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[The Hexagon House - drawing]
Date: unknown
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Description: A photo of a drawing of the Hexagon House. The unique Hexagon House was the subject of many artists and photographers during its lifetime. Built in 1897 by David Galbraith, inventor of the paper clip, it was the first hotel in Mineral Wells to have electricity in every room. It also had outside exposure to every room for summertime ventilation.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Hexagon House and Convention Hall]
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Description: Hexagon shaped hotel designed and built by David G. Galbraith located in Mineral Wells in the 700 block of N. Oak St. Construction was started in 1895 and completed in 1897. The hotel was the first electrically lighted hotel in the city, and the hexagon shape was designed to achieve maximum air circulation 61 years before air conditioning became available. Mr. galbraith was the inventor of the paper clip, and along with five other men invented the synthetic fiber acetate. The hotel was demolished in 1959. The Convention Hall building at 715 N. Oak St., located next door to the Hexagon House, was built in 1925 on the site of Mineral Well's first electrical generating plant (DC). The Convention Hall was torn down by the city in 1977.
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Ben Hur
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Description: The "Ben Hur" motor car on Mesquite Street, Mineral Wells, Texas (200 block of N.E. 1st Avenue.) This new and larger gasoline powered car joined two "Dinky Cars" (Esther and Susie) on the Mineral Wells Lakewood Park and Scenic Railway in 1908. The railway went out of business in 1909. Mineral Wells was probably one of the few cities in the United States which had gasoline powered street cars. One of the boys standing beside it is Mr. Whatley. This photo is shown on page 74 of "TIME WAS..., Second Edition." The Scenic Railway on which the "Dinky Cars" operated, was owned by banker Cicero Smith and Ed Dismuke, owner of the Famous Water Company, and carried passengers from Mineral Wells over West Mountain to the recreation area of Lake Pinto. Round trip fare was fifteen cents. Dismuke's mineral water wells were located around Lake Pinto and water was pumped over the mountain to the Famous Water Company and its drinking pavilion.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Play Day at Elmhurst Park]
Date: unknown
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Description: Girls playing a basketball game in Mineral Wells Elmhurst Park c. 1910. Scene catches a "Jump Ball" during progress of the game. Note the womens' uniforms and the enthusiastic crowd.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Girls' Basketball Game at Elmhurst Park, Mineral Wells]
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Description: A girls' basketball game at Elmhurst Park, Mineral Wells, c. 1910. Dancing Pavilion in background. Note the girls' uniforms. This scene is a battle for the rebound after a shot at the basket.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Casino at Elmhurst Park, Mineral Wells, Texas]
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Creator: unknown
Description: A view of the Casino and gazebo in Elmhurst Park, Mineral Wells, Texas, C. 1900. This image was used in a postcard. The Casino was the center point of Elmhurst Park and a popular gaming house until the state of Texas amended the state constitution in the early 1930s to make gambling illegal.
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[North Entrance to Elmhurst Park]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Entrance to Elmhurst Park, Mineral Wells. The park was a 1920s and 30s recreational spot for the resort city and no longer exists. It was a casualty of state gambling reform laws, and is now the site of the city sewage disposal facility.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Casino
Date: c. 1907 - 1913
Creator: unknown
Description: The Casino at Elmhurst Park located in southwest Mineral Wells, TX at the turn of the century. The structure was a large stucco building facing Elmhurst Lake (created by a dam on Pollard Creek) in the foreground (was sometimes referred to as Pollard Lake). Elmhurst Park was served by the Mineral Wells Electric Railroad (Street Car), and they seem to have had a symbiotic relationship; both came into existence about 1903 and both went out of business about 1913.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Remember the Good Old Times Back in 1906-1907 [Newspaper Article]
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Creator: unknown
Description: Mineral Wells Index newspaper article, 1933. Article titled "Remember the Good Old Days Back in 1906 - 1907" showing two views of Elmhurst Park, one with automobile and streetcar at the entrance, and another of the casino located in the park with the lake in foreground.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Elmhurst Park 1907
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Description: Two people standing on the wooden bridge at Elmhust Park, Mineral Wells, in 1907. Inscription reads "Old Elmhurst Park, Allen & Charles, 1907", probably the man and boy in the picture. Elmhurst, a very popular recreation area during its heyday, was located in southwest Mineral Wells at the end of the streetcar line. Patrons walked from the streetcar (in the background) across the wooden bridge to the Casino and other attractions.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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