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40 PBYs on Lake Worth

Description: Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, … more
Date: November 30, 1940
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[100 Mexican Pesos]

Description: Paper bill worth 100 Mexican pesos printed in 1942. This bill has a photograph of a man on the far right side and a large "100" printed in the left center portion of the front side; the title of the bill is "El Banco de Mexico." The back of the bill has a photograph of a large building in the center, "100" printed on the far left and right, and a note on the bottom saying "Cien Pesos."
Date: November 15, 1942
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[408 E. Neches]

Description: Photograph of the front of a two-story, Tudor Revival-style brick house located at 408 E. Neches in Palestine, Texas. Perhaps the most noteworthy architectural element is the decorative half-timbered construction on parts of the exterior.
Date: November 1991
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[12th Armored Division Patch]

Description: Photograph of the 12th Armored Division patch engraved on the side of the Armored Forces Monument. The 13th Armored Division patch is also visible to the right, and text is engraved on the top of the monument.
Date: November 11, 1991
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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["14th Conference of the National Council of Negro Women"]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a radio broadcast covering the 14th Conference of Negro Women" with guests President Truman, an individual from the United Nations and one other. The tape was recorded in Washington D.C at the departmental auditorium. The journalist describes the scene and lists attending organizations. The rest of the tape covers live audio of speakers.
Date: November 15, 1949
Duration: 37 minutes 03 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[17th Armored Infantry Battalion Soldier]

Description: Photograph of three uniformed soldiers from the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion together in front of a corrugated tin building. Two of the soldiers wear helmets and stand on either side of a sitting man. The building has straw and canvas on its roof. Clothes hang from a nearby tree branch to the right.
Date: November 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

1891 Colorado County Courthouse Restoration

Description: Photograph of a restoration project under way on the 1890 - 1891 Classic Revival style Colorado County courthouse in down town Columbus, Texas. The original design was Classic Revival Style, with a clock and bell tower. A tornado toppled the tower and buried the bell in the lawn. The clock and bell tower were replaced with a dome and clocks. Re-modeled in the 1930s with out many changes of outside appearance. Today the Colorado County courthouse is still an example of the Classic Revival style. more
Date: November 4, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell
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