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[Scrapbook: Fort Worth Beautiful]

Description: Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, event programs, certificates, and other ephemera related to the organization's "Fort Worth Beautiful" award. Many of the pages at the end of the book are blank.
Date: 1987/1994
Creator: Fort Worth Garden Club
Partner: Fort Worth Garden Club

[Hanging from the Train to Colonia Chuichupa Photo]

Description: Photograph of 4 people hanging out the side of a yellow train car while traveling from Casas Grandes to Chuichupa, Mexico. They are identified (left-to-right) as unknown, Nina Taylor, Katrina Whetten and Joey Gaspar de Alba, who is holding onto a handlebar on the side of the train. There are rocky mountains and vegetation visible in the background and on the right side of the image, near where the train is passing.
Date: Summer 1987
Creator: Whetten, Robert
Partner: El Paso Community College

[The Moon over Rancho Santa Sofia Photo]

Description: Photograph of four people standing next to a truck parked on a dirt road at Rancho Santa Sofia, Mexico. The road and the desert are visible behind them, under a full moon. Left to Right: Unknown Female in front of truck, David Pratt leaning on truck, Chris Evans, Bert Whetten with head turned to the side). David Pratt and Bert Whetten are wearing white cowboy hats.
Date: Summer 1987
Creator: Whetten, Robert
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Roundup at Santa Sofia Photo]

Description: Photograph of people sitting on a wooden and cement fence at a roundup at Rancho Santa Sofia, Mexico. Back row: Pres Gerald Pratt, Unknown, Unknown, Evans Brother, Chris Evans. Front Row: David Pratt, Aunt Vera Pratt, Bert Whetten. The head of one horse is visible on the left side and the left flank of a horse is visible on the right side.
Date: Summer 1987
Creator: Whetten, Robert
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Riding the Train Up to Colonia Chuichupa Photo]

Description: Photograph of three people hanging out the windows of a train heading for Colonia Chuichupa, Mexico, identified as (front to back) Cynthia Whetten, Bert Whetten, Nina Taylor. Another person's head is partially visible in the lower-right corner. A mountain and vegetation are visible along the left side of the image and in the background.
Date: Summer 1987
Creator: Whetten, Robert
Partner: El Paso Community College

Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, the United Methodist Church: 1987

Description: Journal of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information. Index starts on page 400.
Date: 1987
Creator: United Methodist Church (U.S.). Northwest Texas Conference.
Partner: Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church

[Newspaper Article: Mr. Polo]

Description: Newspaper article about polo player and horse-rancher Cecil Smith. The article discusses his background, how he got involved with playing polo and raising horses, and his life now. The article includes three photos of him, one in which he is sitting with his wife, and another in which he is holding the reins of a dappled-coat horse. On the back of the page are more articles and advertisements.
Date: May 20, 1987
Creator: Brenner, Kit
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

Photographic Collections in Texas: A Union Guide

Description: Union guide to photographs in Texas, "held by libraries, historical societies, universities, museums, government agencies, corporations, and other public entities" (p. xi). Entries are organized according to the institution that owns the items and includes some related access information; additional notes about the text are included in the introduction and a separate section labeled "Organization of the Entries" (starting on page xiii). Geographic index starts on page 347; personal name index… more
Date: 1987
Creator: Pearce-Moses, Richard
Partner: Texas Historical Foundation

1988 Historical Calendar: Mayors of Denton

Description: Calendar for 1988 containing photographs of Denton, Texas mayors and historical facts about the city, Denton County, Texas, and the surrounding areas. There are notes throughout the dates on the calendar as well as a timeline titled "Denton Mayors" at the end.
Date: 1987
Creator: Friends of the Denton Public Library
Partner: UNT Libraries
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