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[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Brick Room #2]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held in a Colorado and Southern Railway building. Six Black men are seated in a windowless glazed concrete brick room, looking forward with three white men standing behind them.

Date: July 14, 1948

Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.

Date: July 1948

Creator: Smith, W. D.

Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Brick Room #1]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held in a Colorado and Southern Railway building. Seven Black men are seated in a windowless glazed concrete brick room, looking forward with three white men standing behind them.

Date: July 12, 1948

Creator: Fancher

Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Dining Car]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company dining car. Several Black men are seated along all the seats within the dining car, turning to face the photographer. Four white men stand in the back of the car.

Date: July 1948

Creator: Smith, W. D.

Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Presenting a Donation to the Midland Hospital]

Photograph of the presentation of a donation from the Lions Club to the Midland Memorial Hospital. James L. Daugherty, Lions president, hands a check to M C. Ulmer, chairman of the Midland Hospital finance campaign as they pose for a picture. They shake hands and smile in front of a backdrop of an illustration of the hospital, with a caption that reads "YOU may be NEXT to need this HOSPITAL".

Date: [1948..1949]

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[McClintic Building Under Construction, 1948]

Photograph of construction work on the Western United Life (McClintic) Building, with construction vehicles, barriers, and scaffolding along the building's south facade and onto the street below. Some automobiles are parked along the construction site, while others drive alongside it. The Petroleum Building lies behind the McClintic Building.

Date: Summer 1948

Location: 31.998513 -102.077563

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Wilkinson Foster Building, 1948]

Photograph of the Wilkinson Foster Building in 1948, behind the Book Stall building and in front of the Western United Life Building along the courthouse square in Midland. The Petroleum Building is visible at right, and a taxicab stand is at left, in front of the Book Stall building. Cars drive down Colorado Street and are parked along the curb of the road.

Date: Summer 1948

Location: 31.997989 -102.076826

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Texas Hotel, 1948]

Photograph of the Texas Hotel in 1948, a two-story house with front porches and a gable roof along the block of 200 East Texas Avenue in Midland. Cars are parked along the side of the house, parallel with the paved road. A large water tower and a windmill are in the background.

Date: 1948

Location: 31.998841 -102.072706

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Pliska's Blacksmith Shop, 1948]

Photograph of John Valentine Pliska's blacksmith shop, a large wooden frame building along the southwest corner of Texas Avenue and Baird Street. Metal equipment, junk, and scrap pieces are haphazardly placed in a fenced-in lot adjacent to the blacksmith shop. The Burton and Lingo Limber Yard's front office is across the street (right).

Date: 1948

Location: 31.998475 -102.073291

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[200 South Main Street, Midland]

Photograph of a street scene on 200 Main Street in Midland, facing the southeast with several storefronts lining the sidewalks and an intersection in the foreground with a street light hanging above. The Basil Supply Co., a Firestone mechanic shop, the U&1 Cafe, and the Montgomery and Ward Order Office (from left to right) are several of the stores along South Main Street, and at the end of the street (far right) is the railroad depot. Cars are parked along the curb of Main Street, and three pe… more

Date: 1948

Location: 31.996610 -102.074353

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Chester W. Nimitz and Catherine Nimitz at Fiesta, San Antonio, #1]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Catherine Freeman Nimitz at a Fiesta in San Antonio. Admiral Nimitz stands at his wife's side in a dark Navy uniform with six buttons on its front, ribbon bars above his pocket, stripes and a star on each sleeve and black dress shoes. He is leaning over Mrs. Nimitz who sits to his right in a light embroidered shirt, dark embroidered skirt and patterned scarf tied around her head. Handwritten on front: "Fiesta San Antonio 1948 To Catherine and Ju… more

Date: April 1948

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Chester W. Nimitz and Catherine Nimitz at Fiesta, San Antonio, #2]

Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Catherine Freeman Nimitz at a Fiesta in San Antonio. Admiral Nimitz stands at his wife's side in a dark Navy uniform with six buttons on its front, ribbon bars above his pocket, stripes and a star on each sleeve and black dress shoes. He is leaning over Mrs. Nimitz who sits to his right in a light embroidered shirt, dark embroidered skirt and patterned scarf tied around her head.

