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[Damron Hotel Fire, 21 of 21: An Early Stage, Looking East, Smoke Billowing]
Date: December 22, 1975
Creator: unknown
Description: Here is a view of the Damron Hotel (formerly located at 109 W. Hubbard Street)during the early stages of the fire (on December 22, 1975) that completely destroyed it. Built as the Colonial Hotel in 1906 by J. T. Holt for his second wife who would not live in the country, and traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron for a ranch about 1917, the name was changed to reflect the new ownership. It was a popular hotel during the heyday of Mineral Wells--through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression and World War II.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29885/
First National Bank
Date: c. 1970
Creator: unknown
Description: The first National Bank, at the SE corner of Oak Avenue and Hubbard Street in Mineral Wells, was originally located in the Oxford Hotel. The Lynch Building and Plaza were built on the site of the hotel, commemorating the location of the discovery of mineral water with "miracle healing powers" by a well drilled here by James A. Lynch in 1879, after the Oxford burned in 1983.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20423/
Fog
Date: January 1970
Creator: Turgeon
Description: This booklet gives an overview of fog as it relates to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Types of fog and factors for formation and dissipation; flight procedures when fog has been forecasted or encountered en route"; and the en-route weather aids available to the aviator." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46571/
Frontal Weather
Date: February 1970
Creator: Simmons, Jerry A.
Description: This booklet gives an overview of frontal weather as it relates to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes a "Discussion of frontal weather systems to include identification, characteristics and flight techniques to be used when penetrating a given frontal system." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46579/
Icing
Date: February 1971
Creator: Snyder, Henry W.
Description: This booklet gives an overview of icing as it relates to aviation. It includes information on "Three types of icing and associated cloud formations and temperatures" as well as "Hazards and flight procedures in icing", according to the scope notes on the title page. The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46570/
[Lake Mineral Wells, 3 of 4: Sign]
Date: [1977-08-06]
Creator: unknown
Description: A sign in front of the spillway (which was part of the dam for Mineral Wells Lake before it was rebuilt to a higher level during World War Two) says, "Water For Texans."
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29917/
Medical Facts for Pilots
Date: July 1972
Creator: Siegel, Peter V.
Description: This pamphlet gives an overview of information for pilots to maintain good health and recognize warning signs of problems they might face specific to flying.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46559/
Moisture and Clouds
Date: June 1971
Creator: Christy, J. J.
Description: This booklet gives an overview of moisture and cloud formations as they relate to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information about "Cloud formation, international classification, abbreviations, and symbols" as well as "General flight conditions associated with stratiform and cumuliform clouds." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46580/
Mountain Circulation
Date: December 1970
Creator: Snyder, Henry W.
Description: This booklet gives an overview of mountain circulation as it relates to aviation. According to the scope notes on the title page, it includes information to "Identify mountain circulation patterns, flight hazards, and recommended flight procedures for mountainous operations." The text also has self-evaluation questions printed throughout, with the answers printed on the last page.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46572/
[Panorama 1974 (sixth)]
Date: August 10, 1974
Creator: unknown
Description: A panorama, taken from West Mountain, looking toward East Mountain over North Oak Street in Mineral Wells. The Convention Center, Box Factory, and The Crazy Water Hotel are visible. Native plants are visible in the foreground.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16240/