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[Scrapbook: Abilene League of Women Voters, Volume 4] (open access)

[Scrapbook: Abilene League of Women Voters, Volume 4]

Scrapbook of materials documenting the activities of the Abilene League of Women Voters in Abilene, Texas during the 1950s and 1960s. It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and programs.
Date: 1956/1963
Creator: Abilene Fine Arts Museum (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: Abilene League of Women Voters, Volume 1] (open access)

[Scrapbook: Abilene League of Women Voters, Volume 1]

Scrapbook of materials documenting the activities of the Abilene League of Women Voters in Abilene, Texas during the 1950s and 1960s. It includes a handwritten history, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Date: 1952/1954
Creator: Abilene Fine Arts Museum (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Volume 6] (open access)

[Scrapbook: Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Volume 6]

Scrapbook of materials documenting the activities and history of the Abilene Fine Arts Museum in Abilene, Texas during the 1950s. It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, invitations, programs, booklets, letters, and exhibition information.
Date: 1956-08/1959-07
Creator: Abilene Fine Arts Museum (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook: Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Volume 5] (open access)

[Scrapbook: Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Volume 5]

Scrapbook of materials documenting the activities and history of the Abilene Fine Arts Museum in Abilene, Texas during the 1950s. It includes newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, invitations, programs, booklets, letters, and exhibition information.
Date: 1953-08/1956-07
Creator: Abilene Fine Arts Museum (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #644 and Cars]

Photograph of train engine #644 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "644" is visible on the side. A man stands down alongside the train on the left. Additional tracks lay in front, grass between them. A fence runs down the side of the train in the background right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Marshall, Texas Aug 1950."
Date: August 1950
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #907 and Car]

Photograph of train engine #907 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "907" is visible on the front of the engine. A wooden pole stands in the foreground on the left. Additional tracks lay on other side. Another train sits on the tracks in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "El Paso, Texas Nov 1st 1953."
Date: November 1, 1953
Creator: Burke, W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #663 and Cars]

Photograph of train engine #663 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "663" is visible on the front of the engine. Smoke billows back from the front chimney. Additional tracks lay on either side. Electrical poles line the grassy side on the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Near Mineola, Texas 1951 - 'Extra West.'"
Date: 1951
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train #316 in Paris, Texas]

Photograph of the front and side of a train engine and car parked at a yard in Paris, Texas. Another train car is partially visible (right). Handwritten text below the image says, "Paris & Mt Pleasant #316 (ex T&P #316) Paris, Texas Nov 1954."
Date: November 1954
Creator: Thompson, Joe R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trains Parked in Paris, Texas Yard]

Photograph of two train engines connected to cars, viewed from the front in a train yard. Another train car with the number "509" is partially visible at far left and buildings are visible to the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Paris & Mt Pleasant #316 (ex T&P #316) 4-6-0. Paris & Mt Pleasant #333 (ex S.S.W. #333) 2-6-0. Paris, Texas Nov 1954."
Date: November 1954
Creator: Thompson, Joe R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #220 and Car]

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. The name "Southwest Const. Mtls. Co." is visible on the car. The front of another engine can be seen just behind it. Handwritten text below the image says, "Cloudy Texas Aug 1952 (after sold to S.W. Const Mtls Co) ex T&P #220."
Date: August 1952
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #662 and Car]

Photograph of train engine #662 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "662" is visible on the side. Additional tracks lay to the left. Buildings can be seen in the background on the left and right. Electrical poles stand off to the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Toyah, Texas 1950."
Date: 1950
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #316 and Car]

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. The number "316" is visible within the circle on the front of the engine. Additional tracks lay on either side. Part of another train car can be seen on the left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Paris, Texas Nov 1954 - Paris & Mt Pleasant #316 (ex T&P 316)."
Date: November 1954
Creator: Thompson, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #637 and Cars]

