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[E-4 Streamliners in Chicago]

The Chicago and North Western Railway's E-4 type streamliners, which headed the "Overland Limited" and "Challenger" trains between Chicago and the West Coast, stand in the Chicago Passenger Station.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[220 W. Reagan - Grant House]

Photograph of the west side of the "Grant House," a two-story, Queen Anne-style house located at 220 W. Reagan (on the corner of W. Reagan and S. May streets) in Palestine, Texas.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[410 Avenue A - Palestine Daily Herald Building]

Copy negative of the Palestine Herald building on the 300 Block of Avenue A in Palestine, Texas. It is a one-story, red-brick building with white masonry accents; the word "Herald" is in white stone in the center, near the top.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[922 N. Link - Joost Ozment House]

Photograph of the front and north side of the "Joose-Ozment House," a white, two-story frame house located at 922 N. Link in Palestine, Texas, taken from the corner of Pine and Link streets. It has a balanced, orderly exterior with a classical façade, including round columns along the front porch and larger two-story columns on either side of the front door.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1108 N. Jackson - Rusk School]

Photo of the Rusk School after renovations, but before the address was changed to 420 W. Palestine Avenue from 1108 N. Jackson.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1941 General Highway Map of Bosque County, Texas

Official 1941 general highway map of Bosque County, Texas showing major state and county roads, streams and rivers, towns, and other landmarks.
Date: 1941
Creator: Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1946 Softball Championship Trophy]

Photograph of two men holding the Dr. Pepper 1946 Championship Softball Team trophy. A list of team members is held by the man on the left. It reads, "Robert Steele, Herman Nies, Jr.,Wallace Pachar, Ezra Gordon, "Tubby" Johnson, Roy Mazzagate, Michael Blanda, J.P. Hilliard, Lawrence Parkhurst, Michael Romano, Bruce McCleland, J.S. Rougeau, Burton Simar, Woodell Grubbs, Girard Stansbury, Junious Barber, Johnie Archer - Bat Boy."
Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Photo of Palestine]

Aerial view of the city of Palestine looking toward the north; Magnolia and Sycamore streets are visible, running north-to-south and crossing Main Street near the center of the image.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Lacy Street - Palestine]

Aeriel view of Lacy Street with the home of Caldwell Green pointed out on the edge of the photo
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Albuquerque Depot]

Santa Fe's unique mission style depot at Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alvorado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico]

Santa Fe's nationally known Alvarado Hotel adjoining the passenger station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, circa 1947. Lower left is the Fred Harvey news stand with Fred Harvey Indian Museum in left center portion of the rambling structure which is surmounted by Spanish style cupolas. The Alvorado was torn down in December of 1969.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Award of Oak Leaf Cluster (open access)

Award of Oak Leaf Cluster

Letter from John E. Dahlquist, Major General, U. S. Army, to Lois M. Sinclair notifying Sinclair of the Oak Leaf Cluster award he received for heroic achievement in combat on June 12, 1944 in Italy during World War II.
Date: August 8, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Badly Damaged Building After Tornado

Photograph of a two-story brick building that has been badly damaged after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The windows of the building are gone, window screens hang from the second story windows, and the roof is missing. The foreground is covered in debris, including bricks and wooden boards. A sign on the left side of the frame reads, "Insurance".
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bengal Guards on Train to Chicago

Photograph of the Bengal Guard on a train to Chicago. There are at least eleven women wearing light-colored coveralls with the words, "Bengal Guard, Orange, Tex." printed on the back. In the center is Lewis Gay, a man in a cowboy hat, boots, western shirt and tie leaning over another man with a small girl on his lap. Lewis Gay was the Drill Master of the Bengal Guards in the late 1930s. Another girl sits on the lap of a woman on the right side of the frame. Some of the women wear head scarves, jewelry, or glasses. In the lower left corner is an open magazine. Behind the group are open wooden blinds and a lamp is on the wall. Everybody is smiling.
Date: 1940/1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Best Service Station - Palestine]

Photograph of the Best Service Station - Palestine
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Best Service Station - Palestine]

Photograph of the Best Service Station - Palestine
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Big Bratton Drug Store]

Photo showing the interior of the Big Bratton Drug Store - man on left is Orin Cutter, man in hat is Dr. Bratton and first man on the right could possibly be Earl Butler. The rest are unidentified.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Billy garrett, 1949]

Photograph of Billy Garrett in front of a service stationin 1949. He is wearing a hat and drinking a soft drink from the Coca-Cola machine behind him.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bolivar Street, Sanger, Texas]

Downtown Sanger looking east along Bolivar Street from the corner on Fifth Street. The native stone wall marks the edge of the square.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Buddy Sinclair with 1940 La Salle and Ford Wagon

Photograph of L. M. "Buddy" Sinclair standing beside a 1940 La Salle and a 1941 Ford Station Wagon. Buddy served in the 36th Infantry Division during World War II.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Bowie Recreation Center

Letter about Camp Bowie Recreation Center, military camp during World War II, and a photograph of some new recruits including Lois Maxwell "Buddy" Sinclair, and a photograph of Katie Sinclair, Buddy's wife. The soldiers are members of the 141st Infantry, 36th Infantry Division.
Date: 1941-01-13~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Car Dented with Bricks After Tornado

Photograph of a car badly dented with bricks after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Behind the car is a row of damaged store fronts. The signs on the stores read, "Weis Dry Goods Company" and "Slack and Wassenmiller Grocery and Market". In the background on the left side of the frame is a group of men with a ladder and a man on top of the store's awning. On the right side of the frame behind the car is a group of men in hat and a boy carrying a broom.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chicago and North Western Railway's passenger station]

This photograph depicts one of the nations finest railroad passenger stations - Chicago and North Western Railway's Chicago passenger station. Sign above the station says" Streamliners, North Western, Union Pacific"
Date: 1948~
Creator: Allison - Lightall
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

City buses parked on both sides of a town street

Photograph shows city buses and cars parked on both sides of a town street in front of various stores such as J.P. Penny Company, Green's and Williams Drugs Prescriptions.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History