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[Charro Days: Kress Store Display #2]

Description: Photograph of the Kress store window display in Brownsville for the city's Charro Days festival. Within the window display are several glass mannequins in a decorated scene with straw walls, hanging fruit attached to the sides, hay placed above above on rafters, and a basket, several bowls, a campfire, and fabrics placed along the floor. A mannequin dressed in a dark-colored shawl with a metate filled with grain in front of her looks to the right, where a baby doll is seated (partially obscured… more
Date: 1948
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

[Eastern Airlines Plane Exterior #1]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of an Eastern Airlines airplane parked on the tarmac of an airport. The plane, a Douglas DC-3, features a propeller on each wing, and features a Costa Rican flag along the tail fin. The plane's starboard side faces the camera.
Date: 1953-05~
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

[Eastern Airlines Plane Exterior #2]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of an Eastern Airlines airplane parked on the tarmac of an airport. The plane, a Curtiss C-46, features a propeller on each wing, a double-bubble fuselage and a large fin/rudder assembly. A Costa Rican flag is seen along the tail fin. The plane's starboard side faces the camera.
Date: May 2, 1953
Creator: A. Rogers Studio
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

'T Amerikaans Gewest van Florida : Door Ferdinand De Soto Nader Ontdekt en groot deels Bemagtigt ; La Floride, Grand Paÿs de l'Amerique Septentrionale, plus avant decouverte et presque toute conquise par Ferdinand de Soto en 1534, tirée de ses Mémoires, et de tous ceux qui ont paru jusqu à present.

Description: Map shows the extent of Spanish Florida with settlements encompassing majority of southeastern portion of the North American continent. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1696
Creator: Aa, Pieter van der, 1530-1594
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Carta general del Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza : formada por Disposición del Gobierno del mismo Estado.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century roads, railroads, towns, mineral resources, haciendas, and ranches in Coahuila de Zaragoza [Coahuila] in northern Mexico. Includes legend and illustrations. Insets: "Zaragoza," "Coahuila Coal Co., washer plant & coke ovens," and "Compañía Metalurgica de Torreón, S.A." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:500,000].
Date: 1905
Creator: Abbott, T. S.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1990
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Built in Texas

Description: Book describing folk building in Texas, including information about the construction of churches, cabins, sheds, barns, fences, and other folk building techniques. The index begins on page 277.
Date: 2000
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Built in Texas

Description: Book describing folk building in Texas, including information about the construction of churches, cabins, sheds, barns, fences, and other folk building techniques. The index begins on page 277.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Corners of Texas

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 1993
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Corners of Texas

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Folk Art in Texas

Description: This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Folk Art in Texas

Description: This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
Date: 1985
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 1996
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Legendary Ladies of Texas

Description: Collection of historical anecdotes providing "a study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them" (back cover). The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1994
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Legendary Ladies of Texas

Description: Collection of historical anecdotes providing "a study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them" (back cover). The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 1978
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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