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[Street Scenes of Fort Worth]

Description: This photograph album features street scenes of Fort Worth that include images of: the 1936 parade for President Roosevelt; the Armistice Day Parade of 1936, 1939, 1943; Labor Day Parade of 1936 and 1938; Safety Parade of 1938; the opening of Casa Manana; a parade for the TCU & A&M game of Oct. 1941; American Legion parade of 1941; a parade to honor Gen. Jonathan M. Wainright and Gen. MacArthur, 1945; offices of the Tarrant County B&L Assn. at 615 Main St.; and general street scenes around For… more
Date: 1936
Creator: Fox, Lewis D.
Partner: Fort Worth Public Library

Ranch House in Central Kansas, 1867

Description: Photograph of a pioneer family standing in front of a log cabin. A woman in a striped skirt and apron and a small child in a dark dress stand in the doorway. Next to the doorway sits a young girl in a printed skirt and apron. A man in a dark hat stands with a deer on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gardner, Alexander
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Portrait of a "Mary Jane"]

Description: Portrait of a woman with her hair pulled back. She has on a shirt with a high collar and a coat with wide lapels. On the back of the photo is written, "Well here I am at last. This is what is left of 'Mary Jane'"
Date: unknown
Creator: Geogre Hyde
Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Goldstein-Migel Annex]

Description: Photograph of the Goldstein-Migel Annex in the 700 block of Austin Street in Waco, Texas. The store was having a "Rebuilding Sale" with clothes and carpets as well as wallpaper and mantels. An automobile stands on the street in front of the building. Spaces upstairs are for rent. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gildersleeve
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Herrick Hardware Store]

Description: Photograph of Herrick's Hardware Company in Waco, Texas. It is a large brick building with advertising painted on the walls. It has a water tower on the roof. Horses and carts are in the streets near the building. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Date: 1910~
Creator: Gildersleeve
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

FLF Domestic Maid 45, Champion Heifer

Description: Photograph of FLF Domestic Maid 45, a champion Hereford heifer. Standing behind the cow, left to right, is R.L. Swearingen, Mr. Falk, Lee Leachman, Mr. Marks, and Darold Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong is wearing denims and a button-up shirt with glasses and is holding the bridle of the heifer. The other men are wearing suits and ties. Three are wearing hats and one is holding a banner that reads, "Champion Female, 1962 National Polled Hereford Show & Sale, American Polled Hereford Association". … more
Date: 1962
Creator: Glover, Wm. L.
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Miss Bocal Lass W 128, Champion Hereford Female

Description: Photograph of Alan McCune, Judge Minnish, Dave Brower, W.P. Adams standing behind Miss Bocal Lass W 128, a champion Hereford female wearing a harness and a ribbon. All the men wear suit jackets and cowboy hats, three wear ties, two wear glasses and two wear pins. One man is holding a trophy. In the background is a wall with the words, "Fort Worth Stock Show" painted on it.
Date: unknown
Creator: Glover, Wm. L.
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Post Jr. Band, 1928]

Description: Photograph taken in 1928 of the Post Junior Band marching band. There are 21 members; 20 boys each holding an instrument and one girl serving as the drum majorette, holding her mace. They are all dressed in cowboy outfits, with identical shirts, hats and bandannas. The girl is the only one wearing cowboy boots.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graves Studio
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

B.B. Paddock and Siblings

Description: Studio photograph of B.B. Paddock (standing on the left) and his siblings, including Mary Brown (seated on the right) and Jim Paddock. Mary Brown is wearing a dark long-sleeved dress with a white scarf around her neck. Her hair is gray and curly. The men all wear dark suits. B.B. Paddock wears a bow tie and has a mustache, the man next to him has a necktie and a mustache, and the seated man has a full gray beard and mustache.
Date: unknown
Creator: Greens
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Central Colorado Sheet, 1877

Description: Map of central Colorado in 1877. Printed at the top of the map is, "U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, F.V. Hayden in Charge. Central Colorado."
Date: 1877
Creator: Hayden, Ferdinand V.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Tax receipt for Aaron Parks]

Description: Tax receipt for Aaron Parks for the year 1872, for the amount of one dollar and fifty-five cents. The property taxed was valued at two hundred and thirty three dollars. The document was signed by J.C. Hightower, sheriff of Hood County in 1872.
Date: September 26, 1872
Creator: Hightower, J.C.
Partner: Log Cabin Village
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