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[Clipping: photo of J. M. Hall; Farmer Due to Lose His Edge on Prices] (open access)

[Clipping: photo of J. M. Hall; Farmer Due to Lose His Edge on Prices]

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle featuring a photo of J. M. Hall of New Waverly, Texas, and a separate piece on farming prices.
Date: October 30, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad Magazine's Locomotives of the Texas & Pacific] (open access)

[Railroad Magazine's Locomotives of the Texas & Pacific]

Clipping of Railroad Magazine's Locomotives of the Texas & Pacific. There are three trains pictured on the clipping, #'s 493, 810, and 909, as well as a large table of stats to the left. Written underneath the clipping is "-Railroad Magazine Oct 1948 pg 126-27."
Date: October 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Death Thins Ranks of First A&M Graduating Class to 3] (open access)

[Clipping: Death Thins Ranks of First A&M Graduating Class to 3]

Newspaper clipping reporting on the shrinking number of Texas A&M's first graduating class, listing former senator William John Bryan among one of three surviving members.
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Early East Texas Oil Developer Dies] (open access)

[Clipping: Early East Texas Oil Developer Dies]

Newspaper clipping reporting on the death of George W. Hardy.
Date: October 22, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Girl by Al Moore (open access)

Girl by Al Moore

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a blonde woman by Al Moore poses in a bikini on a pattern of purple zebra stripes. On the facing page by Fritz Willis, the blonde model is surrounded by a whirl of autumn leaves that expose her legs and underwear.
Date: October 1947
Creator: Moore, Al & Willis, Fritz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Last Rose by Ben-Hur Baz (open access)

Last Rose by Ben-Hur Baz

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a barefoot woman feigns surprise in a blue and pink matching two-piece with a large straw sunhat. On the facing page, a blonde showgirl is seen studying and smoking a cigarette backstage in costume. Image No. 80 is a unique collaboration between Joe De Mers and Fritz Willis.
Date: October 1947
Creator: Baz, Ben-Hur; De Mers, Joe & Willis Fritz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meetings scheduled by Latin American league of citizens (open access)

Meetings scheduled by Latin American league of citizens

Newspaper clipping with handwritten date noted as October 1947 titled "Meetings Scheduled By Latin American League of Citizens". This article contains information about an upcoming LULAC regional convention to be held in Houston for LULAC delegates from 45 Texas cities.
Date: October 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speculation by Al Buell (open access)

Speculation by Al Buell

Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. On the first page, a kneeling blonde woman thoughtfully brushes her hair in front of a floor mirror with a peach in the foreground. On the facing page, a woman with black hair kneels to cut and style her long hair in front of a mirror following a magazine's instructions.
Date: October 1946
Creator: Buell, Al & Utz, Thornton
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Liberal Business Leaders In '1000 Club' Back F.D.R.] (open access)

[Clipping: Liberal Business Leaders In '1000 Club' Back F.D.R.]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 1000 Club composed of liberal business owners to financially back F.D.R's re-election campaign.
Date: October 26, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Catholic Campaign] (open access)

[Clipping: Catholic Campaign]

Newspaper clipping covering the September 11 story of a Roman Catholic priest pleading guilty to drunk driving in Medera, California and the backlash of the roman-catholic community against the publishing newspaper, Scripps-Howard's San Francisco News. On the back of the article are two advertisements for Burberrys of London and Myers Jamaican Rum.
Date: October 23, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Women, Home by Christmas"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Women, Home by Christmas"]

Magazine clipping of an article about the disbanding of the WASPs.
Date: October 16, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Scarsdale Home News] (open access)

[Clipping: Scarsdale Home News]

Newspaper clipping from No. 11 of the Scarsdale Home News. The main article is titled "A Family Affair," which discusses the swearing in of Dorothy Jean Leslie as a member of the WAVES or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. Other articles center around the local weather phenomenon, post-war plans, the returns of local veterans, wedding announcements, and obituaries.
Date: October 7, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Impressive Victory] (open access)

[Clipping: Impressive Victory]

