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[Boot Fence in Hunt, Texas]

Photograph of Boot Fence, a barbed wire fence decorated with Western boots in Hunt, Texas. One boot closest to the camera is hanging over a wooden post by the shaft. Other boots are visible in the background, each positioned upside down to cap its respective post.

Date: 2002~

Creator: Mallory, Randy

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, September 27, 1901]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz indicates that a one dollar a month allowance should be sufficient while at the Academy. He also intends to get his new dress jacket before having his photo made. He also mentions his feet are feeling better and that his class has two lessons a day aboard the training ship Chesapeake. He also mentions being vaccinated. Nimitz also mentions looking forward to the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia later in the ye… more

Date: September 27, 1901

Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Postcard of "Left Behind" from the Southwest Review, August 21, 1944]

Postcard of a drawing titled "Left Behind" from the magazine the Southwest Review. The drawing shows an abandoned western town with a hotel, boot shop, general store, and what appears to be a saloon side by side in front of a dirt road. There is a crooked street sign and a gas pump at the end of the road. There are hills in the background and sparse trees. The entire scene is covered in dirt and dust. On the back of the card is a message from Donald Day to Isaac H. Kempner thanking him for maki… more

Date: August 21, 1944

Creator: Day, Donald

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Rosenberg Library