[Unidentified Soldier]

Photo of an unidentified soldier.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[R.L. Stockton]

Photo of R.L. Stockton inscribed, "To Ollie, whose brilliance and talent are excelled only by her beauty."
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Man]

Photo of an unidentified man probably taken by photographer Osjetea Briggs.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[R.C. Holder]

Photograph of R.C. Holder, inscribed: "Luck to the Best Photographer"
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified House]

Photo of an unidentified Anderson County house.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John H. Reagan's Home]

Photo of a dog running from the John H. Reagan home, which was located in Anderson County.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train engine]

Santa Fe locomotive 4045 (4000 class) pulls into the Sanger depot. Cotton gin in the background and the hand laid brick platform in the foreground.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Fuqua, Idaleene Scheu
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Selective Service Card (open access)

Selective Service Card

Selective Service Certificate for Lois Maxwell "Buddy" Sinclair. Sinclair registered for Selective Service on December 13, 1942. Sinclair lived at 1612 South Akard in Dallas, Texas and served in the 36th Infantry Division.
Date: December 13, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Building]

Photo of an unidentified building possibly once used as a school or a church in Anderson County.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroad Tracks in Palestine]

Photo of the railroad tracks in Palestine
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[220 W. Reagan - Grant House]

Photograph of the west side of the "Grant House," a two-story, Queen Anne-style house located at 220 W. Reagan (on the corner of W. Reagan and S. May streets) in Palestine, Texas.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of a train leaving Palestine]

Photo of a Missouri Pacific train leaving Palestine. Note the Railroad YMCA in the background.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroad YMCA Building - Palestine]

The Railroad YMCA opened in April of 1903 and continued as the YMCA until the building burned in the mid 1950's. The building faced South Magnolia and was on the lot in front of the present Railroad General Office Building.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[410 Avenue A - Palestine Daily Herald Building]

Copy negative of the Palestine Herald building on the 300 Block of Avenue A in Palestine, Texas. It is a one-story, red-brick building with white masonry accents; the word "Herald" is in white stone in the center, near the top.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1108 N. Jackson - Rusk School]

Photo of the Rusk School after renovations, but before the address was changed to 420 W. Palestine Avenue from 1108 N. Jackson.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]

Copy negative of the front and north side of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home), visible on the right side of the image. The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[I&GN Railroad Hospital - 919 S. Magnolia]

Photograph of the front and north side of the International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad Hospital located at 919 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. It is a three-story, metal-framed, brick-faced hospital along with an outbuilding (the Nurses' Home). The building has a box-like massing with some Classical Revival detailing, especially around the primary entrance. The wide, cast stone bands divide the exterior into three components and emphasize the horizontal massing of the building.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[International and Great Northern Train]

Photo of an I&GN Train coming down the tracks in Anderson County.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Wreck in Anderson County]

Photo of a train wreck in Anderson County
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Nurses in Palestine]

Photograph of a group of unidentified nurses that might have worked at the I&GN Hospital in Palestine (unverified). The group of women are all wearing uniforms that include hats marked with crosses and are standing in two rows outside a building.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Trio of Women]

Photo of an unidenfied trio of women at a playground. Note the child climbing the slide in the background.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Girl]

Photo of an unidentified girl taken at Terry's Studio - Palestine, Tex.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Terry's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Children]

Information from back of photo: Girls (Left to Right): 1. Olive Sammons 2. Mary E. Bentley 3. Modenia Johnston 4. Verlean Schochler 5. Betty Jane Weeks 6. Mrs. Gerty Howard 7. Mary V. Cotton 8. Lomar Henson 9. Mafrey ? P. Owens 10. Mary L. Fenton 11. Flory Groom Boys: 1. Jeff Fortson 2. Forest L. Williams 3. Edward Matthews 4. Billy Pebworth 5. Phillip Gray 6. Pat Ryan 7. Shelby Smith 8. Cecil Perry 9. Clyde Gibson 10. Sam Cohen 11. Spegle Berry 12. Harry Whitehouse 13. John Freeman ? 14. Billy Beeler 15. Webb Williamson.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Best Service Station - Palestine]

Photograph of the Best Service Station - Palestine
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History