Anderson High School

Photograph of girls dancing in a gym at Anderson High School. The women are all wearing uniforms.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anderson High School Students With the Homemakers Shield]

Photograph of four Anderson High School students with the New Homemakers of America Shield. They are all wearing light-colored clothing.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anderson High School Cheerleaders Standing on Bleachers]

Photograph of Anderson High School cheerleaders posing on school bleachers. They are all wearing their uniforms, and are organized in nine rows.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anderson High School Pep Squad Stands on a Stage]

Photograph of a group of 11 students from the Anderson High School Pep Squad standing on a stage. They are all wearing a dark-colored top, but half of them are wearing dark-colored skirts, and the other half are wearing light-colored skirts.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Anderson High School Student Playing Football]

Photograph of Anderson High students playing football. One of them is looking through his legs, and wearing the number 57, one of them is on their knees wearing the number 16, and one of them is wearing number 14 and kicking the ball. They are all in the middle of a football field, with a hill in the background.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Anderson High School Y-Teens Club Stands Outside Their School]

Photograph of Anderson High School Y-Teens Club standing outside their school. They are all standing around the Y-Teens logo
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Coaches in Letterman's Jackets]

Photograph of William Pigford, Raymond Timmons, Jack McDonald, and Lawrence Britton standing in a field. All four of the men are wearing Letterman's jackets with the word "Coach" on it.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An Anderson High School Choir]

Photograph of an Anderson High School choir singing. They are standing in two rows on risers. The front row is all women in light-colored dress, and the back row is all men in dark-colored suits.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Women Sit at a Desk]

Photograph of three students sitting with a principal at Anderson High School. All four women are wearing dark-colored dresses. There are pamphlets on the desk, and a nameplate that reads, "Mrs. M. Yerwood Thompson."
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of People Sitting in a Car and Standing in a Building]

Photograph of a white building with sliding doors. One man is standing in the doorway, wearing a jacket, overalls and hat, and two men in hats are squatting in front of the doors. Next to the building is a Model-T Ford with one man in a suit, tie, and hat standing next to it, and one man, one woman, and five children in the car. All the people in the photograph are African-American. On the far left side of the frame is a small white building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Schwitter's Grocery - 409 Avenue A]

Frank and Rosa Schwitter's Grocery store in 1930. They stand in the center of this photo with Mrs. Artie Pagett to the right. To the left is Lillie Sullivan (Her husband was a clerk here), Herman Brumbly, and Vernon Wyett. One of the African Americans in the back is Clarence "Slick" Muse. It is unknown who the other man is. All of these people, with the exception of Lillie Sullivan, were employed here.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Letter written on stationery from the International Hotel - Palestine]

Photo of the first page of a letter written on letterhead from the International Hotel (later the O'Neill Hotel), which was once located on Spring Street in Palestine. The text is addressed to "my darling" and discusses the unavailability of items in a local store and various people that they both know.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History