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[1918 Longview High School Graduating Class]

Photograph of the 1918 Longview High School graduating class in Longview, Texas. The graduates are wearing dresses and suits, and they are standing on the front steps of a brick building.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921 Longview High School Graduating Class]

Photograph of the 1921 graduating class of Longview High School in Longview, Texas. The unidentified students are standing and sitting in front of a brick building. The young girls are wearing white dresses and hats, and they are holding bouquets. The young men are wearing suits and ties.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Through Trees

Negative of a group of oil tanks with a view of wooden shacks behind a line of trees. The camp belongs to Humble Oil and was located near Kilgore in Gregg County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jack Nolan
System: The Portal to Texas History

Childen's Matinee Show

Photograph of many children standing outside the Strand Theatre on 104 South Fredonia Street in Longview, Texas, as noted on the back of the photograph. The children are at the theater for a Saturday matinee show. There are three bicycles parked outside the theater, and a sign to the left of the photograph that reads, "KING SIGNS." One of the children is holding crutches.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

China Seas

Photograph of Rita Theater in Longview, Texas, as noted on the back of the photograph. The theater was located at 207 E. Tyler Street in downtown Longview. There is a large billboard for the movie "China Seas" above the theater and a banner below that displays all the actors names. There is a car parked in front of the theater.
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Clean-up week

Photograph of "Clean Up Week" at the Rembert Theater, as noted in handwriting on the back of the photograph and on the banner to the left of the theater. There is a large pile of trash in front of the theater, including cans, boxes, buckets and other miscellaneous items. The theatre held the event to promote attendance at the movies and clean the streets of Longview at the same time. Each citizen that brought trash to be dumped in front of the theater was rewarded with a free ticket.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Desert Song

Photograph of the Rembert Theater at nighttime, in Longview, Texas. There are several signs for the movie, "the Desert Song" around the outside of the theater, including a sign on the front door that reads, "100% talking [and] singing," a sign on the top of the building and a large poster for the movie on the right side of the theater. On the opposite side, there is a poster that reads, "Charity Chase, Thin Twins."
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Desert Song Stop Sign]

Photograph of a promotional stop sign for the movie, "the Desert Song" on Fredonia Street in Longview, Texas, as noted on the back of the photograph. The stop sign reads: "STOP, SEE, HEAR THE DESERT SONG." There are parked and moving cars behind the sign, and there are several brick buildings in the background. One building, on the left side of the photograph, has a sign that reads: "CRAIN'S CORNER DRUG STORE" and "Coca Cola."
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photo in Front of T&P Train #169]

Photograph of a group of men posing in front of T&P train #169 at the yards in Longview, Texas. Written below the image are "Longview, Texas 1913 - yards, Sam Turlington (Just a loafer), Joe Still - Switchman, Si Alexander, Switchman, Baldie Waldron - Engineer, Will Finley - Fireman" and "Bill Bray Collection."
Date: 1913
Creator: Bray, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History

Horse at the Rembert Box Office

Photograph of a horse standing outside the "Rembert [Theater] Box office," in Longview, Texas, as noted on the back of the photograph. The horse was part of a live promotion to attract children to the theatre.
Date: 1932~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Huckleberry Finn Movie Promotion

Photograph of a Dr. Pepper truck with a promotional sign for Rembert Theatre, in Longview, Texas. The promotion is for "'HUCKLEBEERY FINN,' MARK TWAIN'S ROMANCE OF AMERICAN BOYHOOD," as noted on the sign above the truck. The truck is full of Dr. Pepper bottles, and there is a sign on the side of the car for Central East Texas Fair. There is a car parked next to the truck and brick buildings in the background of the photograph.
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Longview Public Service Officials]

Photograph of various public service officials in Longview, Texas, including firemen, policemen, and engineers. There is one child pictured, as well. The men are standing around and in two fire trucks and one car.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Longview Volunteer Fire Company]

