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[First Air Mail Service to Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph showing 10 men standing in front of a Trans-Texas Airways plane around a cart with mailbags. A woman and a man are looking on through the cabin door, and the cargo door is open. This is a photograph taken by the newspaper's photographer to cover the initial flight of the first air mail route through Marshall, Texas. The dignitaries are wearing hats and suits, and a few are wearing overcoats. The airline crew members are wearing uniforms, but no jackets. "News Messenger" is printed at… more
Date: August 1953
Creator: Marshall News Messenger
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Sam Houston Elementary School Teachers, Marshall, Texas, 1958-59]

Description: Group photograph of school teachers of Sam Houston Elementary School in Marshall, Texas, taken in 1958 or 1959. Written in pen on the back: "Front Row, Left to right, Modena Owen, Maude McKay (friend), ?, Mrs. Denny cafeteria manager, Mrs. Leonard Attee Lloyd, Mrs. Sims McCutchan (Johnnie) Music (2nd-6th) later math) P. E. Literature, Back Row Left to Right, Jim Collins, Maude Nesbit very independent (my friend), Christine Broadstreet (lovely person), Mrs. Oney, Mrs. Jennie May Dorbandt, Bill S… more
Date: 1958/1959
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Scene on North Square - Marshall, Texas

Description: Photo-postcard of the northeast corner of the Harrison County Courthouse square in Marshall, Texas, ca. 1952. Recknagel Drug Store is in the left foreground and the trees next to the courthouse are on the right. The courthouse is not visible. Hotel Marshall is visible, as well as Home Furniture Co. and Kariel Clo. Co. on the east side of the square, and electric fans are visible in a few of their second floor windows. The street and most of the parking spaces are empty. A street light is on th… more
Date: December 12, 1952
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Sam Houston Elementary School Class Picture, Marshall, Texas, 1958-59]

Description: Group photograph of a class of Sam Houston Elementary School, posed in four rows in front of an auditorium stage with the curtain drawn. The teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie), stands on the far left. The top right corner is torn. The names of many of the students are written on the back in red pencil.
Date: 1958/1959
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Laura Virginia Groner Hall, East Texas Baptist College, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of the Laura Virginia Groner Hall, East Texas Baptist College, in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1940s or early 1950s. The two-story brick dormitory has a wide full-height entrance porch with six square columns and with three dormers and a central cupola in the roof. All of the windows have shutters. Five metal chairs are visible on the porch. It is on a sloping grassy site with wide steps leading up the slope. At the bottom of the image in white letters … more
Date: February 2, 1954
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Marion Sims McCutchan Jr. in Costume as Rev. Staples for First Presbyterian Church Centennial, 1950, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Marion Sims McCutchan, Jr., in costume as Rev. Staples for the First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas, centennial pageant performance. He wears a false beard and moustache and a bowler hat. A label with the following inscription is attached on the back: "1st Presbyterian Centennial 1950, M. S. McCutchan dressed as Rev. Staples - 1st minister."
Date: 1950
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

St. Joseph's Church, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of St. Joseph's Church in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1940s or early 1950s. The Mission style church building has a tower on either side of the entrance facade, with the one on the left being taller with a bell tower. The entrance doors are obscured by branches, but a statue of St. Joseph stands in a niche above the central entrance door. A residential-scale side-gable building with dormers to the right of the church was probably the rectory. There is… more
Date: January 27, 1954
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Children at First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of thirteen children posed as praying in the chancel of the First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas, probably as part of the centennial pageant held in recognition of the church's 100th anniversary in 1950. Organ pipes are visible behind the children, and two microphones on stands are in front. On the floor between the two microphones is a model of a small church and what appears to be the head of a dark-haired woman painted on paper.
Date: 1950
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Mr. and Mrs. Sims McCutchan Jr. at Sam Houston Elementary School May Fete, 1950]

Description: Photograph of Sims McCutchan, Jr. and his wife Johnnie seated at a school fair booth, perhaps playing bingo. The structure of the temporary booth and stools are clearly visible. The photograph was taken in the evening. Mrs. McCutchan's purse sits on the counter next to her. Bare light bulbs provide light. Inscription on back: "1950, Sam Houston Elementary School May Fete, Marshall, Texas."
Date: May 1950
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Reenactment Performance for First Presbyterian Church Centennial]

Description: Photograph of a performance in the chancel of the First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas, reenacting early years in the church's history as part of its centennial pageant. The performers are in 19th century costumes. Organ pipes are in the background and two microphones on stands are in front.
Date: 1950
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum
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