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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, December 1908 (open access)

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, December 1908

List of firemen employed in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company South Texas Division as of December 1908. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date: December 11, 1908
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. South Texas Division.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Packing House Near Waco]

Postcard of a colorized photograph of a packing house with several rows of farm workers posing in front of it, standing, sitting, and standing on raised platforms with fields in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Packing House on Falkners Fruit Farm, 1 Mile from Waco, Tex." There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: November 4, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Waco Central High School]

Postcard of a colorized photograph of Waco's Central High School, a large, two-story red brick building with three rows of windows, with trees in the foreground and houses and other trees in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco Central High School, Waco, Tex." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Presbyterian Church]

Postcard of a black and white photograph of the Waco First Presbyterian Church, a large brick building with a tower and stained glass windows, surrounded by trees with a light blue colorized sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten note on the front of the postcard that reads "Mrs Markquart" and a longer handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: June 1908
Creator: Marquardt, Luise
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Railroad Wreck in Goldthwaite]

Postcard of a large group of men in suits and brimmed hats gathered around and on top of the wreckage of a train on the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad. Text on the back of the post card reads, "Railroad wreck Goldthwaite, May 1908".
Date: May 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroad Wreck Postcard]

Postcard of a train that wrecked near Goldthwaite, Texas, taken from a ditch to the right of the train track and looking down the length of the train which is partially derailed in the background. Six men are standing in the ditch and on the hill to the right, some observing the wreck and some looking towards the camera. Handwriting on the back of the postcard reads, "Wreck near Goldthwaite, May 1908".
Date: May 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Wreck in Mills County, May, 1908]

Photograph of a partially derailed train on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway of Texas with its engine detached and rolled over onto its side in the grass to the left of the cars. Several men and women are gathered around both the engine and the cars still on the track. "May 1908" is written in pencil in the top left corner.
Date: May 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Wreck Postcard]

Postcard of a train wreck taken from behind one of the train cars still on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. Crowds of people are on embankments to the left and right. A row of power-line poles are on the left embankment that continue down the track into the distance. Writing on the back of the card reads, "Wreck near Goldthwaite Tex May '08".
Date: May 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Citizens National Bank]

Photograph of the Citizens National Bank in Odessa, Texas. The building is made of stone and is a two-story building. A horse and cart stand in the road in front of the building, five men, all in hats, stand at the building's corner, immediately behind the horse and cart.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family Outside of Tent]

Print of a family standing outside of a tent. There are two women, one man, one boy, and two dogs. One dog on the left sits on a wooden chair while the other one on the right stands in front of one of the sons. In the background, a table with bowls and pots is visible. A stovepipe is visible behind one woman who stands in the center.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Goldthwaite Cornet Band 1908]

Photograph of a band of men in uniform standing posed in front of a curtain backdrop, all holding various musical instruments.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Bridge Over Brazos Flood]

Postcard of a color image of an iron bridge over the Brazos River in Waco during a flood; many people are standing on the bridge and there are trees and buildings in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "New Bridge, showing Brazos during great flood. Easter Sunday, 1908. Waco, Texas."
Date: [1908..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Citizens National Bank]

Photograph of the Citizens National Bank in Odessa, Texas. The building is made of stone and is two-stories. A horse and cart stand in the road in front of the building and five men, all in hats, stand at the building's corner, immediately behind the horse and cart.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Helen Corbitt and brother as children]

Photograph of Helen Corbitt as a child (right) with her brother, Michael Henry Corbitt (left). Helen is seen in a light-colored dress, hair bow, and dark colored shoes. Michael can also be seen in light-colored clothes, and dark shoes, sitting on a small woven table. The two are standing on a patterned carpet, with a plain background.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of School Children]

Photograph of school children in a line in front of a chalkboard. Maps hang above the board and the school teacher stands on the far left. The child third from the right is identified as Paul Frame, son of James Milton Frame.
Date: [1908..1912]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Goldthwaite North East Corner Square]

Postcard addressed to Eva Stewart that is of an aerial view of a street lined with businesses, including two grocery stores and a bank, with several people and horse-drawn carts moving through the street . A windmill is visible in the foreground, and more businesses and houses are in the background. Text on the bottom edge of the postcard reads, "North-East Corner Square, Goldthwaite, Texas". A note on the back reads, "This is what I promised. Now guess."
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History