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[Yellow Roses of Texas Parade Float]

Description: Photograph of a parade float celebrating the Yellow Rose of Texas in the League City sesquicentennial parade in honor of Texas' 150 birthday. The float is festooned in yellow roses and the side of the float features a sign that is partially visible. A live band is performing on top of the float. Many of the band members are wearing cowboy hats. A large cutout in the shape of Texas is erected in the back of the float behind the band.
Date: April 19, 1986
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Photograph of Greenwood Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the entrance to Greenwood Cemetery in Bells, Texas. The gate leading in has the name of the cemetery above it. The cemetery is covered in trees and one grave can be seen past the entrance.
Date: [2011-12..2012-03]
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Photograph of Barron Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the entrance to Barron Cemetery in Collinsville, Texas. The gate leading in is a short, simple chain link fence. A grave can be seen past the historical marker and trees and plants are overgrown in the cemetery.
Date: [2011-12..2012-03]
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Photograph of Hendrix Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of Hendrix Cemetery in Sherman, Texas. The area has no visible grave markers and is overgrown with trees and plants. A wire fence with an entrance constructed of wooden posts demarcates the area. There is a ruined sign above the entrance.
Date: [2011-12..2012-03]
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Photograph of Washburn Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the front of Washburn Cemetery in Bells, Texas. The gate leading into the cemetery has lettering above it spelling out "Washburn." Scattered among the graves are trees.
Date: [2011-12..2012-03]
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[Pauline Harris Porch Sitting]

Description: Photograph of 4-year-old Pauline Harris holding her doll while sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of her home. A potted plant on a stand is also visible on the porch. The back of the photograph reads, "Pauline ("Polly") 1/3/37. 33 lbs. 4 years old on 1/10/37."
Date: January 3, 1937
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Postcard of National Flower and Garden Show Exhibit at Houston]

Description: Postcard of well manicured flower gardens at the center of and surrounding a circular drive that leads to a white house with marble columns and two stories. The edge of the postcard reads "National Flower and Garden Show Exhibit at Houston, Texas." The back of the postcard adds, "Attracting more than 200,000 visitors in 1939, the National Flower and Garden Show for the first time in the history of the event will exhibit a second successive year at Houston's $2,000,000 Coliseum, March 3 through … more
Date: unknown
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Three Yucca Plants]

Description: Photograph of three yucca plants. There are two plants in the foreground and one in the background. A caption on the photo reads "Enequen Planta (Span.) Spanish Daggers."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nat Dickey Photo
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of an English Cottage]

Description: Postcard of an English cottage surrounded by a garden in full bloom. The cottage has a burgundy roof and light brown walls with wooden Tudor-style beams. The garden features pink tulips and lilacs amongst lush greenery. A pathway through the garden leads to the cottage. The back of the postcard identifies it as part of the "salmon series" and notes that it was printed in England.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich
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