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St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 75

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 75, 4-6-0, Memphis, TN.
Date: May 30, 1939
Creator: Krambeck, F. J. Wesley
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & Southwestern (SSW) 663

A photograph print showing the St, Louis & Southwestern (SSW) 663, 4-6-0, Memphis, TN.
Date: August 3, 1940
Creator: Krambeck, F. J. Wesley
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis (NCSL) 627

A photograph print showing the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis(NCSL) 627, 2-8-2, Memphis, TN.
Date: May 29, 1938
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis (NCSL) 375

A photograph print showing the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis(NCSL) 375, 2-8-0, Memphis, TN.
Date: May 31, 1938
Creator: Oaks, Ivan W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis (NCSL) 504

A photograph postcard showing the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis(NCSL) 504, 4-6-2 (BLW class K-1-A-37), Memphis, TN.
Date: August 18, 1936
Creator: Dean, J. H.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri Pacific (MP) 1255

A photograph postcard showing the Missouri Pacific (MoPac) 1255, 2-8-2 (BLW, class MK-63), Memphis, TN.
Date: August 18, 1936
Creator: Dean, J. H.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Illinois Central (IC) 1152

A photograph postcard showing the Illinois Central (IC) 1152, 4-6-2 (Brooks), Memphis, TN.
Date: August 18, 1936
Creator: Dean, J. H.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Illinois Central (IC) 4921

A photograph print showing the Illinois Central (IC) 4921, 4-4-0, Memphis, TN.
Date: December 31, 1940
Creator: Schick, Joseph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Illinois Central (IC) 681

A photograph postcard showing the Illinois Central (IC) 681, 2-8-0 (Rogers), Memphis, TN.
Date: August 19, 1936
Creator: Dean, J. H.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Illinois Central (IC) 1065

A photograph postcard showing the Illinois Central (IC) 1065, 2-8-0 (Rogers), Memphis, TN.
Date: August 19, 1936
Creator: Dean, J. H.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 4205

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 4205, 2-8-2, Memphis, TN.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 4218

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 4218, 2-8-2 (BLW), Memphis, TN.
Date: 1935
Creator: Graham, Robert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 4100

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 4100, 2-8-2 (BLW), Memphis, TN.
Date: 1935
Creator: Graham, Robert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1209

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" (SLSF) 1209, 2-8-0, Memphis, TN.
Date: May 30, 1939
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1062

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" (SLSF) 1062, 4-6-4, streamlined, Memphis, TN.
Date: May 30, 1938
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 987

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" (SLSF) 987, 2-8-0, Memphis, TN.
Date: May 29, 1938
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 673

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" (SLSF) 673, 4-6-0, Memphis, TN.
Date: 1938
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Yellow wedding dress

Wedding dress of yellow embroidered calico. A: Blouse with long scarf collar, bodice has inverted tucks, long cuffed sleeves. Center front opening with 4 circular wooden buttons. Matching buttons at cuffs. B: Skirt is pleated into waistband and full length. Side zipper closure with circular wooden button at waistband.
Date: 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988

Interview with Ben Russell, a United States Navy veteran from Memphis Tennessee, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date: April 22, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Russell, Ben
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Memphis Cop Cycles 1970]

Photograph of a row of police motorcycles parked on the side of a street. A group of police officers stands at the far end of the row. A large church is visible to the left of the image. [1970, Memphis, TN]
Date: 1970
Creator: Doherty, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Cook and Company, March 15, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Cook and Company, March 15, 1957]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Cook and Company discussing an invitation for him to join the Galveston $500 Club, who's goal is to support the growth and industry of Galveston.
Date: March 15, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History