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["Sunset Limited" departing from Houston's Grand Central Station]

Description: Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 206, departing from Grand Central Station in Houston enroute to New Orleans on July 13, 1953.
Date: July 13, 1953
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Texas Eagle" entering Houston]

Description: Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1-21, arriving in the Houston Union Station on July 12, 1953.
Date: July 12, 1953
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Valley Eagle" departing from Houston]

Description: Missouri Pacific's "Valley Eagle" train No. 11, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 8005 , departing from the Houston Union Station, enroute to Brownsville, Texas on the morning of July 12, 1953.
Date: July 12, 1953
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunbeam" departing from Houston]

Description: This scene depicts Southern Pacific's Grand Central Station in Houston as it appeared in the last days , the "end of the age of steam". The Southern Pacific's "Sunbeam" train No. 13 northbound headed by Engine No. 650 - a streamlined Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive - departs from the terminal on its run to Dallas at 4:45 PM on August 9, 1953.
Date: August 9, 1953
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Exterior View of Scottish Rite Cathedral]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Scottish Rite Cathedral. It is a large three-story building with Neoclassical and Art Deco architectural influences.Passing and parked cars are visible on the streets in front.
Date: November 21, 1952
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Johnny Wigley at Stock Show]

Description: Photograph of a boy with a cowboy hat and a sign hanging from his neck with the number "1" written on it, standing to the left of a cow and holding the animal's lead rope. Two men are standing to the right of the cow, also in cowboy hats and western attire. The boy is identified on the back as Johnny Wigley, grand champion of the Houston Livestock Show, and the two men are identified as Bill Williams and Edgar Brant. The cow has a sign across its back with the name of the stock show and the wo… more
Date: 1953
Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

[A Teacher at the V.C.S. Institute]

Description: Photograph of a teacher posing with a picture in front of her three students. The teacher is facing the camera and her students. She is standing in front of a small table, which has a book and a pen on it. Next to her, on the right side of the image there are four empty fold-up chairs and a large window, which is open. There is text on the bottom of the image that reads, "May 1953 Studer S.A. TEXAS" The handwriting on the back of the photograph reads, "V.C.S. Institute Houston 1953".
Date: May 1953
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Baptism of thee children at El Mesias Church]

Description: Photograph of a baptism of three children at El Mesias Church, 1951. El Mesias Church was located at 1105 James Street on the northeast corner of James Street at Fulton Street in Houston, Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: Perry, William J., Jr.
Location: 29.778895 -95.358180
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Photograph of a procession for Our Lady of Guadalupe]

Description: Photograph of the procession carrying the decorated photograph of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Nuns, adults and children can be seen in the photograph.
Date: September 6, 1958
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Carolyn Scott with Bob Richards]

Description: Carolyn Street Scott with Bob Richards at Mark & Caroline Richards' wedding.
Date: May 14, 1954
Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards

Reserve Grand Champion Steer, Houston Stock Show

Description: Photograph of the Reserve Grand Champion Steer wearing a harness at the Houston Stock Show with five men standing behind him. The steer has a banner on it's back that reads, "Reserve Grand Champion Steer of Show Houston Fat Stock Show & Livestock Exposition, Houston Texas 1959". The lead rope is being held by a young man in a button-up shirt and watch with a paper pinned to his shirt with the number 2. Three more men stand behind the steer, wearing suits and ties. On the right side of the f… more
Date: 1959
Creator: James Cathey
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum
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