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1900-1909
[Mineral Wells Advertisement]
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Description: A 1906 seasonal advertisement, compliments Central Texas Realty Association, depicts a young lady (An Art Nouveau goddess?) half-kneeling before a frame that suggests stained glass. She is holding a water jug, from which pours a stream of healing elixir that splashes into the lowermost center of the brochure. Decorative scrolls reminiscent of wrought iron sculpture decorate the advertisement. Stars, both in the advertisement and on the lady's tiara, hint that Mineral Wells is the City of Light. What appears to be a coffee stain shows at the upper left. Someone has penciled "1905" in the upper right corner.
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[Mineral Wells School, Texas] (architectural drawing)
Date: c. 1902
Creator: unknown
Description: This clipping had been mounted in a scrapbook, and the legible portion of the caption says, "Mineral Wells School, Texas." It appears to be a reproduction of a greatly reduced architectural drawing. It is a proposal for Mineral Wells' first high school (when the school at 205 NW 5th Avenue was in the planning stages). The floor plan of the pictured building may be similar to the West Ward School, but the more ornate facade treatment differs substantially from the building that was finally erected in 1902.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25053/