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[Postcard from Medibel Bartley to Kate Thomas]

Description: Postcard from Medibel Bartley to Kate Thomas. It reads: "Dear Kate. Got to Austin all right. Edward got in about six o'clock Sun. morn over the I. & G. N. He came into our train before we got up. Surely was glad to see him. Then in a few minutes here came Mr. & Mrs. Smith. We all had breakfast together. We are staying at the same place we stayed before. Mr. & Mrs. Smith are paying $22.00 just for room. We just have to pay $10.00. Did I leave my mirror? I just can't get along without it. I hate … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Bartley, Medibel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Scrapbook Page: Pharr, Texas Scenes]

Description: Photographs of Pharr, Texas. The top left photo is of buildings in the distance. The top right photo is of The Shamrock Bar and Pharr Lunch Room building, with a sign on the side that says "Life Saving Station" and people sitting on the front porch. The middle photo is of a Gulf Coast Railroad train engine with a number 91 on it. The bottom left photo is of a building with a post office, Cage's Newsitorium, and Cage's Cigar Palace and Candies, with cars parked outside. The bottom right photo is… more
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Edinburg, Texas]

Description: Photographs of Edinburg, Texas. The top left photo is of Edinburg County Courthouse. The top right photo is of a train in a city with men standing nearby. The middle photo is of Louis Bornscheuer in a military uniform standing next to a river. The bottom left photo is of a powerhouse building with two tall columns protruding from it. The bottom right photo is of Madero City, Mexico, seen from across a large river.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Brownsville, Texas]

Description: Photographs of Brownsville, Texas. The top left photo is of the Brownsville Courthouse building with a man standing next to a fountain on the front sidewalk. The top right photo is of two men riding in a wagon pulled by a mule. The bottom left photo is of a train on tracks headed for Brownsville, with men standing around it. The bottom right photo is of a streetcar in front of city buildings in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Newspaper Clipping]

Description: Clipping from the Slaton Slatonite newspaper with three articles: "RR Retirement Club Meets Regularly," "Painting For S-Fe Calendar is Selected," and "Harvey House Days Here." Included are photographs of members of the Retired Railroaders Club, Slaton Harvey House staff of 1931, and a man holding his son and standing on a railroad engine.
Date: October 31, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Sugar Cane on Train]

Description: Photograph of open air train cars full of sugar cane. Two men sit in the last cart on top of the sugar cane. A note in the right lower corner of the photograph adds, "Cartloads of sweetness."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend County Libraries

[SP Train Wreck in Richmond]

Description: Photograph of a car that has been crushed on the right side by a train. The train remains on the tracks, incurring no damage, and the car is placed perpendicular to the train tracks. A young man stands to the left behind the car, and three men stand to the right of it.
Date: 1952
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend County Libraries

[Sugar Milll & Refinery]

Description: Photograph of a series of factory buildings behind a train that moves down one of two tracks. The note on the photograph claims the sugar mill and refinery is "a million dollar plant."
Date: unknown
Creator: Schlueter, Houston
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend County Libraries
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