[Employee of the Santa Fe Railroad]

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Cropped copy-print photograph of a young girl, "little barefoot" Lillie Snider, with her father Ed "Shorty" Snider. She is holding a lunchbox and facing towards the camera. Her father is an employee of the Santa Fe Railroad in Cleveland, Texas. He is standing behind her by a barrel on a wooden cart.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 in.

Creation Information

Creator: Unknown. 1941.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2011 and was provided by the Cleveland Historic Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 109 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Cleveland Historic Society

The Society documents Cleveland's history, growth, and culture. Cleveland was born out of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads running just north of Houston; logging and lumber mills were core to the town's development.

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Description

Cropped copy-print photograph of a young girl, "little barefoot" Lillie Snider, with her father Ed "Shorty" Snider. She is holding a lunchbox and facing towards the camera. Her father is an employee of the Santa Fe Railroad in Cleveland, Texas. He is standing behind her by a barrel on a wooden cart.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 in.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2011

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  • 1941

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  • Sept. 12, 2012, 5:56 p.m.

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  • Sept. 24, 2012, 6:50 p.m.

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[Employee of the Santa Fe Railroad], photograph, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253158/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cleveland Historic Society.

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