[Photograph: Alto School House]

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Photograph of Alto's school house prior to its demolition. Text underneath the photograph reads: "Alto's School House is being Demolished. A Landmark of the Past is lost to History."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in., on page 28 x 22 cm.

Creation Information

Creator: Unknown. November 1979.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2013 and was provided by the Stella Hill Memorial Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 80 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Stella Hill Memorial Library

Serving the town of Alto and the surrounding community since 1957, the Library was a project of the Thursday Study Club and named after the club's longtime president. Besides its usual functions as a lending library and internet access point, it has long served as a repository for local history. The Library received a Tocker Foundation grant.

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Photograph of Alto's school house prior to its demolition. Text underneath the photograph reads: "Alto's School House is being Demolished. A Landmark of the Past is lost to History."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in., on page 28 x 22 cm.

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  • Alto School Buildings: A Research Paper, SHML_0014

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Rescuing Texas History, 2013

The 2013 edition of Rescuing Texas History brings together thousands of items that reflect the history and preserve the legacy of the Texas of the past. They include photographs, letters, and more.

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Is Part Of : Alto School Buildings: A Research Paper, SHML_0014

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  • November 1979

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  • Feb. 17, 2014, 5:02 p.m.

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[Photograph: Alto School House], photograph, November 1979; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth389507/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.

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