Road into Georgetown
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of an aerial view of the road into Georgetown, showing flooding. Photo taken October 4, 1959.
Contributing Partner: Taylor Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145920/
Main Street at US Highway 75, Richardson, Texas
Date: 1958
Creator: Martin, Jerry
Description: Looking north west, the intersection of Main Street / Belt Line Rd. and the east-side frontage road of U. S. Highway 75 (Northbound). A pile of dirt/rocks is on the left foreground; center front is an eroded ditch that is covered by a concrete culvert at Main Street. Two cars are visible on Main Street, and 2 more are parked north of Main Street, on the right side of the photograph. Multiple real estate/housing development signs are on the intersection corners. Buildings are visible in the right background, through leafless trees and shrubs. Signs: Carter Built Homes - AZALEA PARK - Carter Const Co TEX-ANN Lutheran Church ...ier Homes - Mimosa & Cypress Drive ..5-2527 FINESSE HOMES
Contributing Partner: Richardson Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3070/
Main Street, with wagons, Richardson, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: View down an unpaved street, with buildings visible on both sides. On the left is a partially visible building, buildings and cranes in the background, and a one-horse cart or buggy. On the right are electrical poles, a pitched roofed building, a row of three storefronts, the near two with false fronts. In front of the storefronts are 2 large wagons, with the wheels of a third barely visible. The wagons are facing away and appear to be filled with crops, silage, corn or hay. The wagons are hitched to pairs of mules or horses. View is to the west, of Main Street, Richardson, which is continuous with (and connects) East & West Belt Line Road.
Contributing Partner: Richardson Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3074/
View of Higgins, Texas in 1905
Date: 1905
Creator: Julian Born
Description: Photograph of street scene in Higgins, Texas in 1905. Depicted are several buildings lining a wide dirt road. In-between are many horse-drawn wagons and some people, including a man on a ladder in the foreground.
Contributing Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36062/
Piled Debris from Higgins Tornado
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: Russell Minton
Description: View of piled wooden planks, other debris from tornado destruction and cloudy sky from dirt road.
Contributing Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36106/
Destuction from Higgins Tornado
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: Russell Minton
Description: View from dirt road of an overturned automobile, bare trees and scattered debris from tornado destruction.
Contributing Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36104/
Debris from Higgins Tornado
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: Russell Minton
Description: View of wooden planks and other debris from tornado destruction from dirt road.
Contributing Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36105/