Church Roll and Record (open access)

Church Roll and Record

Book containing a member roll for Union Missionary Baptist Church. Includes such information as the date of reception or dismissal, as well as a list of deaths and inactive members.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Union Missionary Baptist Church
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Melvin Riley]

Photograph of Melvin Riley. He is wearing a suit and tie.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1951 to 1954] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1951 to 1954]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1951-1954, including the name and address of each property's owner, survey or addition, each property's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1951/1954
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[College Avenue Missionary Baptist Church Minutes of Deacons' Meetings] (open access)

[College Avenue Missionary Baptist Church Minutes of Deacons' Meetings]

Book containing events and minutes from deacon meetings at College Avenue Missionary Baptist Church. These include topics such as church politics, events, and financial issues. Typed pages, drawings, and a receipt have been inserted into the book.
Date: November 1952
Creator: College Avenue Missionary Baptist Church
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby Ronald Walker]

Photograph of baby Ronald "Ronnie" Walker.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1953 to 1954] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1953 to 1954]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1953 and 1954, including the name and address of each property's owner, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1953/1954
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Country Store [Grocery], Richardson, Texas

Fred [P] Winkler (owner), Morgan Gant, Billy Giles, James Tune, Clarence Hastedt and Tillman Jones, youths Ronny Clark and Jackie Fielder, all wearing aprons, standing in an aisle. Assortment of groceries, some brand names visible, on left and right. Written on back: Fred Winkler, Morgan Gant, Billy Giles, James Tune, Clarence Hastedt and Tillman Jones. 1953. (2 youths, Ronny Clark and Jackie Fielder, standing in front) all wearing aprons. Additional information: [Richardson 1959-1960 Directory, paid listing: COUNTRY STORE, Fresh Meats and Groceries, 100 East Main Street, Fred P. Winkler, Owner, Phone ADams 5-5351]
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 12] (open access)

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 12]

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business.
Date: 1953/1958
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1955, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1955, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1955, including the name and address of each property's owner, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1955
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sun Oil Company, Production Research & Development Lab, Richardson, Texas

Aerial view. Sun Oil Company Production Research & Development Lab. Two one-story buildings, connected by a covered walkway. The larger building, in the foreground, is "E" shaped; the smaller is rectangular. Parking lot between with cars. Storage tank. Housing development visible in background, telephone/electrical poles, no trees or landscaping.
Date: July 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1956] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1956]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1956, including the owner name and address of each property, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1956
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars on the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike]

Postcard of cars on the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike entering downtown Dallas, Texas. The city is visible in the background to the left.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1957, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1957, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1957, including the name and address of each property's owner, each property's description, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1957
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Huffhines Reunion, Children of C. C. "Major" & Sallie Chick Huffhines

Photograph of the Huffhines family posing together outdoors. The five women are standing in a row with four men behind them, on a riser or bench. They are identified from left to right as (front row) Vera Huffhines Pistole, Ophie Huffhines Smith, Fannie Mae Huffhines, Birdie Huffhines Popplewell McCollum, Cecil Clyde Huffhines and (back row) Glen Huffhines, John S. Huffhines, Royce Huffhines, Cyrus Huffhines. Text on the back of the photo says: Vera 233B - Ophie 2339 - Fannie Mae 2337 married Huffhines - Birdie 2334 - Clyde 2331 married Elmo Huffhines. Glen 233A - John S. 2338 - Royce 2336 - Cyrus 2332. children of C. C. 223 Major Huffhines and Sallie Chick Huffhines, Vickery Park 1957 Huffhines Reunion 6/87 donated by Shearer & Donald Huffhines to RPL
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arapaho Road at North Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas

Arapaho Road, east from North Central Expressway (U.S. Highway 75), taken from roadside between north-bound Central and its access road. A vehicle carrying earth-moving equipment is east-bound on Arapaho Road. At the SE corner of the intersection is a sign: "TURN LEFT FASCINATION HOMES NORTHRICH WEST." Five or six small trees are enclosed with a low fence on the right/south side of Arapaho. Further east is a gravel/cement/construction facility. On the left/north side of Arapaho are 2 houses. On the horizon a railroad crossing sign is visible, and a vehicle on the street at the horizon. Various utility lines and poles edge streets and the railroad.
Date: 1958~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1958, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1958, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1958, including the name and address of the each property's owner, each property's description, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1958
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 13] (open access)

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 13]

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business.
Date: 1958/1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Main Street at US Highway 75, Richardson, Texas

Looking north west, the intersection of Main Street / Belt Line Rd. and the east-side frontage road of U. S. Highway 75 (Northbound). A pile of dirt/rocks is on the left foreground; center front is an eroded ditch that is covered by a concrete culvert at Main Street. Two cars are visible on Main Street, and 2 more are parked north of Main Street, on the right side of the photograph. Multiple real estate/housing development signs are on the intersection corners. Buildings are visible in the right background, through leafless trees and shrubs. Signs: Carter Built Homes - AZALEA PARK - Carter Const Co TEX-ANN Lutheran Church ...ier Homes - Mimosa & Cypress Drive ..5-2527 FINESSE HOMES
Date: 1958
Creator: Martin, Jerry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Polk Street, Richardson, Texas

Polk Street, looking east. The left center of the photograph shows the Floyd Branch of Cottonwood Creek flowing east, then turning south under Polk Street. Sherman Street intersects with Polk Street just west of the creek. There is a small bridge, with low rails, over the creek. On the left are low, brushy, trees. On the right are three residences; the middle has an outbuilding. To the back, on the right/south side of Polk Street, is the North Texas Lumber Co. building, Central Ave., then the railroad crossing the street. On the horizon, one residence is visible, and two motor vehicles.
Date: 1958~
Creator: Martin, Jerry
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Instruments Semiconductor Product Plant, Dallas, Texas

Large room. Women (mostly) seated at 4 long rows of tables, doing product assembly. Workers have individual task lights, microscopes, and other equipment.
Date: 1958/1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1959, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1959, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1959, including the name and address of each property's owner, each property's description, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number.
Date: 1959
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

Intersection of two paved streets. A street sign at the left side of the photo reads "Abrams Rd" "and "Maple St." Houses on the left side of Maple St [center of the photograph] have light-colored roofs and front driveways. Most yards have small trees. There are no sidewalks. Two cars are on the street, and other cars are visible near the horizon, in driveways. Additional information: This is the 400 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Rd. Maple terminates on the east at Grace Dr. Many of the houses were built in 1953.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

Unpaved, uncurbed, street, intersecting with a paved street. The unpaved street has wood-clad houses on both sides. Those on the left side are more visible. Just the roof of one house is visible on the right. Some, but not all, homes have front sidewalks. There are utility poles and lines on both sides of the street. At the intersection, in the foreground of the picture, a street sign is on the left, and a fire hydrant is on the right. Most houses have shrubbery and trees, with more mature trees in the background and horizon. A delivery van/truck is just visible at the back end of the street, and the back of one car is on the right edge, in a driveway. Additional information: This is the 300 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Road, toward Greenville Ave. The houses were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maple Street at Abrams Road, Richardson, Texas

[This is a slightly different view of V 28b.] Unpaved, uncurbed, street, intersecting with a paved street. The unpaved street has wood-clad houses on both sides. Some, but not all, homes have front sidewalks. There are utility poles and lines on both sides of the street. Most houses have shrubbery and trees, with more mature trees in the background and horizon. A delivery van/truck is just visible at the back end of the street, and the one car is parked in a driveway on the right side. The left edge of the street has tire-tracks visible. Additional information: This is the 300 block of Maple Street, looking east from Abrams Road, toward Greenville Ave. The houses were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History