31 Matching Results

This system will be undergoing maintenance May 23rd between 9:00AM and 12:00PM CDT.

Search Results

Results: 1 - 24 next

Portrait of Man

Description: Copy negative of Arthur John in a suit and necktie. Written below the photograph is, "Arthur John, 1921, Breckenridge, TX."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Music School Class

Description: Copy negative of the Ivan Singing School in 1902. The group includes twenty girls and thirty boys. The girls are wearing light-colored lace dresses and the boys wear suits, vests and neckties. In the center of the group is an organ with a young man seated in front of it. Behind the group is a building with a banner that reads, "Ivan Singing SChool Closed Aug thr 15, 1902. J.J. Day Teacher, J.M. Day Organist, G.A. Mangrum".
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Music School Class

Description: Copy negative of the Ivan Development Music Normal in 1903. The group includes twenty-five young women in high-collared lacy dresses, fourteen men and boys dressed in suits and neckties, and an infant on a woman's lap. In the center is an organ with a woman seated at its bench. Several people are holding guitars and violins. There is a dog in the foreground. Behind the group hangs a banner that reads, "First Session of Ivan Development Music Normal, Closed Aug 29, 1903. J.J. Day Prin., J.W. Day… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Chicken Dinner Candy Delivery Truck]

Description: Photograph of a Chicken Dinner Candy Bar delivery car parked in front of a two-story grocery store. The car is a 1920's model that has been built to partially resemble a chicken. The store has an awning that covers two gas pumps. A sign on top of the store says "Live and Let Live Grocery."
Date: 1925~
Partner: Palo Pinto County Historical Association

[Locations of lumber companies]

Description: Photograph of two slides that are advertising lumber companies. They are both pinned to a black board that is hanging on a wall and the slides are turned on their sides and facing opposite directions. The slide on the left has a white background and reads "Hensley Lumber Co. 1904 Washington Kaufman, Texas" in black letters. The slide on the right also has a white background and reads "Breckenridge Lumber Co. Breckenridge, Texas" in black letters.
Date: September 30, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Location: 32.576250 -96.309503
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rabbit Hunt in Gunsight, Texas]

Description: Copy slide of a photograph of mostly men wearing lined up to begin a rabbit hunt. Some of the men are seated on the ground and others are standing holding leaves. There is text below the photograph reading "Club 2243 Scalps May 27, 1897".
Date: May 22, 1897
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Rabbit Hunt in Gunsight, Texas #2]

Description: Copy slide of a photograph of mostly men wearing lined up to begin a rabbit hunt. Some of the men are seated on the ground and others are standing holding leaves. The photograph is labeled "Gunsight Rabbit Club 2243...".
Date: May 22, 1897
Partner: McMurry University Library

Breckenridge City Offices

Description: Photograph of the Breckenridge City Offices. There is a flag pole in front of the building, as well as two potted plants. Cars are parked in the far right side of the photo.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Memorial - Texas Civil War Frontier Defense 1861 -1865

Description: Photograph of a Civil War memorial in Breckenridge, Texas. It reads: "Texas Civil War Frontier Defense (1861 - 1865). Texas made an all-out effort for the Confederacy after voting over 3 to 1 for secession. 90,000 troops, noted for mobility and heroic daring, fought on every battlefront. An important source of supply and gateway to foreign trade thru Mexico, Texas was the storehouse of the south. Camp Breckenridge and other posts on this line were backed by patrols of state rangers, organized m… more
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Location: 32.75595256021689 -98.91852104999998
Partner: UNT Libraries

Veterans Memorial, Stephens County

Description: Veterans Memorial, Stephens County. Dedicated to the honor and sacrifice of our men and women who served our community in all wars. Bernice Coles American Legion Post No. 191.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Stephens County Courthouse, Historic Plaque

Description: Stephens County Courthouse. Stephens County's first courthouse, erected in 1872, was a small pine building with desks for county officials lining the walls. In 1883, a new three-story red stone courthouse with a tower replaced the original structure. Discover of oil in Breckenridge in the 1920s resulted in a dramatic increase in population that led to the need for a larger courthouse and jail. Voters approved a bond in June 1924 to build a new courthouse and architect David S. Castle of Abi… more
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Historic Plaque, Walter Prescott Webb's Formative Years

Description: Photograph of a historic plaque in Breckenridge, Texas. It reads: "Walter Prescott Webb's Formative Years. Noted historian Walter Prescott Webb (1888-1963) came with his family to Stephens County at the age of four. Over the next seventeen years, Webb received an education in frontier life that formed the basis of his intellectual development and his theories on the role of the Great Plains in American history. Webb's father, Casner, was a rural schoolteacher and farmer. As he moved to differen… more
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Location: 32.7573900842859 -98.90469342459107
Partner: UNT Libraries
Back to Top of Screen