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[Illustration in "The Elizabethan Zoo"]

Description: Photographs of illustrations in "The Elizabethan Zoo: A Book of Beasts Both Fabulous and Authentic" held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of a creature with the head of a human, breasts, scales, paws, hooves, and a tail that is called a Lamia. The second image's central focus is a tapered passage about the "Mantichora", or manticore, including different names and descriptions for the creature. The face of the illustration is visible on the other page. Image 3, is of a manticore, s… more
Date: October 9, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rhino page in "The Elizabethan Zoo"]

Description: Photograph of an illustration and passage in "The Elizabethan Zoo: A Book of Beasts Both Fabulous and Authentic" held by UNT Special Collections. The drawing is of a rhinoceros with added details. There are layers of 'armor' on it that does not resemble the way a rhino truly looks, though the form as a whole is accurate to the rhino. Beneath that is a portion of a passage about Edward Topsell's findings on the rhinoceros.
Date: October 9, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Young Girl in a Goat-Drawn Wagon]

Description: Photograph of a toddler-aged Hester M. Beck, riding a goat-drawn carriage. She is holding the reins to the goat's harness. The Angora goat has horns and a long, fluffy coat.
Date: October 18, 1926
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Students and faculty of Concordia University

Description: Photo of the first students and faculty of Concordia. (The faculty are the four in the center of front row: Wilkening, Studtmann, Fehr, and Neeb). Picture taken October 1926, 20 years after the formation of the Texas District. Austin, Texas.
Date: October 1926
Partner: Concordia University Texas

Killian Hall dedication service

Description: Group of people attending Kilian Hall's dedication service on October 17, 1926. Austin, Texas.
Date: October 17, 1926
Partner: Concordia University Texas

[T&P Train #20]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #20 on the tracks at Dallas, Texas. There are three people standing to the right of the engine. Written below the photo are "Dallas, Texas Oct 1th 1926" and "W. Burke."
Date: October 10, 1926
Creator: Burke, W.
Partner: The Grace Museum
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