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[Cutter Bill Western Wear]

Description: Photograph of Cutter Bill Western Store in Houston, Texas. The building is midcentury international style architecture. The facade is composed of glass and composite stone. A two lane road is in front of the building's parking lot. A tall billboard style sign that reads "Cutter Bill Western Wear" stands to the left of the building. The photo is mounted on a numbered slide with a background of pegboard like material and scattered tape.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dalco Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Forest Hill Fire]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 1, 1985, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Houston Tylenol]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 23, 1986, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Donald D. Grose to Jesse and Mike Bocanegra - 1969-05-27]

Description: Letter sent by Donald D. Grose, Regional Director, Small Business Administration, United States Government, Houston, Texas to Jesse and Mike Bocanegra of La Colmena Mexican Candy Manufacturing Company, on the occasion of celebrating the National Small Business Week from May 11 through May 17, 1969. He thanked Jesse and Mike Bocanegra for arranging a field trip, "Operation Growth" for the students at their place of business, and for making the trip a resounding success.
Date: May 27, 1969
Creator: Grose, Donald D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Mexican candy-makers changing to modern ways

Description: Mike Weingart, a Houston Chronicle reporter, writes about "a third-generation firm of candy makers, working by hand in make-shift quarters, producing $100,000 worth of Mexican candy a year and supplying 98 per cent of the Houston market." The photograph by Larry Evans, a Chronicle staff, shows two employees making the candies. The top of the article reads: "'The Bee Hive' just has too much buzzing."
Date: unknown
Creator: Weingart, Mike
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Robert Calvert to La Colmena Candy Company - 1960-02-08]

Description: Letter from Robert Calvert, Controller of Public Accounts, State of Texas, Austin, to La Colemena Candy Company, Houston, Texas, acknowledging over-payment for the Cigarette Dealers permit which expires in February 29, 1960. The correct amount of tax due was $1.25. Therefore he asked the La Colemena Candy to attach a copy of the letter sent with the balance due, along with the Cigarette Dealers Permit No. 23934 (attached), to allow him to issue the permit.
Date: unknown
Creator: Calvert, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Carlos Antonio Rios at market]

Description: Photograph of Carlos Antonio Rios at a small market. Rios is wearing a brown polo and jeans, with a camera hanging from his neck and a camera case slung on his right shoulder. Behind Rios, a market stall titled "J & A Electronics" displays several stereos systems. Many people can be seen wandering through the market.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

["La Moderna" store, Magnolia Park]

Description: Photograph of the "La Moderna" store in Magnolia Park. Two-storied building, with red brick on the ground level, and yellow wood siding on the upper level. A sign above the entrance reads: "Libreria Kaliman"
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Contact sheet of Site of Orcoquisac and La Placita Market]

Description: Contact sheet of images on a roll of film shot of Site of Orcoquisaz and La Placita Market in Houston, Texas, identified on the back with handwritten notes. The first row of images are of a grassy area edged by trees; the second and third rows of images include grassy areas, water and a lake, surrounded by trees. The fourth row includes images of water edged by trees, and two of men (identified as Kevin Ladd and Harry) standing in grassy areas; one of the men is holding an object and gesturin… more
Date: July 1987
Creator: Kerek, T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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Oral History Interview with Ruth Mageors, November 10, 1975

Description: Interview with Ruth Mageors, a resident of Baytown, Texas beginning in 1921 when the town was named Pelly. Mageors explains living in town during the early days of Baytown as being very tough, and also discussing the ferry boat and Herring's Drug Store.
Date: November 10, 1975
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Knight, Karen & Mageors, Ruth, 1902-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: Lee College

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ruth Mageors, November 10, 1975

Description: Transcript of an interview with Ruth Mageors, a resident of the Baytown, Texas, area beginning in 1921. Mageors describes the living conditions in Pelly, Texas, during its early days and speaks about working as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, then later for the school district and a store called Lack's. She also discusses various businesses present in Baytown and Pelly.
Date: 2018
Creator: Knight, Karen & Majeors, Ruth, 1902-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Lee College

[News Script: Sunday Blue laws]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about refusing to hear a case involving Sunday Blue laws.
Date: March 3, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[17-Cent Armory Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin from the Deep River Armory military and collectible gun shop is gold-colored, octagonal, and says, "Good for 17 [cents] in Military Goods" on one side; on the other it has the text: "Deep River Armory, J. B. Hughes, Prop., Houston, Texas."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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