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[Clipping: "Automobile"]

Description: Clipping of newspaper classified advertisements describing automobiles for sale. Listed for sale is a four-door touring Cadillac owned by D. W. Kempner.
Date: 1948
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Funeral Set Friday for Mrs. Bryan]

Description: Newspaper clipping detailing the funeral date of Mrs. W. J. Bryan and describing some of her life. Partial articles are visible on the reverse side of the clipping.
Date: 1948
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Removal of 25th Esplanade from E to J Suggested]

Description: Clipping describing a proposal discussed by the board of city commissioners to remove an esplanade in Galveston. The commissioner of streets and public property and the commissioner of waterworks and sewage believe the esplanade should be removed.
Date: 1948
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Dr. John J. Pendergrass Obituary]

Description: Clipping from Dr. John J. Pendergrass' obituary, who passed on January 17, 1948. The text gives a biographical account of the doctor's education, family background, and retirement to Wharton county. It continues on the second page with anecdotes of his charity work. It ends with a small list of his surviving family, including his wife, two children, a sister, a brother, and five grandchildren.
Date: 1948
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Red and Green"

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. An Al Moore Esquire Girl spread followed by a reproduction of John Sharps' Solebury Meeting House. The painting, courtesy of the Milch gallery, is of a small group of east coast Quakers going to a quiet meeting during the holidays noted as "Peace on Earth".
Date: 1948
Creator: Moore, Al & Sharp, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Astonishing Headline]

Description: Clipping by Ella Newell describing a proposal to remove esplanades from the roadways in Galveston.
Date: January 22, 1948
Creator: Newell, Ella Sealy
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Destroy Not]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People discussing his opposition to removing the oleanders and the esplanades on Galveston roadways.
Date: January 23, 1948
Creator: Lippman, Oscar
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Our Esplanades]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People describing a compromise to the esplanade removal issue, by making the esplanades narrower.
Date: January 23, 1948
Creator: Kirk, A. E.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Plant More Trees]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People describing disapproval for the proposal to remove the esplanades and trees from Galveston highways.
Date: January 27, 1948
Creator: Boddeker, Louis E.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Drastic Expedient]

Description: Clipping describing traffic issues. The author posits that operations by motorists should be guided by a control plan drafted by a traffic engineer. Complaints about the esplanades are also discussed.
Date: January 28, 1948
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Get the Speeders, Esplanade Question, Narrower Esplanades]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People describing two issues on Galveston roads. Martha Creel petitions the police to catch the speeders on these roads. Fannie Wilson petitions for the esplanades to be left as is. O. J. Arvidsson proposes narrowing the size of the esplanades by half.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Creel, Martha; Arvidsson, O. J. & Wilson, Fannie
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Natural Beauty Spots, What Other Cities Do, Bottlenecks]

Description: Clippings describing how to improve the esplanades instead of paving over them. Jeane B. Kempner commends the "Drastic Expedient" editorial and desires to build up the esplanades. P. W. Holt advocates the prohibition of parking on 25th and Broadway to preserve the esplanades and protect pedestrians.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Patrick, T. W.; Kempner, Jeane Bertig & Holt, P. W.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Pens of the People]

Description: Clipping by W. N. Stowe describing a street in Galveston that has been greatly improved and should be cared for. Stowe suggest an ordinance to prohibit parking on this street.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Stowe, W. N.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Traffic Bottleknecks]

Description: Clipping from Pens of the People describing parking issues on roadways to as to make room for cars that are driving. Riley believes this would at least temporarily alleviate the bottleneck issues.
Date: January 28, 1948
Creator: Riley, William Jr.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Clipping: Whoa There, Dobbin! Not So Fast!]

Description: Clipping from The Galveston News describing the mayor's position on removing the esplanades. The Galveston News for parking to be prohibited on specific streets to as to enable the preservation of the esplanades. The author strongly petitions for a traffic control evaluation.
Date: February 1, 1948
Creator: The Galveston News
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Newspaper Clipping: Dr. May Owen Will Head Cancer Society]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article announcing the selection of Dr. May Owen to head the Tarrant County Unit of the American Cancer Society, succeeding Edwin T. Phillips, Jr. The article also lists other officers who were elected to serve alongside Dr. Owen.
Date: February 19, 1948
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[Clipping: Other Abilene Days]

Description: Newspaper clipping featuring an article filled with excerpts from the Abilene Reporter-News twenty-five and fifty years prior under the section head, "Old Lang Syne". Other articles are partially visible on the reverse side about a mayoral race, railroad re-laying, an auto agency opening, a Dallas speaker, and student honor roll.
Date: February 29, 1948
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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