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Cattle Raisers Museum

The Cattle Raisers Association of Texas is the oldest and largest organization of its kind in the U.S., and the museum partnered with us to provide access to thousands of photographs that document the importance and signficance of Texas and the Southwest's ranching heritage. The images include portraits of leading Texas ranches and ranchers.

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Childress County Heritage Museum

The Childress County Heritage Museum partnered with us to provide access to historic photos from the 1880s to the 1950s. Images feature the local city streets and businesses; area ranches; the FW&D Railway Co; and the Childress Army Air Field during WWII.

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City of Clarendon

The City of Clarendon contributes local history materials that include ledgers that document the minutes of City Commission meetings dating from 1901-2003; ledgers showing city ordinances from 1915-2007; and a ledger with the minutes of the meetings of the Chamber of Commerce from 1920-1921. Funding for this project was provided by the Tocker Foundation.

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Clark Hotel Museum

The Clark Hotel Museum materials include images from Van Horn and Culberson County selected for the grant Rescuing Texas History through the Digitization of At-Risk Photographs and Maps.

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Clay County Historical Society

The Clay County Historical Society presents a rich collection of photographs that include early images of Henrietta and surrounding Clay County. Also featured are images of Native Americans taken by photographers Alice Snearly, Lon Kelley, and William E. Irwin.

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Collin County Genealogical Society

The Collin County Genealogical Society provides access to the Collin Chronicles, its quarterly newsletter. The issues run from 1981 to 2004, and provide transcripts of historical materials, local cemetery information and general research resources.

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Concordia University at Austin

The Founders Library at Concordia University presents images of the university campus, as well as early faculty and students. See photographs of Kilian Hall, Texas Hall, the Birkman Chapel, Behnker Hall, and Kramer Hall.

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Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

The Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History contributed photos of the 1919 Hurricane, a category 4 storm that was one of the deadliest of the twentieth century with winds up to 110 mph, and waves cresting as high as 16 feet.

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Courthouse-on-the-Square

Denton's Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum contributes local history photographs from the Harpool Farm Collections, and through the ongoing project From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History, they will provide historic photographs of the communities in Denton County.

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Cowtown Coliseum

The Cowtown Coliseum contributes materials to the collection Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth’s Historic Treasures, which includes action photographs of bull riding, barrel racing, and calf roping at the Coliseum's rodeo events.

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