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Fort Worth is the geographical and transportation center of the Mid-Continent Oil Fields.

Description: Map shows oil pipelines with company names, cities, towns, names and locations of major oil fields in the Mid-Continent Oil Fields [Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and portions of Kansas and New Mexico] with Fort Worth located at the center. Includes text in margin corners extollling advantages of Fort Worth. Scale not given.
Date: 1930
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

["The Hustler" arriving in Shreveport, Louisana]

Description: Known in the Pelican State as the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway's "The Hustler," train No. 4-203, northbound, arriving in Shreveport, Louisiana from New Orleans on an April morning in 1939. The small Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive, which heads this passenger train, carries the train's name etched on a metal plate attached to the boiler front, positioned below the headlight. These overnight trains - operating between New Orleans and Shreveport were popular over a long span of years, making t… more
Date: April 1939
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Plaza Café interior at night]

Description: Photograph of the Plaza Café interior at night. Tables are set up with tablecloths, decorations, napkins, and cutlery. A cash register and receipt printer sit on top of the glass counter next to the windows. Mounted animals can be seen on the right corner above the jukebox. Written on back: " Plaza Cafe, Shreveport - 1939."
Date: 1939
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Plaza Cafe exterior Shreveport]

Description: Photograph of Plaza Café's exterior during the day in 1936. Plaza Café has several signs on its top ledges such as: "Plaza Cafe, Delicious Mexican Food, and Fried Chicken and Steaks." Written on back: "1936, Shreveport - return to Frank Cuellar Sr. - Dallas, TX."
Date: 1936
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Orange Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1932
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 30.12 -93.62
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Port Arthur Northeast Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1932
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.94 -93.81
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sabine Pass Northeast Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1932
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.69 -93.81
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Orange Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1932
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 30.12 -93.62
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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