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[Billboard for the opening of the Dr Pepper Museum]

Description: Photograph of the first billboard advertising the opening of the Dr Pepper Museum in spring of 1991. It has an illustration of the front of the building at left with a large image of a Dr. Pepper bottle cap over the side of the building. Text at right says "Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Texas salutes Dr Pepper Museum, Waco."
Date: October 18, 1990
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dr. Pepper Museum

[Firestone Stores Truck, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Firestone Stores Studebaker pickup truck parked by a brick side wall of a commercial building. A sign saying "Firestone Tires" has been mounted on the rim of the truck bed. Painted on the passenger door: "Firestone Stores, 306 N. Washington, Dial 961."
Date: 195X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Participants Offering Free Cowgirl Kisses]

Description: Photograph of festival participants holding up a sign that says, "Free Cowgirl Kisses, No Purchase Necessary," at a beer booth in Cattle Drive Corral during the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The women are standing behind a counter and smiling.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Marshall, Texas, View from the Corner of West Grand and North Washington St.]

Description: Color halftone postcard of North Washington St. looking south to the Harrison County Courthouse from West Grand St. in Marshall, Texas, ca. 1950s. Commercial buildings line both sides of the streets and automobiles are parked on both sides of the street. The Lynn movie theater is on the left. There is no postmark or message on the back. The caption on the back begins: "TB-11 Marshall, Texas, as viewed from the corner of West Grand and North Washington St." Also printed on the back: "Anscochrome… more
Date: 195X
Creator: Belch, Tom E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[An entrance to the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium]

Description: Photograph of an entrance into the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium in Fort Worth, Texas. Tow double door entryways are separated by a carved column. The doorframe on the left reads "WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM 1936," and the right doorframe just has an art deco design in the center. Both doorways have a tall column of glass blocks, each row 5 across, extending up to the top of the photo. A free-standing sign advertises what is showing in the auditorium, and has posters stuck to it.
Date: [1980..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.745003 -97.367142
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Hangs a Come to Chimera Poster]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman hanging a poster for the Summer Reading Program named Come to Chimera. Come to Chimera was a Texas Summer Reading Program / The Texas Reading Club (TRC) that was sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in 1978.
Date: [1977..1981]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Central Texas Library System

Street Scene - Marshall, Texas

Description: Photo-postcard of North Washington St. looking south to the Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas, ca. 1940s or early 1950s. Commercial buildings line both sides of the streets and automobiles are parked on both sides of the street. A bus is visible at the end of the street in front of the courthouse. Commercial signs on the buildings include on the left, Norge Appliances, B.F. Goodrich, Manly's, Dan Cohen Shoes, Austin Shoes, and on the right, Long's Drugs, Weismans, and Mathewson Drug… more
Date: 194X
Creator: W. M. Cline Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Auto Loan Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a United States National Bank billboard advertising fast auto loans with an image of the U.S. in the center and a man with a broken car in the lower-left corner. Buildings are visible through the billboard posts along the right and center of the image, including the Gaidos Motel directly behind the board. At the right side of the image, cars are driving on Seawall Boulevard along the Gulf of Mexico (far right).
Date: 1965~
Creator: Jules Lauve, Jr., Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.279000 -94.804839
Partner: Rosenberg Library

["Bank With Us" Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a billboard advertisement with the text "Big and friendly, United States National Bank. Bank with U.S." to the right of a three-dimensional image of the bank building. A two-story building with a split two-tone colored siding is visible behind the angled posts of the billboard.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Jules Lauve, Jr., Incorporated
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Rosenberg Library

["Joy to the World" Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a holiday-themed billboard with an image of Joseph and Mary holding baby Jesus at left, next to the text "Joy to the World." The name of the bank is printed below the image: "The United States National Bank." The top portion of a red car is visible at the bottom of the photo.
Date: 1965-12~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Rosenberg Library

["Good Will to All" Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a holiday-themed billboard advertisement for the United States National Bank of Galveston, featuring a man wearing a red coat lighting an old-fashioned street-lamp with the text "Good Will to All..." Buildings are visible in the background of the image and a holly bush with berries is in the lower-left corner. The billboard is in an area enclosed by a chain-link fence and buildings are visible behind it.
Date: 1965-12~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Close-Up of Artists Restoring Dr. Pepper Mural]

Description: Photograph showing a close view of C. B. Morgan and another artist painting over a Dr. Pepper-themed mural to restore it. They are working near the top-left corner on a ladder scaffold; Morgan is working on the white text and the other artist, partially visible on the far left, is working on the yellow outline.
Date: November 1990
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.554998 -97.129093
Partner: Dr. Pepper Museum

[Artists Reviewing Mural Restoration]

Description: Photograph of original artist, C. B. Morgan (left), and an unidentified artist standing at either end of a Dr. Pepper-themed mural, looking at their progress in restoring it. They are standing between the mural and a flat scaffold that is suspended between two A-frame ladders, with a third A-frame ladder nearby. At right, parts of a building and the bed of a pick-up truck are partially visible.
Date: November 1990
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.554998 -97.129093
Partner: Dr. Pepper Museum

[C. B. Morgan Restoring Mural]

Description: Photograph of two artists painting over a Dr. Pepper-themed mural to restore it. Original artist C. B. Morgan is standing on scaffolding to work on the red background in the upper-left portion of the mural; an unidentified artist is standing on the ground near the center of the image. Ladders are visible on either end of the scaffolding.
Date: November 1990
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.554998 -97.129093
Partner: Dr. Pepper Museum

[Artists with Near-Complete Mural]

Description: Photograph focusing on two artists who are completing the restoration of a Dr. Pepper-themed mural. Original artist C. B. Morgan is standing at right, with one hand on an A-frame ladder and looking down at the scaffolding used for the upper portions. An unidentified artist at left is painting black outlines on the mural.
Date: November 1990
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.554998 -97.129093
Partner: Dr. Pepper Museum

[Artists Painting on Ladder Scaffolding]

Description: Photograph of two artists standing on ladder scaffolding and painting over a Dr. Pepper-themed mural to restore it. They are standing on a flat, horizontal platform suspended on two A-frame ladders to work on the upper-left corner. Original artist C. B. Morgan is working on the white text and an unidentified artist just to his left is painting the outer yellow portion.
Date: November 1990
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.554998 -97.129093
Partner: Dr. Pepper Museum

[C.B. Morgan Painting on Scaffolding]

Description: Photograph of C.B. Morgan, the original artist who painted the sign for the Dr. Pepper Company in 1940, repainting the sign before the Dr. Pepper Museum opened. He is standing on a horizontal scaffold braced on two A-frame ladders, working on the upper-left corner of the mural. An unidentified artist is standing near the right side of the mural facing away from the painting, holding paint and a brush.
Date: November 1990
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.554998 -97.129093
Partner: Dr. Pepper Museum
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