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The Gatesville Messenger and Star-Forum (Gatesville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1954
Weekly newspaper from Gatesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 7, 1954
Creator:
Post, John F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Elderly Arlander Bedford Courtney]
Portait (copy) of the elderly Arlander Bedford Courtney. He wears a light jacket and dark hat while standing in front of a United States flag.
Date:
1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Thurman Maxwell Standing Next to School Bus]
Photograph of young Thurman Dwaine Maxwell standing beside a Purmela school bus. He is barefoot, wearing shorts, and has a satchel over his shoulder.
Date:
September 1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Thurman and Verda Maxwell Street Scene]
Photograph of middle aged couple Thurman and Verda Maxwell walking together down a populated sidewalk. Thurman wears a hat, glasses, and an unbuttoned suit. Vera wears a pillbox hat and dress while carrying a cylindrical bag. Behind the couple, businesses are visible. A handwritten note at the top of the photo says "Street Picture in Waco."
Date:
1953
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Rosa Fleetwood]
Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The blue ticket bears the signature and photograph of Rosa Fleetwood. In the photo, Fleetwood wears a dark blouse and eyeglasses and stands in front of a painted lake scene. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from seven to twenty-two. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.
Date:
1950
Creator:
State Fair of Texas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coryell County Centennial
Program containing historical photographs of businesses and people in Coyrell County, Texas. It also includes advertisements from the area's businesses.
Date:
1954
Creator:
Gatesville Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Therman Dwaine Maxwell by a Brick Schoolhouse]
Photograph of young Therman Dwaine Maxwell standing in front of a brick building. "1935 Purmela Dist. 50" is written on a sign atop the building. Bushes and a short chain fence appear in the area, and a woman can be seen standing to the right.
Date:
September 1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Three Women Standing Behind Scene]
Photograph of Roianna Chandler, Mary Newton, and Sharon Burden at the Texas State Fair, posing together behind a scene painted with three female torsos wearing evening dresses.
Date:
October 1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Teacher with Students in Front of Purmela School]
Photograph of the first grade class of Purmela School in Coryell County, Texas. The teacher, a bespectacled woman named Mrs. Carroll, stands above a small group of boys and girls. Some of the children are identified as Johnny Myers, Patsy Comer, Pam Adams, Billy Miller, and Webster Bundrant. Thurman Maxwell is the child wearing a satchel over his shoulder.
Date:
September 1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Nora Gibbs Dyke]
Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The green ticket bears the signature and photograph of Nora Gibbs Dyke. In the photo, Gibbs wears a dark blouse and stands in front of a painted lake scene. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from six to twenty-one. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.
Date:
1950
Creator:
State Fair of Texas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cliff Temple Baptist Church Picnic]
Photograph of members of Cliff Temple Baptist Church having a picnic at Kidd Springs Park in Dallas, Texas. People of various ages line up near tables laden with foodstuffs to the right. People wearing white smocks and aprons attend to the food.
Date:
1950~
Creator:
France, Bert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Judy Helton and Mary Newton Riding a Pony]
Photograph of children Judy Lynn Helton and Mary Catherine Newton sitting together on a pony that is standing on a sidewalk. The girls are wearing children's cowboy hats, bandanas, and chaps. The pony was a "traveling pony" that made rounds in Oak Cliff, Texas.
Date:
1953~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Nora Gibbs]
Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The blue ticket bears the signature and photograph of Nora Gibbs. In the photo, Gibbs wears a dark blouse and stands in front of a painted woodland scene. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from seven to twenty-two. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.
Date:
1950
Creator:
State Fair of Texas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Supplement to the Centennial Story of the First Baptist Church
Booklet containing biographies of members of the First Baptist Church of Gatesville, Texas, as well as information regarding the church's programs and organization.
Date:
1956
Creator:
First Baptist Church
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Three Girls Standing Behind Painted Scene]
Photograph of three girls at the Texas State Fair, standing together behind a scene painted with the torso of a barefoot woman in a tattered dress who is holding the torsos of two infants behind a soapy washtub. The girls are identified as (left to right) Mary Catherine Newton, Lana Wallace, Sharon Burden.
Date:
October 1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History