Mineral Wells High School Concert Band
Date: c. 1922
Creator: unknown
Description: The Mineral Wells High School Marching Band standing on the school steps around 1922. James Walker Calvert is on the top row, far right. Mr. Brunswick, the bandleader, is on the front row, far left. Ellis White is the trombone player on the left. This is clearly the concert band. See also Mineral Wells High School Marching Band
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16361/
Mineral Wells High School Marching Band
Date: c. 1939
Creator: unknown
Description: Mineral Wells High School marching band performing on a football field in Mineral Wells, TX in the late 1930s. The band director at that time was Dave Brunswick. See also Mineral Wells High School Concert Band.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16347/
[Old man with a dog]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: This is a photograph of a room filled with items. In the center of the room, there is an older man (Nick Merfelder, the Justice of the Peace at Fort Davis) with a moustache sitting in a chair smoking a pipe and reading something on a short table in front of him. A large dog is sitting next to him with its head in the Merfelder's lap. There are several chairs and tables covered in books, papers, and lambs near the man. The room is relatively large with wood paneling across the floor, far wall, and ceiling and a stove in the back. There are windows to the left and right. Various paintings and photographs are hung on the wall. To the right, there is a table with several musical instruments including a violin (or viola) in a case, trombone, and clarinet as well as sheet music on a stand; behind the instruments are a wardrobe, a desk covered in papers, and three coats hanging on the wall. A door in the far wall of the room is open, showing a glimpse of other rooms.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40192/
[Bob Hope and Doris Day prepare for a show in Cowtown Coliseum]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Bob Hope, Doris Day and unknown man. The men are looking at some papers and they are standing near a music stand that has sheet music on it, a microphone, and a guitar. There is also a large pile of clothing and unidentifiable objects in the foreground. Behind them, people stand on the floor facing the backs of the people onstage. There is tiered seating in the background and flags hung from the ceiling.
Holding Partner: Cowtown Coliseum
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Abilene High School Eagle Band
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy photograph of the Abilene High School Eagle Band. The band members are posed, in uniform, on the steps of a building, presumably Abilene High School. In front of the front row are several trophies and a drum with a large "A" on it. Behind the band is a banner that reads, "The Eagle Band, Abilene High School."
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth52888/
Ft Stockton High School Band
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy photograph of the Ft. Stockton High School Band. The full band is posed in uniform in five rows. Each student is carrying his or her instrument, and there are several drums in front of the first row. The text in the lower right reads, "To my friend Bynam with sincere admiration Joe Berryman 1937."
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth52838/
Abilene High School Orchestra
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy photograph of the Abilene High School Orchestra posing with their instruments on stage. The women are wearing black dresses and the men are in suits.
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth52846/
Abilene High School Band
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy photograph of the Abilene High School Eagle Band posing on the steps of a brick building in uniform with their instruments. In front of the band are several trophies and a drum that says, "Abilene High School." Behind the band is a banner that reads, "The Eagle Band, Abilene High School."
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth52899/
Abilene High School Band
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy photograph of the Abilene High School Eagle Band posing on stage in uniform with their instruments. In front of the band are several trophies. Behind them is a banner that reads, "The Eagle band, Abilene High School." On the curtain above the stage is an emblem that reads, "Abilene High School."
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth52895/
Abilene High School Orchestra
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy photograph of the Abilene High School Orchestra posing with their instruments. They are seated on stage in front of a curtain. The seats in the theater are empty. The women are wearing black dresses and the men are in suits.
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth52845/