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[Suburban-bound trains at Chicago Station]

The Chicago and North Western Railway - spanning a period of many years - always operated the largest fleer of commuter trains into and out of the "Windy City". This scene portrays seven suburban-bound trains which have departed from the Chicago Station. The city of Chicago is in the background.
Date: 1958~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blizzard in the Chicago Station]

One of the most unique of all railroad photographs: It is a January night in 1958 and a blizzard-snowstorm rages in the "Windy City". This scene is in the yards - the Chicago and North Western Railway's Chicago passenger station is visible in the background. Observe the gas jets which are keeping switches from being frozen.
Date: January 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Passenger train leaving Chicago]

Illinois Central streamlined passenger train with a consist of nine cars, headed by engine No. 2418, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, leaving Chicago Central Station.
Date: 1952~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Green Diamond" leaving Chicago]

Illinois Central's modern streamliner "The Green Diamond" train No. 21, southbound, leaving Chicago enroute to St. Louis.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two trains at Dearborn Station, Chicago]

In Dearborn Station, Chicago, the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound awaits the departure signal as the "El Capitan" train No. 17, westbound, with a full-length Dome car, departs for California.
Date: 1952~
Creator: Meitz, Frank
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sidney R. Kaliski to the American Academy of Pediatrics, May 16, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Sidney R. Kaliski to the American Academy of Pediatrics, May 16, 1958]

Letter from Sidney R. Kaliski to the American Academy of Pediatrics with recommendations and acknowledgement of Edith Bonnet, and hopes her application for membership is to be accepted.
Date: May 16, 1958
Creator: Kaliski, Sidney R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. H. Christopherson to Edith Bonnet, April 20, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from E. H. Christopherson to Edith Bonnet, April 20, 1959]

Letter of acceptance into the American Academy of Pediatrics from E. H. Christopherson to Edith Bonnet. In the letter Christopherson explains the purpose of the Academy and hopes that Dr. Bonnet's "affiliation with the Academy will be long and gratifying."
Date: April 20, 1959
Creator: Christopherson, E. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Contestats of the National Ushers Convention Oratorical Contest]

Photograph of the contestants of the National Ushers Convention Oratorical Contest, including Barbara Jordan. The men are all wearing light-colored suits, but one, who is wearing a dark-colored suit. The women are all wearing light-colored dresses, but two, who are wearing a dark-colored dress.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Slide for white cross insurance]

Photograph of a slide advertising Bankers Life & Casualty Co. with their address. The slide includes a logo with text that reads "Bankers Life & Casualty Co." inside a circle and text that reads "The White Cross Plan" inside a cross within the circle.
Date: August 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Marguerite L. Murphy to T. N. Carswell - August 31, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Marguerite L. Murphy to T. N. Carswell - August 31, 1953]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Marguerite L. Murphy, District Passenger Agent, Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company, dated August 31, 1953. Murphy advises that a basket of fruit, candy and a card was placed in the cabin for Mr. J. B. Dalton as Carswell requested costing $6.48.
Date: August 31, 1953
Creator: Murphy, Marquerite L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Robert Markle Armstrong, June 26, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Robert Markle Armstrong, June 26, 1954]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Robert Markle Armstrong discussing prices of refined sugar in different territories throughout the country.
Date: June 26, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner, July 13, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner, July 13, 1954]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing a teletype message regarding the prices of sugar in Chicago
Date: July 13, 1954
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to William H. Louviere, April 26, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to William H. Louviere, April 26, 1954]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to William H. Louviere discussing the fluctuations of cane sugar prices and sales over the course of the early months of 1954.
Date: April 26, 1954
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to George Andre, October 26, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to George Andre, October 26, 1954]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to George Andre discussing bank loans for the Imperial Sugar Company as well as a request for the amount of bonuses the company paid out in 1952 and 1953.
Date: October 26, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner, December 3, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner, December 3, 1954]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing Robert Perlitz and his move to Chicago as Vice President of Sales and Advertising for Consolidated Grocer Company.
Date: December 3, 1954
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ken L. Laird to W. H. Louviere, November 12, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Ken L. Laird to W. H. Louviere, November 12, 1953]

Letter from Ken L. Laird to W. H. Louviere discussing a sales estimate for 1954. The sales in 100 pound bags are given for the years 1946-1954. The conditions for these various years are discussed at length with variables like bag quantities, company competition, and regions where business took place.
Date: November 12, 1953
Creator: Laird, Ken L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Texas and Oklahoma Brokers, List #4, August 18, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Texas and Oklahoma Brokers, List #4, August 18, 1953]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Texas and Oklahoma Brokers, list #4 discussing pricing in Chicago West and Rocky Mountain territories.
Date: August 18, 1953
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner. Jr., March 11, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner. Jr., March 11, 1953]

Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to Isaac Herbert Kempner. Jr. discussing a trip to a Chicago convention and New York & Austin, Texas. Sections discuss beet crop, refined market, general details, and package designers.
Date: March 11, 1953
Creator: Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Imperial Sugar Company to Brokers and Trade, July 20, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Imperial Sugar Company to Brokers and Trade, July 20, 1953]

Letter from Imperial Sugar Company to brokers and trade discussing a cancelled wire transfer.
Date: July 20, 1953
Creator: Imperial Sugar Company
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. John J. Clemmer to Dr. May Owen, Novemeber 17, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. John J. Clemmer to Dr. May Owen, Novemeber 17, 1959]

Letter from Dr. John J. Clemmer to Dr. May Owen informing Dr. Owen of her election to the office of President of the Texas Medical Association.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: Clemmer, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0509]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A game winning three-run double was the first major league hit for Gordon ray Windhorn, who happened to enter organized baseball because he went to a tryout camp to keep a pal company."
Date: April 21, 1955
Creator: Swatek, James
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1436.0017]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The new band leader for the "Fair Follies of '58," in front of grandstand, is Jack Cavan, who has been musical diretor of some of the biggest stage shows in the country as well as featured at the Edgewater Beach in Chicago."
Date: 1958
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1398.0236]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Larry S. Watson, 18, Lawton, Thursday night was named as the outstanding 4-H Club boy of the nation."
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1268.0151]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A former Bartlesville man whose parents now live her has been appointed assistant sales manager of Babcock & Wilcox's refractories division in Chicago, Robert P. Stuntz, who graduated from Bartlesville high school in 1934, started with B&W in 1940 as a plant engineer at Augusta, Georgia, after winning his BSME degree at Georgia Tech."
Date: December 1, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History