[Girls Basketball Team Portrait]

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Photograph of 8 people. Eight girls, a woman, and a man are photographed in one full-length front-facing pose in front of a building. Three girls are kneeling, three are standing behind him, and the woman and man are standing on the left and right. The girl kneeling in the middle is holding a basketball with "W. H. S. '17" written on it. The girls are all wearing light-colored blouses with dark sailor-style ties, dark skirts, and dark head wraps. 1917-1918 Girls Basketball Team Wheeler, Texas. Information Verified By Beargrass Annual.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

Creation Information

Born, Julius 1917.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2009 and was provided by the River Valley Pioneer Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 231 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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The River Valley Pioneer Museum located in Canadian, Texas offers a rich collection of Julius Born's photographs of Hemphill and surrounding counties from the early twentieth century.

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Photograph of 8 people. Eight girls, a woman, and a man are photographed in one full-length front-facing pose in front of a building. Three girls are kneeling, three are standing behind him, and the woman and man are standing on the left and right. The girl kneeling in the middle is holding a basketball with "W. H. S. '17" written on it. The girls are all wearing light-colored blouses with dark sailor-style ties, dark skirts, and dark head wraps. 1917-1918 Girls Basketball Team Wheeler, Texas. Information Verified By Beargrass Annual.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2009

Photographs, oral histories, artwork, letters, and more. These more than 5,000 items give a glimpse into the diverse people that have called Texas home over the years. Funding provided by the Summerlee Foundation.

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  • 1917

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  • June 10, 2010, 6:31 a.m.

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  • Feb. 26, 2019, 3:38 p.m.

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Born, Julius. [Girls Basketball Team Portrait], photograph, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth94751/: accessed March 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting River Valley Pioneer Museum.

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