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[Beverly Ice Skate Arena]

Description: Photograph of Beverly Ice Skating Arena in Wichita Falls. The windows of the arena read, "Beverly Ice Arena" and have a child depicted skating on ice. Attached to the arena are a coffee shop and floor covering store.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Photograph of Mamie McFaddin Ward at Spindletop Museum]

Description: Photograph of Mamie McFaddin Ward wearing a pink patterned dress and looking at an exhibit of metal machinery at the Spindletop Museum, with a large photo of the Spindletop gusher on the wall behind her.
Date: [1960..1982]
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Pond's Laundry & Dry Cleaning]

Description: Photograph of the Pond's Laundry & Dry Cleaning truck. A man is standing on the edge of the truck holding a suit wrapped in plastic.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Richard Cover, Sr.]

Description: Photograph of Richard Cover, Sr. (Cynthia Cummings father) in Navy uniform.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Spang Cable Tools]

Description: Photograph of Spang Cable Tools building and repairmen. The repairmen are standing next to their shop cars. The sign on the building reads, "Spang Cable Tools, Acme Rentals & Repairs, Shaffer Blowout Preventers."
Date: 1960~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Spears Furniture Co.]

Description: Photograph of Spears Furniture Co. in Wichita Falls. Various furniture pieces litter the showroom floor. The sign on the back wall reads, "Spears furniture co. Economy Corral."
Date: 1960~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1960]

Description: Photograph of the 1960 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are four girls in white robes and six boys in black robes with bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands in the center of the back row with them. The students are Carol Shannahoff, Laurel Beth Kimbrell, Annetta Lichtman, Marsha Berger, Sidney Cohen, Stanley Spigel, Marvin Meinstein, Gay Coplin, Larry Daiches, and Ivan Beckhoff.
Date: May 29, 1960
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Jewel Young, Cheryl, Cherokee Bill & son]

Description: Photograph of Jewel Young, Cheryl Young, Cherokee Bill and son sitting on a couch. There is a picture and a shelf on the wall next to a draped window. Bill is shown wearing a suit and hat with a child on his knee.
Date: December 1960
Creator: Edwards, Charles
Partner: Other

[Lillie Abercrombie with two toddlers on lawn]

Description: Lillie Abercrombie kneeling on lawn behind two seated toddlers dressed in blue overcoats beside brick sidewalk. Two story house with double columns in background.
Date: December 1, 1960
Partner: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Asa Fuller, Sheriff 1961-1980

Description: Portrait of Asa Fuller, sheriff of Wilson County, Texas, seated behind a desk. He is leaning back in an office chair with his left leg crossed over his right knee and he is smoking a cigarette; his badge is visible in his breast pocket. There is an ashtray on the desk in front of him, as well as a folded newspaper and various other documents. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph says: "Asa G. Fuller, 1961-1980." and "WCHS prop., donated by Sherriff [sic] 'Pete' Bauman, Nov. 1990."
Date: 1961/1980
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Cynthia Cummings With Father]

Description: Photograph of three-month-old Cynthia Cover Cummings with her father, Richard "Dick" Cover, Sr. in her crib.
Date: 1962
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Portrait of Charles Kilgore]

Description: Photograph of a middle-aged Charles Kilgore, the youngest son of Theodore and Zonnie Kilgore. He is wearing a dark suit jacket over a shirt and a tie. There is a small pin attached to his jacket lapel.
Date: 1962
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1962]

Description: Photograph of the 1962 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are eleven girls in white robes and six boys in black robes and bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands with them at the center in the back row wearing a tallis (prayer shawl). The students are Barbara Carol Tills, Ellen Beth Victor, Veronica Doskal, Rita Jean Battat, Carol Anne Cohen, Rosalyn Katz, Rochelle D. Berliner, Lana Laves, Pamela Rose Seigel, Vivian Levine, Dee Ann Stanley, Jerry Allen Paul, Stuart Schuster,… more
Date: June 3, 1962
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Boerne High 1963 Football Players]

Description: Contact print of the Boerne High School football team during the 1963-1964 school year posing together on a field, in front of empty wooden bleachers. Four of the players are kneeling in the front row with helmets balanced on their knees, along with a coach on either end of the row, and seven additional players are standing behind them. The players are all wearing uniforms that include dark-colored jerseys with large numbers on the chest and lighter colored short pants.
Date: October 4, 1963
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Do Not Lean on This Post]

Description: Black and white photograph of a post which has a message painted on it. The message says "Do Not Lean On This Post Or Bldg Will Collapse." Remodeling of El Centro College from the old Sanger Harris building to a college was quite an ordeal.
Date: 1964
Partner: Dallas County Community College District

[Boerne High Graduates, 1964]

Description: Contact print of the Boerne High School 1964 graduating class wearing dark-colored caps and gowns, with light-colored collars on the womens' robes. There are fifty students and they are posing together in five rows on wooden bleachers with the school building partially visible in the background.
Date: May 21, 1964
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Boerne 1964 Little League Team]

Description: Contact print of the Boerne Little League team posing together in staggered lines on a field. There are twelve team members wearing jeans and short-sleeved, dark-colored T-shirts with the name "Cardinals" across the chest and baseball caps with the letter "C". Three adults are standing at the back of the group. The boys in the front row are holding a trophy and baseball bats and gloves are arranged on the ground in front of them. Buildings are partially visible in the background.
Date: August 17, 1964
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Boy Scout Holding Award]

Description: Contact print of a boy wearing a Boy Scout uniform holding up an award that is framed as a decorative scroll and has the Boy Scout logo and a ring of stars with unreadable text. He is standing in a line with three other men, one standing to his left who is wearing a suit, and two who are also wearing uniforms, standing on either end of the group. They appear to be on a stage or in an auditorium area, standing in front of accordion dividers, with a Boy Scout flag at left and a U.S. flag at rig… more
Date: August 17, 1964
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Castillo Family]

Description: Castillo family photograph (from left to right) of Linda Garcia (23), Joe (5), Terry (4), Gloria (2), Daniel A. (24), and (back row) Danny (6). The photo was taken in the family's new home at 1308 North 6th Street in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1965
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Cynthia Cummings and Friend]

Description: Photograph of Cynthia Cover Cummings and Kim Stevenson playing on a swing set in Charleston, South Carolina.
Date: 1965~
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Pemberton High School Students, Marshall]

Description: A group of students is gathered in front of Pemberton High School in Marshall. The photograph appears to be from the 1960s. This facade shows the new wing which was added to the front of the old building, creating a courtyard between. Steps shown in front lead directly to Rosborough Springs St. Pemberton became a ninth- grade school in 1970 and was finally merged with Marshall High School in 1988. The building was sold to Wiley College, which is located across the street. Pemberton was na… more
Date: 1965
Location: 32.534594 -94.375045
Partner: Marshall Public Library
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