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[Basketball on Multiple Use Court at Grauwyler Park]

Photograph of a basketball game taking place on the multiple use court, where one can play tennis, volleyball, dance, skate, and other activities. A large plane flies overhead. The total cost of the park is $7,500 including lights.
Date: October 1, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dance at Randall Park]

Photograph of several young people dancing while holding hands to form a circle.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1949 Fire]

Photograph of three firemen silhouetted by a large fire.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[George Clountz Report Card, July 1, 1949] (open access)

[George Clountz Report Card, July 1, 1949]

Report card containing the scholastic merits of George Clountz from the Daily Vacation Bible School at Overton, Texas. The card includes religious quotes, grades, and information about the school. A yellow seal bearing the word "Honor" appears at the upper left corner.
Date: July 1, 1949
Creator: Perry, Restore S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Businesses in the Five Points Neighborhood]

Photograph of two-story business fronts along a street in the Five Points neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. The building on the right has "El Paso Conservatory" written over its top row of windows. Businesses in the first story include Douglass Bros. hardware store and Wayne M. Tinkler & Co.'s appliance store.
Date: 1949
Creator: EscontrĂ­as
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Cedar Street]

Photograph of a view of Cedar Street in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with a mountain appearing in the background. Two women are crossing the road together.
Date: 1949
Creator: EscontrĂ­as
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Piedras Street]

Photograph of a view of Piedras Street in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with a mountain appearing in the background.
Date: 1949
Creator: EscontrĂ­as
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wyoming Avenue in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of a western view down Wyoming Avenue in El Paso, Texas. Cars populate the road, while trees and buildings lie on either side. The JuĂ¡rez Mountains can be seen in the background.
Date: 1949
Creator: EscontrĂ­as
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Montana Avenue]

Photograph of Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with mountains appearing in the background.
Date: 1949
Creator: EscontrĂ­as
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Montana Avenue]

Photograph of Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with mountains appearing in the background.
Date: 1949
Creator: EscontrĂ­as
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Points Neighborhood]

Photograph of a crossroads in the Five Points neighborhood of El Paso, Texas. Houses can be seen behind rows of trees. Cars can be seen along the central road. Mountains are visible in the background.
Date: 1949
Creator: EscontrĂ­as
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Northward View of Piedras Street]

Photograph of a northward view of Piedras Street in El Paso, Texas. A variety of cars and business buildings can be seen along the avenue, with a mountain appearing in the background.
Date: 1949
Creator: EscontrĂ­as
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ralph Petersen Near House]

Photograph of a young boy in a white button up shirt and grey pants standing in front of a one story house.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marjorie Buss Hansen and Family]

Photograph of Marjorie Hansen kneeling in a grassy field, holding one young boy with a girl and two more boys standing to her right. All four children are approximately the same size.
Date: September 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gatesville Messenger and Star-Forum (Gatesville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1949 (open access)

The Gatesville Messenger and Star-Forum (Gatesville, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1949

Weekly newspaper from Gatesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Gordon E. Chandler] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Gordon E. Chandler]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Gordon E. Chandler, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes numerous bronze cast busts of various individuals such as Charles Coburn, Justice Harlan Stone, Michael, etc.
Date: 1949-05/1956-09
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Amon Carter] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Amon Carter]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Amon Carter, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Bust of Mr. A. Carter", "Will Rogers Head" (6 copies; mounted on marble bases with name plates), "Will Rogers Head" (Mounted to verde antique marble base), "Remington" (repaired), "Small Head of Sid Richardson" (30 copies), "Head of Will Rogers" (Verde antique marble base), "Coming Trough the Rye" (2 copies, clean, repair), "Standing Figure with Flute" (2 copies, 8" base)
Date: 1949-10-21/1963-04-01
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Miss Nancy Brown] (open access)

[Client Card: Miss Nancy Brown]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Miss Nancy Brown, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces include "Ballet Figure" seated, and "Standing Nude Female Figure".
Date: 1949-09/1968-05
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. James Lippitt Clark] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. James Lippitt Clark]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. James Clark Lippitt, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "African Buffalo" (2 copies; 16" x 13" x 13"), "Reclining Lioness" (2 copies; 26"), "Elephant" (2 copies; 16" x 13"), "African Head Relief" (9" x 6"), "Charging Rhino" (2 copies; 18" x 9" x 6"), "African Buffalo", "Plaque" (Mambetu), "African Dinka", "Plaque", "Relief" (African Natives; 2 copies), "Mountain Goat" (11"), "African Head" (4 copies), "Rhino" (2 copies; repatine), "Dog" (35" x 41" x 18"), "Ovis Poli Sheep" (17" x 17" x 6"), "Dog" (King Buck; 2 copies; 9.5" x 11"), "King Buck" (8 copies), "Small King Buck" (2 copies), "Ibex" (2 copies; 1 bronze cast, 1 plaster cast; 12" x 8"; repatine), "Kodiak Bear" (7 copies; 6 bronze casts, 1 plaster cast; 12"), "Rhino" (repair; repatine), "Kodiak Bear" (4 copies), "Ovis Poli" (17" x 17" x 6"), "Kodiak" (2 copies), and "Antelope" (repair; repatine).
Date: 1949-02/1959-07
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Firemen Eating Spaghetti]

Photograph of five firemen sitting at a table and eating spaghetti at a fire station in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Beaumont Fire Department]

Photograph of the men of the Beaumont Fire Department posing in uniform in front of the Central Fire Station. Those in the front row are Frank Varnado, George Corrigan, Austin Manuel, Ruie Akin, Steve O'Connor, Frank Estes, J. N. Richardson, John D. Southwell, R. N. Tullos, C. A. "Red" Chriswell, and Louie Carter. The men in the middle row are Jake Buck, Vic Duhon, A. B. O'Quinn, Bobby Chase, Bill Sharpe, John McNair, Oscar Wilkerson, Joe Curry, Ulysses Duggins, Leland Jones, A. A. Langford, Everett Pfleider, Albert Bostick, O. M. Joiner, Aubrey Dixon, and Ed Gross. The men in the third row are Camille Gonzales, A. J. LeBlanc, Ralph Shelton, Harold Heidecker, Don O'Dell, Vansler Fontenot, Harris N. Taylor, Aaron Long, Wesley Phillips, and Nick Hill.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men at Texas Fire Instructors Department Conference]

Photograph of a group of men posing together at a Texas Fire Department Instructors Conference. The men in the first row are W. R. Willis, W. J. McBride, H. R. Brayton, A. L. Rathke, W. J. Henderson, B. J. Korman, G. C. Adams, Skipper Lucky, and an unknown man. Those in the second row are Dagger Dickerson, Eugene Ray, two unknown men, H. B. Whitworth, John Woody, August Oertli, and G. Frank Williams. Those in the third row are Otis Muenster, A. L. Cartwright, and Bob Dodson, and several of the men in fourth are E. W. Parker, D. C. Musiek, Hugh Brinkley, Paul B. Conley, and Benjamin Huron. The men in the fifth row are Alfred Myers, Oscar Goodrich, Harvey Peyton, Monk Owens, and Cisco Black, Shorty Foust, Irwin Sprekles, and Harry Kerr. Those in the top row are Gene Sappington, John O'Brien, Frank McKinney, and Dan Butler.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Large Group of Men in Front of Building]

Photograph of a large group of men posing on the steps in front of a building, possibly a firemen's training school.
Date: 1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Men in Fire Department Truck]

Photograph of four unidentified men from the Bryan Fire Department sitting around a truck.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History