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[T&P Train #707]

Photograph of T&P train #707 in Alexandria, Louisiana. Written below the image are "Alexandria, La May 1951" and "H. K. Vollrath."
Date: May 1951
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas & Pacific Train #810]

Photograph of T&P train #810 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Text below the image says "Shreveport, La. May 3rd 1953" and "Charles E. Winters."
Date: May 3, 1953
Creator: Winters, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #810]

Photograph of T&P train #810 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Another train is partially visible in the background. Written below the image are "Shreveport, La. May 2 1949" and "R. H. Carlson."
Date: May 2, 1949
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P #2406]

Photograph of T&P car #2406. There's a building visible in the distance. Written below the image are "Shreveport, La. May 1956" and "H. K. Vollrath."
Date: May 1956
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #810 in Shreveport, Louisiana]

Photograph of T&P train #810 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Text below the image says "Shreveport, La. May 1949" and "H.K.Vollrath."
Date: May 1949
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #700 and Cars - The Eagle]

Photograph of train engine #700 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. The text "Texas & Pacific" and "The Eagle" are visible on the side. "700" can be seen on the cylindrical piece in front. Smoke billows up from the front chimney. Additional tracks lay to the side in front. An overhang rises above the train in the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Shreveport, LA. May 6th 1949."
Date: May 6, 1949
Creator: Winters, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #701 and Car]

Photograph of train engine #701 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "Texas & Pacific" and "701" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay to the side in front. Poles and wires rise behind the train in the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Shreveport, LA. May 1949."
Date: May 1949
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Side View of Train Engine and Car - Ruston, Louisiana]

Photograph of a train engine and attached cars, viewed from a front side angle. Grassy areas surround a dirt patch in front. Part of a building is visible in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Ruston, LA. May 1950 (ex T&P #559)."
Date: May 1950
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine and Car - Ruston, Louisiana]

Photograph of a train engine and attached cars, viewed from a front side angle. Grassy areas surround a dirt patch in front. Part of a building is visible in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Ruston, LA. May 25th 1950 (ex T&P #559)."
Date: May 25, 1950
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the W.R. and Joseph B. Cutrer Ranch showing improved pasture on an old cultivated field. In the spring of 1943 increased milk production from 30 dairy cattle on pasture was worth more than $17 per acre. They expected to harvest at least 100 pounds of clover seed per acre. Daily milk production from 30 cows increased from 275 pounds per day to 650 pounds per day when cows were placed on 24 acres of clover pasture in the spring of 1942. Treatment: 2 tons lime per acre, 700 pounds basic slag per acre and seeding of 10 pounds of a mixture of equal parts of hop, white, Dutch and Persian clover per acre, plus 10 pounds of Dallis grass per acre. Soil type, Kalmia, very fine sandy loam, above “B.” LA-D7-1.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: Webb, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Letter from the Fair Play for Cuba Committee to Lee Harvey Oswald, May 29, 1963 #1]

Photograph of the first page of a letter from the Fair Play for Cuba Committee to Lee Harvey Oswald, on May 29, 1963, enclosing his card and receipt, as well as information to help him start an FPCC chapter in New Orleans.
Date: May 29, 1963
Creator: Fair Play for Cuba Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two UNIDENTIFED Men Surveying the Huey-McNair Project Drainage Ditch

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men, one of them looking upstream, surveying the drainage ditch known as the Huey-McNair Project. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking upstream along drainage ditch known as Huey-McNair Project. Rod shows depth in this 9 foot cut. Side slopes are 2-1, the bottom width is 3 feet. Road on right will be graded down by Parish. Ditch crosses road in the background."
Date: May 15, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

An UNIDENTIFIED Man Surveying a Drainage Ditch

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man surveying a drainage ditch, also known as the Abney-Huey Project. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking upstream along drainage ditch known as Abney-Huey Project. Rod and chain show depth and shape of section, about 3 ft. deep with 3-1 sides and V bottom."
Date: May 12, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History