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Fly'N Fish, Beers Field - Caddo Lake, 4800 Ft. N. S. Hard Surfaced

Description: Color halftone postcard showing the Fly 'N Fish motel and airport on Caddo Lake, near Marshall, Texas. Two small planes are parked on the runway in front of the motel. One-story wings for the rooms extend on either side of a two-story height front-gable building that housed a dining room and dance floor. Printed on the top of the image: "The Fly 'N Fish, Beers Field - Caddo Lake, 4800 Ft., N. S. Hard Surfaced." Printed between the message and address sections is: "Pub. by Brogan Adv. Co., Tyler… more
Date: April 6, 1956
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Caddo Lake Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1954
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.62 -94.12
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

General highway map Harrison County, Texas

Description: Map shows state highways and roads, city boundaries, oil fields, gas fields, and structures in mid-twentieth century Richardson County, Texas. Includes legend and key to counties. Insets: "Harleton," "Woodlawn," "Karnak," and "Elysian Fields." Scale not given.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas Transportation Planning Division
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1277

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Maximum payments which may be made to County Commissioners of Harrison County for traveling expenses.
Date: September 11, 1951
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1407

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Mandatory or permissive character of provisions for a county engineer in the Harrison County Road & Bridge Law.
Date: February 13, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-125

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Payment of travel expenses for out-of-state investigation of alleged perjury committed in Harrison County.
Date: April 23, 1954
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[First Air Mail Service to Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph showing 10 men standing in front of a Trans-Texas Airways plane around a cart with mailbags. A woman and a man are looking on through the cabin door, and the cargo door is open. This is a photograph taken by the newspaper's photographer to cover the initial flight of the first air mail route through Marshall, Texas. The dignitaries are wearing hats and suits, and a few are wearing overcoats. The airline crew members are wearing uniforms, but no jackets. "News Messenger" is printed at… more
Date: August 1953
Creator: Marshall News Messenger
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Scene on North Square - Marshall, Texas

Description: Photo-postcard of the northeast corner of the Harrison County Courthouse square in Marshall, Texas, ca. 1952. Recknagel Drug Store is in the left foreground and the trees next to the courthouse are on the right. The courthouse is not visible. Hotel Marshall is visible, as well as Home Furniture Co. and Kariel Clo. Co. on the east side of the square, and electric fans are visible in a few of their second floor windows. The street and most of the parking spaces are empty. A street light is on th… more
Date: December 12, 1952
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Sam Houston Elementary School Class Picture, Marshall, Texas, 1958-59]

Description: Group photograph of a class of Sam Houston Elementary School, posed in four rows in front of an auditorium stage with the curtain drawn. The teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie), stands on the far left. The top right corner is torn. The names of many of the students are written on the back in red pencil.
Date: 1958/1959
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Courthouse Square, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color halftone postcard showing the Harrison County courthouse and square in Marshall, Texas, viewed from the southeast. The Confederate monument stands in front of the courthouse. Four double rows of automobiles are parked in the paved area in front of the courthouse. Printed at the bottom of the message section is: "Pub. by Eastex Photo Supply, Marshall, Texas." Printed between the message and address section is: "Dextone, Made Direct from Kodachrome and Ansco Color By Dexter Press, Pearl Ri… more
Date: February 8, 1955
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Laura Virginia Groner Hall, East Texas Baptist College, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of the Laura Virginia Groner Hall, East Texas Baptist College, in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1940s or early 1950s. The two-story brick dormitory has a wide full-height entrance porch with six square columns and with three dormers and a central cupola in the roof. All of the windows have shutters. Five metal chairs are visible on the porch. It is on a sloping grassy site with wide steps leading up the slope. At the bottom of the image in white letters … more
Date: February 2, 1954
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Marion Sims McCutchan Jr. in Costume as Rev. Staples for First Presbyterian Church Centennial, 1950, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr., in costume as Rev. Staples for the First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas, centennial pageant performance. He wears a false beard and moustache and a bowler hat. A label with the following inscription is attached on the back: "1st Presbyterian Centennial 1950, M. S. McCutchan dressed as Rev. Staples - 1st minister."
Date: 1950
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

St. Joseph's Church, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of St. Joseph's Church in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1940s or early 1950s. The Mission style church building has a tower on either side of the entrance facade, with the one on the left being taller with a bell tower. The entrance doors are obscured by branches, but a statue of St. Joseph stands in a niche above the central entrance door. A residential-scale side-gable building with dormers to the right of the church was probably the rectory. There is… more
Date: January 27, 1954
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Children at First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of thirteen children posed as praying in the chancel of the First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas, probably as part of the centennial pageant held in recognition of the church's 100th anniversary in 1950. Organ pipes are visible behind the children, and two microphones on stands are in front. On the floor between the two microphones is a model of a small church and what appears to be the head of a dark-haired woman painted on paper.
Date: 1950
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-22

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the proposed plan of the Marshall National Bank, Marshall, Texas, to provide additional banking facilities is in violation of Article 342-903, V.C.S, Texas Banking Code of 1943.
Date: February 11, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[T&P Train #1505]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #1505 pulling freight in Marshall, Texas. Written underneath the image are "T&P #1505 with eastbound freight at Marshall, Texas 1950" and "R. S. Plummer Photo."
Date: 1950
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Wreck in Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a train wreck in Marshall, Texas. There are people looking at the wreck, and cars and firetrucks are visible on the right side of the image. Houses are visible in the background. Text below the image says "Wreck at Marshall, Texas 1954" and "Joe Perkins Collection."
Date: 1954
Creator: Perkins, Joe
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Sam Houston School Booklet, 1959-60]

Description: This pamphlet provides basic information about Sam Houston School, an elementary school in Marshall, Texas, for the 1959-60 school year. It includes the names of the teachers and the grades they taught, a history of the school, and a list of the school's principals and the years they served. It was intended for distribution to the parents of the pupils. The paper cover has a photograph of the school building provided by the Marshall New Messenger. On the back is a photo of the principal, W. H. … more
Date: 1959
Creator: Sam Houston School, Marshall, Texas
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Old Crew Photo]

Description: Copy photo of a group portrait published in T&P Topics magazine on page 42 of the March 1954 issue. Text below the image provides context for the photo and a list of the names of every person in the image.
Date: March 1954
Partner: The Grace Museum
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