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[First National Bank in Port Arthur]

Photograph of the First National Bank building on the northeast corner of Proctor Street and Austin Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas. The Adams Building is visible in the background. There are cars and people in front of the bank building.

Date: 1929

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Goodhue Hotel in Port Arthur]

Photograph of the Goodhue Hotel building in Port Arthur, Texas. Cars are parked on the street in front of the hotel, and buildings are visible in the background.

Date: 1929

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

Cracking Plant for West Texas Crude

Photograph of equipment driving pilings for a structural foundation. The two pile drivers can be seen midfield to the left of a pile of wood. Small houses and a refinery are visible in the background, while the foreground is dominated by a canal and pipework. The reverse side of the photo has a typed description stating the foundation is for "four 78' x 40' x 10" tanks that to be built in reservoir tract by Riter-Conley."

Date: April 16, 1929

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Port Arthur Pleasure Pier with divers and swimmers]

Photograph of Port Arthur Pleasure Pier. Diver diving off pier into Lake Sabine with other swimmers in water and some watching or waiting to dive.

Date: 1929

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Man Feeding Squirrel]

Photograph of an elderly man identified as John Walter Carr. He is seated outdoors, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a hat. There is a squirrel on his lap eating out of a dish.

Date: 1929

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

["The Flying Crow" rolling through Eastwood Hills, Missouri]

Kansas City Southern Railway's " The Flying Crow" train No. 15, southbound, rolls through Eastwood Hills, Missouri enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana, circa 1925. The train is headed by a beautiful Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a Vanderbilt oil tender.

Date: 1929~

Location: 39.033130 -94.514283

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Empire Builder" at St. Paul, Minnesota Depot]

Great Northern Railway's "The Empire Builder" train No. 1, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2517, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, at St. Paul Union Depot, 1929. This world renowned train was operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from Chicago to St. Paul and it was a Great Northern train from St. Paul to Portland, Seattle and Tacoma.

Date: 1929

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Sunshine Special" near Forney, Texas]

Texas and Pacific's " Sunshine Special" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 909, a 900 class Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, rolls through Texas countryside near Forney on a summer day in 1929. The Texas and Pacific Railway had five locomotives of the 900 class which were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928 and these went into service in 1929. They were Numbers 905, 906, 907, 908, and 909.

Date: 1929

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Argonaut" passenger trains in West Texas]

Long ago in the age of steam, the Southern Pacific's "Argonaut" passenger trains, numbers 104 and 103, east and westbound, respectively, meet in the early morning hours at mile post 450 between Langtry and Pumpville in far west Texas.

Date: 1929~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Scenic Limited" on the Royal Gorge Route in Colorado]

Photograph of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's "Scenic Limited" headed by engine No. 1508, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a consist of seven cars, traverses the Royal Gorge Route in Colorado around 1929. In the distant background is the Hanging Bridge in the Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River.

Date: 1929~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Empire Builder" at Puget Sound]

Great Northern Railway's "Empire Builder" train No. 31, westbound, traverses the route along Puget Sound, nearing Seattle, 1929.

Date: 1929

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Photograph of a Group of People on a Railroad Track]

Photograph of a group of people standing on a railroad track. There are two men standing on the left wearing white shirts and dark pants and holding hats. Two women are standing on the right. They are wearing long dresses and holding hats. They are standing on a railroad track that is between two walls of rocks. The Fox Company's stamp is on the back of the photograph and says "Guaranteed for Life, Sep 1929, This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made By Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas, Copyrigh… more

Date: September 1929