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Asien.

Description: Map shows major physical features, political divisions, and cities for Europe, Asia, and Indonesia. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1871
Creator: Weber, Ph.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Festival ensemble

Description: Festival Attire, Hmong Tribe, Eastern Thailand-Western Laos. A) Bodice. Waist/upper hip-length, of black velvet with all-over printed pattern in textured "paint" of leaves/flowers in dark reds/purples done in "dots", outlined in silvery white. No collar. Center front opening edged on inside with wide band of needlework with "zig-zag" in red, pink, and green cross-stitch, bordered in green and yellow, and in band of sparkly silver ovals containing green, red, and yellow metallic reflective stra… more
Date: 1970/2000
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Women at Asian Market]

Description: Photograph of four Asian women behind tables at a market selling coconut milk, other fruits and goods, shaded by large brightly-colored umbrellas. The woman on the far left is holding a can of Coca Cola.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Boats on River]

Description: Photograph of several women wearing straw hats in small boats on both sides of a river. There are buildings, telephone lines, larger boats, and trees in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Asian Shrine]

Description: Photograph of a brightly-colored shrine with vases of flowers, fruit, and garlands; there are palms, other trees, and vegetation on the left side and in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Asian Building and Statues]

Description: Photograph of an archway with four large statues of warriors on the sides and several large buildings (possibly temples) in the background. On the right side there is a white shrine with several small statues of elephants and a golden statue in the middle. In front of the archway a woman and two small children are seated at a table under a brightly-colored umbrella and a woman with a bag and camera is walking towards the photographer.
Date: February 22, 1990
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Asian Building]

Description: Photograph of an Asian building (possibly a temple) with pillars, several dragon statues on the roof, and lanterns hanging from the ceiling. There is a large group of people facing the building on a square and a man with a rickshaw with an unbrella in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Boat in Asia]

Description: Photograph of man sitting in a small boat with brightly-colored umbrellas in a canal. On the left side, two people eating with chopsticks are partially visible and there are trees and vegetation on the water in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Asian Lanterns]

Description: Photograph of lanterns hanging from ceiling (possibly in shrine) and other decorations with (likely Chinese) characters; the Golden sign (bottom, center) reads "Mountain Dragon."
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Carta general para las navegaciones á la India oriental por el Mar del Sur y el grande oceano que separa el continente Americano del Asiatico: construida segun las derrotas, observaciones y trabajos de los mas celebres navegantes españoles y publicada por orden del Exmo Sr D. Guadalupe Victoria, primer presidente de la república [Sheet 2].

Description: Map routes of early voyagers and the dates when islands were discovered. Includes: Coast of Asia from Malacca to Kamchatka; portion of Aleutian islands. Inset: "Plano geometrico del embocadero de S. Bernardino ano 1792." Depth shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:11,500,000].
Date: 1825
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Two snake charmers playing the pungi]

Description: Photograph of two snake charmers, seated in the center of a market. The charmer on the right is playing the pungi, while three snakes can be seen slithering on the ground in front of him. The second individual is holding a leash to a small four-legged animal.
Date: [1880..1957]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Card Advertising Fern Line Shipping Services]

Description: Card advertising freight, reefer, deep tank, and passenger ships running from the U.S. Gulf to Manila, Iloilo, Cebu, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, with dates for docking at locations in the United States. Agents in various U.S. offices are also listed as business affiliates. The back of the card appears to have been used as an ink blotter.
Date: 1948
Creator: Fearnley & Eger, Inc.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Asia.

Description: Map shows early nineteenth century political boundaries, principal settlements, rivers, and areas of indigenous habitation in Asia. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1829
Creator: Hall, Sidney
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Chart of the N.W. coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779.

Description: Map shows routes of Captain James Cook in 1778 and 1779 during exploration of the northwestern part of North America [present-day Alaska]. Coastlines, settlements, and areas of indigenous population in North America and northeast Asia are noted. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:10,137,600].
Date: 1794
Creator: Roberts, Henry
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Tartaria.

Description: Map shows Asia from Russia, Persia, and the Caspian Sea to the west and China, Korea, Japan, the "Mongul. Tendvc," and the "Mare Glaciale" to the east; shows pictorial Great Wall of China. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1602
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[News Script: Food Suply]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the head of the United Nation's food and agriculture organizations which warns that a crop failure in one producing region would cause a widespread food shortages.
Date: May 9, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Donald C. Brain, March 11, 1981

Description: Interview with Donald C. Brain, U.S. Navy WWII Veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, about his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. He discusses the sinking of the USS Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation.
Date: March 11, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brain, Donald C.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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