[An Aerial View of Mineral Wells From the South-Southeast, 1967]

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This photograph shows an aerial view that was taken April 29, 1967. Please note the Baker Hotel in the middle of the upper half of the picture, The Crazy Hotel is two blocks right (north and west) of The Baker. East Mountain is to the right of The Baker and "The Cove" (housing area)lies between it and Bald Mountain.

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Weaver, A. F. April 29, 1967.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: A. F. Weaver Collection and was provided by the Boyce Ditto Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 463 times, with 14 in the last month. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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This photograph shows an aerial view that was taken April 29, 1967. Please note the Baker Hotel in the middle of the upper half of the picture, The Crazy Hotel is two blocks right (north and west) of The Baker. East Mountain is to the right of The Baker and "The Cove" (housing area)lies between it and Bald Mountain.

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A. F. Weaver Collection

This colorful panorama covers Mineral Wells' founding and its mercurial growth as a resort center and army town to the present. Photos are from local historian and photographer A.F. Weaver, local families and research sources.

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  • April 29, 1967

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  • Aug. 9, 2006, 12:50 a.m.

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  • April 10, 2017, 10:07 a.m.

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Weaver, A. F. [An Aerial View of Mineral Wells From the South-Southeast, 1967], photograph, April 29, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16197/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.

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