Billboard Announcing the Culmination of the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Trail

Photograph of a billboard announcing various events in Fort Worth associated with the 150th anniversary of Texas independence, including the culmination of the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Trail in July.
Date: July 3, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Chaplain Harold Elliott's film "Suicide is not painless" newspaper article from the Arlington Daily News, 1986]

Photograph of an article written by Nancy Visser from the Arlington Daily News about the 22-minute docudrama promoted by Chaplain Harold Elliott on teenage suicide. The title of the article is "Special film to show pain of suicide." It shows a picture of Chaplain Elliott watching a film crew prepare for a scene near Lake Arlington. The title of Chaplain Elliott's film is "Suicide is not painless." The film has been shown in schools, foriegn countries, and the military.
Date: February 25, 1986
Creator: Visser, Nancy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[APD Honor Guard members making speech, 1986]

Photograph of three members of the Honor Guard from 1986 (that can be seen). The Honor guard was created in April 1986. One of the officers is making a speech with the other officers standing nearby. All officers are dressed in Honor Guard uniforms. Named officers are Jim Lowery, James Laman, and Charlie Wallace.
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[APD Mounted Patrol police with motorcycle policeman, ca. 1986]

Photograph of two police officers in tan uniform on horseback and a police officer in tan uniform on his Harley Davidson police motorcycle. The caption under the print says "Members of the Police department's mounted patrol unit prepare their horses for duty." Officer Dan Armstrong and Officer Chuck Johnson are mounted on their horses and Officer Don Burke is sitting on his motorcycle "Old Silver".
Date: 1986?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[APD patch. Official officers patch, 1986-2010]

Photograph of the official APD patch, 1986-2010. The patch is outlined in black on a black background with an inner outline of gold. "Police" is written in gold at the top and "Arlington" is in gold at the bottom. In the center of the patch Texas is in red with a large gold star overlaying two green laurel branches that cross at the bottom and form an incomplete open circle.
Date: 1986/2010
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Center]

Photograph of the Garden Center and Conservatory at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The Garden Center, at center, is a white rectangular building. The Conservatory, visible at left, is a large glass greenhouse with a sloped glass roof. The entry sign also at left, made of stone bricks and lined with pink bushes, reads "BOTANIC GARDEN CENTER AND CONSERVATORY".
Date: [1986..1990]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Entrance]

Photograph of the eastern entrance to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The entrance sign, containing the text "Fort Worth Botanic Garden" and several fountain fixtures, is visible at left. To its right is part of the road that leads into the botanical garden, towards the Garden Center and its greenhouse. Patches of yellow flowers and shrubs are in front of the entrance sign and the right half of the image, several feet away from the road.
Date: [1986..]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Botanic Garden Entry Sign]

Photograph of the eastern entrance sign to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The structure contains two lamps on either ends; along the center, the text "Fort Worth Botanic Garden" is displayed in black serif signage. On either edge of the text are fountains with four water outlets pouring into a concrete pool. In the foreground of the image is a patch of red roses; in the background, a large tree.
Date: [1986..]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History