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Benny Goodman Quartet in Malmö, Sweden

Photograph the Benny Goodman Quartet in Malmö, Sweden, performing for a large crowd, with Dick Hyman on piano, Charles Short on bass, and Ed Shaughnessy on drums. The U.S. flag behind them has 48 stars, confirming a date before 1959, and 2 Scandinavian flags (Swedish, though the color is ambiguous in black and white) hang on either side of it, for further evidence of time and place. A sign above the stage refers to Skomakaregatan, in Malmö, and another refers to Hemmets Veckotidning, a magazine published in Malmö.
Date: April 20, 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cotton Baling Inside Mill]

Two near-identical images of a cotton baling press in use at a mill. A bale is at the front and a man is standing just behind it at left, near the machinery. There is a blur where the man moved during the exposure. Descriptive text printed below the images in the lower-right corner: "7722- Baling Cotton--a powerful press just releasing a 500-lb. bale--at a mill in Texas." The same text is printed on the back in six languages
Date: 1905
Creator: Sun Sculpture Works and Studios
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Stockholm, Sweden]

Postcard from "Freddie Stalhammar" of Stockholm, Sweden to "Joe C. Willis" of Brady, Texas. The image on the front of the postcard depicts a harbor, with many sailboats docked side by side along the water's edge.
Date: December 3, 1947
Creator: Stalhammar, Freddie & Hollstrand, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Statue of Saint George and the Dragon, Stockholm

Photograph of the statue of Saint George and the Dragon in Stockholm, Sweden.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History