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Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department (Souvenir) (open access)

Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department (Souvenir)

Shown here is the cover of a souvenir booklet published for the benefit of the Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department in 1906. It was issued as part of the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund
Date: July 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Poston's Dry Goods - 1 of 15: Will Poston]

Will Poston is shown standing in the cashier's station of his department store, Poston Dry Goods (located at 107 N. Oak Avenue, Mineral Wells, Texas). Note the conveyor system by which the cashier received cash and statements from various departments, and distributed change and receipts. Central cashiers were common in department stores from the years of the Great Depression through the time of World War II.
Date: 1975
Creator: Weaver, A. F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters (open access)

A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters

Shown here is a booklet of 15 folios, 9 1/4" x 6 1/8", detailing life for the inmates of Camp Wolters. The booklet displays no copyright date, but the illustrations strongly suggest World War II. The booklet is in poor condition, and it is probably perishing from old age.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History