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World War I Scenes

Description: Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture is of Russian soldiers marching down a road with a crowd watching from the other side. There are three men in front, one of them holding a flag, and there are lines of men behind them carrying guns with bayonets. The bottom picture shows the old Palais du Trocadéro viewed under the Eiffel Tower.
Date: [1914..1917]
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Postcard of Simmons College - November 15, 1913]

Description: Postcard of Simmons College buildings and the president, J. D. Sandefer. Top row, from left to right: Conservatory -- New $40,000 Administration Building Just Completed -- Anna Hall; Center: J. D. Sandefer, A. B. Ph.B., President; bottom row, left to right: Billie Cowden Hall -- Old Administration Building -- Girl's Industrial Home. This postcard was sent to Dr. Robert S. Simmons, 129 E. 59th Street, New York City, NY, with this note: “All goes well – Greetings and best wishes from president an… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of HSU Cannon]

Description: Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University cannon named "Arizona Bill" in honor of Kenneth "Arizona Bill" Burns. The cannon rests on a concrete slab, and several trees and a building can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Founder's Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the Founders' Cemetery on the Hardin-Simmons University campus in Abilene, Texas. Shows three grave markers, denoting the graves of O. C. Pope and his wife, Mary W. Pope; Jefferson Davis Sandefer and his wife, Lucille Gilbert Sandefer; and James B. Simmons. A brick building and several students can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Unusual Dude]

Description: Photograph of a statue of a cowboy with a holster, chaps, and a cowboy hat on the Hardin-Simmons University campus. A plaque on the bottom of the statue identifies this cowboy as “The Unusual Dude.” In the background, a building with various cattle brands can be seen.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of "The Tree" Plaque]

Description: Photograph of the metal plaque screwed into the petrified tree stump on the Hardin-Simmons University campus. The plaque reads, "The Tree: The petrified tree stump, a gift of the Class of 1919, was taken from the sand beds near Clyde, Texas, and brought to the campus by the late D. O. Riddle and several classmates."
Date: [1919..]
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of HSU Cannon Arizona Bill]

Description: Photograph of Sergeant First Class James Robert playing a bugle horn beside the Hardin-Simmons University “Arizona Bill” cannon. A typed note on the back of the photograph reads, "10-27-99 HSU Cannon -- S.F.C.U.S. Army James Robert ROHR Veteran's Honor Guard -- V.F.W. [Veterans of Foreign Wars] Abilene Texas."
Date: October 27, 1999
Creator: Meinhardt, Bob
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Simmons College Cornerstone]

Description: Cornerstone from the original administration building of Simmons College which reads, “Simmons College -- A.D. 1891 -- Builders, J.M. Archer, Archt.” Handwritten note on the back of the note compares this photograph with an “ARN article dated 5-13-1951, page 5-A.”
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of St. Paul’s Wall (Damascus, Syria)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of a city wall identified as St. Paul’s Wall, in Damascus, Syria." The name refers to the New Testament story of the apostle Paul being lowered downin a basket through an opening in the wall to escape death (Acts 9:25). The slide was produced by the Chicago Transparency Company.
Date: [1882..1929]
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Aerial View of City

Description: Copy negative of an aerial of a city. There is a monument in the center of a round about. There are vehicles but no defined roadways. The buildings have columns and arches.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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