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Poscard of Scrivner's Store

Postcard showing E.H. Scrivner, owner and proprietor of Scrivner's Store in Paul's Valley Oklahoma, shaking hands with himself. The store is covered with various signs.
Date: June 29, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Argonaut" passenger trains in West Texas]

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.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Colorado Special" rolls through the Texas panhandle]

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.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Elsie McClain Huff's store across from old high school, 1929

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.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Empire Builder" at Puget Sound]

Great Northern Railway's "Empire Builder" train No. 31, westbound, traverses the route along Puget Sound, nearing Seattle, 1929.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Empire Builder" at St. Paul, Minnesota Depot]

Great Northern Railway's "The Empire Builder" train No. 1, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2517, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, at St. Paul Union Depot, 1929. This world renowned train was operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from Chicago to St. Paul and it was a Great Northern train from St. Paul to Portland, Seattle and Tacoma.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Flying Crow" rolling through Eastwood Hills, Missouri]

Kansas City Southern Railway's " The Flying Crow" train No. 15, southbound, rolls through Eastwood Hills, Missouri enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana, circa 1925. The train is headed by a beautiful Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a Vanderbilt oil tender.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Log Cabin Gas Station]

Photograph of a log cabin filling station and sandwich shop at the east end of Green Avenue near the Sabine River.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Scenic Limited" on the Royal Gorge Route in Colorado]

Photograph of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's "Scenic Limited" headed by engine No. 1508, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of seven cars, traverses the Royal Gorge Route in Colorado around 1929. In the distant background is the Hanging Bridge in the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Sunshine Special" near Forney, Texas]

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.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Los Angeles Limited" In Echo Canyon]

Union Pacific's "Los Angeles Limited" headed by a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive - Engine No. 7020 with Vanderbuilt tender and a consist of nine cars stands on the siding in Echo Canyon, Utah. "Pusher" locomotive in the rear.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carolyn Street Scott]

Carolyn Scott
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Overland Limited" in Echo Canyon]

One of the nation's most famous name trains - the "Overland Limited" - train No. 1 (westbound) on Union Pacific rails in Echo Canyon, Utah. The train is headed by a Mountain, type 4-8-2 locomotive with a Vanderbilt tender (oil burner) headed by Engine No. 7038 with a consist of eleven cars, all standard heavyweight equipment. This train was a joint-operation of three rail entities: Chicago and Northwestern from Chicago to Omaha; Union Pacific from Omaha to Salt Lake City; and Southern Pacific from Salt Lake City to San Francisco and on to Los Angeles. In the "Roaring Twenties" the "Overland Limited" was the flagship of the Union Pacific's fleet.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sanger High School Class of 1929]

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
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sanger School class picture 1928, grade unknown]

1928 Class photograph, grade unknown. Students not yet identified.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sanger School class picture 1928, Third grade]

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.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tractors in front of O.M. Gentle Hardware store]

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.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train traveling from Mexico City to Guadalajara]

In the "Age of Steam" Engine No. 155, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, heads the morning train of the National Railways of Mexico enroute from Mexico City to Guadalajara around 1928.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Robert Vise with Ethel Vise at a park bridge

Robert H. Vise and Ethel stand on a bridge at the City Park in Denver, Colorado.
Date: June 28, 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Orangefield Oil Field in 1927

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.
Date: May 31, 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sanger Fire Department (Part 1 of 2)

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.
Date: March 19, 1927
Creator: Chas. E. Carruth
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sanger Fire Department (Part 2 of 2)

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.
Date: March 19, 1927
Creator: Chas. E. Carruth
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hargrave Laundry Employees in 1927

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.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ad for the Palestine Fair & Agriculture Association - Palestine]

Ad for the Palestine Fair & Agriculture Association Annual Exhitition and Races. Ad's include photos of the proposed racetrack and grandstand.
Date: 1926~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History