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[Opening of First National Bank, Midland]

Description: Photograph of the opening of the First National Bank in October 1959, on the corner of West Wall and Colorado Street. People stand, converse, and walk around the main lobby of the bank, where there are tables set up with flowers and stacked programs and sheets, as well as escalators moving up and down.
Date: October 1959
Creator: Rubin's Studio of Photography
Partner: Midland Historical Society

The Apparel Mart Tapestries in Dallas by Bjørn Wiinblad

Description: Series of folded pages that describe the tapestries commissioned to hang in the great hall of the Dallas Apparel Mart, based on the Arabian Nights stories. The first page provides background, with the handwritten text of the letter written by artist Bjørn Wiinblad describing the inspiration for the images; the second page discusses the process and shows images of the illustration versus the tapestry. The other pages provide text from the Arabian Nights for each of the five themes selected for… more
Date: October 1973
Creator: Wiinblad, Bjørn
Partner: Dallas Market Center

[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

[Flower Wagon in Japanese Garden]

Description: Photograph of a stationary wooden wagon bearing large round multicolored bundles of flowers in the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The wagon is located to the left of a concrete path that meanders between trees and foliage, converging with another concrete path spanning across the picture and obscured by the wagon of flowers.
Date: October 1996
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Fuller Garden, Facing West]

Description: Photograph of a path in the Fuller Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, facing west. A black decorative vase sits on an elevated cast metal platform, containing a flowering plant growing out of its inside. The vase stands in the middle of a concrete circle, bounded on the right by a short decorative stone brick wall, above which there is a wooden covering. Small shrubs bound the left side of the concrete circle. The path, cutting through the center of the image and leading to the background… more
Date: October 1991
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Four Seasons Footpath]

Description: Photograph of a footpath in the Four Seasons Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A bench on the right side of the path is surrounded by numerous bushes of vibrant flowers ranging from red to white to pink. The footpath curves as it goes forward into the background, with a patch of vacant dirt in the left foreground. Two statues are faintly visible along the path.
Date: October 1995
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

[Rev. C. A. Holliday Giving Envelope to Dorothy M. Williams]

Description: Photograph of Rev. C. A. Holliday, standing at left, handing an envelope to Dorothy M. Williams, at center. Mrs. C. A. Holliday smiles and looks on from the left. Williams is dressed with a dark-colored neck wrap and a white robe.
Date: October 14, 1973
Creator: Washington, Joel
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Fragrance Garden, October 1991]

Description: Photograph of the Fragrance Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Four elevated planters made of yellow tiles sit in pairs on opposite ends with two long rectangular flower beds in between, and are occupied by short bushes and shrubs between tiled stone brick footpaths. A large semicircular fountain, also elevated, is visible on the left at the end of the flower beds, with small bushes of flowers along the fountain's curve. The garden is bordered by a short brick wall with flourished bud-lik… more
Date: October 14, 1991
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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