Resource Type

[Description of Distribution of Injury Zones]

Glass slide that lists descriptions of the distribution of injuries by zones during Operation Recheck, based on the Texas City disaster.
Date: February 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of an Airplane]

Glass slide of an airplane taking off from a dirt road during Operation Recheck in Galveston, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: February 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-Up of Man on Stretcher]

Slide of a close-up of a man on a stretcher, with blood around his mouth, during Operation Recheck in Galveston, Texas. A pair of feet are visible to the left, and hands to the right touch a tag on the man's chest.
Date: February 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Standing Around Cars]

Glass slide of three men standing around a car with five people in it during Operation Recheck in Galveston, Texas. Several other cars are visible in the background.
Date: February 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Standing in Tent]

Glass slide of several men and women standing in a tent dismantling benches, during Operation Recheck at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.
Date: February 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men Sitting in Classroom]

Glass slide of men in suits sitting in three rows in a classroom, looking at their instructor, who stands to the right. They are all holding pens and paper to take notes.
Date: February 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Women By Machine]

Glass slide of two women sitting behind a machine during Operation Recheck at University of Texas Medical Bench in Galveston, Texas. There are Red Cross paper cups on the table, a woman wearing an army helmet stands to the left, and there is a man to the right.
Date: February 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Doctor Performing Surgery]

Glass slide of a doctor performing surgery during Operation Recheck at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Another person is partially visible to the left.
Date: February 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ruth M. Forsgard]

Photograph of Ruth M. Forsgard taken in Galveston, Texas. Forsgard, who is standing outdoors near a shrub, is wearing a dark skirt with bolero style jacket, white blouse, and dark hat with floral trim on left side. Forsgard is holding her purse on her left wrist. She is standing near the parking lot of a hotel (may be the Hotel Galvez). Car in right rear, high rise hotel in left background, palm trees in right background. Written on back of photo in blue ink: "Ruth M. Forsgard 1809-H Galveston Texas 1951". Stamped on back in blue: "1209" with watermark: "Kodak Velox Paper". The photograph has scalloped edging.
Date: 1951
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

[System of conveyors and spiral chutes]

Photograph of Lipton's air-conditioned tea factory in Galveston, Texas, with their conveyors and spiral chutes that carries the finished tea production from the production line for warehouse storage.
Date: [1955,1959]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Raw tea passing through cutting machine]

Photograph of a Lipton tea worker standing next to a cutting machine, where raw tea passes from the machine into the large mixing drums that can hold over a thousand-pounds of raw tea. This facility is located in Galveston, Texas.
Date: [1955,1959]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Lipton tea worker opening crate]

Photograph of a Lipton tea worker opening a crate of raw tea in their warehouse facility as it was transferred to the tea factory in Galveston, Texas.
Date: [1955,1959]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Workers in Lipton Tea factory]

Photograph of four women seated around a square table and filling Lipton Tea boxes with the tea bags in the tea bag production line. A fifth women is standing by the large machine that is moving the tea bags at the end of their table, and holding one of the cartons. This facility is located in Galveston, Texas.
Date: [1955,1959]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Lipton Tea building exterior]

Photograph of the Lipton Tea building exterior in Galveston, Texas.
Date: [1955,1959]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Women workers at Lipton production]

Photograph of two women workers standing at a high-speed Lipton machines during the Lipton tea production at the Galveston, Texas facility.
Date: [1955,1959]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Woman holding tea samples]

Photograph of a Lipton tea worker holding up aluminum containers of tea samples and examining the leaves within the container. This facility is located in Galveston, Texas.
Date: [1955,1959]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Lipton's high-speed packing machines]

Photograph of a woman worker, employed with Lipton seen standing next to one of Lipton's high-speed packaging machines in the middle of their facility in Galveston, Texas. Multiple Lipton cartons can be seen on the conveyor belt as the women inspects them.
Date: [1955,1959]
Creator: Rogers, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Family of Sam Maceo with Dr. Chauncey D. Leake and Others]

Photograph of the wife and children of Galveston magnate and crime boss Sam Maceo, with Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, doctors, and others. From left to right, standing: D. Bailey Calvin, Chauncey D. Leake, Charles Pomerat, M. Hawkins, Paul Brindley, and Geo Swanson. Seated is Maceo's wife Edna Marie Sedgewick. Standing to her right are her daughter and twin sons.
Date: 1952~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chauncey D. Leake and Elizabeth Leake]

Photograph of Dr. Chauncey D. Leake and his wife Elizabeth standing in front of a memorial bust at the University of Texas Medical Branch, around the time Dr. Leake resigned from his position as Executive Director at UTMB.
Date: August 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. Chauncey D. Leake and Elizabeth Leake]

Photograph of Dr. Chauncey D. Leake and his wife Elizabeth at their home in Galveston, Texas. Both are seated on either side of a garden table with a potted plant on top.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. Chauncey D. Leake Giving a Speech]

Photograph of Dr. Chauncey D. Leake speaking at a microphone next to the Ashbel Smith Building at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. The bust-memorial to Ashbel Smith is visible to his left, with the building behind. Seated to his right and behind him are Mrs. Ann Brindley, Rabbi H. Cohen, an unidentified man, and J. Paderewski.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Commencement Excercises, University of Texas Medical Branch, June 3, 1955]

Photograph of UTMB Commencement Exercises on June 3rd, 1955. At center, Dr. Chauncey D. Leake shakes hands with student Melvyn Schriber on an auditorium stage, while a man stands behind them at a table with rolled diplomas on it. D. Bailey Calvin stands at a microphone in the background, while at least 26 other faculty and guests are seated onstage, and at least six students wait in line at the stage's edge. All except three are wearing graduation robes. A young girl is visible in a gallery at top-left, and a piano is in front of the stage at bottom-left. On the photo's reverse is an address, taped over which is a descriptive note.
Date: June 3, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a close-up of Angleton grass that has been grazed properly. Note even the grazing of the grass. TX-163-1.
Date: August 24, 1955
Creator: Huckabee, DeWitt
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History