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Geological Formations

Description: Copy negative of two images in a 1x2 grid. The image on the left has a dried riverbed with canyon walls in the background. Rocks lay next to the dried river bed and plants are scattered across the land. The image on the right shows a desert in the foreground with few plants and a drop off in the canyon in the background. The photographs were taken in an unknown part of Utah or Wyoming.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Core-Drill.

Description: Patent for a core drill for making bore holes in rocks to get out solid samples of the inside of rocks, which has an improved grabbing method for retrieving the piece of rock inside the hole.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: McLoughlin, Malacha J. & Wynn, John S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Person By Stream; Rock and Trees By Stream; Child Fishing in Stream; Man With Child Fishing in Stream

Description: 1 copy negative of 4 photographs. The first image (top left) is of an unidentified person standing on the bank of a stream. The second image (top right) is of an unidentified person standing on top of large boulders amidst trees next to a stream The third image (bottom left, upside down) is of a child fishing in a stream. The fourth image (bottom right, upside down) is of a man and a child both fishing in a stream.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

People on Rocks

Description: Copy photograph of Julia Etta Ely, George Nathan Jake Cook, Radford Cook and others sitting on rocks. In all there are four women and three men. All are wearing hats. The women are wearing blouses and skirts and the men are wearing suits. Behind them are trees.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Nature identification]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 14, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Rock Mounds]

Description: Photograph of mounds of rocks from construction. Behind the mounds tree lines are visible as well as open areas of land. Handwritten text on back reads "US Hwy 81, Williamson County, Flexible base material on highway before spreading, 10-9-1939".
Date: October 9, 1939
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Department of Transportation

[Desert Mountains]

Description: The caption on this postcard reads: Rough mountainous country of the southwest. Visible in this picture are a few creosote bushes; a yucca plant - most likely yucca angustissima; and a rocky mountain side. The creator of this image does not provide the location for this event.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Desert Scene]

Description: Postcard image of a desert scene. The creator of this image did not provide any information for the location of this photographic event. The center of this image features two rock piles that have been purposely stacked in a pyramid type formation. One stack of rocks is taller than the other stack of rocks. These man made rock piles are known as a cairn(s). Cairns can range in size from small simple piles to large elaborate piles of rocks. Typically, cairns are used along trails and paths … more
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Two Photos of Groups]

Description: Two photographs of groups in Port Arthur, Texas. In the top photo, a woman, a man, and a dog sit on a rock in front of a lake, and the bottom photo shows three men and three women posing together.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Two Photographs]

Description: Two photographs of people in Port Arthur, Texas. In the top photo, a man in a suit and a hat stands on top of a round rock in front of a lake. In the bottom photo, a woman and a child stand in the front yard of a house.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Engine 183 above the Toltec Gorge]

Description: Rio Grande's engine No. 483 exits from Toltec Tunnel No. 2 on narrow gauge rails between Alamosa and Durango, Colorado. This is above Toltec Gorge with the Garfield Monument located about 100 feet west of the tunnel portal. Rocky cliffs are to the left of the track and a railing is to the right.
Date: 1960~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Archeology Training on Kid's Day by The Southern Texas Archaeological Association]

Description: Photograph of four young girls learning about archeology from the Southern Texas Archaeological Association at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are kneeling around a black tarp covered with bowls, colanders, and a brown rectangular box filled with rocks. Bystanders, chairs, and sandboxes are visible in the background.
Date: [1999-08-05..1999-08-08]
Creator: Howard, Laura
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Enchanted Rock]

Description: Black and white photograph of an isolated rock hill known as Enchanted Rock. There are a few crumbly pieces of rock and several larger, angular boulders. Patches of shrubs and trees are visible on the right and near the depths of the area.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society
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