Photograph of train engine #637 and attached cars on railroad tracks below an overpass, viewed from the front. "637" is visible on the front of the engine. Additional tracks lay to the left. Buildings sit on the left and right. An electrical pole stands to the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Mineola, Texas 1950."
Date: 1950
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #643 and Car - Marshall, Texas]

Photograph of train engine #643 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "643" is visible on the front of the engine, with "Texas & Pacific" on the side. Another train sits on the tracks just in front of it. Additional tracks lay to the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Marshall, Texas Aug 1950."
Date: August 1950
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas & Pacific Railway Company Traffic Department]

Photograph of men and women of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company Traffic Department in Dallas, Texas. The group variously stands, sits, and kneels. They're dressed professionally in suits and blouses. A man in the front row holds a white piece of paper. Lighting fixtures and fans line the ceilings. Text on the bottom of the image says, "T&P Ry. Co. Traffic Dept. Dallas, Tex. Dec. 1950." A paper attached to the back of the image lists the typed names of the people in the photograph.
Date: December 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #316 in Yard]

Photograph of the front and side of a train engine with the initials "P. M. P." printed below the cab, connected to a car with the number "316" on the side. Behind the train, part of a building (left) and another train car (right) are partially visible. Handwritten text below the image says, Paris & Mt Pleasant #316 (ex T&P) #316 Paris, Texas June 1954 (to City of Abilene Texas) as T&P #75."
Date: June 1954
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1902 Flood in Big Spring, Texas]

Photograph of the 1902 flood in Big Spring, Texas. There are buildings visible in the distance and to the right, as well as a train engine and a few cars filled with debris in the middle-left of the image. A man can be seen to the right in front of a small gate. Text below the image says "Flood in Big Spring in 1902 - [sic] Early settlers and particularly immigrants from Pennsylvania who came to work in the T&P shops, often wrote back about the sandstorms on the frontier. But now and then they had occasion to write about floods, too, which inundated the T&P yards. This view is east from Gregg Street." and "T&P Topics, Jun 1957, pg 21 - J. H. Bradford Photo."
Date: June 1957
Creator: Bradford, J. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas & Pacific Train #809 in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of Texas & Pacific train #809 in El Paso, Texas. There are smokestacks and a large tank behind the train. The text below the image says "[sic] El Paso Texas Aug 22nd 1954" and "W. Burke."
Date: August 22, 1954
Creator: Burke, W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #809 in Marshall, Texas]

Photograph of T&P train #809 in Marshall, Texas. There are buildings visible behind the train. The text below the image says "Marshall, Texas Aug 28th 1950" and "Paul W. Prescott."
Date: August 28, 1950
Creator: Prescott, Paul W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #1505]

Photograph of T&P train #1505 pulling freight in Marshall, Texas. Written underneath the image are "T&P #1505 with eastbound freight at Marshall, Texas 1950" and "R. S. Plummer Photo."
Date: 1950
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train #806 in Front of Buildings]

Photograph of train #806 in Marshall, Texas in front of some buildings. The text below the image says "Marshall, Texas Aug 28th 1950" and "Paul W. Prescott."
Date: August 28, 1950
Creator: Prescott, Paul W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men Talking in Front of Train #75]

Copy photo of two men talking in front of train #75. One of the men is holding a bucket of paint. On the car behind the engine "Texas & Pacific" is visible. Written underneath the image is "Abilene, Texas Mar 9th 1956 (Ex T&P #316)" and "T&P."
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #2003]

Photograph of T&P Train #2003 moving through Texarkana, Texas. Written below the image are "T&P #2003 with train no. 8 at Texarkana, Texas Sept 16th 1951" and "R. S. Plummer Photo."
Date: September 16, 1951
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Closeup of Train #75]

Copy photo of a closeup shot of train #75 in Abilene, Texas. Written below the image is "Abilene Texas Mar 9th 1956 (Ex T&P #316)" and "T&P."
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History