Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 9 Matching Results

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Hurricane Betsy Relief

Description: Austin Telephone Co. Pioneers hold up parcels of supplies to be sent on truck to supply the victims of Hurricane Betsy in New Orleans
Date: September 23, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Library Shots

Description: Students present the W H Campbell Chapter NHS Honor Room flag to a classroom at Anderson High School
Date: November 23, 1960
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Train at Concepcion del Oro]

Description: Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's Engine No. 7 has taken a long drink an a summer afternoon at the water tank located in the yards at Concepcion del Oro, preparing to head an ore consist. This was a mining town for many years where ore trains departed on frequent schedules for the Mazapil Smelter at saltillo, Mexico.
Date: February 23, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Melchor Ocampo" in Fraile]

Description: A combine second and first class coach, No. 7 named "Melchor Ocampo" is the rear-end car on the Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's passenger train which has made a station stop at the small town of Fraile on February 23, 1960. Along these narrow gauge rails in the early 1920s bandits frequently staged holdups of trains carrying payrolls in gold and silver to the mines at Concepcion del Oro.
Date: February 23, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
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