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[T&P Train #618]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #618 on the tracks in front of a building. There are two men sitting on a curb in front of the train. Written underneath are "Texarkana Texas Sept 9 1949" and "H. E. Chelf."
Date: September 9, 1949
Creator: Chelf, H. E.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train #627]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #627 leaving Texarkana, Texas. There is a man standing left of the train and a dark plume of smoke rising from the engine. Written beneath the image are "[sic] Leaving Texarkana, Texas 1949 with Extra West" and "R. S. Plummer."
Date: 1949
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train #709]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #709 in New Boston, Texas next to a water tower. There is a man standing on top of the train. Written underneath the image are "New Boston, Texas May 9th 1948" and "William L. Colburn."
Date: May 9, 1948
Creator: Colburn, William L.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - April 29, 1943]

Description: A western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell in care of the McCartney Hotel, Texarkana, Texas from PAGE, State Director, Austin, Texas, dated April 29, 1943. Page advises that Colonel Banister [Colonel John R. Banister] has directed Carswell to travel from Texarkana to the Federal Correctional Institution in La Tuna, El Paso County via Abilene, return to Austin, and to forward his itinerary.
Date: April 29, 1943
Creator: Page, J. Watt
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Telegram from Luster P. Gollagher to J. Watt Page - April 21, 1943]

Description: A Western Union telegram sent to J. Watt Page, Austin, Texas from Luster P. Gollagher, Senior Warden Assistant, Texarkana, Texas dated April 21, 1943. Gollagher advises Page that four hundred inmates are already registered, 50 are not registered, and he has received no word of a local board appointment. A handwritten note by L. M. F. [Major L. M. Fellbaum] at the bottom left of the telegram advises of having called Col. Perkins [Colonel John Perkins].
Date: April 21, 1943
Creator: Gollagher, Luster P.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Train Engine #649 and Car]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "649" is visible on the front of the engine. Additional tracks lay to the right. Train engine #537 can be seen in the background right, a high-rise building behind it in the distance. Smoke fills the air. Two people stand in the background left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1948."
Date: 1948
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #661 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #661 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "661" is visible on the front of the engine. The train sits under raised railway signals. A wall sits off to the right in the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1949."
Date: 1949
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #902 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #902 and attached car, viewed from a front side angle. "902" is visible on the front of the engine. Smoke billows up from the front chimney. A building stands just to the right behind, others in the background on the left. Poles stand above and on either side of the train. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1949 - 'Eagle Train.'"
Date: 1949
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #903 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #903 and attached car, viewed from a front side angle. "903" is visible on the front of the engine and the side of the car, along with "Texas & Pacific." Men work alongside the train. Poles connect from the building behind and stand on either side of the train. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Sept. 1947."
Date: September 1947
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #908 and Car]

Description: Photograph of train engine #908 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "Texas & Pacific" and "908" are visible on the side. Wires run between poles on either side of the train. Buildings stand in the background on the left and right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Nov 24th 1946."
Date: November 24, 1946
Creator: Treptow, Russ
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #908 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "908" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay in front. A building sits in the background on the left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana Texas Sept 4 1949."
Date: September 4, 1949
Creator: Chelf, H. E.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engines #900 and #5311]

Description: Photograph of train engines #603 and #5311, viewed from the front. "603" and "5311" are visible on the front of the engines. Another train sits to the right. Poles connect above and stand on either side of the trains. Buildings are visible behind the trains in the distance. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1948."
Date: 1948
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum
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