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[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" crossing the Mississippi River]

Photograph of Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 1 westbound, aboard the ferry barge "Mastodon" accompanied by Engine No.73, a steam switcher, type 0-6-0, with a slope-backed tender - is being ferried across the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Avondale, Louisiana.

Date: 1930~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Panama Limited" at Pass Manchac]

Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited" train No. 6, northbound, at Pass Manchac north of New Orleans, enroute to Chicago. train is passing over a body of water.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Entrance to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal]

One of the finest railroad stations in the South is the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Automobiles are parked outside the terminal near sidewalks and landscaped areas.

Date: August 15, 1967

Creator: Hanlon, Pat

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Map of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and connections.

Map shows the late nineteenth century path of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and "Indian Territory" [Oklahoma] boundaries, counties, and major cities are indicated. Includes seven geologic profiles in Texas with "elevations in feet above sea level." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,550,000].

Date: 1893?

Creator: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Chart of Sabine Pass, Texas : From the survey of December, 1889, made under the direction of Captain W. L. Fisk.

Map shows street layout, railroads, and docks for the town of Sabine Pass; navigational detail for the Sabine River from the Gulf of Mexico to Sabine Lake; quarantine, lighthouse, and other points along the shoreline. Depths shown by soundings and contours. Scale [ca. 1:7,500].

Date: 1890

Creator: Bell, A. C

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Entrance, Sabine Pass, Texas: from survey of December, 1889.

Map shows Includes notes. Insets: "Profiles of Jetty Walls: East Jetty - West Jetty." Depths shown by soundings and contours. Scale [1:7,500].

Date: 1890

Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

St. Marks to Galveston [Sheet 2].

Map shows cities, towns, military posts, islands, railroads, and coastal formations from Matagorda Bay to Timbalier Bay on the Louisiana coast; ferries and settlements along the Sabine River. Includes notes. Inset: "Continuation of the Coast, on a reduced scale." Depths shown by soundings and gradient tints. Scale not given.

Date: 1864

Creator: E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Louisiana.

Map shows early nineteenth century Louisiana parishes, settlements, military posts, mineral resources, roads, swamp lands and areas of Native American habitation. Includes text in left, right, and lower panels: "Louisiana" [statistics, history]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.

Date: 1820

Creator: Kneass, William, 1780-1840

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Entrance, Sabine Pass, Texas: from survey of December, 1889.

Map shows Includes notes. Insets: "Profiles of Jetty Walls: East Jetty - West Jetty." Depths shown by soundings and contours. Scale [1:7,500].

Date: 1890

Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Johnson's Mexico.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Mexico states, major cities, roads and a proposed railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Inset: "Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:8,389,700].

Date: 1863

Creator: A. J. Johnson & Co.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of Texas shewing [sic.] the grants in possession of the Colorado & Red River Land Compy.

Map shows settlements, major roads, mining activity, former and contemporary land empresarios and companies and their boundaries; overlapping boundaries for Mexican states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas; adjacent Missouri Territory, Arkansas Territory, and Louisiana. Includes population statistics, acreage, and notes. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:2,740,000].

Date: 1835

Creator: Colorado and Red River Land Company

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana.

Map shows coastline from Cabo del Norte to St. Martins Keys with particular detail for the surroundings of New Orleans, Pensacola Bay, Mobile Bay, and St. Joseph's Bay; route of Spanish fleet from Vera Cruz to Havana. Includes notes. Relief shown by pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,500,000].

Date: 1775

Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new map of Georgia: with part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.

Map shows roads, settlements, areas of Native American habitation, and military outposts in the southeastern portion of the North American continent. Relief shown by shading. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000].

Date: 1748

Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Johnny Cuellar standing outside]

Photograph of Johnny Cuellar standing outside next to a potted plant. Johnny is in a front yard as part of a house can be seen behind him. Written on back: "Shreveport - 1948"

Date: 1948

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bob Cuellar's birthday party]

Photograph of Bob Cuellar in front of a birthday cake on a table. Bob is outside next to a house with opened windows. Written on back: "Bob's Birthday - 1943."

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman and Johnny Cuellar standing]

Photograph of Johnny Cuellar wearing a knit hat and overalls next to an unidentified woman. Written on back: "Johnny Cuellar - Shreveport - 1948."

Date: 1948

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Johnny Cuellar next to a boy]

Photograph of Johnny Cuellar next to an unidentified child in a front yard. The older child with overalls is kneeling next to a tricycle while the baby is sitting on the ground. A parked car and neighborhood houses can be seen in the background. Written on back: "Shreveport - 1948."

Date: 1948

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Aerial View of Orange Texas Shipyards]

Aerial view of the shipyards at Orange Texas along the Sabine River. The bridge to Louisiana is in the upper right. Part of Levingston Island can be seen to the left and downtown Orange is at the top left. This is after WWII and before Levingston expanded to the island on the left.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Sabine River Bridge]

Photograph of the bridge crossing the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana in Orange, Texas. It is a truss bridge. In the foreground a cypress tree stands draped in Spanish moss.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Heritage House Museum

Portrait of Walter Stewart

Portrait of a young Walter Stewart taken by the Washburn company at 637 Canal St. in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

Portrait of baby Carl Bancroft

Portrait of Carl Bancroft as a baby sitting on a fabric-draped chair, wearing a long white dress.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Two Soldiers Pretending to Fight]

Photograph of two soldiers in uniform, pretending to fight. The one on the left has his fists up, and the other holds one of them in his hand.

Date: 1917

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

A Chart of the Internal Part of Louisiana

Map of Louisiana as explored by Zebulon Pike and expedition. The map shows minimal topographical data, names of locations, and names of rivers including the Arkansaw River, Red River, and River La Platte. Information about Spanish, American, and Indian camps is included.

Date: unknown

Creator: Pike, Z. M.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

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[Cochran Family Films, No. 1 - Road Trip to Louisiana and Florida]

This home movie documents the Cochran family's road trip through Louisiana and Florida. Footage from Louisiana includes driving across the O.K. Allen Bridge, driving through Baton Rouge toward the capitol building with signs for the Dominique Stockyard and Diamond Ducks, visiting the capitol building and footage of the city from the tower, driving across the Huey P. Long bridge with a stop in an unidentified city and driving across the Long-Simpson bridge. Footage from Florida includes driving … more

Date: 1949?

Duration: 17 minutes 44 seconds

Creator: Cochran, Jay

Item Type: Video

Location: 30.457052 -91.187409

Partner: UNT Media Library