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Total Solar Eclipse in Fort Worth (1878)

Description: Photograph of seven astronomers -- Leonard Waldo, R.W. Wilson, J.K. Rees, W.H. Pulsifer, F.E. Seagrave, Alfred Freeman, and A.M. Britton -- with various telescopes set up out-of-doors near a large wooden barn or other structure. According to accompanying information they are on the S.W. Lomax farm, waiting to observe the total solar eclipse that happened on July 29, 1878.
Date: July 29, 1878
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Location: 32.743388 -97.335885
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

Randol Mill

Description: Randol Mill. In 1856 Archibald F. Leonard (1816-1876) built a dam and grain mill at this site. Hiram Crowley became a partner. The mill became a community center and county voting place. During widespread abolition violence in 1860, Leonard's Mill was burned. It reopened by 1862 and operated during the Civil War. Owners after 1867 were H.B. Alverson and J.H. Wheeler. In 1876 R.A. (Bob) Randol (1850-1922) acquired Wheeler's Mill. A water-driven turbine powered the mill, a circular saw, and a co… more
Date: unknown
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Location: 32.780814 -97.178408
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

Bideault Family at Camp Bowie

Description: Bideault family visiting at Camp Bowie. Camp Bowie was in Arlington Heights, westside of Fort Worth. 30,000 soldiers from Oklahoma and Texas trained there, as well as a group of French officers. Jeanne, Belle, Anthelm, Henrietta, Laurie, Blanche and Pierre Bideault are present.
Date: unknown
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Location: None
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

Montgomery Wards Department Store Building

Description: Aerial photograph of the front and east side of the Montgomery Ward & Co. Retail Department Store building located at 2600 W. 7th Street in Fort Worth. The building is an eight-story masonry-block design with a courtyard in the center, that had 300,000 square feet of floor space. Decorative lawn work in front of the building, parts of the parking lots at the back and side of the building, and portions of the surrounding area are also visible in the image.
Date: unknown
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Location: None
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
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