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A Brief History of Dodd City, Texas

Description: Booklet providing a brief history of Dodd City in Fannin County, Texas, including a summary biography of namesake Major E. H. Dodd as well as information about important people and families, businesses, churches, newspapers, schools, and other aspects of the city's history
Date: 1962
Creator: Brent, Millard Doan
Partner: Fannin County Historical Commission

[Apparel Mart Salon]

Description: Photograph of a salon in the Apparel Mart at the Dallas Market Center. A man, seated in a salon chair, has his left hand manicured by an employee as he reads a magazine in his lap. A ornately-framed mirror, a Dallas Cowboys helmet, and a portrait of the Apollo 11 astronauts are mounted on the wall. At right is another wall of mirrors, revealing another visitor reading a Life magazine.
Date: 1960~/1979~
Partner: Dallas Market Center

Hal and Charlie: The Texas Peterson Brothers Who Risked a Fortune for a Hill Country Foundation

Description: Biographical book about brothers Hal and Charlie Peterson discussing their lives and families, as well as their business dealings which led to the establishment of the Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville and the Hal and Charlie Peterson Foundation. Index starts on page 175.
Date: 2000
Creator: Audette, Vicki J. & Graham, J. Tom, 1942-
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[October 1999 Fun Fest]

Description: Photograph of a festival event at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A man stands upon a raised wooden stage situated in front of dense tree cover, which contains microphones, sound amplifiers, and white wooden fences in the background. A cut-out picture of a cartoon scarecrow lays against the wooden fence behind the speaker. A crowd of people, including adults, children, and small babies, watch along the bottom edge of the picture, most sitting on the grass below.
Date: October 1999
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Concert at the Botanic Garden]

Description: Photograph of a concert stage at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The stage, large and prominent in the background of the image, is flanked on both sides by covered structures containing sound amplifiers and is covered by a roof-like sheet. Banners advertising Budweiser hang from the middle of the stage. Multiple seats are placed on the stage, which stands in front of a large white covered tent. In the lower half of the image, people of various ages are visible wandering through plastic lawn chai… more
Date: 1995
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Japanese Garden Martial Arts]

Description: Photograph of a martial arts exhibition in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Male athletes, donned in loose black and white clothing, spar in pairs on foam pads along an open space, with one athlete prominently throwing down another at center. Observers, sitting on the concrete steps around the space, view the demonstration from nearby.
Date: [1973..]
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Botanic Garden Library Rededication]

Description: Photograph of the rededication of the library in the Rock Springs Center at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, taking place in the Fragrance Garden. A woman, identified as Deborah Moncrief, stands at a podium giving a speech in front of the Rock Springs Center building, the library window, and a small statue of a cherub. At left are two men identified as Henry Painter and Richard Zavala, and at right is a woman identified as Joyce Capper.
Date: April 19, 1996
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Botanic Garden Youth Activities]

Description: Photograph of a youth activity at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Multiple children are visible sitting in a grass lawn, each holding a small paper and pencil, with one boy holding out a paper bag. In front of them is a partially obscured adult facing away from the camera and a paper resting on the grass containing an image of a tree's branch with leaves attached on twigs
Date: [..1985-06]
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Propagation Workshop]

Description: Photograph of a workshop teaching plant propagation to the students of Everman Elementary School at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Inside a room containing lockers and other equipment, numerous children are visible along a black table with black plant containers and piles of soil and perlite, with a gardener standing at the end of the table giving instructions.
Date: January 1993
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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