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[Parade Queen]

Description: Photograph of Barbara Putnam sitting on the back of a convertible during a parade in Port Arthur, Texas. A crowd of people stand in front of the building in the background.
Date: 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Woman Sitting on Small Car]

Description: Photograph of a woman in a long dress with flowers in her hair sitting on a small car driven by a young boy in a cowboy hat, during a parade in Port Arthur, Texas. A man walks beside them, and a crowd of people stand in front of the building in the background.
Date: 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

Texaco Main Gate 1953

Description: Photograph of the main gate of Texaco in 1953. The gate is attended by a single guard. To the left of the gate is a building bearing a large sign declaring that there has been 1,594,538 man hours since the last "lost time injury." There is also a sign requesting that no reading material be carried inside, and other sign on the gate that requests that no matches be carried inside. Two boxes written with the words "Red Head Matches" stand in front of the building.
Date: 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08]

Description: Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau, Police Department, Wichita Falls, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera inquires about setting up a meeting to discuss LULAC and possibly organizing a LULAC council in Wichita, Falls. Herrera mentions the eight new councils set up so far in his presidency of LULAC: El Paso; Port Arthur; Wharton; Seguin; Smeltertown, and Victoria, Texas; and Deming and … more
Date: January 8, 1953
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-8

Description: Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of House Concurrent Resolution 24 of 53rd Legislature that no statute of limitation shall bar the claim of Mr. R. E. Cowan against Jefferson County for the balance of his 1933 salary as District Clerk of Jefferson County.
Date: March 11, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-30

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to license a Grayson County resident to operate an employment agency in Jefferson County.
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Oil well on college campus]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont giving up their baseball field to Stanolind oil company for drilling.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Felix Soliz to John J.Herrera - 1953-02-17]

Description: Letter from Felix Soliz, Secretary of LULAC Council Number 217 in Port Arthur, Texas, to John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, dated February 17, 1953. Solis invites Herrera to attend a Port Arthur LULAC Council meeting on February 22, 1953 where Miss Emily Rimmer will speak about Junior LULAC work.
Date: February 17, 1953
Creator: Soliz, Felix
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Bill Keith to Harris, September 8, 1953]

Description: Handwritten letter from William Keith to Harris L. Kempner discussing general points of interest, such as Herb's condition, the last time Bill and Harris saw each other and an upcoming trip to Galveston, mentioning his desire to meet up with Harris given the chance.
Date: September 8, 1953
Creator: Keith, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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[News Clip: Babe Wins Own Gold Tournament]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about female golfer Babe Zaharias winning the Beaumont golf tournament named after her.
Date: April 7, 1953
Duration: 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No.14 - The Doughboys on tour 1953 - 1955]

Description: This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in New Mexico and Texas in 1953 - 1955 and performing for various events including the March of Dimes in Lovington, New Mexico and a labor convention in El Paso, Texas. The film begins with band members boarding the Flagship San Antonio airplane and includes footage of Midway Airport and Carswell Air Force Base (01 min., 08 sec.); Paul Blount, Lefty Perkins, "Big Bill" Lister, Joe Bill, Johnny Hicks, Claude King, Bobby Williamson… more
Date: 1953/1955
Duration: 30 minutes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.766332 -96.803122
Partner: UNT Media Library
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