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[Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0349]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: May 4, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk (open access)

Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08]

Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau, Police Department, Wichita Falls, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera inquires about setting up a meeting to discuss LULAC and possibly organizing a LULAC council in Wichita, Falls. Herrera mentions the eight new councils set up so far in his presidency of LULAC: El Paso; Port Arthur; Wharton; Seguin; Smeltertown, and Victoria, Texas; and Deming and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Date: January 8, 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LULAC Week to be observed in El Paso during Feb. 15-21 (open access)

LULAC Week to be observed in El Paso during Feb. 15-21

Newspaper clipping from "The El Paso Times" with article and photograph regarding proclamation of Mayor Fred Hervey that the week of February 15-21 will be "LULAC Week" in El Paso to commemorate the 24th anniversary of LULAC.
Date: 1953
Creator: El Paso Times
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #807 in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of T&P train #807 in El Paso, Texas. Text below the image says "El Paso, Texas Nov 21st 1953" and "W.Burke."
Date: November 21, 1953
Creator: Burke,W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #907 and Car]

Photograph of train engine #907 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "907" is visible on the front of the engine. A wooden pole stands in the foreground on the left. Additional tracks lay on other side. Another train sits on the tracks in the left background. Handwritten text below the image says, "El Paso, Texas Nov 1st 1953."
Date: November 1, 1953
Creator: Burke, W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to George Cates, March 26, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to George Cates, March 26, 1953]

Photocopy of a letter from Truett Latimer to George Cates discussing his thanks for hospitality shown to Latimer and other representatives by the El Paso Chamber of Commerce and stating that he voted in favor of legislation related to a college and "experimental station" in the area.
Date: March 26, 1953
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George T. Gates to Truett Latimer, March 10, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from George T. Gates to Truett Latimer, March 10, 1953]

Letter from George T. Gates to Truett Latimer discussing Truett's visit to Texas Western College.
Date: March 10, 1953
Creator: Gates, George T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monthly Bulletin, El Paso LULAC Council Number 132, Volume 5, Number 52, May 1953 (open access)

Monthly Bulletin, El Paso LULAC Council Number 132, Volume 5, Number 52, May 1953

Monthly Bulletin of El Paso LULAC Council Number 132, dated May, 1953.
Date: May 1953
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. C. Machuca to John J. Herrera - 1953-12-29] (open access)

[Letter from J. C. Machuca to John J. Herrera - 1953-12-29]

Letter from J. C. Machuca of La Tuna, Texas and El Paso Men's LULAC Council Number 132, to John J. Herrera, LULAC Past National President, dated December 29, 1953. Machuca requests photograph and short narrative of Herrera's years as National President to publish in the Silver Jubilee issue of the LULAC News.
Date: December 29, 1953
Creator: Machuca, J. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Quarterly LULAC Information Sheet from Men's LULAC Council Number 132 - 1953] (open access)

[Quarterly LULAC Information Sheet from Men's LULAC Council Number 132 - 1953]

Quarterly LULAC Information Sheet from Men's LULAC Council Number 132 of El Paso, Texas, signed by Edmundo Moreno, Secretary of the council.
Date: 1953
Creator: Moreno, Edmundo
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping of Marie Windsor, Lloyd Bridges and Sam Myres] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping of Marie Windsor, Lloyd Bridges and Sam Myres]

Newspaper clipping of a photograph with the caption "Marie Windsor and Lloyd Bridges, stars of 'The Tall Texan,' which is now showing at the Ellanay Theater, visit with El Paso's Tio Sam Myers [sic] during their stay in El Paso last week. -- (Photo by Arcy)." In the image, Myres (center) is posing with Windsor (left) and Bridges (right) behind two saddles that have decorative leatherwork. Myres is wearing a dark-colored suit and Windsor and Bridges are wearing light-colored western-style clothing. A portion of an advertisement is visible on the back of the page.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No.14 - The Doughboys on tour 1953 - 1955] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No.14 - The Doughboys on tour 1953 - 1955]

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in New Mexico and Texas in 1953 - 1955 and performing for various events including the March of Dimes in Lovington, New Mexico and a labor convention in El Paso, Texas. The film begins with band members boarding the Flagship San Antonio airplane and includes footage of Midway Airport and Carswell Air Force Base (01 min., 08 sec.); Paul Blount, Lefty Perkins, "Big Bill" Lister, Joe Bill, Johnny Hicks, Claude King, Bobby Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Al Turner, Mr. and Mrs. George McCoy, Carol Hubbard, and Gene Bradley aboard an airplane (01 min., 30 sec.); aerial footage of Sweetwater, Texas (03 min., 03 sec.); arrival and takeoff at an airport in Midland, Texas (03 min., 30 sec.); arrival and interviews at the Lea County Airport in Hobbs, New Mexico (05 min., 17 sec.); actor Johnny "Mack" Brown (05 min., 47 sec.) and singers Tommy and Goldie Hill (06 min., 20 sec.) talking to news reporters; LCD band members and friends (Jim Boyd, Elizabeth Ann Boys, Bob Shelton, Johnny Gimble, Zany Blainy, Carol Hubbard, Paul Blount, Red Kidwell, and Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery) traveling to a labor convention in El Paso, …
Date: 1953/1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1953
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 14, Number 2, November 1953 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 14, Number 2, November 1953

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: November 1953
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 5, March 1953 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 5, March 1953

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: March 1953
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 4, January 1953 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 13, Number 4, January 1953

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History