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[Cowhands and Horse Branding]

Description: Photograph of three men branding a calf in front of a barn. There is a horse on the left holding the rope. There is a handwritten note on the front of the photograph: Washakie - three yr old colt at work in corrals."
Date: 1940~/1949~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Cowhands Roping Calf]

Description: Photograph of cowhands roping a calf in wooden corral with a fence and trees in the background. One cowhand is on horseback holding the rope and there are two calves already tied on the ground and other cowhands around.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Crowd by Russell's Department Store]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd of people on the Denton square during the grand re-opening of Russell's Department Store, two-story building (on the right) with a sign that reads "H. M. Russell" and an awning that reads "A Denton Institution." Most of the people are facing toward the left where several other businesses can be seen, including one with several advertisements on the side of it.
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: Carruth, C. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.214777 -97.133678
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Crowd in Front of Russell's Department Store]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd standing on the courthouse lawn in the street for the grand re-opening of Russell's Department Store, a two-story building with a sign that reads "H. M. Russell & Sons Co." People are facing a round drum on S. Elm Street where they were holding a drawing. There are several automobiles parked amidst the crowd and on a building on the opposite street corner with signs that read "Grant Vogue Shop. Hosier, Lingerie, Dresses" and "Modena Wilson [...]."
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: Carruth, C. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.214786 -97.133678
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Interview with Gertrude Johnson]

Description: Photocopy of a transcript of an interview with Gertrude Johnson, a long time resident of Deep Eddy, Texas. She talks about her work with the church and school in the area and how at one point the garden that she grew produced a 17.5 pound sweet potato. She also mentions her time as a teacher in the Eanes area and the frequency of which entire classes would not show up to school. At the bottom of the page there is a typed recipe for "Mrs. Johnson's unbaked cookies" as well as handwritten text th… more
Date: 1940~
Creator: Eanes History Center
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Westbank Community Library District
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