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Palo Pinto County Album
Baker Hotel Menu
Date: c. 1929
Creator: unknown
Description: An October 1929 menu from the Stephen F. Austin Hotel, a "Baker Hotel" (in Austin, Texas), similar to the one that opened in Mineral Wells in 1929 is shown here.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Boyce Ditto Social Security Card]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: An envelope from the Crazy Water Hotel, containing Boyce Ditto's Social Security Card.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Christmas Card from Boyce Ditto]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Christmas card sent to Mrs. Weaver, signed "Boyce Ditto." The front cover has a picture of greenery decorated with red bells and silver balls; at the top it says "To A Special Friend." The inside has a similar illustration in the center with text on either side. The text on the left says, "Friends as fine/ as you are/ Don't often come/ one's way./ And special times/ like Christmas/ Don't happen every day." The text on the right continues: "And so this/ Christmas greeting/ Is coming to extend/ This wish--/ 'A Merry Christmas/ To a very/ special friend!'"
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Come to Mineral Wells
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Shown here is a pamphlet from the Chamber of Commerce, describing the healthful benefits of a visit to Mineral Wells, Texas.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Dry Cleaning Bag from Baker Hotel]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: A dry-cleaning bag from the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas is shown here. The bag has an image of the hotel, taken from the front, as well as "The Baker Hotel - Mineral Wells, Texas, World Famous Health Resort"
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Greetings from Palo Pinto, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Shown here is the photograph of a postcard from Palo Pinto, Texas. The front has a photograph of a lake, trees, and a dirt road. The back of the card card has "Brown Road Scenes", and handwritten correspondence, that is not presented here.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Hotel Guide, Highway Guide and Where to Go in Mineral Wells
Date: unknown
Creator: Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce
Description: The cover page of a guide to the town of Mineral Wells, with information about the different types of water available, recreation activities, sanatoriums, and hotels is shown here. The clothes of the"Dyspeptic" illustrated at the bottom left suggest the late 1920's. Please note the gammadion (swastika) ribbons above and below the doggerel on the left side of the picture. The guide appears to have been printed considerably before the rise of the Nazis in Germany.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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Inside Information about the Waters
Date: c. 1919
Creator: unknown
Description: A souvenir booklet, shaped like a bottle from Mineral Wells. It is almost devoid of information, except to note that it was printed by the Harris Service of Ft. Worth, Texas (with its advertising mark of an arrowhead). A copyright was applied for is the last bit of information on the pamphlet's cover.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[Inspiration Point]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: The view from Inspiration Point, overlooking the Brazos River seven miles south of Mineral Wells. Billy Sunday, a popular evangelical preacher in America, visited Mineral Wells in 1900. He exclaimed "This is an inspiration!" when he saw the beautiful scenery south of the town. He unwittingly gave the Point its name.
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The Mineral Wells Guide
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: The Mineral Wells Guide, as it itself proclaims, was published for the out-of-town visitor. It contains facts about Mineral Wells, instructions about how to reach Mineral Wells, the water and baths to be found there, the Milling Sanatorium, recreation in the city, and various advertisements.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16339/