Resource Type

[Train Wreck at Gas Station]

Photograph of a gas station with the overhanging roof knocked off due to a crushed support column. The wreckage was caused by a train wreck nearby.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Wreck in Richmond Results]

Photograph of a black automobile folded slightly from the impact on its right side. The car is positioned perpendicular to the train tracks and is part of the 1952 Southern Pacific train wreck. Five men walk in front of the car in the foreground, one of which is Tiny Gaston, the Police Chief near the right edge.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[SP Train Wreck in Richmond]

Photograph of a car that has been crushed on the right side by a train. The train remains on the tracks, incurring no damage, and the car is placed perpendicular to the train tracks. A young man stands to the left behind the car, and three men stand to the right of it.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danevang Cub Scouts]

Photograph of a row of young boys wearing mostly white shirts and jeans in the woods.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[L. F. Stiles Service Station Fire]

Photograph of a large, smoldering blaze near a gas tank and car, battled by firefighters with two hoses. The fire takes place at the L. F. Stiles Service Station on 122 East Clarendon.
Date: July 26, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[November 10th House Fire]

Photograph of a two story brick house with a firefighter on the roof fighting a blaze while bystanders gather on the street.
Date: November 10, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Hester M. Beck]

Portrait of Hester M. Beck as a young woman with short hair and a white blouse. She later married John Todd Willis, Jr. of Waco, Texas.
Date: 1952~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower in Denton, Texas]

Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigning in Denton, Texas, standing behind a podium with several microphones and holding his hat in the air.
Date: July 1952
Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Spraying Water at Fire]

Photograph of people watching firefighters spraying water at a fire at the Finger Furniture store in Beaumont, Texas. There are hoses on the road and a car to the right.
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Brashear, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Watching Firefighters]

Photograph of people watching firemen spray water at a fire at the Finger Furniture store in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Brashear, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bystanders at Finger Furniture Store Fire]

Photograph of bystanders watching firefighters spraying water a fire at the Finger Furniture store of Beaumont, Texas.
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Brashear, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Firefighters Sitting at Table]

Photograph of a group of firefighters sitting at a table and eating. Several of them smile at the camera. They have glass bottles of soda in front of them, and there are two large metal pots on the table.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firemen at Furniture Store Fire]

Photograph of three firemen spraying water at a fire at the Finger Furniture store in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire at Furniture Store]

Photograph of streams of water directed at a fire at the Finger Furniture store in Beaumont, Texas. A man moves hoses on the ground to the right.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Spraying Water at Fire]

Photograph of firefighters spraying water at the fire at the Finger Furniture store in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Brashear, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire Damage at Finger Furniture Store]

Photograph of fire damage on the exterior of the Finger Furniture store of Beaumont, Texas.
Date: 1952
Creator: Brashear, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Firemen Climbing Ladder]

Photograph of firemen climbing a ladder to the top of the Finger Furniture store in order to fight a fire. There are hoses on the street, and white flags with a dark cross fly from a line stretched between buildings.
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Brashear, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Fireman Doing Dishes]

Photograph of an unidentified fireman standing a sink washing a metal pot. Trees are visible through the windows in the background.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fire at the Finger Furniture Store]

Photograph of bystanders and a car across the street from the Finger Furniture store of Beaumont, Texas, which is on fire.
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Brashear, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firemen Fighting Finger Furniture Store Fire]

Photograph of firemen spraying water at a fire at the Finger Furniture store in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: March 1, 1952
Creator: Brashear, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Firefighters Eating]

Photograph of a group of firefighters sitting at a table and eating. They have glass bottles of soda in front of them, and there are two large metal pots on the table.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Truck in Rodeo Parade]

Photograph of a man driving a truck with women sitting at a table with an umbrella in its bed, and "Loyd Hines, Dublin Tex." printed on the door. The truck is decorated as a float for a rodeo parade.
Date: 1952
Creator: Rogers, J. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cub Scouts Float in Rodeo Parade]

Photograph of a large number of boys on a float with the words "Cub Scouts" on the side in the Dublin, Texas rodeo parade. It is being pulled by a large truck, partially visible on the left.
Date: 1952
Creator: Rogers, J. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dr. Pepper Parade Float in Rodeo Parade]

Photograph of a Dr. Pepper truck with two girls sitting on the front of it and a group of children standing on the back above rows of Dr. Pepper bottles. The truck was part of a rodeo parade in Dublin, Texas.
Date: 1952
Creator: Rogers, J. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History