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[The Hodges Dry Goods Company]

Description: The Hodges Dry Goods Company was established in 1885 and the building on Oak Street was built in 1892 by A.B. and D.M. Hodges. The building was 50 by 100 feet. At the corner of Oak and N. Magonlia and it was the first business establishment on Oak Street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[A portrait of a young Helen Edmunds Moore]

Description: A portrait of Helen Edmunds Moore as a teenager. She wears a long-sleeved white blouse with large cuffs over her long sleeves and a long white skirt. A pocket watch is pinned to her blouse and a small piece of jewelry is pinned at her neck. She stands with her right hand held behind her back. On the matte frame of the photograph is printed "Naschke 15th & Church Sts. Galveston, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Naschke
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Library Card]

Description: Library card for Gurley Presbyterian Sabbath School. The card is issued to Irene Redway, under the direction of her teacher Miss Hirst. The front of the card contains call numbers for books wanted, and the back of the card contains directions for using the card.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gurley Presbyterian Sabbath School
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Soldiers on Horses]

Description: Postcard depicting a group of soldiers riding horses in the desert. Two soldiers are riding separate from the group. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Unidentified members of W. O. W.]

Description: Photograph of a large group of unidentified men and a few women and children posing in a field with trees. The men are wearing suits, fedoras, derby hats, and military uniforms. The women are wearing formal dresses and tea hats. Several ribbons and banners that read "W. O. W." are visible.
Date: unknown
Partner: Denton Public Library

["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
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~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["C.P. Huntington" locomotive]

Description: Southern Pacific's No. 1 locomotive - the C.P. Huntington - type 4-2-4T, built in the shops of Danforth, Cooke and Company of Paterson, New Jersey, in 1863. This diminutive steam engine was the first to cross the Huey P. Long Bridge spanning the Mississippi River during opening ceremonies on December 16, 1935.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The "Banner Limited"]

Description: Wabash Railway's The "Banner Limited" dating from the turn of the century, traverses the 286 mile route between St. Louis and Chicago. It was a daylight train - No. 11 southbound and No. 10 northbound - operating on a schedule of about seven hours. In this photograph the "Banner Limited" is headed by an Atlantic type 4-4-2 locomotive, engine No. 602, with a consist of old wooden cars which have underbody truss rods and open platforms. As early as June 1916, this train was cited in the Official… more
Date: 1900~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Protractor

Description: Three-arm brass protractor (a) with extensions for each arm, and mahogany case (b) with brass fittings; marked “English ca. 1880” on tag, and “TRADE MARK LONDON”
Date: 1880~
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Melodeon

Description: An old wooden melodeon with carved legs. There are informational plaques visible on top of the instrument (but not legible) as well as an illustrated piece of sheet music for "The Texian Grand March."
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Ramrod

Description: Double barrel percussion rifle (a) with ramrod (b) owned by William Franklin Carnes, a Methodist minister, who was born in 1845 and died in 1921
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Those Texans

Description: Newspaper clippings regarding biography of R.E.B. Baylor, history of Baylor University, and memorial to R.E.B. Baylor, ca. 1900-1920
Date: unknown
Creator: Farber, James
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Old Baylor

Description: Newspaper clippings regarding biography of R.E.B. Baylor, history of Baylor University, and memorial to R.E.B. Baylor, ca. 1900-1920
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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