[402 SW 5th Street]
Date: 1974-06
Creator: unknown
Description: A Victorian home at 402 S. W. 5th Street built with a prominent cupola. There were a number of houses in Mineral Wells built with a cupola style.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16167/
[612 NW 6th Street]
Date: 1975-07-04
Creator: unknown
Description: This photograph of 612 N. W. 6th Street was taken on the Fourth of July, 1975. At that time to the present (2006), the house is owned and occupied by Gil Hull. An earlier photo is pictured on page 140 of "Time Was..." by A. F. Weaver. The house was built in 1905 by W. S. McCutcheon. The local Parish of the Episcopla Church held meetings in the basement that members lovingly called "the Catacombs." St. Luke's Episcopal Church is located next door on a lot donated by the McCutcheons.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16172/
[915 NW 4th Avenue]
Date: 1976-04-04
Creator: unknown
Description: The home at 915 N. W. 4th Avenue was built by the Hugh Colemans in 1906. It was the first elegant home built on 4th Avenue and was designed as an entertainment and social center. This house was also be home to the John Moore family and the Gerald Talkington's. Photo of house was taken April 4, 1976. This photo is found on page 183 of "Time Was..." by A. F. Weaver. A 1974 photo is listed as AWO_0683N.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Auction of First Edition of TIME WAS In Mineral Wells]
Date: 1975-08
Creator: unknown
Description: Purchaser and wife who bought the first copy of "Time Was in Mineral Wells." Left to right are Rev. Bobby Moore, auctioneer; Jack Dickens, purchaser; A.F. Weaver, author; Mrs. Jean Dickens. Copy No. 1 sold for $153.57. (H. Arthur Zappe DDs, bought copy No. 2 for $45, and Bill Bennett bought copy No. 3.)
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20410/
Austin Well
Date: 1974
Creator: unknown
Description: Photo taken of the Austin Well in 1974. On back of photo is written; "Looking south shows remains of Austin Well in the foreground with the remains of the crystal plant. Across the street may be seen the St Regis box plant." This well had a unique and romantic history. A cowboy rode a blind horse into Mineral Wells and auctioned her off for a dollar and a half. Mr. Austin acquired the horse and put her to work drawing water from a wheel which was attached a rope pulling a bucket of water from the well with each revolution. Nellie was trained to pause at a point in her circular route long enough for the bucket to be emptied, then continue to pull the next bucket when it was filled. She was retired in her old age, but continued to walk a similar circular route in the pasture to which she was retired, pausing in each revolution as before, until her death. Texas Packaging Co. Inc. has occupied the box plant since 1980.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29822/
AWO_1277N.015, Duplicate
Date: 1975-08
Creator: unknown
Description: Auction of copies of the first edition of "Time Was in Mineral Wells," First Edition by A. F. Weaver. Held at the "Little Rock Schoolhouse." From a roll of film labeled, "Time Was auction Ina Howard Ramsey."
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29427/
AWO_1277N.019 Duplicate
Date: 1975-08
Creator: unknown
Description: Auction of copies of the first edition of "Time Was in Mineral Wells," First Edition by A. F. Weaver. Held at the "Little Rock Schoolhouse." From a roll of film labeled, "Time Was auction Ina Howard Ramsey."
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29423/
[Brewer Home]
Date: 1976-04-04
Creator: unknown
Description: The Brewer home on East Mountain. Can be seen from most of N. Oak Ave. Picture taken April 4, 1976. Originally the Murphy Home, the building underwent many renovations during Mr. Murphy's residency. Mr. Murphy was a contractor who built many buildings in Mineral Wells including the Mineral Wells High School (1914) and the second First Baptist Church.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20249/
[The Calvary Baptist Church]
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Description: The Calvary Baptist Church is located at 708 SE 5th St. This picture was taken in 1975 shortly before the buildiing was torn down and replaced by a more modern facility. The new church at this same location now faces SE 6th Ave. Both the red brick trimmed native rock church and parsonage suffered substantial structural deterioration which necessitated replacement in the decade of the 70s.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29455/
[Calvary Baptist Church in 1975]
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Description: The Calvary Baptist Church, 1975. Note the combined use of native stone and brick and the lack of a peaked roof. The upper part of the windows appear to be stained glass. This one of a series of pictures of the church and parsonage showing structural damage prior to their demolition. This native rock and red brick church faced south on SE 5th St, and the white brick structure which replaced it is built on the same city block but faces west on SE 6th Ave.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24992/