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[Train Engine #3103 and Car]

Photograph of train engine #3103, viewed from the front. "3103" is visible on the front and side, along with "N. DE M." Additional tracks lay in front on the right. Two buildings sit off to the left in the background, a person leaning against the one closest. Other people stand off to the side. Handwritten text below the image says, "Mexico City, Mexico Aug 4th 1941 (ex T&P 535) Retired Oct 27th 1953."
Date: August 4, 1941
Creator: Best, Gerald M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Victor M. Reyes] (open access)

[Letter from Victor M. Reyes]

A letter from Victor M. Reyes to Carl B. Compton explaining the Secretary of Public Education's failure to fulfill a Carl Benton Compton's request for a specific art book - redirecting Compton to another governmental agency, the Central Agency of Publications, for further assistance.
Date: February 20, 1941
Creator: Reyes, Victor M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: First Committee and the No More Foreign Wars Committee] (open access)

[Clipping: First Committee and the No More Foreign Wars Committee]

Newspaper clipping describing three members of the First committee. These members include General Robert E. Wood, General Hugh Johnson, and Verne Marshall. Special emphasis has been placed on the oil financier William Rhodes Davis. A section of the newspaper clipping has been underlined in red colored pencil. The underlined passage describes a plan to purchase £2,000,000 of British and American oil and sell it to Germany and Italy. On the back of this clipping is speculation that Nazi Germany was planning another expansion for March of that year.
Date: January 9, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Band Trip]

Photograph of a group of female band members during a tour, posing in the bed of a truck; most of them are standing together and two women are seated on the edges. Lucile Turley and Vera Whetten (Pratt) are standing next to the truck, at left, and both are wearing sombrero-style hats with pom-pom fringe. There were boys in the band but they aren't included in the picture.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1672]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a block-size huge two-story building, the building's wih an elevated dome, many entrances, other buildings in the background, and more. Backside tag: "The national Theater, or Palace of Fine Arts, in Mexico City.")"
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1673]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a man in a jacket and wearing a hat walking the field, his horse is just behind him walking with its head at the ground, snow covered mountains in the background, and more. Backside tag: "Mexican farmer in the shadow of Mount Ixtaccihuatl, 'The sleeping Woman.'")"
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1674]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a large building's entrance, bell tower on the right and left of the entrance hall, the bell towers and front wall with curved in design, and more. Frontside handwriting: "Santuario Ocotlan, Tlaxcala, Tlax, Mex." Backside tag: "The incomparable Sanctuary of Ocotlan, near Tlaxcala, Mexico.")"
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1675]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a kitchen/kitchenette with pans hanging on the right wall, a table/oven with pottery on it, bookshelve in the rear, and more. Backside tag: "Interior of a Mexican kitchen, showing the eartenware vessels.")"
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[South side of the Zócalo]

Photograph of the southern side of the Zócalo, or the main square in Mexico City also known as Plaza de la Constitución. Parked automobiles and people fill the southern edge of the main square. The "Portal de las Flores" currently known as the "Edificio De Gobierno De La Ciudad De Mexico" which translates to the Government Building of Mexico City can be seen across the street from the square. Adjacent to the government building is a portion of the Old City Hall Palace.
Date: [1941..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 533.
Date: 1941
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texian Stomping Grounds (open access)

Texian Stomping Grounds

Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 1941
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library