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[Faith of Our Fathers Sesquicentennial]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing around a bouquet of flowers on a carved chair during the sesquicentennial celebration in Wilson County, Texas. They are, from left to right, John Grammer, Judge Marvin Quinney, Maurine Liles in pioneer dress, LaJuana Leus, and Alene Quinney.
Date: January 3, 2010
Creator: Grammer, Shirley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Yiddish Minutes]

Description: Handwritten minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas. The minutes are written in Yiddish, the native tongue of the members. The document discusses the Sabbath morning services for the congregation.
Date: January 12, 1896
Creator: Levenson, Ben
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Ladies Cemetery Society Minutes]

Description: Handwritten minutes for the Ladies Cemetery Society commenting on the death of Private Harold Gilbert, the son of the society's recording secretary, Rose Gilbert. The text notes: “The absence of the secretary ...who had the misfortune of losing her son, Harold, Dec. 25, 1944, in the European Theater of the war, made the meeting a sad one; each and every one of the members present were in tears.” On the second page of the minutes, the group’s long-time president Mrs. Becky Goldstein recalls ho… more
Date: January 16, 1945
Creator: Mehl, Mrs. I. N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Western Union Telegram]

Description: Photostat of a telegram from the United States Secretary of War to Mrs. Rose H. Gilbert, expressing his condolences for the death of her son, Private Harold Gilbert.
Date: January 14, 1945
Creator: United States Secretary of War & Dunlop
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[City of Cleveland Water Tower]

Description: Photograph of a water tower in Cleveland, Texas. A big freeze in January 1962 caused a leak in the water tower. The trees at the base of the tower are completely covered in ice, as is the road in the foreground.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Frozen Trees by Cleveland Water Tower Support Beams]

Description: Photograph of several trees covered in ice under the support beams of a metal structure in Cleveland, Texas. Buildings and other trees are visible in the background. A big freeze in January 1962 caused the Cleveland water tower to leak. This is a view from below the tower supports showing everything coated in ice.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Leggett Memorial Hospital Nursing Class of 1964]

Description: Photograph of graduating nurses trained at Leggett Memorial Hospital. There are three graduates and their instructor (Pat Oneal, R.N., far right); all of the women are wearing nursing uniforms and standing in a line behind a table covered in a tablecloth with a single lit candle. A calendar is partially visible on the wall behind them.
Date: January 1, 1964
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

The Light Crust Dough Boys at Perk's Steak House

Description: Photograph of the Light Crust Dough Boys, a country-music band, performing at Perk's Steak House. The six band members are arranged in front of a restaurant counter and holding instruments that include a guitar, violin, keyboard, banjo, and string bass. R. B. Boyett, proprietor, is visible behind the bar, along with coffee pots, and various other objects; there are unoccupied dining tables in front of the band members.
Date: January 9, 1960
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Five People at Sesquicentennial]

Description: Photograph of John Grammer, Shirley Grammer, Maurine Liles, who wears a pioneer outfit, LaJuana Leus, and Allene Quinney, standing by a flower bouquet on a wooden chair, for the sesquicentennial of Wilson County, Texas.
Date: January 3, 2010
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

Grissom Landfill

Description: Photograph of the entrance road leading to Grissom Landfill on Lookout Drive, near Sherrill Park Golf Course. A sign on a gate says "Entrance Sanitary Landfill City of Richardson[,] Open 8:00 to 5:00 Sat. 8:00 to 12:00."
Date: January 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Richardson Public Library

Grissom Landfill

Description: Photograph of Grissom Landfill on Lookout Drive, near Sherrill Park Golf Course. Two trucks are in a dirt pit. One man is standing beside the truck on the right, and one man is standing on a pile of dirt above the truck.
Date: January 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Richardson Public Library

[LeTourneau Industries]

Description: Photograph of the LeTourneau Tournalayer, a massive machine that was designed by Robert G. LeTourneau. The machine was used to create monolithic homes in basic units of 784 square feet, and it could turn out as many as eight homes in one day.
Date: January 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Longview Public Library
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