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[Postcard of Young Brothers]

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of two young boys, identified as Ullmann and Joseph Kilgore. They are the sons of Theodore and Zonnie Kilgore. Accompanying information states that Ullmann, the boy seated in the chair, was six years old; standing next to him is his brother Joseph, who was four years old at the time.
Date: 191X
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Railroad Bridge Over Water]

Description: Photograph of a short train on top of a railroad bridge over water. Several large tents are pitched on a thin stretch of rocky beach running through the center of the frame. On the right side of this beach, large debris litters the ground. The bridge itself is supported by a series of arches running below the tracks. Telephone poles line the far side of the bridge.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Railroad Shop Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the League City Railroad Shop, where several of the working men are gathered to pose for a picture. A narrative on the back, written by someone named Caroline in 1971, identifies a few men in the photograph: O.V. King, K.H. Scholes (who was the superintendent or foreman), Perry Johnson, and Percy H. Yoeland.
Date: unknown
Creator: Loraine, Harry
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Red Cross Nurses]

Description: Photograph of a large group of American Red Cross nurses seated together in front of a bandstand in League City. They are arranged in three rows with the first two sitting and the last row standing. Each Red Cross member is wearing a nurse's cap with the emblem on the front. An American flag is hanging behind them. According to handwritten notes on the back, two of the women on the right with the Red Cross flag draped over their laps are identified as Mrs. O.V. King and Mrs. John P. Atkinson.
Date: 191X
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[A Residential Street]

Description: Photograph of a residential street lined by varying types of fencing taken from a high vantage point. The yard closest to the camera on the right side is packed with dense foliage that spills through the pickets of its fence. Telephone lines run along the street. Towards the end of the street, three mature palm trees tower over the houses. In the distance, a mountain looms over the scene.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Rolling in the Trailers]

Description: Black and white photograph of four trailers and two tents to be used as classrooms and offices prior to completion of Mountain View College. Shows two workers positioning the trailers.
Date: 1970
Partner: Dallas County Community College District

[Row of Damaged Houses]

Description: Photograph of a row of damaged houses tilted at odd angles on their foundations. The houses are all one story, save the one farthest from the camera, and they are surrounded by a line of light-colored picket fencing. The windows on the house closest to the camera have been opened.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Row of Tents]

Description: Photograph of a row of tents pitched on either side of a wide walkway lined with shallow trenches. The tents on the right side are all dark-colored and large enough for multiple people. The tents on the left side alternate between being large and light-colored and small and dark-colored. Most of the tents have their front flaps open. Several men in military-style uniforms walk about the scene.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[A Sailboat on the Water]

Description: Copy negative of a small sailboat on an unidentified body of water. It is passing a dock where a few buildings are situated just offshore. The building closest to the water has signage text that says, "S.D. Kelly" on one side; the other side is mostly illegible except for the word, "FORT."
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library
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