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[News Script: Texas Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that skies which are mostly clear over Texas and official observers give the credit to a ridge of high pressures lying across the East part of the state.
Date: August 20, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

No. 15 Map of Mexico, Guatimala, and the West Indies.

Description: This map shows Mexico and the Caribbean as well as the surrounding areas (including southern portions of the United States and northern portions of South America). Some parts of the map are shaded in green. Mexican states are labeled and cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights). Beneath the title, there is a block of text labeled "Remarks" that describes the islands of the Caribbean. There is an inset (lower-left corner) sh… more
Date: 1849
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Agenda for trip to Mexico, October 5, 1951]

Description: Agenda for a trip to Mexico from October 5-13, 1951. Sightseeing plans on agenda mention visiting Mexico City, Acapulco, Guadalajara, Veracruz. Includes meeting with the Mayor and City Officials of Mexico City at City Hall, and introduction to President Miguel Alemán Valdés.
Date: October 5, 1951
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Battle of Cerro Gordo.

Description: Map shows field of battle and strategic layout of opposing Mexican and American armies. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1847..1867]
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Image depicting Cocoteros de le Barra]

Description: Postcard-type print of an artwork depicting Cocoteros de la Barra, Tuxpan Veracruz, Mexico, a house surrounded by trees, with ships on the body of water in the background. There is a note on the front of the photograph that reads " Cocoteros de la Barra Tuxpan Ver Mex."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas

[Message from Joaquín Vidal to Spanish Officials]

Description: Message from Joaquín Vidal to Spanish officials saying that Manuel Galindo of Huachimango is wanted by the governor of Veracruz; Vidal also gives a description of the man wanted by the governor. The document is signed by local officials in Mexican towns and villas acknowledging their having received and passed on the message.
Date: 1809-07~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[One O’Clock Lab Band Mexico Tour, January 26-February 21, 1967]

Description: Photograph of members of the group during the tour. They are seen standing in front of a building with a large sign reading "Veracruz". The 2nd woman from the left is tentatively identified as Carol Lurie; the fourth woman from the left is tentatively identified as Linda De Leon; the man at left in 2nd row is tentatively identified as Leon Breeden. This is one of a series of photographs taken during the One O’Clock Lab Band’s tour to Mexico, January 26 to February 21, 1967. The United States… more
Date: [1967-01-26..1967-02-21]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Panel

Description: Length of Handwoven Fabric. Two breadth garment handwoven in cotton on the backstrap loom. Natural brown cotton with white cotton stripes - warp faced weave. The 2 panels are joined with machine stitching and the ends have machine stitched hems. One panel is slightly longer (2 3/8") than the other.
Date: 1970/1979
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Private Rail car at Jalapa, Mexico]

Description: Division Superintendent's private car at Jalapa, Mexico,on the National railways of Mexico's line extending from Veracruz to Mexico City. August 1964. This was formerly the Old Interoceanic Railway, a 3-foot gauge railroad, which was converted to standard gauge in 1948.
Date: August 1964
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[The "Queen's Own" in Paso del Macho Yards]

Description: Electric locomotive of the former Mexican Railway, the "Queen's Own" in the Paso del Macho yards around 1956. This railroad has operated under catenary from Paso del Macho to Esperanza since 1928. It is the only section of the National Railways of Mexico which is electrified. On this railroad you travel over one of the most spectacular rail routes on the North American continent. In the background looms the Cumbres de Maltrata range where a 4.5 per cent gradient must be traversed.
Date: 1956~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Three Bandos from the Marques de Croix]

Description: Manuscript of a Bando from the Viceroy Marques de Croix letting the Governor of Nuevo Santander that the fleet has arrived in Veracruz. The first printed edict is from the Marques concerning the eradication of the Jesuit School of Thought; none may teach nor any university allow their books in their possession. The printed Bando is from the Marques and contains a referral by the King to a previous "Real Cedula" where religious authorities are not to give asylum to criminals hiding in churches. more
Date: {1769-03-31,1769-05-08}
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
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