[People In Automobile]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: An automobile is shown here, decorated for a parade. The occupants of automobile are obviously dressed for the special occasion. The photograph is a view looking south on Oak Avenue at First Street, in downtown Mineral Wells. The ghostly images in the picture remain unexplained.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[North Entrance to Elmhurst Park]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: The entrance to Elmhurst Park, Mineral Wells is shown here. The number "7830" in the upper left portion of the picture remains unexplained. The park was a 1920's and 1930's recreational spot for the resort city. It no longer exists, being a casualty of the state's reform of gambling laws. It is now the site of the city sewage disposal facility.
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[Social Security Award for Boyce Ditto]
Date: June 4, 1948
Creator: unknown
Description: An insurance award from the Social Security Administration for Boyce Ditto in 1948.
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Program for The Victory Queen & Victory on the Home Front
Date: March 8, 1943
Creator: unknown
Description: A program for The Victory Queen and Victory on the Home Front, presented by Mineral Wells High School at the Convention Hall on March 8, 1943.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16354/
Casino
Date: c. 1907 - 1913
Creator: unknown
Description: A Casino at Elmhurst Park was located in southwest Mineral Wells, Texas, at the turn of the twentieth century. The structure was a large stucco building facing Elmhurst Lake (created by a dam on Pollard Creek) in the foreground. The lake was sometimes referred to as "Pollard Lake." Elmhurst Park was served by the Mineral Wells Electric Railroad (Street Car), with whom it seemed to have had a symbiotic relationship; both came into existence about 1903, and both went out of business about 1913.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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The Period Hotel
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: None
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The Davis Wells; The Davis Baths
Date: around 1920 (?)
Creator: unknown
Description: None
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The Methodist- Episcopal Church
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: None
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The Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: None
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Colonial Hotel
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: The Colonial Hotel at 115 W. Hubbard was built by rancher J.T. Holt for his second wife who would not live in the country. The hotel was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron for a ranch about 1917, and its name was changed to The Damron Hotel. The popular hotel burned down December 22, 1975 along with several other adjoining businesses.
Contributing Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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