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[1976 Rockwall First Baptist Members: Howland Family]

Description: Photograph of the Howland family, members of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall, standing outside the church building. Several family members are named, including their method of membership into the church: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry (Phyllis) Howland, by letters (transfer from another Baptist church), and Tracy Howland, by baptism.
Date: April 18, 1976
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.924938 -96.461499
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Botanic Garden Library Rededication]

Description: Photograph of the rededication of the library in the Rock Springs Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, taking place in the Fragrance Garden. A woman, identified as Deborah Moncrief, stands at a podium giving a speech in front of the Rock Springs Center building, the library window, and a small statue of a cherub. At left are two men identified as Henry Painter and Richard Zavala, and at right is a woman identified as Joyce Capper.
Date: April 19, 1996
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.736782 -97.365311
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Botanic Garden North Entrance Sign Construction]

Description: Photograph of the northern entrance sign at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden under construction. Numerous gardeners and workers dig in front of the entrance sign, which reads in black serif font "FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN". Rocks, plants, and shrubs are arranged in front of the sign. At center, a young boy is visible with a tool assisting with the landscaping. The W. R. Watt Arena is visible in the background at left.
Date: April 23, 1998
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.742173 -97.364240
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Cactus Garden]

Description: Photograph of the Cactus Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Several types of cacti are visible across a flat mound of dirt, including tall columnar cacti, barrel cacti, and prickly pear cacti. In the foreground are several tall shrubs, including a tall yucca plant at right. More foliage is present in the background along the footpath behind the cacti displays. A small greenhouse is partially visible at right.
Date: April 1997
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.735446 -97.366879
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Conservatory Spring Figurine Display]

Description: Photograph of a display with artistic figurines arranged for a tea party in the Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Seated in front of a table made out of a mound of grass with a tea set is a female figurine sitting in a miniature pink chair, a stuffed animal on top of a tea spout, a pig in a suit and top hat, and another, unoccupied, pink chair. Yellow and pink flowers are nestled around the figurines, and larger bushes and leafy plants are placed behind them.
Date: April 1993
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.739921 -97.363916
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Cross Tie Cowboys and a Chuck Wagon]

Description: Photograph of the Cross Tie Cowboys, seated together in a clearing in the grasslands with a chuckwagon. Two men are seated next to or behind the chuckwagon, which carries supplies. Several horses stand in the back, behind several bushes. The cross tie brand was registered on April 29, 1902, originally owned by Newnie Ellie.
Date: [1902-04-29..]
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Downtown Midland Ruins After Fire]

Description: Photograph of Downtown Midland, viewed from the southeast, after a fire that started on April 8, 1909, in the Llano Hotel. The hotel, mostly destroyed with some brick walls standing, is at center in front of the water tower, having collapsed due to the fire with debris scattered onto the main roads. The fire also destroyed the Midland Drug Store and Grocery, to the north of the Llano Hotel, leaving a dry goods store (with a Coca-Cola sign along the front) intact. Across the street from the hote… more
Date: April 8, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997450 -102.074356
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[First Baptist Church of Rockwall, Aerial Facing East]

Description: Aerial photograph of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall and its surrounding neighborhood. The church grounds are at center, with two connected buildings; the office annex at left and the main church building at right. The small, square grove of trees below the main church is a cemetery, around which is cleared ground for the construction of the new sanctuary. The surrounding neighborhood contains suburb homes, small businesses, and a water tower east of the church (above).
Date: April 19, 1999
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.924938 -96.461499
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Fuller Garden Flower Arrangement]

Description: Photograph of a field of flowers in the Fuller Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The flowers are surrounded on all sides by various types of trees in the background. Most prominent is a large patch of bushes with white flowering plants, with white flowering trees adjacent on the left side. There are smaller lines of red flowers on the left and behind the white flowers and a curved, stone brick wall behind the patch of flowers. In the far right background, a circular gazebo is visible.
Date: April 3, 1992
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.739980 -97.365006
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Fuller Garden Reflecting Pool]

Description: Photograph of a pond in the Fuller Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The circular pond sits in the center of a circular concrete pathway, which is lined on the upper side of the image with a short, stone brick wall that sits in front of yellow flowers. Around the pond are two large stones and a white pot containing a tall shrub. The pond is surrounded by grasses, flowers, trees on all sides; pink tulips sit prominently in the foreground.
Date: April 3, 1992
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.739543 -97.365020
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Japanese Garden Stepping Stone Construction]

Description: Photograph of completed stepping stones in the concrete pond of the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. The stones, which span from one end of the pond to another in a curved path, are made of porous concrete and rise several feet from the base of the pond, which is only filled with several inches of stagnant water.
Date: 1972-04~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.737048 -97.365893
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Lecture Hall Seasonal Planter]

Description: Photograph of a decorative planter outside the lecture hall in the Garden Center of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The planter is placed on a circular stone platform, containing multiple multicolored bundles of flowers that rise vertically to surround a statue of a small, stone cherub, which is covered by a short tree. This planter sits prominently in front of furnishings such as house plants and covered tables.
Date: April 1993
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.740342 -97.363770
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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