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[T&P Train #148]

Description: Copy photo of a group photo in front of T&P train #148. The image on the text says "This photograph of Texas and Pacific switch engine No. 148 was taken in Texarkana in August 1896 and was the first T&P engine in Texarkana equipped with air brakes. Those appearing in the picture, beginning at the front end of the engine, as follows: C. W. Kipple, Foreman, Frank Sountag, Switchman, William Kelley, Switchman, Frank Cromwell, Engineer, William McClain, Switchman, Frank Young, Fireman, Jim Jackson,… more
Date: August 1896
Creator: Southwest Collection
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

Bowie Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Bowie County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, Trammel's Trace, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of the Spanish Bluffs and the crossing on Trammel's Trace. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (2000 varas to 3/8 of an inch).
Date: 1899
Creator: Pressler, C. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Gulf Pipe Line Company v. Bailey, No. 3974]

Description: Journal clipping discussing cause no. 3974, Gulf Pipe Line Company vs. John Bailey, in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana, heard June 18, 1931 and denied a rehearing on July 4, 1931. The cause was brought by John Bailey to recover damages for the loss of a herd of cattle due to a levee break at the point where the Gulf Pipe Line Company's line crossed underneath the levee.
Date: 1931~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Lone Star Gas Company v. Hutton et ux., No. 3972]

Description: Journal clipping discussing cause no. 3972, Lone Star Gas Company vs. J. R. Hutton and Clara Hutton, in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana, heard March 25, 1931 and denied rehearing April 2, 1931. The original suit was brought by J. R. and Clara Hutton for damage to their land allegedly caused by the gas company diverting natural water ways, and the district court's judgement for the Huttons was appealed by the gas company.
Date: 1931~
Creator: Levy, J. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Train Engine #902 and Car]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "902" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay to the front. Buildings can be seen in the background on either side. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Mar. 1932."
Date: March 1932
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #700 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #700 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "700" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay to the side in front. Another train sits on the tracks behind to the right. A water tower stands in the background on the left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Aug 1st 1933."
Date: August 1, 1933
Creator: Monypeny, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #901 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #901 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "901" is visible on the side. Another train sits in the right background, smoke rising from its engine. Buildings sit in the left background. Additional tracks lay in front, a pile of wood boards beside it on the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Aug 1st 1933."
Date: August 1, 1933
Creator: Monypeny, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #668 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #668 and an attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "668" is visible on the engine. Electrical poles line the grass on the left side of the tracks. Handwritten text below the image says, "(Near) Texarkana, Texas Aug 1937 (Vegetable Block)."
Date: August 1937
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train #619]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #619 moving near Texarkana, Texas. A large plume of light smoke is rising from the engine. Written under the image are "T&P #619 near Texarkana, Texas 1938" and "H. K. Vollrath."
Date: 1938
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train #706]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #706 going through Texarkana, Texas with a large plume of black smoke rising from the engine. Written below the image are "T&P #706 Texarkana, Texas 1938" and "H. K. Vollrath."
Date: 1938
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #663 and Car]

Description: Photograph of train engine #663 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "663" is visible on the front of the engine. Additional tracks lay in front. Other trains sit on the tracks to the left and right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Mar 1938."
Date: March 1938
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Telegram from Luster P. Gollagher to J. Watt Page - April 21, 1943]

Description: A Western Union telegram sent to J. Watt Page, Austin, Texas from Luster P. Gollagher, Senior Warden Assistant, Texarkana, Texas dated April 21, 1943. Gollagher advises Page that four hundred inmates are already registered, 50 are not registered, and he has received no word of a local board appointment. A handwritten note by L. M. F. [Major L. M. Fellbaum] at the bottom left of the telegram advises of having called Col. Perkins [Colonel John Perkins].
Date: April 21, 1943
Creator: Gollagher, Luster P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - April 29, 1943]

Description: A western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell in care of the McCartney Hotel, Texarkana, Texas from PAGE, State Director, Austin, Texas, dated April 29, 1943. Page advises that Colonel Banister [Colonel John R. Banister] has directed Carswell to travel from Texarkana to the Federal Correctional Institution in La Tuna, El Paso County via Abilene, return to Austin, and to forward his itinerary.
Date: April 29, 1943
Creator: Page, J. Watt
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Train Engine #908 and Car]

Description: Photograph of train engine #908 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "Texas & Pacific" and "908" are visible on the side. Wires run between poles on either side of the train. Buildings stand in the background on the left and right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Nov 24th 1946."
Date: November 24, 1946
Creator: Treptow, Russ
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #903 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #903 and attached car, viewed from a front side angle. "903" is visible on the front of the engine and the side of the car, along with "Texas & Pacific." Men work alongside the train. Poles connect from the building behind and stand on either side of the train. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Sept. 1947."
Date: September 1947
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #649 and Car]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "649" is visible on the front of the engine. Additional tracks lay to the right. Train engine #537 can be seen in the background right, a high-rise building behind it in the distance. Smoke fills the air. Two people stand in the background left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1948."
Date: 1948
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engines #900 and #5311]

Description: Photograph of train engines #603 and #5311, viewed from the front. "603" and "5311" are visible on the front of the engines. Another train sits to the right. Poles connect above and stand on either side of the trains. Buildings are visible behind the trains in the distance. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1948."
Date: 1948
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum
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