[Demolition of Old Main Building 5]

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Photograph of the Old Main building on the Texas Lutheran College campus during it's demolition in the summer of 1977. The demolition of the upper floors is nearly completed and the interior of the rooms are visible. Large piles of debris can be seen around the site along with two trees in the photograph.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Streng, Evelyn Fiedler October 1977.

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Texas Lutheran University

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Photograph of the Old Main building on the Texas Lutheran College campus during it's demolition in the summer of 1977. The demolition of the upper floors is nearly completed and the interior of the rooms are visible. Large piles of debris can be seen around the site along with two trees in the photograph.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Evelyn Streng Slide Collection

Images of mid- to late 20th century Texas and the Southwestern United States. More than 700 items from the 35 mm slide collection have been digitized and made accessible here, under a 2017 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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  • October 1977

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  • Jan. 16, 2017, 7:43 p.m.

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  • April 13, 2017, 11 a.m.

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Streng, Evelyn Fiedler. [Demolition of Old Main Building 5], photograph, October 1977; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821476/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Lutheran University.

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