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[Train Wreck in Mills County, May, 1908]

Photograph of a partially derailed train on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas with its engine detached and rolled over onto its side in the grass to the left of the cars. Several men and women are gathered around both the engine and the cars still on the track. "May 1908" is written in pencil in the top left corner.
Date: May 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Wreck Postcard]

Postcard of a train wreck taken from behind one of the train cars still on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. Crowds of people are on embankments to the left and right. A row of power-line poles are on the left embankment that continue down the track into the distance. Writing on the back of the card reads, "Wreck near Goldthwaite Tex May '08".
Date: May 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unveiling of Trinity College Historic Marker]

Photograph taken facing east of three people, identified as Philip Nelson, Mrs. Dick B. Gregg, and Pastor R. E. Fellows, standing next to a historical marker for Trinity Lutheran College.
Date: May 28, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Washburn School Children]

Photograph of five unidentified school children (three boys and two girls) standing in front of a brick building holding hands and raising their hands in the air.
Date: May 5, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Democrat (Weatherford, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1951 (open access)

The Weatherford Democrat (Weatherford, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1951

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 3, 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Democrat (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 110, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 1968 (open access)

The Weatherford Democrat (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 110, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 1968

Daily newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 8, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Republic (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1901 (open access)

The Weatherford Republic (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1901

Special edition of The Weatherford Republic newspaper from Weatherford, Texas concerning the building of a new Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Weatherford along with advertising.
Date: May 9, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History