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["Sunbeam" departing from Houston]

This scene depicts Southern Pacific's Grand Central Station in Houston as it appeared in the last days , the "end of the age of steam". The Southern Pacific's "Sunbeam" train No. 13 northbound headed by Engine No. 650 - a streamlined Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive - departs from the terminal on its run to Dallas at 4:45 PM on August 9, 1953.
Date: August 9, 1953
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carolyn Street Scott at the airport]

Carolyn Street Scott at the airport. Mark Richards had taken her to see the airplane he and Caroline and their children had flown to Texas from their home in Virginia.
Date: August 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0239.0164]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Trudy Cooper, wife of astronaut Gordon Cooper, presented this pensive study Friday as she visited Mission Control in Houston to check on Gemini V's progress."
Date: August 28, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0360]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Of Horace Coon jr., above, to president of Falcon Seaboard Drilling Co. Houston , has been announced."
Date: August 29, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0101.0414]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 12, 1976
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0297B.0375]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bright-eyed, pig-tailed Doris Ann Brewer 6, of Conroe, Texas, trys out the "Invalift" a boon to physical therapists."
Date: August 22, 1951
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0297B.0376]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Specializing in care of "breathing cripples," the new polio respiratory center at Houston will open this autumn."
Date: August 22, 1951
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0297B.0374]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charlotte Bone, right, occupational therapist, shows Anne Gaither, 27, Mexico City, how to use an electric typewriter especially made for patients whose fingers are weakened by polio."
Date: August 22, 1951
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0297B.0155]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 5, 1969
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0297B.0156]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 5, 1969
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0263]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A shapely attractive 19-year-old University of Texas senior from Houston was queen of Texas league Tuesday, after winning out over seven other candidates."
Date: August 18, 1952
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0261]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "In the finals held here Monday night prior to the opener of the Houston-Oklahoma City series Miss Margaret Hargrove of Houston was selected as the Texas league's baseball beauty queen."
Date: August 18, 1952
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0935.0949]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "What does a politician do when confronted with the world's largest box of spaghetti? Eat it, of course, Lt. Gov. George Nigh, left may soon sample some of the spaghetti, for he has presented a credit card entitling him to a lifetime of dinners at any of the Tony Bennett Spaghetti Houses, which the big box was promoting."
Date: August 20, 1969
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Leila McClellan and Three Other Girls]

Photograph of four young women taken from the shoulder up. The reverse side of the image provides some names, though a piece of paper is glued over some of the writing. The woman in the lower center is identified as Leila McClellan.
Date: August 1894
Creator: Guy & Cooke
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Ideson Building]

Photograph of the Julia Ideson Building (located at Houston Public Library) in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hardy, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History