[Don Sims]

Headshot portrait of Don Sims wearing a naval uniform including a dark shirt with light stripes and hat. It is inscribed on back: " These pictures wouldn't have been half as good as they were if it hadn't been for you. I'll never forget them. You made it seem so easy, and now I say Thanks from the bottom of my heart. "Till I come Home" As Ever, Don."
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mack McLellan with Camera]

Photograph of Mack McLellan holding a camera.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Osjetea Briggs]

Self Portrait of Osjetea Briggs.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Osjetea Briggs]

Self Portrait of Osjetea Briggs.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[R.C. Holder]

Photograph of R.C. Holder, inscribed: "Luck to the Best Photographer"
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[R.L. Stockton]

Photo of R.L. Stockton inscribed, "To Ollie, whose brilliance and talent are excelled only by her beauty."
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Man]

Photo of an unidentified man inscribed "Best of Luck - Curtis"
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Soldier]

Photo of an unidentified soldier.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Briggs, Osjetea
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train engine]

Santa Fe locomotive 4045 (4000 class) pulls into the Sanger depot. Cotton gin in the background and the hand laid brick platform in the foreground.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Fuqua, Idaleene Scheu
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Davey Lake Dogwood Trail]

Photo of the Davey Lake Dogwood Trail, which is located in the Davey Dogwood Park, near Palestine.
Date: 1940~
Creator: George A. McDonald
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Palestine - Jacksonville Highway]

Postcard of the highway going from Jacksonville to Palestine. This highway is now U.S. 79
Date: 1940~
Creator: George A. McDonald
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Christian Church Parsonage in Port Arthur, Texas]

Photograph of the First Christian Church parsonage in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: 1940
Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Holland Hotel]

Photograph of the Holland hotel. There is a car parked in front of the hotel and a cable coming from the side of the building. There is an "Orange Chamber of Commerce" sign on the right of the image.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Lang, B. A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Orange County Court House]

Photograph of the Orange County Court House. It is a three-story brick building.
Date: 1940
Creator: Lawless and Son
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Girl]

Photo of an unidentified girl taken at Terry's Studio - Palestine, Tex.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Terry's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rusk School Students - Palestine]

Photo of some students that attended Rusk School in Palestine.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Timmerman's Studio - Palestine
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[220 W. Reagan - Grant House]

Photograph of the west side of the "Grant House," a two-story, Queen Anne-style house located at 220 W. Reagan (on the corner of W. Reagan and S. May streets) in Palestine, Texas.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[410 Avenue A - Palestine Daily Herald Building]

Copy negative of the Palestine Herald building on the 300 Block of Avenue A in Palestine, Texas. It is a one-story, red-brick building with white masonry accents; the word "Herald" is in white stone in the center, near the top.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[922 N. Link - Joost Ozment House]

Photograph of the front and north side of the "Joose-Ozment House," a white, two-story frame house located at 922 N. Link in Palestine, Texas, taken from the corner of Pine and Link streets. It has a balanced, orderly exterior with a classical façade, including round columns along the front porch and larger two-story columns on either side of the front door.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1108 N. Jackson - Rusk School]

Photo of the Rusk School after renovations, but before the address was changed to 420 W. Palestine Avenue from 1108 N. Jackson.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Photo of Palestine]

Aerial view of the city of Palestine looking toward the north; Magnolia and Sycamore streets are visible, running north-to-south and crossing Main Street near the center of the image.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Lacy Street - Palestine]

Aeriel view of Lacy Street with the home of Caldwell Green pointed out on the edge of the photo
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bengal Guards on Train to Chicago

Photograph of the Bengal Guard on a train to Chicago. There are at least eleven women wearing light-colored coveralls with the words, "Bengal Guard, Orange, Tex." printed on the back. In the center is Lewis Gay, a man in a cowboy hat, boots, western shirt and tie leaning over another man with a small girl on his lap. Lewis Gay was the Drill Master of the Bengal Guards in the late 1930s. Another girl sits on the lap of a woman on the right side of the frame. Some of the women wear head scarves, jewelry, or glasses. In the lower left corner is an open magazine. Behind the group are open wooden blinds and a lamp is on the wall. Everybody is smiling.
Date: 1940/1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Best Service Station - Palestine]

Photograph of the Best Service Station - Palestine
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History