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[News Clip: Mineral Wells]
Description:
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
May 25, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Duration:
44 seconds
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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Mineral Wells]
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Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
September 2, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Duration:
1 minute 49 seconds
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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Boat people]
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Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
July 30, 1979, 6:00 p.m.
Duration:
2 minutes 20 seconds
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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[The Construction Site of the Mineral Wells Savings and Loan, 3 of 3: The East Side of the Construction]
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This series of photographs of the construction of Mineral Wells Savings and Loan was taken in 1975. Demolition of the Howard Building began March 17, 1975, to make room for the Savings and Loan. D.M. Howard was the first of five brothers to arrive from North Carolina. He later sent for his other brothers to establish the Howard Brothers Department Stores complex in the early 1900's.
The Baker Hotel, directly across E. Hubbard north of the Savings and Loan, is seen to the left of the pi…
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Date:
1975
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[The Construction Site of the Mineral Wells Savings and Loan, 2 of 3: A Piggy Wiggly Is in the Background]
Description:
The construction of the Mineral Wells Savings and Loan, at 101 SE 1st Avenue in 1975, was documented in this series of photographs. The Howard Building, the first of the complex of Howard Brothers Department Stores, had been built on this location in the early 1900's.
Demolition of the Howard Building began March 17, 1975, to make room for the Savings and Loan. The Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store (at the site of Mineral Wells' first Post Office) and the Green Stamp Store are visible…
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Date:
1975
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[The Construction Site of the Mineral Wells Savings and Loan, 1 of 3, The Baker Hotel is in the Background]
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This series of photographs was taken in 1975, during the construction of the Mineral Wells Savings and Loan at 101 SE 1st Avenue. The Howard Brothers Department Store was an early occupant of the site. Demolition of the Howard Building began March 17, 1975 to make room for the Savings and Loan. A new First State Bank currently [2011] occupies this entire city block. A good view of the south side of the Baker Hotel is visible in the background.
Date:
1975
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[Poston's Dry Goods, 9 of 15: Outside of Store Front]
Description:
Will Poston stands in front of his store, Poston Dry Goods (located at 107 N. Oak Avenue). Poston's was the largest department store in Mineral Wells after the Howard Brothers Department Stores discontinued operations. Many of the glass show cases in Poston's came from the earlier Howard Brothers store. These cases are on display in the store.
The store itself is now the Mineral Wells branch of the Palo Pinto County courthouse.
Date:
1975
Creator:
Weaver, A. F.
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[Poston's Dry Goods, 14 of 15: Inside Cashier Station]
Description:
Will Poston surveys the domain in his store, Poston Dry Goods located at 107 N. Oak Avenue. The photograph was taken about 1975.
Date:
1975
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Weaver, A. F.
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[Poston's Dry Goods, 11 of 15: Inside View of Store]
Description:
Will Poston stands in his department store, Poston Dry Goods located at 107 N. Oak Avenue. The picture gives a broad view of the boot department of the Western attire carried by the store.
Date:
1975
Creator:
Weaver, A. F.
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[Poston's Dry Goods, 12 of 15: Inside View of his Store]
Description:
Will Poston stands in his department store, preparing to dispatch a container to his cashier's department. A view of the boot department, with a typical stock of Western boots, is displayed.
Date:
1975
Creator:
Weaver, A. F.
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[The Crazy Hotel]
Description:
This pictures shows the east side of the Crazy Hotel, which opened in 1927, and occupies the entire west side of the 400 block of North Oak Avenue. The Crazy is now [2008] a retirement home. It was forcibly shut down in 2010.
Across North Oak Avenue (the main street in the picture) and on the right (east) of the Crazy, is the building (with the Community Aerial Cable Company sign) that once housed Stoker Pontiac. It is now [2008] occupied by Bennett's Office Supply. The Grand Theater…
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Date:
April 29, 1975
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[Poston's Dry Goods, 7 of 15: With Display Case, Drawers Open]
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Will Poston stands in the sewing department of his store, Poston Dry Goods (located at 107 N. Oak Avenue). The display case is open to show the different types and colors of sewing thread in stock. Colored threads were separated from white for easier selection, and both were available in various brands, spooled quantities and thread sizes.
Date:
1975
Creator:
Weaver, A. F.
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[Poston's Dry Goods, 6 of 15: With Display Case]
Description:
Will Poston stands with an antique [in 2008] thread (Please not the markings, "Clark", "O.N.T." "White" "Colors" on the drawers) cabinet in his store, Poston Dry Goods (located at 107 N. Oak Avenue). The year of the picture is 1975.
Date:
1975
Creator:
Weaver, A. F.
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 12 of 21: Numerous Fire Hoses Lying in Front of the Hotel]
Description:
Another view of the front entrance to the Damron Hotel at 109 W. Hubbard during the earlier stages of the fire that completely destroyed it on December 22, 1975.
