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[Aubrey High and Elementary Schools]

Photograph of school building with two school buses parked to the right. There are a few small trees and a puddle in front of the building.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rice threshing scene. Crowd of people (right of photo) gathered around.]

Rice threshing scene. Crowd of people (right of photo) gathered around a rice threshing machine. Horses pulling wagon load of rice to left of photo. Boys in field to far left. Photo has areas where it has been bent.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A rice threshing scene. Large groups of people are standing nearby.]

Photograph of a rice threshing scene. Crowd of people watching threshing machines at work. Rice is pouring out of the thresher from the center to the right side of photo. Boy in a striped shirt in right, foreground. Automobiles can be seen in far left background. Photo has bent areas.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rice harvesting operation.]

Photograph of rice harvesting operation. Sacks of rice in far right corner. Two men (backs to camera) filling rice sacks in center of photo. Threshing machine to left. Horse drawn wagons in background (right).
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men threshing rice. Large rice pile in center of photo.]

Photograph of men threshing rice. Large rice pile in center of photo. Man on rice filled wagon in foreground. Threshing machines to the right.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope that contained four photographs of the George Ranch] (open access)

[Envelope that contained four photographs of the George Ranch]

Envelope that contained four photographs of the George Ranch. The front of the envelope has blanks with information to be filled in such as Name: "John Wendt" (written in pencil) and Date: "May 28 1954" (stamped in purple). Filled in next to Rolls blank is a black stamp "H383". Next to Prints: " 1 10" in pencil and total: "10"; prints of each: "1". Stamped in purple: "SAVE Return enough of these envelopes to show a total of $5.00 work of finishing work done in YOUR name and same drug store name and we will make you a 8 x 10 enlargement from your negative for only 15 cents. Ell Envelopes must hear? this notice". Text on back in black: "Expert Photo Finishing Service" and in purple: "John Bros. Drug 1201 Quiltrnan ? St. B 3-3611 The Floyd Company 710 Gale M. 3-8494 Houston 9, Texas" Developing �" written in brown trim.
Date: May 28, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Linen style envelope with "Mrs. A. P. George Richmond, Texas" printed on it] (open access)

[Linen style envelope with "Mrs. A. P. George Richmond, Texas" printed on it]

Linen style envelope has writing in blue ink on front that reads: "Cousin Babe Pictures". The flap on the back of the envelope reserved for the return address has text that reads: "Mrs. A. P. George Richmond, Texas". The envelope is lined with blue paper. The envelope contained four photographs.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mildred Blackshear Holding, Sally Blackshear]

Photo of a woman holding a baby while standing in a kitchen. Mildred Blackshear holding Sally Blackshear. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1954~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Victoria]

Postcard with an aerial view of Hotel Victoria, surrounded by mountains.
Date: March 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Victoria]

Postcard from the inside of Hotel Victoria looking out. The foreground appears to be a balcony or patio with arches and decorative stone- and metalwork. Outside, there are several unique-looking buildings, portions of a town, and mountains rising the background.
Date: March 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rio Grande Flood of 1954, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of flood water completely covering the International Bridge between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Laredo, Texas. At the skyline is the Mexican Customs and Immigration building. The explanation on the back of the postcard states: "A new four-lane bride is replacing the completely inundated and partially destroyed bridge at Laredo, Texas, by the Rio Grande Flood of 1954. The Mexican Immigration and Customs building is shown in the background."
Date: July 1954
Creator: Yates, Frank
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Survey Map of Webb County]

Survey map of 19.73 acre tract in the Northwest corner of "porcion" 28, Webb County, Texas. Scale 1:2,400
Date: August 1954
Creator: Foster, E. J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Greater Galveston County, 1954]

1954 Map of Greater Galveston County, donated to the Genevieve Miller Public Library by Ben K. Peek Real Estate. Points of interest include: Algoa, Hitchcock, LaMarque, Texas City, Boliver, Deer Islands, Offats Bayou, Pelican Project, Galveston, San Leon, Bacliffe, Dickinson Bayou, Moses Lake, Dollar Bay, April Fool Point, and an Industrial Water Canal.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plat of Dellanera Subdivision, Hitchcock 1954]

1954 Plat of the Dellanera subdivision of Hitchcock, Texas. Signatures on plat include: Paul A. Milligan, Surveyor; G. Dellanera; Juila Dellanera; Dorothy B. Ranson, public notary; D. V. De Pasquale, County Engineer; R. W. Poliner, County Commissioner; Irwin P. Dantino, County Judge; Jack W. Callahan, County Attorney; John R. Platte, County Clerk; Gertrude McKenna.
Date: 1954
Creator: Milligan, Paul A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Cullen Grimes School

Principal Donald Bond, the teachers and the students of the afternoon group at Cullen Grimes School in Mineral Wells, Texas congregate in front of the building in March of 1954.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Daniel, W.L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Sam Houston School--- An Afternoon Group of 1954

Students, teachers and the principal, D.R. Hudson, of the Sam Houston School's Afternoon Group are shown here in March of 1954. The picture was taken outside the school building.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Daniel, W.L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sam Houston School

Students, teachers and principal D.R. Hudson, of the Sam Houston School in March 1954 stand outside the school building.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Daniel, W.L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A car parked in the middle of the intersection of Navasota and Holly]

A car parked in the middle of the intersection of Navasota and Holly. One man is sitting behind the wheel of the car. A man in uniform is standing beside the car.
Date: October 7, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A woman holding balloons at the grand opening of First Federal Savings]

The grand opening of First Federal Savings. A woman is holding balloons for the celebration of the grand opening. There are a few people standing off to the right of the photo.
Date: March 1, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man with a trowel laying a cornerstone at St. David's Hospital]

A man using a trowel to lay the cornerstone at St. David's Community Hospital. There are other men in suits standing around the stone. The stone states: "St. David's Community Hospital, Erected 1954, Board of Trustees, 1951-1954, Hulon W. Black, Pres., Joseph Cocke, Vice Pres., Ronald W. Byram, Sec., Ben H. Parrish, Treas., R.C. (Bob) Armstrong, John A. Barclay, Fred W. Catterall Jr., Edward Clark, Ed P. Cravens, John E. Harrison, E. W. Jackson, Gatewood Newberry, A. Bryan Spires, Max Starcke, Charles A. Sumners, Claude W. Voyles, Robert B. Lloyd, Administrator, 'And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick' Luke 9:2"
Date: December 19, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Large buildings along a street]

A busy street with large buildings along the street. There is a pharmacy on the left side of the street with an advertisement in front of it for "Austin's largest electric sign for Capital National Bank." There are automobiles and people all along the street.
Date: February 9, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men standing beside trucks at Heating and Ventilating Company]

A few men standing beside trucks outside of the "Heating and Ventilating Company of Texas." All of the men are dressed in their work uniforms. The company was located at 605 West 37th Street.
Date: February 4, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The exterior of Hillcrest Baptist Church]

A view of the exterior of the Hillcrest Baptist Church. It is a brick building with a sign in front that states "Hillcrest Baptist Church, Thos S. Burress, Pastor."
Date: February 24, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two men standing across the road from a Butter Krust billboard]

Two men wearing suits are standing across a road from a billboard advertisement for Butter Krust bread. Hilgers & Co. Real Estate is located to the right of the photo.
Date: February 26, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History