Resource Type

[Canning Plant Exterior]

Photograph of the exterior view of the Gebhardt Canning Plant. A single door entrance with a roof awning can be seen to the left along with three windows. A sign beside the door directing readers to an office can be seen. Two trucks are parked next to a loading dock to the right, and a building sign that reads "canning plant" can be partially seen in the right background.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gebhardt Canning Plant]

Photograph of the Gebhardt Canning Plant, taken near an entrance, in which an empty road can be sen in the foreground and a girl in a light top and dark skirt can be seen to the left. The factory is fenced in with chain-link, and a sign with the factory name can be seen on a building in the background. A water tower can be seen behind the factory,and a parking lot with several cars can be seen to the right.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Luby's Cafeteria Interior]

Photograph of the interior of a Luby's Cafeteria, where several rows of tables and chairs can be seen throughout the foreground, and a row of booth tables can be seen to the right. Pendant lights can be seen above the booths, and a partition can be seen dividing the room from the windowed entrance in the background.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0225.0545]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: June 20, 1957
Creator: Air Force
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0225.0546]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A Lackland father and son combination recently captured two display awards in the 1957 Texas Philatelic convention in San Antonio. Captain Harry L. Chupak won a second place in an international class exhibit with his stamp entry depicting the 12 tribes of Israel. His son, eleven year old Jay Chupak, won third prize in the junior exhibit with a display showing the golden anniversary of the Boy Scouts."
Date: June 20, 1957
Creator: Air Force
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Floresville Peanut Festival]

Photograph of a crowd of men and women wearing paper hats at a peanut festival in the Hall of Horns at the Lone Star Brewery in San Antonio, Texas. Two stuffed deer are visible in the foreground, and several animal heads are mounted on the wall to the left.
Date: August 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Volkswagon Dealership]

Photograph of the exterior of a Volkswagen dealership. The left side of the building is a garage for repairs, where a car can be seen in the shade of the left-most garage door. An entrance can be seen with glass walls and an awning roof reaching out over the the entrance way. Four vehicles can be seen parked in the lot in the foreground and the Volkswagen logo can be seen on a large sign on the roof of the building. To the right another sign advertising services can be seen.
Date: August 5, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior View of Reginald Roberts Home]

Photograph of the exterior of the back of the home of Reginald Roberts. There is a large patio with floor-to-ceiling glass doors and an overhang to provide shade. There is a sculpture on a short wall at the edge of the patio. The home is located at 904 Eventide Dr., San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 15, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior View of Reginald Roberts Home]

Photograph of the exterior of the home of Reginald Roberts. It is a 1-story brick house with a wooden wall for privacy. The home is located at 904 Eventide Dr., San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 15, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior View of Reginal Roberts Home]

Photograph of the interior of the home of Reginald Roberts with modern décor. The room features brick walls and floor, and has an open plan with the living room and dining room visible. The home is located at 904 Eventide Dr., San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 15, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grand Champion Steer of Show, San Antonio, Texas, 1958

Photograph three men and three women standing behind a steer wearing a harness, a tag in it's ear with the number 591 on it, and a banner hanging on it's back that reads, "Buyer Grand Champion Steer of Show, San Antonio Livestock Exposition, San Antonio, Texas 1958". A young girl wearing a western shirt and bow tie is holding the steer's lead rope. Next to the girl is an old couple, the man wearing a light-colored blazer and bolo tie and the woman wearing a hat and large coat. Behind the older woman stands a man in a jacket and bolo tie. Another couple stands behind the steer, both wearing scarves and cowboy hats.
Date: 1958
Creator: Zintgraff
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1312.0066]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "IN UNFORM 50YEARS, M-Sgt. Horst W. Tittle, right, is probably the oldest man on the nation's active military list. He is 74. He completed 50 years of service last week at Lackland Air Forca base, San Antonio. Here he's conferring with Brig. Gen Robert W. Stillman base commander at Lackland."
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0383.0551]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "THREE OKC golf professionals, left, to right, Chris Gers, a part-time PGA tourist ; Duffy Martin, operator of Brookside, and Jack Martin, now pro at Liberal, Kan., left Thursday for San Antonio where they will play in the Texas Open tournament next week."
Date: February 4, 1958
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0344.0254]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Seems like fat lambs got to be worth from $1,000 upward at the San Antonio Junior Livestock Show, with an Oklahoman taking a slice of it. Glenn Kunneman, Kingfisher FFA boy, third from left, had the champion medium wool lamb with his Hampshire, sold it to Hilton hotels for $1,100."
Date: February 25, 1958
Creator: Zintgraff Photographs
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Taxidermy Museum]

Photograph of the interior of Buckhorn Museum featuring taxidermied animals. To the left is a display with a long-horn cow and an owl on a branch. In the background is an entrance way through which a wall with taxidermied animal heads can be seen. Above that entrance way are several taxidermied deer heads on display. In the left foreground, a sheep's head can be seen hanging over a chair made from animal hide and horns.
Date: June 11, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Taxidermy in Museum]

Photograph of several taxidermy displays within Buckhorn Museum. Both the wall on the right and the wall with archways to the left are covered with dozens of taxidermied animal heads- mostly wild, African species. Four chairs made of animal parts can be seen surrounding the archway columns and a horse posed in a bucking position can be seen in the next room. At the end of the hallway, a stuffed lion can also be seen.
Date: June 17, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Audie Murphy waves to fans at world premiere of "To Hell and Back"]

Photograph of Audie Murphy riding a horse and waving to the crowd at the world premiere of "To Hell and Back" at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 18, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown Men at the Alamo]

Photograph of two unknown men captured on the grounds of the Alamo. Both men are pictured wear patterned shirts and with dark colored pants. The younger of the men is standing to the left with the older on the right. They are positioned standing in the open gates with part of the Alamo seen behind them.
Date: September 21, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Leopoldo Lemus, MD]

Portrait of Dr. Leopoldo Lemus, a pediatrician and graduate from Escuela Medico Militer, wearing a suit and tie. His name and a date are handwritten on the back of the photo.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Architect Milton Ryan]

Photograph of the architect, Milton A. Ryan, standing in front of a brick, duplex home. A bare tree can be seen in front of the home's doorway and Milton, in the foreground, is standing facing the camera, hands in his pockets. He is wearing dark pants and a dark woven jacket, along with glasses and a light shirt and tie.
Date: February 23, 1959
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1293.0287]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: March 20, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Portrait of Robert Estes Blount, MD]

Portrait of Dr. Robert Estes Blount, a specialist in internal medicine and graduate of Tulane University, wearing a US Army uniform. A typed note on the back of the photo says "Blount, Robert E., 019612, MC, Chief, Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from Bassfield, Mississippi."
Date: May 9, 1959
Creator: Reyes, Christopher
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0236.0404]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "One of the leading candidates for the 1953 Amateur golf championship."
Date: September 9, 1959
Creator: Green, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History