Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of a Negro basketball team playing indoors at Rosewood Park in 1947.

Photograph of a group of people gathered outdoors at the Annual Kite Tournament in 1942.

Photograph of a girl catching a baseball with gloves on.

Photograph of a group of children posing with their kites on a field during an annual kite tournament in 1942.

Portrait of the 8 Dallas Fire class members from March 1951 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, button down shirt or sweater, slacks or jeans, and black shoes.

Photograph of recruit class number 38 standing and posing together in front of a two-toned background. The top half of the background is light-colored and the bottom half is darker.

Photograph of recruit class number 49 standing and posing in front of a two-toned background. The background is light-colored on the top half and darker on the bottom.

Portrait of the 14 Dallas Fire class members from February 1952 to March 1952 posing in front of a wall inside a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing casual attire, shirt, tie, slacks or jeans, and black shoes.

Photograph of recruit class number 109 standing and posing in front of a concrete edifice in matching, dark-colored, formal uniforms. Shrubbery borders the base of the wall behind the subjects.

Portrait of the 6 Dallas Fire class members from December 1960 to March 1961 posing in front of a building in two rows. All of the recruits are wearing dark-colored uniforms including slacks and double-breasted jackets with badges over the left breast. A board on the ground in front of them identifies the class.

Photograph of a dirt and grass park with playground equipment that has been identified as Kensington Park. The park is surrounded by suburban homes and is across the street from the Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary School.

Photograph of an aerial view of Kleberg Park. Key features of this city park include the Kleberg-Rylie recreation center, two (2) baseball fields, two (2) tennis courts, and a murky brown pond surrounded by bare trees. A service depot for school buses and the Kleberg-Rylie Branch Library neighbor the park to the North and East. A residential housing community resides across Edd Road to the South.

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Letter from Alex Bradford to R. Otis Muenster discussing firefighting equipment and the recent development of various fire truck nozzles. The first portion of the letter provides information about recent fires. The second portion of the letter covers high-pressure water trucks and their viability as firetrucks. The final portion of the letter covers a big test later that month at Elmira, New York.