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[Rio Grande Railroad]

Description: Photograph of a group of men gathered on a wooden platform, looking at the camera. A locomotive is stopped on the tracks next to them, with railcars attached to it. The railroad was built in 1868 in Isabel, Texas.
Date: [1868..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of a donkey hauling water]

Description: Photograph of a donkey pulling a large wooden barrel, standing in the middle of a dirt street near a two-story building; an unidentified man is standing behind the donkey. A handwritten label in the lower-right corner says, "Hauling water at Isabel, Texas." It is attached to a different postcard written by Byrd Williams, Jr. from his home in the Ysleta community in El Paso.
Date: 1919
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr. & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of a donkey hauling water, 2]

Description: Photograph of a donkey pulling a large wooden barrel, standing in the middle of a dirt street near a two-story building; an unidentified man is standing behind the donkey. A handwritten label in the lower-right corner says, "Hauling water at Isabel, Texas." It is attached to a different postcard written by Byrd Williams, Jr. from his home in the Ysleta community in El Paso.
Date: 1919
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Exterior of the El Rancho Grande hotel, 1]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the El Rancho Grande hotel in Brownsville, Texas. The hotel is a long brick building with rows of bushes along its base and a roof supported by rectangular columns. Fields occupied by trees sit to either side of the building.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Exterior of the El Rancho Grande hotel, 2]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the El Rancho Grande hotel in Brownsville, Texas. The hotel is a long brick building with rows of bushes along its base and a roof supported by rectangular columns. Fields occupied by trees sit to either side of the building.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lounge area of an El Rancho Grande room, 1]

Description: Photograph of the lounge area of a room at the El Rancho Grande hotel in Brownsville, Texas. Two chairs face two couches that sit on either side of a table occupied by a lamp and flowers. A mirror hangs above the left couch while a lamp sits behind the right couch.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lounge area of an El Rancho Grande room, 2]

Description: Photograph of the lounge area of a room at the El Rancho Grande hotel in Brownsville, Texas. A couch sitting in front of a desk, wooden chair, and lamp faces a room with a window and door built into one wall. The area in front of the couch is occupied by a second couch and two cushioned chairs.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sign for El Rancho Grande hotel]

Description: Photograph of the sign for the El Rancho Grande hotel in Brownsville, Texas. The sign is surrounded by flowering plants and sits on a large field of grass. The hotel building and multiple thin trees sit in the background.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two people dining at the El Rancho Grande hotel]

Description: Photograph of a man and woman dining at the El Rancho Grande hotel. The smiling couple sits on opposite sides of a table set with drinks, food, and flowers. A large window in the wall next to the couple looks out onto a pool surrounded by covered walkways and people sitting on chairs. A man stands at the edge of the pool's diving board.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Boat]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a Brownsville man building a houseboat and sailing it up the coast to New York.
Date: June 2, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Boat]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Brownsville man building a houseboat and sailing it up the coast to New York.
Date: June 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ike Arrives]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Dwight D. Eisenhower arriving in Texas to dedicate the newly constructed Falcon Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Date: October 18, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Ike arrives]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Dwight D. Eisenhower arriving in Texas to dedicate the newly constructed Falcon Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Date: October 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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