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[1940 Personnel of the Beaumont Fire Department]

Description: Photograph of the personnel of the Beaumont Fire Department in 1940. The individual portraits of the firefighters are arranged in seven rows with the department and year, "Beaumont Fire Dep't. 1940," at the center. There are five larger portraits of the officers are arranged around the department name. The firefighters are identified on the attached sheet, listed by row from left to right.
Date: 1940
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[1949 Beaumont Fire Department Personnel]

Description: Photograph of the personnel of the Beaumont Fire Department in 1949. The men are posed in three rows and are generally wearing dress uniforms. There are a few men wearing lighter colored suits seated in the front row. "Drew" is handwritten in the bottom right corner of the image.
Date: 1949
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

Administrative Study of Hospital Units Affiliated with the University of Texas Medical School

Description: Study by Dr. B. I. Burns for UT President Theophilus Painter, wherein he recommends an expansion of the UT Medical Branch, including redevelopment of parts of the campus, changes in administration, new faculty appointments, expansion of hospital and clinic services, and other changes.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Burns, B. I.
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Ambassadors Debutantes]

Description: Photograph of nine Ambassadors debutantes holding flowers, standing around an archway. There is a small platform with the arch that three women are standing on, with the others on either side. "Ambassadors Debs" is written on the back of the photo.
Date: [1947..]
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

Analysis by Services, John Sealy Hospital, 1945

Description: An analysis of services offered at John Sealy Hospital in from September 1, 1944 to August 31, 1945, with data on patients, cases, surgeries, blood and plasma supplies, physical therapy treatments, laboratory reports, and other relevant data.
Date: September 1945
Creator: John Sealy Hospital
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

Ashbel Smith, M. D., (1805-1886): Pioneer Medical Educator in Texas

Description: A copy of typed remarks spoken by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake at Yale University on January 31, 1947, about the life and work of nineteenth-century doctor Ashbel Smith. Leake's handwritten edits and notes feature throughout. A paper based on this manuscript was printed in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine #20, pp. 225-232; January, 1948.
Date: January 31, 1947
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[S.B. Allen Memorial Hospital, Bonham, Texas]

Description: Postcard of S.B. Allen Memorial Hospital in Bonham, Texas. The image is an illustration depicting a red brick building with columns obscured by several trees. The text, "S.B. Allen Memorial Hospital, Bonham, Texas" is printed across the top of the image. The correspondence on the back is addressed to "Mr. Paul M. Gre[...]" and the address and personal names have been scratched out.
Date: 1940-08-2u
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[Cable Work at Denison Dam]

Description: Reprint photograph taken of construction workers installing steel cables throughout the structure. There is a sign in the foreground that reads "keep walk way clear". Handwritten text on back reads "With structural reinforcing steel visible in the background, workers lay cable around the intake conduits".
Date: 1940~
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[City Hospital, McKinney, Texas]

Description: Postcard of City Hospital in McKinney, Texas. The image is an illustration depicting a red brick building with white accents and has a sign, "City Hospital" above the entrance. The back of the postcard has information about the hospital, "The City Hospital is Municipally owned and operated. One of the most modernly equipped institutions in the state." and correspondence addressed to "Ada Black."
Date: February 5, 1946
Creator: Bateman, Mrs. W.D.
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[Construction of the Denison Dam Intake Structure]

Description: Reprint photograph taken at Denison Dam during the construction of the intake structure. The rail and derrick systems can be seen in the upper half of the photograph. Rows of metal spikes are visible before concrete is poured over them. Handwritten text reads "These are the rail and derrick systems used to pour concrete meant for the intake structure of Denison Dam".
Date: 1940~
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Construction of the Denison Dam Spillway]

Description: Reprint photograph taken of the construction of the Denison Dam. Workers are visible within the center of the photograph. Handwritten text written on back reads "Part of the 18.5 million cubic yards of fill dart used to construct the earthen portion of the Denison Dam. The spillway was built of earth first, then concrete, much of the dam is concrete, with dirt, rock, and gravel covering.".
Date: 1940~
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[The Crazy Radio Gang]

Description: Composite image that includes smaller portraits of the men that make up the "Crazy Radio Gang". Underneath each portrait is the man's real name and his job title or radio name. There are two men in blackface identified as "Sugar Cane and February" in front of a WBAP radio microphone. At the bottom of the card is written souvenir from Mineral Wells, Texas, Sept. 1940.
Date: 1940
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Denison Dam Between Texas and Oklahoma]

Description: Postcard of the Denison Dam spanning the Red River between Texas & Oklahoma. The intake structure as well the power house are shown within the design. Text on the back reads "At a cost of more than 50,000,000, the huge hydro-electric dam 4 miles north of Denison, Texas across Red River, will look like this from he south when completed. Length of main dam, 21,100 fee, maximum height 165 feet. Reservoir will inundate 146,000 acres in Texas and Oklahoma. Shoreline, approximately 1250 miles.".
Date: 1942~
Partner: The Sherman Museum
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