["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.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: South wins in football opener] (open access)

[News Script: South wins in football opener]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an all-star high school football game held between Northern and Southern Texas teams. The South wins the game 13-6.
Date: August 9, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library