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Destroyed Building After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a gutted building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The building is leaning towards the right side of the frame and half of the house closest to the viewer consists of piles of cinder-blocks and still-standing wooden beams. The ground is covered in debris which includes a ladder.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Building with No Walls After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a building with fallen walls after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Inside the buildings are shelves lined with buckets, boxes, doors, and sacks. The foreground is covered with the wall and wooden beams.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Collapsed House After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a collapsed house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the foreground is a fallen wall with debris and a bed frame on top of it. Two figures are digging through the debris on the right side of the frame. In the background are trees and a telephone pole.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Group of Men and Debris After Tornado

Description: Photograph of large piles of debris covering the ground after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. There are three men talking to each other on the left side of the frame. In the center is another group of men all looking the same direction. All the men wear jackets and hat and are in front of a partially standing wall. The debris includes large pieces of metal siding, bricks, and fencing.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Large Ranch House with Wall

Description: Photograph of a large, single-story ranch house. The house has two porches and is surrounded by a wall with a picket gate. In front of the house is a tree and behind are several trees and a windmill. In the foreground is a field of grass.
Date: unknown
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Wall Construction

Description: Patent for a relatively simple constructed wall that is built using concrete slabs. It is constructed in a manner that requires less material thus resulting in a wall that is hollow all the while providing sufficient strength to hold weight and pressure. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Needham, Edward F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wall-Block.

Description: Patent for an improved wall block that is designed in a T-shape so that the pieces will interlock providing stability and preventing cracks in a foundation.
Date: November 29, 1921
Creator: Hull, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Ruins in Tihuanaco]

Description: Photograph of ruins in Tihuanaco. Three freestanding small columns sit in front of a low wall, beyond which is a strip of grassy vegetation and taller walls. Sitting between these walls is a set of stairs leading up to an archway and a thin, tall object.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Statue of a standing humanoid in Tihuanaco]

Description: Photograph of a statue depicting a standing humanoid in Tihuanaco. The statue has patterns carved across its surface and is surrounded by chain link fencing. Dirt ground sparsely covered by patches of grass extends into the distance toward a low wall, beyond which are tall hills.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A town in Tihuanaco]

Description: Photograph of a town in Tihuanaco. A dirt path covered by large patches of grass extends between low walls that enclose a swath of grass and wrap around buildings.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Part of the Vadlivian fort system in the town of Corral]

Description: Photograph of part of the Vadlivian fort system in the town of Corral. Stone walls enclose a long, rectangular stretch of grass that ends near a group of people standing around a person playing an instrument. Plants grow along the nearest stone wall while a large body of water and hills sit beyond the far wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A guanaco in the Buenos Aires Zoo]

Description: Photograph of a guanaco in the Buenos Aires Zoo. The guanaco walks past a tree in a section of dirt ground enclosed by fences and walls, moving towards a puddle and a second tree. Sitting beyond the enclosure is a large stone building with a line of columns supporting its roof.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A cobblestone street in Colonia del Sacramento, 3]

Description: Photograph of a cobblestone street in Colonia del Sacramento. The street slopes upward towards a car, passing by a stretch of grass and thin stone walls enclosing rocky ground. Pale buildings sit next to the street and alongside the car, partially obscuring two white towers from view.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ruins of the San Ignacio Miní mission, 2]

Description: Photograph of the ruins of the San Ignacio Miní mission. Two rows of rectangular pillars sit along a dirt path that leads towards a group of trees. The crumbling walls of the mission sit to the left of the trees, beyond a grassy field.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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