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[Astros Mascot at League Park]

Description: Photograph of Orbit, the Houston Astros mascot, walking amongst hundreds of area residents at the Red Ribbon Rally in League City Park. The mascot costume is multi-colored. Antennae protrude from the mascot's blue helmet. The event was part of a city-wide Drug Awareness Week put on by League City.
Date: October 24, 1990
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[First State Bank Holiday Card]

Description: Copy-print of a holiday card produced by First State Bank in Rio Vista, Texas. The outside of the card includes two photographs of the employees, lined up outside the bank (with the text, "Greetings from the folks at Texas' largest Country Bank") and organized more informally at a company cookout, standing around or seated on bales of hay, in front of a small herd of cows with men on horseback (with the text, "Western View from our coffee bar window"). The inside of the card includes signatur… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

City of Dallas, Texas Water Consumption 1907-1946

Description: Line graph showing the amount of water consumed in billion gallons per year from 1907-1946; the trend of the graph is positive, meaning the city is consuming more and more water per year.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Keuffel & Esser Co.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

William Christian Dietert Mill - Circa 1860

Description: Art print of a painting of William Christian Dietert's mill in Boerne, Texas. The painting depicts a small, two-story, brown, wooden building with six windows, sitting on a brick foundation on the left bank of a body of water. The brick foundation has stone steps leading down to the water, and a small red and white boat rests on the grassy bank next to the building. Dark green trees surround the scene. A piece of paper is attached to the back of the print with information about the mill and the… more
Date: 1983
Creator: Barrick, Bill
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Collection of Paper Doll Pieces]

Description: Collection of paper doll figures, accessories, and accompanying pieces that have been cut out of magazines and journals. The images include a young girl, women, and furniture.
Date: 1900~
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Collection of Paper Dolls]

Description: Collection of paper doll figures that have been cut out of magazines and journals. The images include young girls and children as well as adult women in fashionable dresses and men in dressing gowns.
Date: 1900~
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Collection of Paper Doll Women]

Description: Collection of paper doll figures that have been cut out of magazines and journals. The images are all young ladies and adult women in fashionable dresses; one of the dolls is missing her head.
Date: 1900~
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Collection of Paper Doll Women]

Description: Collection of paper doll figures that have been cut out of magazines and journals. The images are all adult women in fashionable dresses.
Date: 1900~
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Collection of Paper Doll Women]

Description: Collection of paper doll figures that have been cut out of magazines and journals. The images are all adult women in fashionable dresses.
Date: 1900~
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Collection of Paper Doll Girls and Women]

Description: Collection of paper doll figures that have been cut out of magazines and journals. The images include young girls, young women, and adult women in fashionable dresses; two (identical) girls have only upper bodies).
Date: 1900~
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Cowpuncher or Cook Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "Cowpuncher or Cook," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a tall cabinet made of reclaimed wood, displaying three historic magazine covers from McCalls and True Story.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[War Years Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "War Years," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a tall wooden cabinet that is wider at the bottom than the top and has various kinds of decorative wood paneling in different colors. Four windows near the top display large images and a series of seven smaller images are displayed underneath, down the center of cabinet.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[It's All in the Deal Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "It's All in the Deal," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a large cabinet with dark paneling and deorative woodwork in a pattern at the top. Six historic photographs of buildings and street scenes are displayed in the center part of the cabinet.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Prairie Sentinels Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "Prairie Sentinels," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a series of four tall, skinny connected cabinets with white wood paneling. Each cabinet displays a historic photo.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Front Porch Conversations Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "Front Porch Conversations," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a made of reclaimed wood and has two hinged cabinets, a tall one above a metal piece on the right and a smaller cabinet braced by a turned-wood post. A series of red tobacco cans are lined up above the cabinet on the right.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Under a Wide Sky Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "Under a Wide Sky," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a large piece of a cottonwood tree with a decorative wooden cabinet containing materials reclaimed from a farmhouse.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[The Cattleman Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "The Cattleman," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a square, wooden cabinet on four legs; the main part of the cabinet has two doors. Each side displays a legal document in a small window and larger images above; on the left, there is a cover of a magazine titled The Cattleman and on the right, part of a blueprint.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Up from the Cellar Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "Up from the Cellar," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a large, flat cabinet made from wood reclaimed from a farmhouse cellar. Five historic photos are displayed in a line down the center.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Up from the Ruins Artwork]

Description: Photograph of an artwork titled "Up from the Ruins," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a tall wooden cabinet with a point at the top; it has light-colored wood around the outside with lighter wood inset to create the cabinet portion. There are five linoleum and wallpaper designs reclaimed from a farmhouse displayed in the cabinet windows.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
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