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["Yankee Clipper" in Forest Hills, Mass]

Description: The New Haven Railroad's "Yankee Clipper" headed by Engine No. 1396 - a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, enroute through Forest Hills, Massachusetts, on June 11, 1934. Operating between Boston and New York on a 4-hour and 45-minute schedule, this All-Pullman train comprised Club car, two Parlor cars, Dining car, and Sun Parlor Observation car. The "Yankee Clipper" rolled over the New Haven's main line rails - between Grand Central station (New York) and Back Bay, South Station (Boston) - a rail… more
Date: June 11, 1934
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Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Pennsylvainia Limited" westbound]

Description: This scene became commonplace by 1929 - Pennsy passenger trains headed by famed K4s Pacifics on first-class passenger runs - because the Atlantics had been retired. In this view, "The Pennsylvania Limited" train No. 5 westbound, headed by a K4s Pacific, type 4-6-2 locomotive, Engine No. 5375 rolls on the high iron at more than a mile a minute with ten cars of standard varnish.
Date: 1930~
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Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Green Diamond"]

Description: Illinois Central's original train "The Green Diamond" which went into service between Chicago and St. Louis in 1936. The consist included a combine baggage-mail car, four coaches, dining car, and observation parlor car.
Date: 1936~
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Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The Milling Sanatorium]

Description: Dr. H. H. Milling was the first of Mineral Wells' "rubbin' doctors." He operated the Mineral Wells Sanatorium at 315 NW 1st Avenue before building this sanitarium in the 2500 block of SE 6th Avenue - the old Millsap Highway) about 1929. The building was later sold and renamed Irvine Sanitarium. It now [2010] belongs to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is located at 1400 SE VFW Highway (a branch of SE 6th Avenue), and houses VFW Post 2399. Dr. Milling also owned 60 acres on Pollard C… more
Date: 1935?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Mary Kate Hunter]

Description: Born just outside Palestine in 1866 to Nathaniel and Jennie (Beeson) Hunter, Mary Kate Hunter played a significant role in recording, promoting and preserving the history of Palestine and Anderson County. Educated at Palestine Female Academy and Sam Houston Normal Institute, she studied piano with classical musicians across the United States and in Germany, and taught piano to countless Palestine children. As a clubwoman, she was a charter member of the self-culture club in Palestine, organized… more
Date: 1930~
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Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Ada Francis Brake on tricycle]

Description: Photograph of Ada Francis Brake, wearing a dress and bonnet, sitting in a tricycle. The front wheel of a vehicle is visible beside the child. A house with a porch is visible in the background. The names Ada Francis Break [sic], Miss Hallis and Aunt Retta are written on the reverse of the photograph. Based upon the names written on the back and the mountains in the background, we presume that the child is Ada Francis Brake who was born March 21, 1929 in El Paso, Texas to Eldon Nix Brake and Luci… more
Date: 1930~
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Partner: Denton Public Library

[Letter from F. W. Schlutz to Meyer Bodansky - February 1935]

Description: Letter from F. W. Schlutz of the University of Chicago Children's Hospital to Dr. Meyer Bodansky asking for consideration of an unknown matter previously discussed between the two men in Chicago. Dr. Schlutz also acknowledges the receipt of a letter from Dr. Bodansky in February and his intent to travel to Galveston, TX.
Date: February 7, 1935
Creator: Schlutz, F. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Letter from F. W. Schlutz to Meyer Bodansky - March 1935]

Description: Letter from F. W. Schlutz of the University of Chicago Children's Hospital to Dr. Meyer Bodansky informing him of the progress of an issue the two men have previously discussed. Dr. Schlutz also expresses his regrets at not being able to be in Texas on an upcoming trip to the southern United States.
Date: March 1, 1935
Creator: Schlutz, F. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Letter from David R. Goddard to Meyer Bodansky - April 1935]

Description: Letter to Dr. Meyer Bodansky from David R. Goddard, National Research Fellow at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, stating several problems he noticed with an experiment conducted by Dr. Bodansky. The letter also details the scientific equations Goddard used in evaluating the experiment.
Date: April 15, 1935
Creator: David R. Goddard
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Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT
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