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["The Hustler" arriving in Shreveport, Louisana]

Known in the Pelican State as the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway's "The Hustler," train No. 4-203, northbound, arriving in Shreveport, Louisiana from New Orleans on an April morning in 1939. The small Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive, which heads this passenger train, carries the train's name etched on a metal plate attached to the boiler front, positioned below the headlight. These overnight trains - operating between New Orleans and Shreveport were popular over a long span of years, making the approximate 329.4 mile run in about 10 hours. A portion of the route was over Louisiana and Arkansas rails and also over Louisiana Railway and Navigation company's rails. This subsidiary of the Kansas city Southern Lines was known as the "Edenborn Line".
Date: April 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pacific steam engine leaving the Chicago station]

Most of the Chicago and North Western Railway's fleet of passenger trains traveled behind Pacifics like No. 2911, seen here leaving the Chicago station in 1939. The city of Chicago is in the background of this photo.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burned Out Interior of the Texas Theater - Palestine]

Photo of the inside of the burned out Texas Theater, which has been redone and is still located at 213 W. Crawford Street, Palestine.
Date: 1939~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burned Out Interior of the Texas Theater - Palestine]

Photo of the inside of the burned out Texas Theater, which has been redone and is still located at 213 W. Crawford Street, Palestine.
Date: 1939~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burned Out Interior of the Texas Theater - Palestine]

Photo of the inside of the burned out Texas Theater, which has been redone and is still located at 213 W. Crawford Street, Palestine.
Date: 1939~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Alton Limited" passing Iles Tower in Springfield, Illinois]

'The Alton Limited" passing Iles Tower near Springfield, Illinois in 1939.
Date: 1939
Creator: Peters, Walt
System: The Portal to Texas History

1939 Graduating Class of Morgan High School

Group of graduates from the class of 1939, from Morgan High School, seven girls seated in front, row of ten students and faculty standing in back, taken by a brick building, photgraphed by Goodwin of Dallas. First row, seated, left to right: Willie May Legion, Doris Rasmuson, Thelma Morris, Elsie Kirton, Minnie Ruth Mooney, Reba McCullough, Corine Waldrop. Back row, standing, left to right: Lou Ella Linam, John Edward Linam, Dorothy Thompson, James Kelly Cook, Homer Brown, Oma Lee Hix, Bernay Martin, Morris Johnson, Jigs Weehunt, Pauline Kirton
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson City Fair

Closeup profile shot of City Pageant Queen atop elaborate float
Date: January 1, 1939
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson City Fair

City Pageant Queen sits atop automobile in parade
Date: January 1, 1939
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson City Fair

Riders from Pedernales Electric Cooperative hold up banner in parade
Date: January 1, 1939
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson City Fair

Harnessed dog pulls young boy and girl in a carriage
Date: January 1, 1939
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson City Fair

High School Band passes with majorettes leading the way of the parade
Date: January 1, 1939
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson City Fair

Young women in white pose on the Marble Falls float
Date: January 1, 1939
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History