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[Switchboard operator]

Description: Photograph of a Bell telephone operator seated at the switchboard station, smiling at the camera. She is wearing a headset with the attached microphone.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Balcony of a building]

Description: Photograph of a small balcony attached to a building. Greenery can be seen growing on a trellis next to a balcony.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Switchboard Operators]

Description: Photograph of three female switchboard operators at work, looking directly at the camera. All three of them are wearing headsets and sitting in front of a switchboard. In the background, there is a clock on the wall and a window on the left.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Forest in Mexico]

Description: Photograph of a dense forest in Mexico. The ground is covered in fallen leaves and a small path is forming between them.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Salvation Army Summer School]

Description: Photograph of students at the Salvation Army Summer School. Sign above the entrance reads in part, "Ejercito De Salvacion Cuerpo Mexicano No. 2." The translation is: Salvation Army Mexican Corps No. 2. Two people hold a sign that says, "The Salvation Army Summer School June 1940 Attendance 80."
Date: June 1940
Creator: Blumenthal, Harry
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Unidentified House]

Description: Photo of an unidentified Anderson County house.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Palestine Public Library

Lee Preston

Description: Close-up portrait of Lee Preston in coat and tie smiling and looking out of the frame to the left. Lee Preston was born in Denton in 1898. He went to school in Denton, attended North Texas Normal College and studied in the Army Training Corps. By 1920, he was a teacher, then later became a banker. Lee eventually ran for office and was mayor of Denton from 1938-45.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Denton Public Library

Lee Preston

Description: Close-up portrait of Lee Preston in coat and tie looking back into the camera. Lee Preston was born in Denton in 1898. He went to school in Denton, attended North Texas Normal College and studied in the Army Training Corps. By 1920, he was a teacher, then later became a banker. Lee eventually ran for office and was mayor of Denton from 1938-45.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Students in a Car Trunk]

Description: Photograph of three Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students in the trunk of a car. The boy on the right has on a brown bowler hat and seems to be looking at a woman who is only partially in the frame of the picture and on the back of the photograph "R70" is printed.
Date: 1940
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Students at the Alamo]

Description: Photograph of a group of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students on a field trip to San Antonio, the students are standing in front of the Alamo. On the back of the photograph, "R70" is printed.
Date: 1940
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Students Having Lunch Outside]

Description: Photograph of Eanes Rock School House students about to eat lunch outside. The children are lined up and looking towards the camera and in the background of the shot there are trees. On the back of the photograph, "R58" is printed as well as "APR 1940".
Date: April 1940
Creator: Eanes Rock School House
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

Market Train

Description: The Market Train moving down the track in Henrietta, TX around 1940. Telegraph lines run next to the track.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Clay County Historical Society

First Christian Church

Description: Exterior of the First Christian Church in Henrietta, TX in the 1940s.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[Melvin Hansen Outdoors in Front of Bush]

Description: Photograph of a man, identified as Melvin Hansen, standing in front of a large bush. A flat, spacious landscape surrounds him. There appears to be a building very far away in the distance. Melvin wears a military style trench coat, trousers over a shirt and tie combination, and a tilted cap. His legs are slightly apart from one another.
Date: [1940..1950]
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Marshall Texas Post Office February 26, 1940]

Description: Photograph of the Marshall, Texas post office building taken by the Cowdin Brothers construction company of Dallas as part of their work on the building in 1940. Built in 1912, the post office received an addition and improvements in 1940. As noted in the Marshall News Messenger of 21 January, 1940, the work included enlargement of the lobby space, addition of new mail boxes, and enlarged work space. The building permit for the project was $71,000. Cars are parked in front of the building, a me… more
Date: 1940
Creator: Cowdin Bros.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Catherine Freeman Nimitz Sits at Desk]

Description: Photograph of Catherine Nimitz sitting at her desk at Navy Relief in the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, Oakland, California. She wears a black coat with large shoulder pads and clasped at the top, a pearl necklace as well as a hat with a bunch of flowers on the front. She has a book in front of her with her fingers slipped between pages. There are two pen wells on her desk, and something is written across it. Inscription in lower center is illegible.
Date: 1940~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Port Arthur Downtown Aerial View]

Description: Photograph of aerial view of downtown Port Arthur, Texas with Lake Sabine in the background. Handwritten on the reverse of the photo: "1940, Downtown, Port Arthur, Looking East"
Date: 1940
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

Woods Cafe, early 1940s, McKinney

Description: High vantage point photo of the inside of the cafe, looking towards front door. This is a very busy lunch hour. Most of the men have either hung their hats on the wall rack or still have them on. Only two people have noticed the photographer, the rest are occupied by their meal or conversation. The door to the cafe is propped open, leaving the screen door to allow any sort of breeze in.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Collin County History Museum

[Emzie Fisher and His Wife]

Description: Photograph of of the soldier Emzie and Elzora Fisher in front of his car.
Date: 1940~
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Johnson Rock House]

Description: Johnson Rock House. One of the earliest settlers, built circa 1880. Photo circa 1940: Cambridge, Texas.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Clay County Historical Society
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