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[Letter from E. Leitz, Inc. to Sugarland Industries, October 16, 1938] (open access)

[Letter from E. Leitz, Inc. to Sugarland Industries, October 16, 1938]

Letter from E. Leitz, Inc. to Sugarland Industries discussing where to buy cameras and camera accessories.
Date: October 16, 1938
Creator: E. Leitz, Inc.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sugarland Industries to Daniel W. Kempner, October 20, 1938] (open access)

[Letter from Sugarland Industries to Daniel W. Kempner, October 20, 1938]

Letter from Sugarland Industries to Daniel W. Kempner discussing 16 mm film and Leica cameras.
Date: October 20, 1938
Creator: Ulrich, G. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caddo Indians

Photograph of a Caddo Delegation to the Shreveport Centennial Exposition, June 28-July 1, 1935. Film Arbor Studio, Otis Johnson Prop. 330 1/2 Milam Street, Shreveport, LA. Stanley Edge Collection.
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from G. W. Hardy to W. J. Bryan, November 30, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from G. W. Hardy to W. J. Bryan, November 30, 1939]

Letter from G. W. Hardy to W. J. Bryan describing his thankfulness for his friends. On the back is a typed out soliloquy from Hamlet.
Date: November 30, 1938
Creator: Hardy, G. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William John Bryan, January 18, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from William John Bryan, January 18, 1931]

Letter from John Franks reminiscing on cattle driving days and working with horses and men on T-Diamond Ranch. Penciled notes and drawings of the T-Diamond brand are visible throughout.
Date: January 18, 1931
Creator: Bryan, William John
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train #245 in Shreveport, Louisiana]

Photograph of train #245 in Shreveport, Louisiana. There is a building visible behind the engine. Written below the image are "Shreveport, La. Mar 1935" and "H. K. Vollrath."
Date: March 1935
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #245 in Front of a Water Tower]

Photograph of T&P train #245 in front of a water tower. Written below the image are "Shreveport, La. Jun 6th 1936" and "R. H. Carlson."
Date: June 6, 1936
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Crew Posing for Photo]

Photograph of a train's crew posing for a picture at Union Station in Shreveport, Louisiana. Below the image is written "Shreveport, La. 1939-40 Union Station top row; left to right [sic] Pat Avers - fireman, Fred Ricks - fireman, bottom row; left to right Charles Currie - engineer, Slim Richardson - conductor, Harry Stowers - brakeman, Al Smith - engineer." and "Ed Robinson."
Date: 1939/1940
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train #191 at Hollywood Yard, Louisiana]

Photograph of Texas & Pacific train #191 in Hollywood Yard, Louisiana. Below the image is written "[sic] Hollywood Yard La. 1931 (Left Side)" and "R.H.Carlson."
Date: 1931
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #420 in Shreveport, Louisiana]

Photograph of T&P train #420 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Written below the image is "Shreveport, La. Aug 4th 1931" and "William Monypeny."
Date: August 4, 1931
Creator: Monypeny, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train #169 at Hollywood Yard]

Photograph of Texas & Pacific train #169. Written below the image are "Hollywood Yard, La 1931" and "R.H. Carlson."
Date: 1931
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #330]

Photograph of T&P train #330 moving south of Belcher, Louisiana. There is a large plume of light smoke rising from the engine. Written underneath the image are "[sic] T&P #330 with the T&P - TS&N Local #49 south of Belcher, La. Feb 20th 1939" and "A. E. Brown Photo / Louis Saillard Collection."
Date: February 20, 1939
Creator: Brown, A. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #712]

Photograph of T&P train #712. Written below the image are "[sic] T&P #712 with Train No. 25 at Cut Off Jct, La. 1931" and "A. E. Brown Photo / Louis Saillard Collection."
Date: 1931
Creator: Brown, A. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #905 and Car - Shreveport, Louisiana]

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "905" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay to the front and behind. Another train sits on the tracks just behind on the left. Buildings can be seen in the background right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Shreveport, LA. 1936."
Date: 1936
Creator: Brown, A. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #354 and Car - Shreveport, Louisiana]

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. The number "354" is visible on the engine. Various parts and debris fill the bottom of the frame. Handwritten text below the image says, "Shreveport, LA. Aug 24th 1936 - P.&MT.P. #354."
Date: August 24, 1936
Creator: Burke, W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train in Shreveport, Louisiana]

Photograph taken at a railway crossroads of a train as it passes by a brick signal box. Text beneath the photo says "Cedar Grove, LA. Apr. 1935 (Dios). (Appeared in Trains Magazine Sept. 1962.)"
Date: April 1935
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frank Cuellar Sr. walking]

Photograph of Frank Cuellar Sr. in a suit walking in an urban area. Written on back: "Shreveport, La. 1938."
Date: 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hat

Boater style hat of brown straw. Wide, low, flat crown with small brim. Gray grosgrain ribbon hatband forms a bow in the front. Large green and red pheasant plumes extend from top of crown towards middle of back through loops in crown and brim. Hatpin with translucent white, pear-shaped head. Gray grosgrain ribbon headband; unlined. Maker's label: "Jeanne Téte / Made expressly for /Chez Jere, Shreveport, LA"
Date: 1935
Creator: Tete, Jeanne
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

["The Hustler" arriving in Shreveport, Louisana]

Known in the Pelican State as the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway's "The Hustler," train No. 4-203, northbound, arriving in Shreveport, Louisiana from New Orleans on an April morning in 1939. The small Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive, which heads this passenger train, carries the train's name etched on a metal plate attached to the boiler front, positioned below the headlight. These overnight trains - operating between New Orleans and Shreveport were popular over a long span of years, making the approximate 329.4 mile run in about 10 hours. A portion of the route was over Louisiana and Arkansas rails and also over Louisiana Railway and Navigation company's rails. This subsidiary of the Kansas city Southern Lines was known as the "Edenborn Line".
Date: April 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History