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[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

[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

[T&P Shops at Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of the T&P shops at Marshall, Texas. A roundhouse is visible in the bottom portion of the photo and there are train cars all over the tracks. Written below the image are "T&P Marshall Shops - Taken by James Moyers of the Marshall News - Messenger from a plane piloted by Clayton Lewis a T&P friend and customer" and "T&P Topics, Aug 1953, Cover."
Date: August 1953
Creator: Moyers, James
Partner: The Grace 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

[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

[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

[Train Engine #643 and Car - Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #643 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "643" is visible on the front of the engine, with "Texas & Pacific" on the side. Another train sits on the tracks just in front of it. Additional tracks lay to the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Marshall, Texas Aug 1950."
Date: August 1950
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Partner: The Grace Museum

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

Description: Group photograph of school teachers of Sam Houston Elementary School in Marshall, Texas, taken in 1958 or 1959. Written in pen on the back: "Front Row, Left to right, Modena Owen, Maude McKay (friend), ?, Mrs. Denny cafeteria manager, Mrs. Leonard Attee Lloyd, Mrs. Sims McCutchan (Johnnie) Music (2nd-6th) later math) P. E. Literature, Back Row Left to Right, Jim Collins, Maude Nesbit very independent (my friend), Christine Broadstreet (lovely person), Mrs. Oney, Mrs. Jennie May Dorbandt, Bill S… more
Date: 1958/1959
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

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

[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

[Texas and Pacific Railway Hospital]

Description: Postcard of the grounds and building of Texas and Pacific Railway Hospital in Marshall, Texas. The building is a yellow, two-story building, framed by large trees. "Texas and Pacific Railway Hospital, Marshall, Texas" is printed in the lower left corner of the image. The correspondence is addressed to "[Mrs.] Haus Wolter" and speaks about the writer's plans and the weather.
Date: January 24, 1957
Partner: Texas Medical Association
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