["The Humming Bird"]

"The Humming Bird" train No. 5, southbound, at depot in Birmingham, Alabama, enroute from Cincinnati to New Orleans, July 1954. Nashville-Montgomery mainline (Birmingham Division) trackage is in the foreground. Diesel locomotive No. 793 and second unit are E-7 type 2000 Horsepower EMD passenger locomotives purchased by Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1946.
Date: July 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Disch Baseball Field (aerial view)

Aerial view of Disch Baseball Field, looking west. The round-top building to right of the field is the City Coliseum (built from an unused, unassembled surplus B29 hangar bought in 1945 at a government auction at Camp Normoyle in San Antonio). Road on left side of stadium is Barton Springs Rd., Road at right is Riverside Dr., formerly Robert E. Lee Rd. The westmost road/bridge is Lamar Blvd.
Date: July 3, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burnet's Drive-In Theatre

Movie on screen
Date: July 7, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burnet Drive-In Theatre

Screen, chairs in front, playground
Date: July 7, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burnet Drive-In Theatre

Movie on screen
Date: July 7, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Thomas W. Parry & Associates Security Bldg., St. Louis

Guest of honor talking to anther man at banquet
Date: July 31, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History