Long ago in the age of steam, the Southern Pacific's "Argonaut" passenger trains, numbers 104 and 103, east and westbound, respectively, meet in the early morning hours at mile post 450 between Langtry and Pumpville in far west Texas.

Forth Worth and Denver Railway's "Colorado Special" train No. 1, northbound, headed by Engine No. 553, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of eleven cars, rolls through the Texas Panhandle High Plains enroute from Dallas to Denver.

Photograph of the interior of Elsie McClain Huff's store. Various food items are displayed on the shelves along with chairs in front of the store counter.

Photograph of a log cabin filling station and sandwich shop at the east end of Green Avenue near the Sabine River.

Texas and Pacific's " Sunshine Special" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 909, a 900 class Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, rolls through Texas countryside near Forney on a summer day in 1929. The Texas and Pacific Railway had five locomotives of the 900 class which were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928 and these went into service in 1929. They were Numbers 905, 906, 907, 908, and 909.

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Front row: Arlon Newton, Keno Lusk, Lawrence Horst, Clinton Enlow, Willard Ashley, Grady Woods Second row: Lucille Miller, Linnie Bess Draper, Frances Jackson, Mary Sue Lusk, Faye McClendon, unknown, Maybell Montgomery, Jennie Dee Bronuagh Third row: Oran Campbell, Clarabell Bentley, unknown, Mildred Touchstone, C. O. Mitchell, Linnie Mae Melton, unknown, Ida Pearl Nance, Alyne Seal, L. I. Samuels Back row: Jess Schmidt, John Ezell, Harris Brewer, J.P. Hampton, unknown, J.B. Harper, Frank Burchard, Carl Ganzer, Claudie Allred

1928 Class photograph, grade unknown. Students not yet identified.

Mrs. Winnie Minick's third grade class of 1928 Front row: Harry Lyons, Jr. , unknown, Jimmy Williams, Buford Chestnut, Hugh Pate, Guy Hurd, unknown, unknown. Second row: unknown, unknown, Betty Rector, Anita Hicks, unknown, unknown, Louise Brackney, Edna Mae Sims, Irene McCracken, Olita Ezell. Third row: Only the teacher, Winnie Minick, is known. Back row: Jack Hampton, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, L.N. Landers, unknown, unknown, Gober McClellan.

Six Mccormick Deering tractors and a touring car stand in front of the building on the corner of Fourth and Bolivar Streets. Building in the background is under construction.

Photograph of the Orangefield Oil Field. In the foreground are pipes with wheel cranks and a wooden bridge on the top of two tanks with a large tank behind that. On the ground on the right side of the frame are many fat and skinny pipes lined up. In the background are numerous spindletops.

Firemen and their trucks, March 19, 1927. Listed on second photograph , from left to right, George A. Sullivan, Chas Milligan, W. D. Lewis, Glen Rieger, A. H. Haynie, A. L. Gentle, W. B. Chambers, Jno McClendon, R.E. Gentle, H. W. Ezell, Jno Hughes, Otis Jones and Chief Bud Gentle. Members not in the picture: Butler Boydstun, Chester Ausband, Jeff Cornett, and Jim Kline. The top of the Sanger School is seen in the background.

Firemen and their fire trucks, March 19, 1927. Sanger Fire Department members from left to right: Otis Jones, Chief Bud Gentle (standing), A. G. Nance, Joe Hughes, Alton Gentle, S. C. Moore, L. B. Daniels, D. C. Gheens, G. W. Sullivan, Troy Stinson, Elmer Hulse, Jack McReynolds, Jno Richardson. Members not in the picture Butler Boydstun, Chester Ausband, Jeff Cornett and Jim Kline. Taken on the square in Sanger, looking north.

Photograph of laundry facility employees. Stacks of white linens are shown in the foreground. Various cleaning machines and the machine operators are shown in the background. People in the photo are: 1. Jim Chiatter; 2. Fats Adkiss; 3. Fay Craig; 4. Dorie Harris; 5. Lucile Stilwell; 6. Marissa Gire; 7. Ella, Carson.

Ad for the Palestine Fair & Agriculture Association Annual Exhitition and Races. Ad's include photos of the proposed racetrack and grandstand.

Photograph of Anne Ruth Crews. Crews is shown in a white dress holding a diploma. The photograph was taken in recognition of her 8th grade graduation.

Photograph of five people in a buckboard wagon pulled by two horses through some trees. Writing on the back indicates this is a deer hunting expedition in Tyler County in 1926.

Photograph of Bob Bowman and Edward Ward in their ROTC uniforms in 1926.

Photograph of Edward Ward in his ROTC uniform in 1926. He stands outdoors next to a wooden building.

Ms, Fay Wade's Second Grade class, 1926. Front Row: Bruce Hampton, Sidney Hampton, Jack Stacy Burkholder, Leland Newton, Waymon Miller, Clyde White, Ancil Hardaway, Floy Ezell, Clyde Munday, L.N. Landers, A. Jones, Alton Dickens, Burton ___? Second Row: Theda Mae Cherry, Esta Caves, Josephine Tyson,Virginia Pritchett, Elouise Echols, Dorothy Forrest, Ruby Duncan, Doyce ___?, Mary Ruth Miller, Evelyne Rice Back row: ___? Gadsberry, Elizabeth Collins, Verdie Mae Horst, Joyce Spratt, Margarette Neal, Hattie Margaret Harwell, LeNora Williams, Earnesteen Hicks, Mary Ready

Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited", train No. 101, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2433, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of eight cars.

Small brick schoolhouse with thirty students and four (?) teachers. The building was located on the southeast corner of Metz and View Roads. Front row: First three unidentified, Alfred Coggins, J.C. Barnes, ___Barnes, Ouida Miller Anderson, Bernice Wade, Helen Christian, unknown, Junior Stinson, four unknown, Foy Stinson, Coy Stinson Second row: Nellie Mae Christian, J.B. Wise, Orville Andrews, Lemon Ausband, Bethany Waide, Pearl Lanier Klum, Charlie Mae Stinson, Louise Gilbert, Gibson Lanier, unknown, Gladys Baker, Joe Bob Farrell, unknown. Back row: Frances Barnes, Alyne Seale, Mildred Touchstone, unknown

Photo of the buildings that faced Spring Street, including the O'Neill Hotel, the O'Neill Drug Store and the Bus Station.

Postcard taken c. 1925 of Spring Street, a street that was once knicknamed "The Great White Way" because of the streetlights running down the center of the street. Note the train depot on the right and the business on the left.