[Wharton County in Wharton, TX]

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Photograph of Wharton County in Wharton, TX. A green lawn occupied by large bushes and tall trees leads up from a sidewalk to the white walls of the courthouse, which faces towards the left edge of the image. The building has a short section a taller portion rising above it, both made of white concrete. The entrance to the courthouse is in the shorter section and appears in the left side of the photo with a small set of stairs leading up to its glass doors. "Wharton County Courthouse" is written above the entrance to the building, though the words … continued below

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1 slide : col. ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. October 1970.

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Photograph of Wharton County in Wharton, TX. A green lawn occupied by large bushes and tall trees leads up from a sidewalk to the white walls of the courthouse, which faces towards the left edge of the image. The building has a short section a taller portion rising above it, both made of white concrete. The entrance to the courthouse is in the shorter section and appears in the left side of the photo with a small set of stairs leading up to its glass doors. "Wharton County Courthouse" is written above the entrance to the building, though the words in the photo are reversed. A row of short windows along the ground and a row of taller windows both span the width of the building. The roof of both the shorter and taller sections of the courthouse have flats roofs. The taller section also has two rows of tall windows across its width as well as a clockface above the two central set of windows in its front wall.

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1 slide : col. ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: Historical Collection (U0663), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • October 1970

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[Wharton County in Wharton, TX], photograph, October 1970; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1940643/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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