Resource Type

[Aubrey High and Elementary Schools]

Photograph of school building with two school buses parked to the right. There are a few small trees and a puddle in front of the building.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rice threshing scene. Crowd of people (right of photo) gathered around.]

Rice threshing scene. Crowd of people (right of photo) gathered around a rice threshing machine. Horses pulling wagon load of rice to left of photo. Boys in field to far left. Photo has areas where it has been bent.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A rice threshing scene. Large groups of people are standing nearby.]

Photograph of a rice threshing scene. Crowd of people watching threshing machines at work. Rice is pouring out of the thresher from the center to the right side of photo. Boy in a striped shirt in right, foreground. Automobiles can be seen in far left background. Photo has bent areas.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rice harvesting operation.]

Photograph of rice harvesting operation. Sacks of rice in far right corner. Two men (backs to camera) filling rice sacks in center of photo. Threshing machine to left. Horse drawn wagons in background (right).
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men threshing rice. Large rice pile in center of photo.]

Photograph of men threshing rice. Large rice pile in center of photo. Man on rice filled wagon in foreground. Threshing machines to the right.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Driveway extending from the George Ranch house]

Color photograph of the George Ranch house. A driveway extends from the left side of the photo and continues in front of the ranch house. There are white fence posts on either side of the driveway. The ranch house is a white wooden two story house with screened upper and lower porches. Tall oak trees surround the house. There is a man sitting beneath one large tree in the center of the photograph. Stamped on back of photo in black: "This Is A Kodacolor Print Made By Eastman Kodak Company T. M. Regis. U. S. Pat. Off. Week of July 12, 1954 II I".
Date: July 12, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two story white and wooden George Ranch house]

Color photograph of the George Ranch house. The ranch house is a two story white wooden house with screened top and bottom porches. One of the four brick chimneys is visible in this photo. The round white brick cistern house is located to the left of the main house. White railing borders a stairway that leads to the upper entrance of the cistern house. A white picket fence encloses the ranch house yard; trees on right and left of house. White fence posts in front of the driveway border the pasture in foreground; metal gate on far left of photo. Stamped on back of photo in black: "This Is A Kodacolor Print Made By Eastman Kodak Company T. M. Regis. U. S. Pat. Off. Week of July 12, 1954 II I".
Date: July 12, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A large field at George Ranch]

Photograph of the George Ranch. The photograph shows the George Ranch house partially obscured by trees near center of photograph. The house is a two story white wooden house. White post fence line extends from left side of photo to barn on right. A large white barn is on the left side of the photo. Dry Creek is partially seen near bottom right corner of photo. Utility pole in center foreground. Stamped on back in black: "H487". Back of photo is watermarked: "Kodak Velox paper". Image is blurred.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A bull between two trees in a pasture on the George Ranch]

Photograph of a bull in a pasture on the George Ranch. There are two tree trunks on the right and left of the bull. Trees in left background. Stack of dead tree trunks in right branch. The photo is blurred and has white vertical areas in center and left of photo. Stamped on back in black: "H487". Watermark on back: "Kodak Velox Paper".
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A large field at George Ranch]

Photograph of the George Ranch. The photograph shows the George Ranch house partially obscured by trees near center of photograph. The house is a two story white wooden house. White post fence line extends from left side of photo to barn on right. A large white barn is on the left side of the photo. Utility pole in center foreground. Stamped on back in black: "H471". Image is blurred.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dry Creek at George Ranch]

Photograph of the George Ranch. Dry Creek is in the foreground with large trees on right. The George Ranch house is in the left background. The house is a two story white wooden house with fence posts of front pasture in front of it. There is a white barn in center of photo. Stamped on back of photo in black: "H383". The back of the photo is watermarked: "Kodak Velox Paper". Image is slightly blurred.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[W.A. Hughes wearing a hat and a polka dotted tie]

Bust photograph of W.A. Hughes. He is wearing a dark coat, with a white handkerchief in the left pocket, a dark collared shirt and a polka dotted tie. He has on a light colored hat. Embossed on lower, right corner, photographer's mark: "MURILLO STUDIO GALVESTON TEX."
Date: 1954?-01-11
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Babe Leake sitting in a wicker chair with a telephone in her left hand]