Debris from the burning hotel wafted as far as seven blocks from the burning building. No major injuries were reported.
The spectacular Holiday fire that destroyed the hotel received extensive photographic coverage.
Date:
December 22, 1975
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 11 of 21: Fighting the Fire on W. Hubbard St.]
Description:
Shown here is another picture in the series of photographs of the fire that destroyed the Damron Hotel during the holiday season of 1975. This smoke-shrouded scene of W. Hubbard, shows the front entrance to the hotel in the earlier stages of the fire's progress.
The Damron was built in 1906, during the days that Mineral Wells was a popular resort spa. It burned completely on December 22,1975. The hotel's name was changed in 1917 when Mr. Holt (who had built the hotel) traded it to Ag…
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Date:
December 22, 1975
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 10 of 21]
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Another in the extensive series of photographs that covered the spectacular holiday fire that completely consumed the Damron Hotel during the 1975 Christmas season is shown here. This picture shows some of the early response to the fire. Note, for example, the electrical utility truck, which has arrived to cut off electrical power to the buildings.
The Damron Hotel (which was built during the days when Mineral Wells was a resort) was originally named the Colonial Hotel. It was located a…
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Date:
December 22, 1975
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 9 of 21: Firemen and a Fire Truck Near the North Side of Budiling]
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This photograph shows another view of the early response to the holiday conflagration that consumed the Damron Hotel on December 22, 1975.
The Damron was built in 1906, during Mineral Wells' heyday as a popular resort city. Originally named the Colonial Hotel by J. T. Holt, and built for his second wife, the name of the hotel was changed in 1917 when Mr. Holt traded the hotel to Agnew and Bessie Damron.
The hotel was located at 109 W. Hubbard, and the spectacular fire received exte…
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Date:
December 22, 1975
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 8 of 21: An Early Stage of the Fire, Looking North]
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This view of the spectacular holiday [Christmas] fire that consumed the Damron Hotel completely on December 22, 1975, was taken from SW 1st Street at the southwest corner of the block in the early stages of the fire. The Damron Hotel was built as the Colonial Hotel in 1906 by J. T. Holt for his second wife. She adamantly refused to live in the country. The name was changed in 1917 when it was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron. It was located at 109 W. Hubbard. The fire received extensive ph…
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Date:
December 22, 1975
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 7 of 21: The Parking Lot Behind the Hotel]
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This is yet another view of the spectacular fire that consumed the Damron Hotel during the 1975 Christmas Season.
The Damron was originally built as the Colonial Hotel in 1906 by rancher J.T. Holt for his second wife. The name was changed in 1917 when the hotel was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron.
The fire was covered extensively by free-lance photographers. The hotel was formerly located on at 109 W. Hubbard Street, on the corner of the block that included SW 1st Avenue and S…
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Date:
December 22, 1975
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 6 of 21: Bystanders Observing the Fire]
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The Damron Hotel was destroyed (on December 22, 1975) in a spectacular fire that received extensive photographic coverage. The hotel was located at 109 W. Hubbard. This is another picture of that immense conflagration.
All the firemen answered a call that came in at 9:08 on the morning of the fire. The City of Weatherford also sent men and equipment over to help. Volunteers who were not themselves firemen also helped. Other buildings that suffered damage were Pemberton's (an applian…
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Date:
December 22, 1975
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 4 of 21, Fire Inside the Structure]
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This is another view of the spectacular fire that consumed the Damron Hotel on December 22, 1975. The hotel was built as the Colonial Hotel in 1906 by rancher J. T. Holt for his second wife. The name was changed in 1917 when the hotel was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron .
The fire received extensive photographic coverage. Note the height of the flames in this picture, taken in the later stages of the fire.
Date:
December 22, 1976
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 5 of 21: View from the Rear of the Building]
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The Damron Hotel was built in 1906 as the Colonial Hotel by J. T. Holt. At one time, both Kiwanis and the Rotary service Clubs met in the dining room that was located on the west side of the main floor.
Formerly located at 109 W. Hubbard Street, the hotel burned completely on December 22, 1975 in a spectacular fire that was extensively photographed. Shown here is one of many views of the fire.
Date:
December 22, 1975
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[The Damron Hotel Fire, 3 of 21: Baker Hotel in Background]
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The Damron Hotel (very popular in the resort city of Mineral Wells through the periods of the "Roaring Twenties", The Great Depression and World War II) was originally built as The Colonial Hotel in 1906 by J.T. Holt. Mr. Holt also owned a hardware store at the back of the hotel facing S. Oak Avenue, and a one-room buggy showroom between the hardware store and the hotel.
The hotel was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron around 1917 , and the name was changed to reflect the new ownership.…
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Date:
December 22, 1975
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