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[Bill Blackshear]
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Description: Bill Blackshear. Summer 1944. Caption says: "A San Antonio Spree to Galveston, Summer 1944. I call it A.W.O.L. Bill." From the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10038/
[Unidentified Colonel]
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of an unidentified man in uniform (with the rank of colonel). He is standing in the midst of jungle foliage and holding a lit cigarette in his left hand. Written on the back of the photo: "To my devoted friend, Bill Blackshear - June 1943 - South Sea Islands - (In the jungles) and I don't mean maybe! Taken on recent trip north and didn't miss a thing.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10026/
[Unidentified Soldier]
Date: September 16, 1944
Creator: unknown
Description: (back of photo) September 16, 1944. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10017/
[Wife and Children of John Kenneth Hicks]
Date: December 1949
Creator: unknown
Description: Photo of Regina, Kenneth Jr., William and Robert, family of John Kenneth Hicks. Mr. Hicks was the adopted son of someone named ZuZu. Photo taken Christmas 1949. From the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10040/
[Mrs. Flora Whiting]
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Flora Whiting wearing an evening gown. (back of photo) This is Mrs. Flora Whiting of 740 Park Ave, N.Y.C. She gave me this picture on her own accord. 1944.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10030/
[Oklahoma Sunday - William Blackshear]
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Description: Photo of William Blackshear sitting in a river somewhere in Oklahoma. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11057/
[Unidentified Man]
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Description: Photo of unidentified man, probably William S. Blackshear taken in 1945. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10988/
[410 Avenue A - Palestine Daily Herald Building]
Date: c. 1940
Creator: unknown
Description: The Palestine Herald building was originally completed during 1924 and housed the newspaper until 1981. As per the January 24, 1925 issue of the Palestine Daily Herald, "It was a 40 x 100' building of fire-proof construction, and modern in every sense of the word. The plant consists of a Goss Comet newspaper press, models 14 and 8 linotypes, pony cylinder, a battery of job presses and all other necessary equipment for an up-to-date newspaper plant and job printing office." The newspaper was moved in 1981 to a building on Elm and Lacy Street and the building was sold to the First Presbyterian Church. The inside of the building was refurbished by the church and has been named the W.B. Robinson Hall.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth26444/
[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]
Date: c. 1940
Creator: unknown
Description: The I&GN Hospital, one of the most noteworthy landmarks in all of Palestine, has been a prominent fixture in the predominantly residential neighborhood south of the downtown area since its construction in 1921. The 3-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital, along with associated outbuilding (the Nurses Home), occupies an entire block. The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building. The hospital and nurses home retain their integrity to a remarkable degree. The International & Great Northern Railroad operated a hospital for its employees on this site beginning in 1884. Prominent Houston architect Alfred E. Finn designed the present building for the railroad, which formally opened in July 1922. Local architect Theodore S. Maffitt designed the adjacent nurses’ quarters in 1924. The main building served as medical offices for physicians in private practice for years, with the Nurses building serving as the headquarters of the Palestine chapter of the Red Cross, but both buildings have been mostly vacant for several years now.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth26467/
[William S. Blackshear - Atlanta Ga.]
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Description: (back of photo) W.S.B. in Atlanta, Ga. Rainy. Just put Alf on bus to Camp Campbell so felt quite sad and lonely 1943. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library. Business signs in the background for the Paramount Theatre, showing "Phantom Lady" and the Royal Palm Dancing club.
Contributing Partner: Palestine Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth9964/