Photograph of Babe Leake sitting in a wicker chair with a telephone in her left hand. She is waving a fan in her right hand. Leake is wearing a dark colored dress and she has a large floral corsage on her right shoulder. On the left side of the photograph is a lace covered table with a small floral arrangement, telephone, gift box, napkins, punch cup, and plate. There are three women sitting in folding chairs in right background. Written on back of photograph in blue ink: "'Sister' Babe at telephone - Mrs. W. S. Browning [&] daughter Mrs. Coursey of Eelkton Ky. In background and half of another friend Franklin Mrs. R. M. Patterson." Also written in pencil "2".
Date: October 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Babe Leake, Neely Jones Leake and his wife May, at Babe's 90th birthday party]

Photograph of Babe Leake, Neely (?) Jones Leake and his wife May. The photograph was taken at the 90th birthday celebration of Babe Leake. The three are standing in front of a long linen covered table bearing silver trays of mints, crystal dish of peanuts, two candles in crystal holders, and a large floral topped cake on a silver serving tray. Babe is wearing a dark colored dress and has a large floral corsage on her left shoulder. Mr. Leake is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and a dark colored wide tie. May is wearing a polka dot dress with matching jacket. She has a floral corsage on her left shoulder.
Date: October 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Babe Leake and Sara Purifoy at Babe's 90th birthday party]

Photograph of Babe Leake and Sara Purifoy (?) at the 90th birthday party for Babe. Babe and Sara (facing each other) are standing in front of a long linen covered table bearing silver trays of mints, crystal dish of peanuts, two candles in crystal holders, and a large floral topped cake on a silver serving tray. Babe and Sara are both wearing dark colored dresses and have corsages on their right shoulders. Partial view of five women and one child in background. Two candles and three floral arrangements decorate a wooden mantel on the wall. Written on back of the photo in blue ink: "'Sister' and Coz. Sara Purifoy who made the decorations for cake." A number "3" is also written on the back in pencil.
Date: October 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Babe Leake standing behind a cake at her 90th birthday party]

Photograph of Babe Leake at the celebration of her 90th birthday. Babe is standing in front of a long linen covered table bearing silver trays of mints, crystal dish of peanuts, two candles in crystal holders, and a large floral topped cake on a silver serving tray. Leake, who has gray hair and wire rimmed eyeglasses, is wearing a dark colored v--neck dress with a brooch pinned at center. She has a large corsage on her right shoulder. There are five women seated in chairs in the background with floral arrangements on the wooden mantle behind them. Written on back of photograph in blue ink: "'Sister' Babe's 90th birthday - Oct. 9th 1954". Also written on back in pencil: "3 prints".
Date: October 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Color photograph of the Nancy Jones oak tree]

Color photograph of the Nancy Jones oak tree in the George Ranch house yard. According to the "1996 George Ranch Historical Park Interpreter Training Manual" the oak tree was planted by Nancy Jones in 1824. Two wooden benches and most of the yard are shaded by the large sprawling branches of the oak. Wooden picnic tables to left of tree. Shrubs and tops of shrubs in foreground. Two white buildings on right side of the photograph with one in foreground bearing a rounded roofline. Two smaller wooden buildings in center background. Small white pump house and storage tank near left side of photo. Written on back in pencil: "Mary Jones Tree House." Text on back in black print reads: "This Is A Kodacolor Print Made By Eastman Kodak Company T. M. Regis, U. S. Pat. Off. Week of July 12, 1954 II I".
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Basketball Team at Hereford High School]

Photograph of Hereford High School's 1954 1AA Runner-up basketball team.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Morrison Milling Company

Exterior view of the Morrison's Milling Company factory. The sign on the top of the factory reads: "Morrison's Peacemaker Flour."
Date: 1954?
Creator: Carruth Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Thad Munn

Photograph of a man with a hat. Photograph of Thad Munn, A Mason in Van Horn, TX.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

John Armstrong

Photograph of a man with shoes. Photograph of John Armstrong, a man of Van Horn, TX with shoes and shoe repair tools.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mrs. A. J. Hartson (Hetty)

Photograph of woman. Photograph of Mrs. A. J. Hartson (Hetty) a teacher in Van Horn, TX 1954
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Cullen Grimes School

Principal Donald Bond, the teachers and the students of the afternoon group at Cullen Grimes School in Mineral Wells, Texas congregate in front of the building in March of 1954.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Daniel, W.L.
System: The Portal to Texas History