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[Photograph of Five Girls Standing Behind Painted Scene]
Photograph of five girls at the State Fair of Texas, standing together behind a scene painted with the image of three people riding in a car. They are identified as Bev Cull, Martha Warden, Mary Newton, Jane Morrill, and Marsha Caffey. Lipstick imprints are visible on the back.
Date:
October 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Three Women Standing Behind Scene]
Photograph of Roianna Chandler, Mary Newton, and Sharon Burden at the Texas State Fair, posing together behind a scene painted with three female torsos wearing evening dresses.
Date:
October 1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Lizzie Smith]
Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The light orange ticket bears the signature and photograph of Lizzie Smith. In the photo, Smith wears a dark dress and eyeglasses and stands in front of a painted lake scene. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from eight to twenty-three, and the first three have been marked with a hole punch. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.
Date:
October 10, 1949
Creator:
State Fair of Texas
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Two Girls Standing Behind Painted Scene]
Photograph of two girls at the Texas State Fair posing together behind a scene painted with the image of hula dancers. They are identified as Mary Catherine Newton (right), and Marilyn Brown (left).
Date:
October 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Three Girls Standing Behind Painted Scene]
Photograph of three girls at the Texas State Fair, standing together behind a scene painted with the torso of a barefoot woman in a tattered dress who is holding the torsos of two infants behind a soapy washtub. The girls are identified as (left to right) Mary Catherine Newton, Lana Wallace, Sharon Burden.
Date:
October 1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arthur E. Summer to Thomas F. Forrest, October 21, 1956]
Letter from Arthur E. Summerfield, US Postmaster General, to Thomas F. Forrest, commending him for his 42 years service as a postal worker, and presenting him with a certificate of honorary recognition.
Date:
October 31, 1956
Creator:
Summerfield, Arthur E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Southern Methodist University Football Game, October 23, 1920]
Program for the Southern Methodist University vs. University of Arkansas football game, held on October 23, 1920, at the Texas State Fair Grounds. Includes sponsored advertisements and each football team's player line-up for the game.
Date:
1920-10~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Honorary Recognition Certificate for Meritorious Accomplishment: Thomas F. Forrest]
Certificate of honorary recognition accorded to Thomas F. Forrest by the United States Post Office Department for meritorious accomplishment and devotion to duty. The certificate says Mr. Forrest is receiving this award on the occasion of his retirement from the postal service. The certificate is signed by the postmaster and postmaster general, and was issued in Dallas, Texas.
Date:
1956-10~
Creator:
United States. Post Office Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History