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[Firefighters Eating Burgers at Station 36B]

Description: Photograph of four firefighters eating burgers at a picnic-style table inside Station 36B. From left to right, the firefighters are: J.A. Roberts, Captain R. L. Bickley, J.D. Speak, and Wayne Wilkins. They are seated in front of three large windows covered by Venetian blinds. There is an embossed stamp on the bottom left of the photo. On the back of the photograph are a label with an identifier, a stamp with information about the photo, and handwritten notes identifying the firefighters.
Date: December 17, 1968
Creator: Brock, Charles W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Military Payment Certificate Worth 5 Cents]

Description: Military payment certificate used by the United States military during the Vietnam War worth 5 cents. The front of the bill has an illustration of a submarine in the ocean and the serial number printed in black ink on the left side. There is a note at the bottom of the bill that reads: "For use only in United States military establishments by United States authorized personnel in accordance with applicable rules and regulations." The back of the bill has an illustration of an astronaut worki… more
Date: [1968..1970]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Military Payment Certificate Worth 10 Cents]

Description: Military payment certificate used by the United States Military during the Vietnam War worth 10 cents. The front side of the bill has an illustration of a submarine in an ocean, the serial number is printed in black ink, and there is a note on the bottom that reads: "For use only in United States Military establishments by United States authorized personnel in accordance with applicable rules and regulations." The back of the bill has an illustration showing an astronaut floating in space bor… more
Date: [1968..1970]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Military Payment Certificate Worth 10 Cents]

Description: Military payment certificate used by the United States military during the Vietnam War worth 10 cents. The front of the bill has an illustration of a submarine in the ocean and the serial number is printed in black ink on the left side. There is a note on the bill that reads: "For use only in United States military establishments by United States authorized personnel in accordance with applicable rules and regulations." The back of the bill has an illustration of an astronaut in space surrou… more
Date: [1968..1970]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Newspaper Article Entitled "Friday April 25 Big Day for Haslet"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article entitled "Friday April 25 Big Day for Haslet" printed in bold print. This article talks about the contest that the town entered sponsored by the Texas Electric Company and that April 25, 1968 is the day when the judges come to town and judge the winners of the contest. Later, the article describes the improvements made throughout the town during the span of time it was involved.
Date: 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Newspaper Article Entitled "Haslet Improved Group Wins Second Place"]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article entitled: "Haslet Improvement Group Wins Second Place." This article describes the placements of different groups in Haslet in the community improvement contest: "Graves presented a plaque to the president in commemoration of our achievement of being second place winner in the district." The article on the reverse side is entitled "Watauga Acts to Seek Larger Line" and discusses the city's attempt to "install a larger trunk line as part of the city's water sup… more
Date: June 20, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Newspaper Article Entitled "Haslet Puts On Sunday Best"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article entitled "Haslet Puts On Sunday Best." The article goes on to explain the judging taking place in Haslet, Texas as part of the Texas Community Improvement Program: "Haslet is one of four finalists of 303 entries in the program sponsored by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service." The photograph in the corner shows Mrs. Maud Anna Ritchey presenting flowers to the three judges of the competition.
Date: 1968?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Haslet Public Library

[Newspaper Article Entitled "Tarrant's Own Podunk (Haslet Among Top 4 in Improvement"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article entitled "Tarrant's Own Podunk (Haslet) Among Top 4 in Improvements." This article goes through the improvements that Haslet made during the competition different communities entered into to see who could improve their towns the most. Mrs. E. R. Lewis is the main spokeswoman in this article and she says that "families are starting to move back to Haslet," after the community got smaller due to Fort Worth's growth.
Date: 1968?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Haslet Public Library
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