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"Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley
This book contains a collection of letters written by Lieutenant Theodore Thadeus Sobieski (T. T. S.) Laidley between 1845 and 1848. The letters discuss life as a soldier during the Mexican War; most of the letters were written from various stations in Mexico. Each letter is bracketed by editorial commentary on the historical context and the collection is prefaced by a brief biography of Laidley's life prior to the first letter. Index starts on page 179.
El Rancho in South Texas: Continuity and Change From 1750
This book discusses the history of ranching in South Texas, illustrated with photographs that were part of "the first major exhibit to examine the private cattle ranch in South Texas, held in 1994 in the John E. Connor Museum in Kingsville, Texas" (p. ix). Index starts on page 117.
Battles of Mexico : line of operations of the U.S. Army under the command of Major General Winfield Scott on the 19th and 20th of August, 1847
Hand-drawn map showing U.S. Army battles in Mexico, under Major General Winfield Scott. Several different lines are marked to show different Army divisions.
Map of Routes to the Principal Mining Districts in the Central States of Mexico.
Map of several states bordering the Gulf of Mexico in central Mexico from 1828. The routes to the principal mining districts and other roads are marked, as well as towns, landmarks, rivers, and some topographic features (with relief shown by hachures).
[News Script: International News]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 6:30am.
[News Script: Armed robbery]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Dykes Askew Simmons]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 8:25am.
[News Script: Church art]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Mine]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
[News Script: Trapped miners]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 12pm.
T-Shirt - Che Guevara
T-shirt of white cotton, having short sleeves and a rounded neckline, which is printed with an artistic rendering of a portrait of Che Guevara, arranged as large main central portrait in black, surrounded by four smaller renditions in pale gray. Acquired by the donor in Mexico City in 1971 from a vendor in the Mexico City Metro. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (b. June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina - d. La Higuera, Bolivia, October 9, 1967) commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat, military theorist, and major figure of the Cuban Revolution.
A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune
Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Coffee in the Gourd
Collection of miscellaneous folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folk songs, information about Indian pictographs, legends, superstitions, and weather lore. The index begins on page 105.
Corners of Texas
This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Coyote Wisdom
This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds
This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore
Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk
This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd
This volume includes information about the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales, folk anecdotes, Texas folk songs and ballads, and other folklore (back cover). The index begins on page 185.
[News Script: MEXPO fair]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Mrs. Nixon]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the announcement of a political rally for George McGovern, and Pat Nixon's planned dinner party in Floresville, Texas.
[News Script: International]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering multiple international and national news stories in Washington D.C., Mexico, Nashville, and Richmond, Virginia.
[News Script: Marijuana]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Mexican police arresting two men transporting over 400 pound of marijuana.
[News Script: 6PM sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story going over the daily sports highlights.
[News Script: Vee cases rise]
Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Texas weather & news]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Stolen autos end up in Mexico]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the National Automobile Theft Bureau reporting that around 2,500 stolen cars end up in Mexico yearly.
[News Script: Train wreck]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the death toll form a train derailment in Saltillo, Mexico rising to 165 and more than 1,000 injured.
[News Script: Island]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Screwworm]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the construction of a screwworm eradication plant in Mexico City.
[News Clip: Vesco]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
[News Script: Bullfight]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Nuevo Laredo bull ring. In this event, the people watch toreados tangle with the toros.
[News Clip: Border Policy]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
[News Clip: Mex. Dr. Folo]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
[News Clip: Kilroy Picture]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5pm.
Men Camping
Copy negative of three men camping near Don Martin Lake, Mexico. J. D. Moore is being shaved.
Men Fishing
Copy negative of two people holding a rack of fish hanging from a long wooden stick. There are three men standing in the background. All people stand on the beach of Don Martin Lake in Mexico.
Men Fishing
Copy negative of six men standing in front of Lake Don Martin in Coahuila de Zarago, Mexico holding several fish. Three of the men hold a pole that supports the hanging fish. A boy standing behind them holds his arms in the air.
Men Fishing
Copy negative of two photographs. In each, a man stands alone in front of Lake Don Martin in Coahuila de Zarago, Mexico holding several fish. Both men wear hats, glasses, and long sleeve shirts. J. D. Moore is pictured in one photograph and Frank Middlebrook in the other.
Men in Fishing Road
Copy negative of five men in boats floating in Lake Don Martin, Coahuila de Zarago, Mexico. One of the boats has "No. 1" painted on the side.
Men Fishing
1 copy negative of 2 images. Both images show two people holding a rack of fish hanging from a long oar. There is a man standing in the background. All three people stand in front of Don Martin Lake in Mexico. Frank Middlebrook is the man on the left.
Automatic Switch
Patent for an automatic switch for street railways.
Phelp's Ornamental Map of the United States and Mexico
This map shows the United States and Mexico and some surrounding areas. Various regions in the west are shaded in color and the regions in the east are outlined in color. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic areas are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the Great Oregon Railroad route from Chicago to Oregon City, Fremont's exploration route, and the Santa Fe Traders route are marked. There are two shaded text boxes list "Population of The Republic of Mexico" and "Distances in Mexico." Scale [ca. 1:11,750,000] (W 133⁰--W 60⁰/N 50⁰--N 15°) Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Mexico.
This map shows the country of Mexico and surrounding areas. The states of Mexico are outlined in color and labeled. Texas is shown outlined and shaded in yellow. An inset in the lower left corner shows Central America, labeled "Guatimala." Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
No. 4. Map of North America: Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography
This map shows North America and some of the surrounding areas. Each of the countries or regions is shaded using various colors. Major cities and capitals are marked (a text box in the lower left gives an "Explanation."). Bodies of water, locations of some Native American Indian tribes, and geographic features are also marked (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights).
Mapa de Mexico
This map shows the country of Mexico and surrounding areas. Mexican states are marked with dotted lines and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are also marked (with relief shown by hachures). In the lower left corner, there is an inset showing the western hemisphere (North and South America, the United States, and Mexico are labled) as well as a graphic chart of comparative elevations.
Nouvelle Espagne, Nouveau Méxique, Isles Antilles
This map shows southern North and Central America and the surrounding area. Different regions are outlined and shaded in color, including Mexican states and Central American countries which are outlined in green. Bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). An inset in the upper right corner is titled, "Isles Açores ou Tercères."
Mexico & Guatimala
This map shows Mexico, Guatemala, and the surrounding areas. Mexican states are outlined in various colors and labeled; "Guatimala" encompasses all of Central America (except for Belize). Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Mexico.
This map shows the country of Mexico and surrounding areas. Mexican states are outlined and shaded in various colors. Some cities, roads, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Map of North America: Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's New Intermediate Geography.
This map shows North and Central America and some of the surrounding areas. Countries and regions are shaded in various colors. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights as well as depth by form lines). Scale [ca. 1:34,957,000]. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. The back of the map contains a page of text titled "Questions on the Map of the Eastern Hemisphere" (not included) at the top of the page and then text on the bottom half titled "The Western Hemisphere" (to the left) and "The Eastern Hemisphere" (to the right). The text in the bottom half of the page appears to be numberd facts and information regarding different regions of the world with accompanying questions in the footer.
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