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[Train on the Old Mexican Railway]

Description: The daylight train No. 51, eastbound, traverses a trestle on the Old Mexican Railway, over the electrified division between Esperanza and Paso del Macho, enroute from Mexico City to Veracruz in August 1964.
Date: 1964
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Private Rail car at Jalapa, Mexico]

Description: Division Superintendent's private car at Jalapa, Mexico,on the National railways of Mexico's line extending from Veracruz to Mexico City. August 1964. This was formerly the Old Interoceanic Railway, a 3-foot gauge railroad, which was converted to standard gauge in 1948.
Date: August 1964
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The "Queen's Own" in Paso del Macho Yards]

Description: Electric locomotive of the former Mexican Railway, the "Queen's Own" in the Paso del Macho yards around 1956. This railroad has operated under catenary from Paso del Macho to Esperanza since 1928. It is the only section of the National Railways of Mexico which is electrified. On this railroad you travel over one of the most spectacular rail routes on the North American continent. In the background looms the Cumbres de Maltrata range where a 4.5 per cent gradient must be traversed.
Date: 1956~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Veracruz Monument to the Men of the Sea

Description: Photograph of a monument with figures dedicated to the men of the sea in Veracruz in Mexico.
Date: 1964
Creator: Zichner, Mildred Schaeffer
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oldest Church in La Antigua, Vera Cruz]

Description: Photograph of an old church in La Antigua, Vera Cruz. The church is white with brown roofing and accents, the building has obvious weathering on it. The church has three bells in the form of a triangle at the top of it with an arched entryway and trees with red flowers sit in the background.
Date: 1989
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[One O’Clock Lab Band Mexico Tour, January 26-February 21, 1967]

Description: Photograph of members of the group during the tour. They are seen standing in front of a building with a large sign reading "Veracruz". The 2nd woman from the left is tentatively identified as Carol Lurie; the fourth woman from the left is tentatively identified as Linda De Leon; the man at left in 2nd row is tentatively identified as Leon Breeden. This is one of a series of photographs taken during the One O’Clock Lab Band’s tour to Mexico, January 26 to February 21, 1967. The United States… more
Date: [1967-01-26..1967-02-21]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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