

[Japanese surrender, September 2, 1945]