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First Christian Church, Richardson, Texas
Wooden frame church, white clapboard siding. The middle section of the front (gable end) entends forward to form an entrance and upward to form a [bell?] tower. The double entrance door is covered with a decorative braced awning with a closed dormer. A sign over the door reads "First Christian Church." The roof is shingled, maybe wooden. A signpost is at the right edge of the picture, with the name of the church and the pastor's name. To the left of the main building is a lower building/annex with multiple doors and a side porch supported by posts. Trees are to the right and left of the mail building. Both buildings are surrounded by shrubs or low plants. The area is front of the building is paved.
Date:
[1940..1958]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill Gilbert at Irving State Bank
Two men shaking hands. Bill Gilbert (left) greeting customer Albert Farine in Irving State Bank's new building, 1947. The Merchants and Planters Bank was organized in 1907. Chaney and Fletcher Miller took over operation of the bank and in 1908 and had it chartered as the Irving State Bank. It later became Irving Bank and Trust Company and remained in business along Main Street until 1975.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Special" arriving in Dallas]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's "The Texas Special" train No. 1 - Engine No. 390 - type 4-6-2 locomotive arriving in Dallas just prior to dieselization in 1948.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific locomotive arriving in Dallas]
Locomotive No. 620 one of the P-6 class "protection" engines kept under steam at Ennis, substitutes for one of the three streamlined P-14 engines (650, 651,or 652) normally assigned to bring The Hustler, Train No. 15 into Dallas in 1949. The Southern Pacific was in direct competition with the FW&D in Texas at the time and the Dallas/Houston route's schedule had to be protected against engine failures. One engine was kept with steam up at Ennis and another at Hearne for just such emergencies.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The "Texas Rocket" arriving in Dallas]
Photograph of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's "Texas Rocket" train arriving in Dallas in 1949. In addition to the engine, a number of cars are visible, on curved tracks.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific train in Dallas]
Southern Pacific's train No. 15 headed by Engine No. 651, a type 4-6-2 in Dallas, Texas.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Pacific train arriving in Dallas]
With the Sears building in the background and the Union Terminal Company's coach yard on its left The Hustler Train No. 15 rolls into Dallas in the early afternoon in 1949 behind one of Southern Pacific's handsome P-14 steam locomotives.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Special" enroute to San Antonio]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad's train No. 1 "The Texas Special" southbound enroute to San Antonio in 1949.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Texas Special" leaving Dallas]
Rolling northward from the Dallas Union Station, the Katy's "Texas Special" train No. 2, headed by Engine No. 377, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, picks up speed enroute to St. Louis.
Date:
January 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Texas Special" entering Dallas]
First run of the "Texas Special" Engine No. 101 enroute from San Antonio to St. Louis on April 21, 1948 as it enters Dallas at 2:00 pm.
Date:
April 21, 1948
Creator:
Plummer, Roger S.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
L. M. Sinclair Registration Certificate
Registration Certificate for Lois Maxwell "Buddy" Sinclair. Sinclair registered for Selective Service on October 16, 1942. The reverse of the certificate contains a description of the registrant.
Date:
October 16, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Selective Service Card
Selective Service Certificate for Lois Maxwell "Buddy" Sinclair. Sinclair registered for Selective Service on December 13, 1942. Sinclair lived at 1612 South Akard in Dallas, Texas and served in the 36th Infantry Division.
Date:
December 13, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mrs. L. M. Sinclair
Letter from L. M. "Buddy" Sinclair to his wife, Katie. Buddy was stationed in France at the time of this letter around February, 1945.
Date:
1945-02~
Creator:
Sinclair, L. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Renfro Drug Company Menu
The Renfro Drug Company Menu lists the prices of their fountain drinks, sundaes, fruit drinks, coolers, milk drinks, desserts, sandwiches, and salads. The address for the location is stamped on the front cover: 1601 N. Ballinger St. The back of the menu lists the locations of the 17 Renfro stores.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
Renfro Drug Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Jackie and Neely Huffhines
Christmas card with photograph of a woman and man identified as Jackie and Neely Huffhines. They are kneeling to the right of a Christmas tree, and are holding a gift. Several gifts are surrounding the tree. Text to the right of the image says "Joyous Yuletide," with an illustration of a church steeple and trees below it. Below the illustration, text says "Jackie and Neely Huffhines."
Date:
1945/1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of Billye Meyer with Family
Copy photograph of a woman, a man, and two children; the woman and man are identified as Billye (Leatherwood) Meyer and Lester Meyer. The man is holding the youngest child, James Lester Meyer, and the girl, Lady Ellen Meyer Germond, is standing in front of the woman. They are all standing in front of a two-story wooden farmhouse identified as Miss Belle's (Belle Robberson) Place. Built around 1887, it one of the oldest houses in Richardson, Texas.
Date:
1946~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. B. Houston to M. R. Tillotson, November 9, 1942]
Letter from L. B. Houston, Director of Parks in Dallas, to M. R. Tillotson, the Regional Director of National Park Service, describing work that the park service had completed at White Rock Lake and other points in the Dallas area.
Date:
November 9, 1942
Creator:
Houston, L. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Map of White Rock Lake]
Hand-drawn map of White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas showing the location of park entrances and buildings with print numbers for corresponding photographs. Some roads and railroad tracks are also noted.
Date:
November 5, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Winfrey Point Building Interior]
Photograph of an interior room at Winfrey Point Building in White Rock Lake Park. The image shows a wood-paneled wall in the room; there are built-in shelves in the center of the wall surrounded below and on both sides by built-in cabinets. The photograph is attached to a page labeled "14"; text under the image says "White Rock Lake Park, Winfrey Point Building, Interior view of north room."
Date:
1940~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 533.
Date:
1941
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 45, July 1941 - April, 1942
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 401.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Presbyterian Mexican Mission]
Photograph of the Presbyterian Mexican Mission in Dallas, Texas. The mission is a white building with two windows in front on either side of the entrance and a white wooden fence in front. There is a sign identifying the building above the entrance. A car is parked in front and is partly visible in the bottom left of the photograph. There are other buildings on either side. The following is written on the back: "Dallas 'Springall Mission.'"
Date:
May 13, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Southern States Art League
Catalog from the "24th Annual Exhibition of the Southern States Art League," May 7–June 4, 1944, at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas. Includes: listing of league members, listing of artists and artworks
Date:
1944
Creator:
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Army Arts Exhibition: Eighth Service Command
Catalog from the juried show "Army Arts Exhibition–8th Service Command," April 29–May 13, 1945, at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas. Includes: a listing of artists and artworks
Date:
1945
Creator:
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History