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[18-month-old jack colt]

Description: Photograph of an 18-month-old jack colt. Back of photograph: "18-months-old jack colt sired by imported Poitou Jack. Note the compact, sturdy body; stright, big-boned legs; thick neck which promises a wide, deep, chest. Out idea of a good, young jack."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.812158 -97.451343
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

The 1911 Majestic Theater in Fort Worth

Description: Photograph of Commerce Street in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Majestic Theater is in the center of the frame with many signs and posters on it. Some read, "The St. Louis Limited. Road Through The Ozarks. Frisco Lines" Another poster reads, "Majestic, Venus, Alpha Sextette". This is Fort Worth's second Majestic Theater, built in 1911. Next to the theater is a building with awnings and a sign that reads, "Fisk Tires, Gasoline". Telephone poles and wires and horse-drawn buggies line the road.
Date: 1911?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.750864 -97.327428
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

1969 Houston Livestock Show Champion Charolais Bull

Description: 1969 Houston Livestock Show Grand Champion Charolais Bull, Monarch's Majesty, draped with winner's blanket. The bull was owned by Monarch Charolais Farm of Council Grove Kansas. Arleen Lucas and Sam Marshall display its trophies. - Miss Arleen Lucas, Texas FFA Sweethard from Pasadena - Mrs. Sam Marshall of Houston
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

1969 Houston Livestock Show Champion Charolais Cattle

Description: 1969 Houston Livestock Show Gran Champion Charolais Female - MGM Hijacks Mae - is displayed by Micahelis Ranch, Kyle, Texas. Shown left to right: - J. Scott Henderson, executive secretary of American International Charolais Assn. - Sherman Clark, of the Houston Show - Maximo Michaelis, owner - Herdsman Jim Saunders - Miss Arleen Lucas, Texas FFA Sweethard from Pasadena - Mrs. Sam Marshall of Houston
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

1969 Houston Livestock Show Champion Charolais Heifer

Description: 1969 Houston Livestock Show Grand Champion Charolais Heifer, Monarch's Majesty, draped with winner's blanket. This heifer was exhibited by Michaelis Ranch. James O. Sanders is at the lead with Maximo Michaelis III to the left (no hat). The heifer was owned by Monarch Charolais Farm of Council Grove Kansas. Arleen Lucas and Sam Marshall display its trophies. - Miss Arleen Lucas, Texas FFA Sweethard from Pasadena - Mrs. Sam Marshall of Houston
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

1st Prize Carload Hereford Bulls, Colorado, 1946

Description: Photograph of twelve Hereford bulls, all with large horns, lined side by side in a large corral. In the background are several pens and behind that is a tall brush-covered hill. This photo was taken at the headquarters of Switzer and Field Hereford Ranch in Gunnison County, Colorado.
Date: December 1945
Creator: Smith, Guy E.
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Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

6th Ward School in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1893

Description: Photograph of a large group of schoolchildren with their teacher in front of the 6th Ward School House in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1893. There are twenty-five boys, seventeen girls and one teacher. Some of the boys are seated or kneeling in the front row and the girls are taking up most of the middle row, standing. The boys are wearing knickers and jackets with boots and the girls are wearing dresses with jackets. There is a very large wooden door and arched doorway behind the group.
Date: 1893
Creator: Bryant Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

7th Street Looking West, Ft. Worth, Texas

Description: Photograph of 7th Street looking West in Ft. Worth, Texas. On the right side of the street is the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank with a clock over its doorway and many tall buildings next to it. Inlaid in the brick road are trolley tracks and overhead are electricity and telephone poles. On the road are many old cars, a horse-drawn buggy, and people.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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