Date: April 1948

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Dedication of the Bonham Veterans' Hospital]

Photograph of the dedication of the Bonham Veterans' Hospital and Domiciliary on July 9, 1948. Dignitaries, including Representative Sam Rayburn, are seated on the platform with flags positioned behind them with a band of musicians dressed in white uniforms are seated in front of the platform. Spectators are visible around the front of the stage, most standing and many wearing hats.

Date: July 9, 1948

Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

Mesquiter-A Tournadozer-80 tons J5G

Photograph of Mesquiter-A Tournadozer-80 ton scraper, likely taken in Longview, Texas. Unidentified person in the cab. Vehicle at left gives some sense of the scraper's immense size.

Date: September 1948

Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Tournapull and a Tournacrane EC-15, J5G, 20489

Photograph of a Tournapull and a Tournacrane EC-15 on a railroad flatcar, likely by the Peoria, Illinois plant, since the flatcar has "Illinois Central" stenciled on it.

Date: September 1948

Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Mesquiter-A Tournadozer-80 tons J5G, 202

Photograph of two men standing inside one of the wheels of the 80-ton Mesquiter-A Tournadozer in 1948. Most likely taken at the Vicksburg, Miss. plant.

Date: September 1948

Creator: R. G. LeTourneau, Inc

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Tournapull, Carryalls, Dozers at Hansen Dam

Photograph of Tournapull, Carryalls, and Dozer taken in San Fernando, Calif.

Date: 1948

Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

[Portrait of Dr. F. D. E. Allen for engraving]

Photograph of Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen as an older woman. She wears a dark button up blouse with a horizontal bar brooch at the collar. Her hair is up and she wears wire framed glasses.

Date: 1948

Partner: Tarrant County Archives

[Photo engraving of Dr. D. E. Allen in The National Cyclopedia of American Biography folder]

Engraved print of a photograph of Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen placed inside a folder from The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Dr. Allen wears a dark button-down blouse with a horizontal bar brooch at the collar. The folder has is a light tan color with a woven texture and dark gray text reading :" The National Cyclopedia of American Biography / James T. White & Company / New York."

Date: 1948

Creator: James T. White and Company

Partner: Tarrant County Archives

[Sims McCutchan, III and His Wagon]

Photograph of Sims McCutchan, III, at approximately age six sitting in a red wagon, smiling at the camera. He is wearing a winter coat.

Date: 1948~

Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Mrs. Johnnie McCutchan, 5th Grade Teacher, Art, 1948, Marshall, Texas]

Photograph of Mrs. Johnnie McCutchan (Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr.) standing on the steps in front of a school building. She is wearing a skirt, a light blouse, and an open plaid coat. She is holding a purse, gloves, and stack of papers in one hand. She is looking down at the photographer and smiling.

Date: 1948

Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[First Presbyterian Church Building in Snow, Marshall, Texas, 1948]

Photograph of the First Presbyterian Church building, Marshall, Texas, taken in snow in 1948. Part of the Sunday School building next to the church is visible, and the street signs are in the lower left of the photograph. Written in pencil on the back is the inscription: "The Marshall Presbyterian Church, 1948."

Date: 1948

Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Scarborough Chapel, East Texas Baptist College, Marshall, Texas

Black and white photo-postcard of the Scarborough Chapel, East Texas Baptist College, in Marshall, Texas, taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The chapel opened in 1948. The building housed both the chapel and the music department. The two-story brick building with raised basement has stained glass windows and steps leading up to the main entrance doors. Tree branches frame the view of the building. An automobile is parked under a tree at the bottom right of the image. At the bottom of the … more

Date: [1948..1955]

Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Christmas Card from the Seybolds]

Photographic Christmas card from Dorothee and Elmer Seybold to Isaac Herbert Kempner with a handwritten note along the left margin that says, "May this be your Merriest Christmas" signed by the Seybolds. In the photograph, the Seybolds are wearing dark-colored Western-style costumes and posing on either side of their ranch gate. Dorothee is looking at the camera and Elmer is waving a cowboy hat, looking towards the right of the image.

Date: 1948

Partner: Rosenberg Library

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