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[Building the first TWU campus]

Description: Copy negative of construction workers building the first campus of TWU in Denton, originally called the Texas Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls of the State of Texas in the Arts and Sciences.
Date: 1901~
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cactus Ordnance Works main gate]

Description: Photograph of the main gate at the Cactus Ordnance Works in Cactus, Texas. Four men in police-like uniforms stand at the booth of the main gate and look at the camera. A large dog sits next to them. An automobile is stopped at the gate. The Cactus Ordnance Works was a 700-acre manufacturing site for ammonia nitrate.
Date: [1947..1949]
Creator: Standifer, James William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Children having a birthday party]

Description: Photograph of the C. W. Duffy children's birthday party. Five children are seated at a table and celebrating. One of the children can be seen blowing out the candles of the birthday cake. C. W. Duffy was the Director of Industrial Relations with the Emergency Export Corporation.
Date: 1948~
Creator: Standifer, James William
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Children riding a Ferris wheel]

Description: Photograph of two girls and a boy sharing a seat on a Ferris wheel amusement ride. The operator stands nearby with one leg propped up on the ride and one elbow resting on his knee. A building for a Doge Plymouth automobile dealership can be seen in the background. A large number of automobiles are parked nearby.
Date: June 1948
Creator: Standifer, James William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Deceased photograph of Desiderio Lasano shortly after he was shot]

Description: Photograph of Desiderio Lasano shortly after he was shot to death. Lasano was a 23 year-old Mexican who was slain on April 29, 1938. The typed information on the back of the photograph reads, "On the night of April 29th, 1938 - Deciderio Losano (Mexican) 27 years old. Deciderio was shot with a 380 automatic pistole when he was trying to his his brother, Guadalupte Lasano, who has just been shot and killed with the same pistol and by the same Claudio Quiroz. Deciderio and his brother Guadalupe w… more
Date: April 29, 1938
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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[Deceased photograph of Guadalupe Lasano shortly after he was shot]

Description: Photograph of Guadalupe Lasano shortly after he was shot to death. Lasano was a 34 year-old Mexican who was slain on April 29, 1938. The typed information on the back of the photograph reads, "Guadalupe Losano, the first of the two brothers killed. He had a gun in his belt which was a 32-20 caliber. The gun has been fired twice. Guadalupe was shot once between the eyes, once in the left shoulder (rear) and once thru the heart. Murdered April 29, 1938. Losano brothers were both drinking and both… more
Date: April 29, 1938
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Deceased photograph of Perry Gamble's body, following his suicide by train]

Description: Photograph of Perry Gamble's body, following his suicide by train. Typed on the back of the photograph, "The body of Perry Gamble - On the night of April 23rd, 1939, Perry Gamble left his house one mile north of Foard City at three o'clock in the morning and went to the rail road. The fireman on the train saw him standing beside the track. Just before the train got to him, he throwed his hands up and dove in front of the train. Eleven cards passed over his body. Both hands, both feet and his he… more
Date: April 23, 1939
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dormitories at the Cactus Ordnance Works]

Description: Photograph of a dormitory building at the Cactus Ordnance Works in Cactus, Texas. The building has two stories and is light-colored. An automobile is parked outside of the building. The Cactus Ordnance Works was a 700-acre manufacturing site for ammonia nitrate.
Date: 1946
Creator: Standifer, James William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dr. Kenneth Lavender and Martin Sarvis]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Kenneth Lavender and his assistant Martin Sarvis standing in front of a display that includes an art book entitled "The Apple Tree with Strands of Spiderwebs (Jablon se strunami pavucin)" by Jaroslave Seifert with binding by Jan Sobota.
Date: 19XX
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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