Clipping from the Galveston Daily News describing a vote from the University of Texas board of regents to retain the Medical Branch permanently in Galveston.
Date: October 2, 1944
Creator: The Galveston Daily News
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping:The Future of Texas State Supported Schools] (open access)

[Clipping:The Future of Texas State Supported Schools]

Clipping from Austin State Observer describing proposals for the future development of the University of Texas by Doctor Homer P. Rainey.
Date: October 2, 1944
Creator: Austin State Observer
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: They Called It Reconstruction] (open access)

[Clipping: They Called It Reconstruction]

Clipping from the Reader's Digest discussing the period of Reconstruction after the American Civil War and its impact on race relations. The author describes the discrimination against black citizens by state governments that prompted Reconstruction. The author takes the position that Reconstruction was an unnecessary and harmful process that empowered black citizens at the cost of disempowering white citizens. The author develops this idea through a combination of historical facts and anecdotal evidence, interpolating real-life events with racial stereotypes.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Muller, Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Some Pumpkins!] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Some Pumpkins!]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl wearing a short black satin dress with black stocking paired with the verse "Some Pumpkins!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting "Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American" by Tony Palazzo used especially for the October edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts American polo star Tommy Hitchcock [1900-1944] mid-swing scoring a goal.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto & Stack, Phil
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Some Pumpkins!] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Some Pumpkins!]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl wearing a short black satin dress with black stocking paired with the verse "Some Pumpkins!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Tommy Hitchcock: Ten Goal American" by Tony Palazzo used especially for the October edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts American polo star Tommy Hitchcock [1900-1944] mid-swing scoring a goal.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Palazzo, Tony
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping from scrapbook - includes greeting card, business card, and envelope addressed to John J. Herrera] (open access)

[Clipping from scrapbook - includes greeting card, business card, and envelope addressed to John J. Herrera]

Part of page from a scrapbook with a note from the Supreme Court of Texas congratulating John J. Herrera, with envelope, and a business card for John J. Herrera. Note, envelope, and business card are laminated on a piece of thin cardboard.
Date: October 24, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: T. V. Munson, Who Found "Grape Paradise" In Denison, Recalled as World's Chief Vineyard Expert on Centennial of Birth] (open access)

[Clipping: T. V. Munson, Who Found "Grape Paradise" In Denison, Recalled as World's Chief Vineyard Expert on Centennial of Birth]

Newspaper clipping of an article discussing the life and work of T. V. Munson in honor of the hundredth anniversary of his birth. The article discusses his professional accomplishments and personal life.
Date: October 24, 1943
Creator: Roddy, Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Dr. MacMillan Tenders Resignation As Minister of Presbyterian Church] (open access)

[Clipping: Dr. MacMillan Tenders Resignation As Minister of Presbyterian Church]

Newspaper clipping about the resignation of Dr. John Angus MacMillan from the First Presbyterian Church in Brady, Texas. The minister is leaving for a pastorate at Los Angeles Heights Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: October 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "Women in Uniform"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Women in Uniform"]

Magazine clipping of an article about certain WASPs in their service.
Date: October 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torches at Midnight] (open access)

[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Torches at Midnight]

A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a redhead Varga Girl posed diagonally across the page wearing a black negligee paired with the two stanza verse "Torches at Midnight" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction offset lithograph print of the painting The Commander's Last Dive by John Falter used especially for the October edition of 1943. The painting depicts a Navy Commander hanging to the side of submarine forty-two as it sinks.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Falter, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: WASP comic] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP comic]

Newspaper clipping of a comic depicting female plane mechanics discussing their male counterparts over lunch, next to an airplane. The caption reads, "They never try to get fresh with me. They're always too busy trying to keep up with me on the JOB."
Date: October 26, 1942
Creator: d'Alessio, Gregory
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Coronation of Queen Ofelia of the Fiesta de la Raza] (open access)

[Coronation of Queen Ofelia of the Fiesta de la Raza]

Newspaper clipping of the coronation of Queen Ophelia I on October 11, 1942, on the grounds of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas. The coronation was part of the Fiesta de la Raza.
Date: October 11, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History