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[Sign at Battery Kimble at Fort Travis]

Description: Photograph of a sign in front of Battery Kimble at Fort Travis, Texas. This bunker is constructed of reinforced concrete and burrowed into a hill. Battery Kimble was constructed in 1925 and is the largest battery at Fort Travis. It has two concrete pads for large guns, a magazine for ammunition, a commanders station, and barracks.
Date: July 29, 2006
Creator: Howington, Ann
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Stairway at Battery Kimble]

Description: Photograph of large metal doors and a stairway leading to the top side of Battery Kimble at Fort Travis on the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas. This bunker is constructed of reinforced concrete and burrowed into a hill. Battery Kimble was constructed in 1925 and is the largest battery at Fort Travis. Battery Kimble has two concrete pads for large guns, a magazine for ammunition, a commanders station, and barracks.
Date: July 29, 2006
Creator: Howington, Ann
Partner: UNT Libraries

Fort Worth's first African American business man, John Pratt artwork

Description: Photograph of Panel A of the Historic Wall at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center, chronicling the African American Marketplace that was there in 1865 to 1940. The text underneath the mural reads "Fort Worth's first African American business man was John Pratt blacksmith. 1865-1876." The public artwork and mural made of tile.
Date: March 15, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Two-Dimensional Tiled African Mural Panel D

Description: Photograph of Panel D of the Historic Wall at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center. It chronicles the African American Jim's Hotel. This is a twentieth-century piece created during the 1930s-1940s. This two-dimensional tiled mural is framed with red bricks and is on display for the public.
Date: March 15, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Hunt Hawes Grocery Warehouse Public Artwork]

Description: Photograph of a mural made of tile at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center. It chronicles the African American Marketplace that was there in 1865 to 1940. The text under the mural says "Hunt Hawes Grocery Warehouse & Bill McDonald's Fraternal Bank and Trust -- Part of the 20th Century. 1900-1910."
Date: March 15, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Dance Floor of Politics, public artwork

Description: Photograph of a public artwork at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center. It is a square of red bricks with the words "The Dance Floor of Politics" written in a white square in the middle. A person's leg can be seen standing on the lower right corner of the red square.
Date: March 15, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Two-Dimensional Tiled African Mural Panel E

Description: Photograph of Panel E of the Historic Wall at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center. It chronicles the African American Jim's Hotel. This is a twentieth-century piece created during the 1930s-1940s. This two-dimensional tiled mural is framed with red bricks and is on display for the public.
Date: March 15, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

St. Mary's Church of the Assumption, WW II Memorial chapel sign

Description: St. Mary's Church of the Assumption in Praha, the WW II memorial chapel sign. "Second World War in remembrance of soldiers fallen in battle. Names: Pvt. Josef Lev, killed August 24, 1944; Pfc. Adolf Rab, killed December 27, 1944; Pfc. Robert Bohuslav, killed February 3, 1944. Donations for this chapel: Emil and Mary Lev, John and Agnes Rab, Josef V. and Anna Okruhlik, Rev. Alfons Raska, Pastor."
Date: October 7, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Historic Plaque, Dubina

Description: "Dubina, which derives its name from the Czech word for Oak Grove, was founded in 1856 by a group of Moravian immigrants, including the Marak Kahlich, Sramek, Peter, Holub, Muzny, and Haidusek families. By 1900 the farming community had erected a church building, mill, cotton gin, blacksmith shop, store, and post office. A 1909 storm and a 1912 fire caused extensive damage from which the town never recovered. As the first settlement in Texas to be founded entirely by Czech-Moravians, Dubina rem… more
Date: October 7, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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