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[Train Engine #908 and Cars]

Photograph of a train engine and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "908" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Smoke plumes out of the top of the engine. Additional tracks lay to the left. Buildings and electrical poles line the tracks on the right. Another train sits on the track behind in the back left, under a small bridge. Handwritten text below the image says, "Marshall, Texas 1944 'T&P #7.'"
Date: 1944
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #603 and Cars]

Photograph of train engine #603 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "603" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay on either side, another train in the back of the ones behind. Buildings sit on the right side of the tracks up a small hill, a water tower in the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Entering Marshall, Texas Yards 1944 T&P #7 'The Sunshine Special' powered by a 2-10-4, 600 series instead of the usual 4-8-2, 900's do [sic] to wartime irregularities."
Date: 1944
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #904 and Cars - West of Marshall, Texas]

Photograph of a train engine and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "904" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks sit behind it. The tracks carve through a small valley, cliffs rising up on either side. Electrical poles line the cliff side on the right, with trees on either side. Handwritten text below the image says, "West of Marshall, Texas 1944 T&P #7 'The Southerner.'"
Date: 1944
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #902 and Cars]

Photograph of a train engine and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "902" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Smoke billows back out of the front chimney. An engineer leans out of the cab. Additional tracks lay to the front and behind. Buildings and a water tower can be seen off to the right. Electrical poles and wires line the tracks on either side. Handwritten text below the image says, "Entering Marshall, Texas 1944 'T&P #7.'"
Date: 1944
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Verhalen Nursery Company to D. W. Kempner, May 9, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from the Verhalen Nursery Company to D. W. Kempner, May 9, 1944]

Letter from the Verhalen Nursery Company to D. W. Kempner answering Kempner's question about whether they have Hahn's Ivy and offering an alternate variety.
Date: May 9, 1944
Creator: Verhalen Nursery Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Marshall, Texas]

Black and white halftone postcard showing the Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Texas. One side of the card was completely blank for the message and the other side was divided in half, with the image of the mill on the left half and the address space on the right half. Th view shows the grain elevator in the background with lower industrial buildings in front of it and train cars and railroad tracks running parallel to the buildings. Printed above the image is: "Home of 'A-Corn' Feeds." Printed below the image: "Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Marshall, Texas." The postmark is dated 1944, and the card is addressed to Mrs. Louis Plunket, San Antonio, Texas. The message is from Mrs. C. G. Tatum, So. San Antonio, Texas.
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: Tatum, Mrs. C. G.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, May 4, 1944] (open access)

[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, May 4, 1944]

Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner requesting for 10 Halm's Self-Branching ivies.
Date: May 4, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History