[Wilbarger County Courthouse in Vernon, TX]

One of 122 photographs in the series: Texas County Courthouses available on this site.

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Photograph of Wilbarger County Courthouse in Vernon, TX. A green lawn fills the photo's foreground, planted with bushes that contain pink flowers. Beyond the grass is a gravel area with a bench facing a short water fountain, wooden walls containing the fallen water while sitting on a brick base. Tall unlit lamps with teardrop-shaped tops sit in the grass and behind the fountain. In the area beyond the fountain is a wall of green foliage tall enough to almost entirely block the courthouse from view. What is visible of the buildings includes walls made up by stone bricks and multiple … continued below

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1 slide : col. ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. February 14, 1972.

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Photograph of Wilbarger County Courthouse in Vernon, TX. A green lawn fills the photo's foreground, planted with bushes that contain pink flowers. Beyond the grass is a gravel area with a bench facing a short water fountain, wooden walls containing the fallen water while sitting on a brick base. Tall unlit lamps with teardrop-shaped tops sit in the grass and behind the fountain. In the area beyond the fountain is a wall of green foliage tall enough to almost entirely block the courthouse from view. What is visible of the buildings includes walls made up by stone bricks and multiple green A-frame roofs. Additional foliage extends from off-camera tree silhouetted against the cloudy sky, filling the top corners of the photo.

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1 slide : col. ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: Historical Collection (U0663), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • February 14, 1972

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  • June 8, 2022, 1:08 p.m.

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  • Nov. 4, 2022, 4:28 p.m.

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[Wilbarger County Courthouse in Vernon, TX], photograph, February 14, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1940592/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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