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Evans-Thomas Grocery Store

Evans-Thomas Grocery Store

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Interior of Evans-Thomas Grocery Store. Robert L. Evans, from Euless, is wearing sweater, in the foreground.
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
["Texas Chief" arriving at the Gainesville Depot]

["Texas Chief" arriving at the Gainesville Depot]

Date: 1954-02-12
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Description: Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound, arriving at the Gainesville depot at 11:50 am on February 12, 1954.
Holding Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
[Gainesville, Texas Depot]

[Gainesville, Texas Depot]

Date: 1953-06
Creator: unknown
Description: Although many years have elapsed, the Santa Fe's Gainesville, Texas passenger station built in 1901 still retains a well preserved appearance in June of 1953. In reality, it has changed very little from those early days in 1901.
Holding Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
[Roundhouse at Gainesville, Texas]

[Roundhouse at Gainesville, Texas]

Date: 1938-02-27
Creator: Mizell, Charles M.
Description: Santa Fe Railway's nine-stall roundhouse at Gainesville, Texas on February 27, 1938. Locomotives, laying over between freight runs, are two Consolidations, type 2-8-0, Nos. 1904 and 1910; one Mikado, type 2-8-2, No. 4051; and one yard switcher, type 0-8-0, No. 787.
Holding Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
[Train at Gainesville, Texas depot]

[Train at Gainesville, Texas depot]

Date: 1940-06-23
Creator: Mizell, Charles M.
Description: Engine No. 306, an American type 4-4-0 locomotive, heads the Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's train No. 31 westbound, which is standing at Gainesville, Texas' depot enroute from Denison to Wichita Falls on June 23, 1940.
Holding Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
J.T. Owens and His Wife

J.T. Owens and His Wife

Date: unknown
Creator: Kinne Photography
Description: J.T. Owens and his wife, Belle Evans Owens; she was born in Euless.
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Belcher Property in Gainesville, TX

Belcher Property in Gainesville, TX

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Belcher Property. The house is Victorian style and three stories tall, with porches, balconies, columns, stoops and several chimneys. Four people dressed in dark clothing stand on the porch facing the photographer. The property is surrounded by a fence and behind the house is a smaller building with a small tower. Beneath the photograph, a paper reads, "Belcher Property as it appeared in the early 1880's. This building occupied the center of the block on North Dixon street near Belcher Street in Gainesville. In early nineties the building housed what was known as the Synodical College."
Holding Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum
Cooke County Courthouse, Gainesville

Cooke County Courthouse, Gainesville

Date: 2005-10-10
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Cooke County Courthouse, built 1911, architects Lang & Witchell. Under renovation on this day.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Morton Museum of Cooke County

Morton Museum of Cooke County

Date: 2005-10-10
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Morton Museum of Cooke County
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on Its Way from Gainesville to Whitesboro

Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on Its Way from Gainesville to Whitesboro

Date: unknown
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
Description: Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on Its Way from Gainesville to Whitesboro.
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
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