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[Thompsons Railroad Station]
Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.
Date:
1880~
Creator:
Santa Fe Railroad
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Thompsons Railroad Station 2]
Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.
Date:
1880~
Creator:
Santa Fe Railroad
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Thompsons Railroad Station 3]
Photograph of a one story frame with pitch roof, deep eaves with stick style brackets. The framing is slightly peaked over all openings and windows are 9/9. This station is one of the most intact railroad stations in the county. This was the line to Galveston to carry sugar and cotton, later produce. Mr. Thompson was a man who lived in the community for a short period and negotiated with the railroad company to run the line through the community. The company identified the station as Thompsons' switch and the name stuck.
Date:
1880~
Creator:
Santa Fe Railroad
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston Directory, 1878-1879
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a general directory, (places of business and residences combined,) with the officers, place and time of meeting of all associations, societies, fire department, city and county officers, etc."
Date:
1878
Creator:
Heller, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston City Directory, 1874
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names and localities of all residing within the city limits; with a complete business directory. Also, the places and times of meeting of the churches, societies, etc., and other useful information."
Date:
1874
Creator:
Heller, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston Directory, 1880-1881
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the address of all white persons, in and out of the city limits, with a classified business directory, post offices and counties in this state, money-order offices, &c."
Date:
1880
Creator:
Heller, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston Directory, 1876-1877
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the full address of all the householders, white & colored, from Sixth Street, two blocks east from the city hospital to Magnolia Grove Cemetery in the west, and from Avenue A, or Water Street, in the north, to the beach; also a classified business directory, the officers and directors of banks, companies, etc; the names, places, and time of meeting of all societies, military and fire companies, courts, churches, etc."
Date:
1876
Creator:
Heller, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1866-1867
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the early history of Galveston, the officers of the existing city government, together with full details of all public improvements, institutions and associations, public enterprises, etc."
Date:
1866
Creator:
W. Richardson & Co.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1859-1860
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a brief history of the island, prior to the foundation of the city. The successive mayoralties and councils of the city to the present time - provisions of the present charter and ordinances now in force. Also, some account of the various public institutions, improvements, commerce, &c., of the city."
Date:
1859
Creator:
W. & D. Richardson
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1872
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names, occupations, numbers of business places and residences of all residing within the limits of the city; also, postal rules, license notice, street guide, house number explanation, advertisers' index, &c."
Date:
1872
Creator:
Heller, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1875-1876
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it gives "the names of the householders - the adult male population of the city - the business classified under proper headings - incorporated companies - societies and associations - a catalogue of the city government, since 1839, the date of its incorporation - together with a descriptive and historical sketch of the city and island."
Date:
1875
Creator:
Fayman, W. A. & Reilly, T. W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1870
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete and reliable business and residence directory."
Date:
1870
Creator:
Heller, John H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1868-1869
General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete business directory and street guide."
Date:
1868
Creator:
Marston, C. W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Article: Galvestonian recalls days as Harvey girl]
Newspaper article from The Galveston Daily News detailing history and information about Harvey Houses as well as Harvey girls, including an interview with Madge Saenz.
Date:
February 28, 1988
Creator:
Darst, Maury
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer]
Letter from Madge Saenz, referred to here as "Mary Magdalene (Jones) Saenz (known as Madge)", of Galveston, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she gives detailed information about her position and work as a Harvey Girl in a Harvey House.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Saenz, Madge
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 11, 1992]
Post card from Madge Saenz of Galveston, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock Texas, in which she talks about an upcoming Grand Canyon reunion.
Date:
February 11, 1992
Creator:
Saenz, Madge
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Short History of Old Glory, Texas
This book is a history of the early settlers of Old Glory, Texas, including education, the railroad, and other elements of life in that time.
Date:
2000~
Creator:
White, Bernice Dippel
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Week, Volume 1, Number 1, August 10, 1946
Weekly magazine containing Texas-related news and information: "Each week, Texas Week will present for you, through text and pictures, a concise summary of the significant news in the nation's greatest state. Included will be the most important news of state and local governments, business, industry and labor, agriculture and ranching, oil, books and the arts, religion, education and other vital phases of the state's political, economic, cultural and spiritual life" (p. 4, vol. 1, no. 1).
Date:
August 10, 1946
Creator:
Texas Week, Inc.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1928
Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 3, 1928
Creator:
Edwards, Henry
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1903
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 30, 1903
Creator:
McNaughton, George A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Hays County Times And Farmers' Journal. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, June 28, 1901
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 28, 1901
Creator:
McNaughton, George A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 19, 1930
Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 19, 1930
Creator:
Edwards, Henry
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1936
Weekly newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 29, 1936
Creator:
Edwards, Henry
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
West Texas Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 10, 1874
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 10, 1874
Creator:
Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History