A contrast in Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's steam and motive power --- "the San Juan" train No. 215 headed by engine No. 472, a Mikado type 2-8-2 awaits departure signal for its scheduled run over narrow gauge rails to Durango, Colorado. Next to it is passenger train Mo. 15, headed by engine No. 1703, a Mountain type 4-8-2, arriving in Alamose from Denver.

Illinois Central Railroad's "St. Louis Special" train No. 1-501, headed by Engine No. 2450 - a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, departing from the Central Station in Chicago.

Interior view of the Parlor Lounge Car in the consist of the Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train No. 7 southbound enroute from Dallas to San Antonio, Texas. This beautiful parlor lounge was a standard heavyweight car.

Photograph of six American soldiers from the 36th Infantry Division playing in the mud in Italy in 1943. Marcott is pulling on a rifle that another soldier "Deuce" is holding.

French note or ticket from the Banque Chabasseur Oran from 1943.

Awaiting the hour of departure the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's "The George Washington" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 307, a mighty Hudson type 4-6-4 locomotive, stands in the Cincinnati Union Station as the conductor and engineer make a last minute check of the time indicated by their respective watches, circa 1943.

Photograph of Grand Central Terminal, New York, May 1943. Facing south on 42nd Street, the building sits squarely in the middle of Park Avenue and motor traffic goes around it by means of two elevated roadways running from 41st Street to 46th Street. The terminal has 123 tracks, 66 on the upper level and 57 on the lower. The upper level has 18.8 miles of track and the lower 14.9 miles making a total of 33.7 miles of railroad track in the terminal and its yard. There are 31 platform tracks on the upper level and 17 on the lower. Of these 48 platform tracks, 11 are loop tracks and 37 are stub end.

Group of students posing for class picture, by side of building, graduating class from Morgan High School, 1943, with seven girls seated in front and row of seven young men and possibly teacher in back. First row, seated, left to right: Frances Rule, Mary Jane Cole, Pauline Murphey, Margaret Payne, Lorine Landtroop, Danny Briscoe, Ruby Johnson. Back row, standing, left to right: Willie Gibson, Jug Kimbell, Cecil Gibson, George Hughes, Randy Campbell, Kenneth Chambers, Billy Kirton, Jesse Tom Roberts.

Photograph of the launching party at Weaver Shipyards in Orange, Texas on June, 24, 1943. Seventeen men, women, and children stand at the bow of a new ship, designated YMS252. The women all wear corsages and hats.

Photograph of Company D. 43rd Bn. Texas State Guard, Riot Duty - Beaumont, Tex. June 16th - 20th 1943. The soldiers stand in their uniforms outside a building in Beaumont. Front Row L-R, kneeling: Bill Stringer, H.S. Peterson, Scotty Jackson, Forrest Bass, Dick Terry, John Norwood, Douglas Peterson, Leroy Boehme, Frank Holloran, Dexter Shelly. Rear L-R, standing: Lawrence W. Hustmyre (company captain), Dr. Frank Hubert, Cecil Cole (postmaster), "Jiggs" Cormier, unknown, unknown, W.J. Mullins, unknown, Fred Mullins, E.D. Short, Henry Lee Woodworth.

Entrance to the foundation with a sign.

Boy with braces standing between two men.

Man and woman standing in front of a fireplace.

Man and woman are standing under the wing beside airplane. Small dog sits in background.

Woman seated at the controls in the cockpit of an airplane.

Man seated at a table. There is a monkey on a chain seated on the table.

Man in uniform seated beside equipment inside airplane.

Two men in uniform behind desk. One is standing while one is sitting. Name plate on desk reads: Capt. L.D. Kendall.

Two boys in an indoor pool.

Three boys in a hospital room gathered around a radio. A nurse stands in the background.

Man and woman standing beside staircase. The Brandons, Arthur and Margaret, resided at 1517 Parkway.

Girl with horse standing in a field.

A large group of girls seated at a table on a screened-in porch.

Group of girls standing in front of a tent holding puppies. The mother dog sits in the foreground.