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[The Adolphus Hotel, Dallas]

Description: Color postcard with an image of the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas. The correspondence reads, "My Sweet Baby- Mother sure did miss you last night- but I know you were all right with Auntie and Uncle. be good and keep well. We are in Dallas now will will be on our way in a little while to go to Marlin and I will either write you from Waco or when we get to Marlin- it's awful cold here this morning - Love to you all three. Loving Y- Mud." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa S. Dill, c/o "Moter … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Adult Choir]

Description: Photograph of the First Christian Church Adult Choir. Back row - left to right: A.E. Catanach, not know, not known, Peg Catanach, Curtis Lacy, not known, Ralph Breelove, not known, not known, McIntosh, Austine Mills. Front row - left to right: Mathilda Steed, not known, Mildred Allgood, Gladys Lacy, Lolly Prafka, Alma Rigsby, Allene Breedlove, not known, Peggy McIntosh, Willie Mae West.
Date: 1950
Creator: Pridgen's Studio
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Advent of the Streamliners]

Description: This photograph portrays the dawn of a new era in railroading - advent of the streamliners in the late 1930s and early 1940s, plus modernization of the " Age of Steam" streamlining steam motive power. The splendor of Southern Pacific's "The Sunbeam" is shown. This train went into service between Dallas and Houston on September 15, 1937 - traversing the rail distance: 265 miles in 265 minutes. The consist of eight lightweight cars is headed by Engine No. 652, a Pacific type 4-6-2 streamlined s… more
Date: 1940~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Aerial field day

Description: Five men standing in front of prop plane. This was a demonstration day for aerial agricultural spraying that took place at Ragsdale Flying Service.
Date: June 15, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Aerial Photograph of Residential Orange, Texas]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Orange, Texas.Top right in picture is the US Navy ship storage facility on the Sabine River.Piers and Decommissioned Navy Ships can be seen. Part of the WWII Riverside housing project can be seen just in front of the ships. The Navy Base and the housing project no longer exist. The road on the left of the picture crosses a bridge at the Sabine River into Louisiana. This road and river crossing is now known as Interstate Highway 10.
Date: unknown
Creator: T.L. Gunn's Studio
Partner: Heritage House Museum
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