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[Arrival of the Texas Limited Train]

Photograph of a welcome banner being stretched across the train tracks just by League Park. A crowd of people gathered near the banner and behind the white picket fence on the right are awaiting the arrival of the Texas Limited train.
Date: February 4, 1993
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arrival of the Texas Limited Train]

Photograph of the Texas Limited train busting through a welcome banner stretched across the train tracks just by League Park. A crowd of people gathered near the tracks and behind the white picket fence on the right had been awaiting the incoming train.
Date: February 4, 1993
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arrival of the Texas Limited Train]

Photograph of the Texas Limited train busting through a welcome banner that had been stretched across the train tracks just by League Park. A crowd of people gathered near the tracks rush to welcome the train's arrival.
Date: February 4, 1993
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arrival of the Texas Limited Train]

Photograph of the front facade of the Texas Limited train, parked on the train track just by League Park. Celebratory balloons tied to the white picket fences on the right are visible.
Date: February 4, 1993
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: John and Eliza Hertford House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: John and Eliza Hertford House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the John and Eliza Hertford House, in Galveston, Texas. The materials include the original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: December 2, 1993
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Dr. Frederick K. and Lucy Adelaide Fisher House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Dr. Frederick K. and Lucy Adelaide Fisher House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Dr. Frederick K. and Lucy Adelaide Fisher House, in Galveston, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: November 17, 1993
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 96, July 1992 - April, 1993 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 96, July 1992 - April, 1993

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 651.
Date: 1993
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Historian, Volume 54, Number 2, November 1993 (open access)

The Texas Historian, Volume 54, Number 2, November 1993

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: November 1993
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bacliff Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1993
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Moody resources] (open access)

[Moody resources]

Resource list for an article about Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas that was published in the June 1993 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1993-06~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Pyramids of Moody Gardens (open access)

The Pyramids of Moody Gardens

Draft of an article about Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas that was published in the June 1993 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1993-06~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adventures in Learning (open access)

Adventures in Learning

Text about Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a June 1993 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1993-06~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bay Line, Number 17, Winter 1993 (open access)

Bay Line, Number 17, Winter 1993

Quarterly newsletter discussing news, events, and other information related to the management of Galveston Bay and the surrounding watershed.
Date: Winter 1993
Creator: Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bay Line, Number 16, Fall 1993 (open access)

Bay Line, Number 16, Fall 1993

Quarterly newsletter discussing news, events, and other information related to the management of Galveston Bay and the surrounding watershed.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Building at 1614 Avenue K]

Photograph of the front of a two-story stucco building with a flat roof that has decorative arched crowns with keystones over the windows on the upper floor and the entrances below. There is a front entrance on the left side of the first floor, with a garage door in the center. A dark-colored red four-door car is parked in the driveway near the entrance and a neighboring house is partially visible on the right side of the image.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1628 Avenue K]

Photograph of the front and west side of a two-story white house with a hipped roof, on the northeast corner of Avenue K and 17th Street. The main floor is raised and the lower part of the house is covered by boards painted green; a short flight of stairs on the right side of the building leads to the porch, which has decorative brackets at the top of the posts, below an open second-floor balcony. There is a cut-out bay window extension to the left of the entrance with a pedimented roof. Palm trees are planted along the edges of both streets and there are cars parked in the yard on the left side of the image, and at the curb on the right.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1800 North Avenue K from 19th Street]

Photograph of the 1800 block of Avenue K, looking northeast from the corner at 19th Street. Most of the block is obscured by large trees on either side of the street, but there are two multi-story homes near the corner that are partially visible. There is a stop sign on the corner and cars parked along the curbs.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1800 South Avenue K from 19th Street]

Photograph taken from the west of the south side of the 1800 block of Avenue K, which has several cars parked along the curb and a large number of trees obscuring the houses. At the corner, a signpost with the street names is in front of a two-story gray building with cut-out corners and a hipped roof with a gabled extension; a sign on the building at the far right says "Apartm[ents] for Re[nt]."
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1815 Avenue L]

Photograph of the front of a two-story house with a hipped roof that extends over a full-length balcony and first-floor porch, taken from the opposite side of the street. The house has wooden siding painted light brown with white trim, including decorative brackets at the top of the balcony posts and railings on both floors of the porch in an "x" pattern. It is slightly raised, with steps at the right side leading to the front door and there are hedges along the edge of the house. The back of a four-door car and the front of a pick-up truck are visible, parked along the curb.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1827 Avenue L, West Side]

Photograph from 19th Street a house which has a side entrance to a restaurant, with a suspended flat roof over the doorway and a posted sign near the walkway that says "Sonny's." The house is two stories with a side gable with eave returns over the entrance and front-facing dormer windows above an extended deck at the left side of the image and a shorter extension with a hipped roof on the right. The building has grey shingle siding with white trim and dark green and white shutters; the walls around the restaurant entrance are painted lighter green with dark shutters. There is a tree on the left side of the image, partially obscuring the deck, and part of a neighboring house on the right side.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1800 North Avenue L from 18th Street]

Photograph of the north side of the 1800 block of Avenue L, looking west from 18th Street. There is a two-story brick building on the right side of the image, which appears to be boarded up and a "Crime Watch" sign on the northwest corner of the intersection. Several roofs are visible at left, but the houses are largely obscured by trees and bushes. Cars are parked along both sides of the street and utility poles are visible on the south side of the block.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1800 South Avenue L from 19th Street]

Photograph of the south side of the 1800 block of Avenue L, looking east from the corner at 19th Street. Several two-story homes with decorative woodwork on large front porches are visible on the street, partially obscured by trees. There are utility poles along the street and cars parked at the curb.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1604 Avenue M]

Photograph of the front of a two-story house with a hipped roof and wooden siding that is painted light pink with white trim. There is a covered porch across the front that has thick, square pillars and a bench is partially visible on the porch. The yard is enclosed by a short stucco fence with a wooden gate and there are a number of large bushes in the yard. A portion of the neighboring roof is visible at left and there is a trailer parked in front of the homes with a riding mower and a lawn mower in the back.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[House at 1801 Avenue M, Front]

Photograph of the front and part of the west side of a single-story house with a hipped roof at the corner of 18th Street and Avenue M. The house is raised slightly on stilts and has a short flight of stairs to the front door, which is covered by a small gabled extension with decorative woodwork in the gable end and below the frieze board. The yard is enclosed by a low chain-link fence and trees are visible around the house. A "For Rent" sign is on the left post of the porch.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History