Inauguration of the Santa Fe Railroad Line

Inauguration of the Santa Fe Railroad Line linking Dallas, Denton, and Chicago. It was raining, and the photo was taken in north Dallas, near Garland. Among the men heading the groundbreaking ceremony were Railroad president Fred Gurley who is at the podium, Jerome Crossman, president of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce is standing to his left, E. W. Morrison, a Denton businessman who strongly supported the line, Dallas Mayor R. L. Thornton, and Denton Mayor J. L. Yarbrough.
Date: December 11, 1954
Creator: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit for Garnishment after Judgement] (open access)

[Affidavit for Garnishment after Judgement]

Affidavit includes blanks for the prosecutor and defendant of the trial, the date of the trial, and the stipulations of the judgment.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Renfro Drug Company Menu (open access)

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
El Fenix Cafe (open access)

El Fenix Cafe

The El Fenix Cafe menu contains the names and prices of their dishes, desserts, and beverages. The restaurant offered cocktails and relishes, salads, sandwiches, eggs and omelettes, soups, chicken and steak dinners, nonalcoholic beverages, wines, beer, fish, and a variety of Mexican dishes. The Special Mexican Dinner cost $1.25 at the time of this menu. A poem by James J. Metcalfe is written on the back of the menu.
Date: 1951~
Creator: El Fenix Cafe
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postage-size portrait of Dr. Louisa Owsley]

Photograph of Dr. Louisa Owsley wearing a tea hat. The photograph is attached to an advertisement for the Photograph Studio of Titche's - North Park, 100 North Park Center, Dallas, Texas 75225.
Date: 1895~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History