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[LeTourneau Industries]

Description: Photograph of the LeTourneau Tournalayer, a massive machine that was designed by Robert G. LeTourneau. The machine was used to create monolithic homes in basic units of 784 square feet, and it could turn out as many as eight homes in one day.
Date: January 1977
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Faith of Our Fathers Sesquicentennial]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing around a bouquet of flowers on a carved chair during the sesquicentennial celebration in Wilson County, Texas. They are, from left to right, John Grammer, Judge Marvin Quinney, Maurine Liles in pioneer dress, LaJuana Leus, and Alene Quinney.
Date: January 3, 2010
Creator: Grammer, Shirley
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Five People at Sesquicentennial]

Description: Photograph of John Grammer, Shirley Grammer, Maurine Liles, who wears a pioneer outfit, LaJuana Leus, and Allene Quinney, standing by a flower bouquet on a wooden chair, for the sesquicentennial of Wilson County, Texas.
Date: January 3, 2010
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Salsberg-Fox Wedding]

Description: Photograph of the 1916 wedding of Gertrude Fox and Archie Salsberg on the altar at Congregation Ahavath Sholom's synagogue in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The bride and groom stand in the center of the photograph, surrounded by men wearing tuxedos and top hats and women wearing silk and taffeta dresses. Above the bridal party is a wedding canopy (called a Chuppah in Hebrew). It takes the shape of an arbor covered with flowers and crepe paper resembling wedding bells. Above the arbor there is a … more
Date: January 16, 1916
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives
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