Photograph of nineteen members of the Longview Volunteer Fire Company in Longview, Texas. The men are lined up outside a building in Longview, and there are four men seated on a horse-drawn carriage behind the line of firemen. The octagon shaped building on the right is the fire station. The building in the background on the left is the Texas & Pacific Railroad station. There is a newspaper clipping on the back of the photograph with a handwritten note. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: top row: W. Alex Abey, W. D. Northcutt, D. D. Pinkham, and W. M. Jameison. bottom row: Fred Hamil, S. C. Forman, J. N. Allison, E. L. Long, F. T. Rembert, W. L. Butts, Evans Terry, Joe Laird, T. C. Clark, T. E. Clemmons, J. W. McQueen, Joe Clemmons, Wallace Jameison, Walter Brown, Hatch May, and W. R. Bass.
Date: 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Loose Page Covering Austin, Tyler and Longview]

Scrapbook page covering Austin, Tyler and Longview, Texas. On the first page of photos 3 photos are of the Smith County Courthouse in Tyler and Gregg County Courthouse in Longview. The last photo on the first page is of a portion of the Dixie Rose Farms in Tyler. On the second page there is two more photos of the Dixie Rose Farms. The last photo is of the library of the University of Texas at Austin.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man of the World]

Photograph of a billboard displayed above Rembert Theater for the movie, "Man of the World," as noted on the back of the photograph. There is an illustration of a man wearing a hat on the billboard and an actor's name: William Powell. There is a car parked in front of the theater.
Date: 1931
Creator: Culpepper's Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Motorcycle parked outside tavern]

Photograph of a motorcycle parked outside of the Country Tavern, a family-friendly barbeque and beer restaurant that has serve legendary rids since the 1930s in Kilgore, Texas. The photo is a close up of the vehicle.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library

[T&P Caboose #2448 in Longview, Texas]

Photograph of T&P caboose #2448 in Longview, Texas. Visible on the side of the car is "T&P #2448." Written below the image are "Longview, Texas 1940's" and "R. H. Carlson."
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Caboose in Longview, Texas]

Photograph of a T&P caboose in Longview, Texas. Written below the image are "Longview, Texas 1940's #2448 (Old Muley type) Caboose" and "R. H. Carlson."
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Figurehead]

7 photographs of a T&P eagle figurehead. Written underneath the image are "Longview, Texas Nov 29th 1978 'T&P Mascot'" and "Don Watson."
Date: November 29, 1978
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Roundhouse Train Whistle]

Photograph of a roundhouse train whistle in Longview, Texas. There are various other T&P artifacts visible around the whistle. Written below the image are "Longview, Texas Mar 11th 1976 T&P Roundhouse Whistle - John Hedge Collection" and "Don Watson."
Date: March 11, 1976
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Station Clock on Display]

Photograph of a T&P station clock from Sierra Blanca on display in Longview, Texas. Written below the image are "[sic] Longview, Texas Mar 10th 1976 T&P Station Clock originally from Sierra Blanca - John Hedge Collection" and "D. Watson."
Date: March 10, 1976
Creator: Watson, D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #716]

Copy photo of T&P train #716 in Longview, Texas. There is a man half in shadow in the conductor's cab and another man hanging off a train car in the background. Written underneath the image are "Longview, Texas 1942-43 'M.P. Train #207' - Texarkana to Longview via T&P with T&P engines and crews" and "Ed Robinson (-copy photo)."
Date: 1942/1943
Creator: Robinson, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #719]

Photograph of T&P train #719 at the roundhouse in Longview, Texas with a white plume of smoke rising from the engine. Written underneath are "T&P Roundhouse Longview, Texas Apr. 6th 1939" and "J. O. B. Johnson."
Date: April 6, 1939
Creator: Johnson, J. O. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #900 in Longview, Texas]

Photograph of T&P train #900 in Longview, Texas. There is a man posing next to the train. Text below the image says "[sic] Longview Texas May 2 1934" and "H. E. Chelf - R. S. Plummer Photo."
Date: May 2, 1934
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History