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[Wooden Cross]

Description: This cross is wooden and a generic shape except that the base widens to 4 cm from 1 cm at the top. One side has a dark line in the natural pattern of the wood. The accompanying card has a printed note, "This cross hand carved of oak from the original cowboy's hitching post or mens prayer tree, Bloy's Cowboy Camp Meeting" and has a handwritten note on the back: "8-18-68. Carved by John Wilson, Pyote, Texas 79777."
Date: 1968~
Creator: Wilson, John
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Wooden Door]

Description: Photograph of a wooden paneled door, with a wooden frame around it and wainscoting on the walls beside it. This is in an old house in West Texas.
Date: 1972~
Creator: Graham, Val
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

Workers on Carrasco Ranch

Description: Photograph of workers that were making a road to the house on the Carrasco Ranch in West Texas. The men are: Rijino Zubiate of Alpine, TX; Abel Delgadillo of Ojinaga; Agopito Zubiate of Pecos, Texas; Mike Montoyo of Alpine, Texas; Juan Young of Cloudcroft, Texas; and G.A. Glenn of El Paso.
Date: 1937
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Wrecked Pecos Plane]

Description: Photograph of a wrecked plane. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies the plane as the "Pecos Plane." The plane is wrecked nose-down on the ground in a field. Its tail is bent and crumpled.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Young Lady Who Recommended Herself

Description: Paper written for a history Class at Marfa High School by Rosalba Alvarado. It is the story of how Cosme Alvarado chose a woman for his office assistant based on what he saw rather than any letter of recommendation.
Date: December 13, 1976
Creator: Alvarodo, Rosalba
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Partner: Marfa Public Library
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