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Bowser Road Alley, Richardson, Texas

One lane, paved alley with curve/intersection in foreground. Left of the alley is a raised railroad. Next to left edge of the alley are utility poles and lines. Storm drain access from the alley is at the foreground. Right of the alley is a continuous wooden fence, with roofs and trees behind the fencing. Two trash/garbage pick-up areas are visible, with raised platforms and metal trash cans. Additional information. Written on back: Looking north from the alley which serves Bowser showing fencing of residential properties Nov. 25, 1968
Date: November 25, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1968 (open access)

The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1968

Yearbook for Mineral Wells High School in Mineral Wells, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1968
Creator: Mineral Wells High School (Mineral Wells, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carolyn Street Scott at Clarewood House]

Carolyn Street Scott in her apartment at Clarewood House in Houston.
Date: January 2, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carolyn Street Scott in Betty & Phil Scrivner's living room]

Carolyn Street Scott at Betty & Phil Scrivner's living room.
Date: January 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1968, Volume 1] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1968, Volume 1]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1968, including the name and address of each property's owner, each property's description, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number. This volume contains information for property owners with names starting with "A" through "L".
Date: 1968
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1968, Volume 2] (open access)

[City of Grand Prairie Tax Roll: 1968, Volume 2]

Tax rolls for Grand Prairie, Texas documenting real and personal properties during 1968, including the name and address of each property's owner, it's assessed value, taxes due, date paid, and receipt number. This volume contains information for property owners with names starting with "Mc" through "Z".
Date: 1968
Creator: Grand Prairie (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1968]

Photograph of the 1968 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are seven girls wearing white robes and six boys wearing dark robes with bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands at the far right in the first row, while Cantor Shimon Berris stands at the far left of the first row. The students are Barbi Garsek, Ava Fleischmann, Debbie Goodwin, Judith Beckoff, Linda Rice, Rene Moses, Lynn Fishbein, Mark Lidell, Henry Wolff, Tommy Sankary, Thomas Paul, Murray Cohen, and Steve Robinson.
Date: May 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 15] (open access)

[Dallas Park Board Minutes, Book 15]

Minutes for the Dallas Park Board containing a record of the group's discussions, decisions, and other business.
Date: 1968/1971
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Park and Recreation Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Daniel Castillo and Family]

Photograph of Billy Almanza (left), cousin Juan (center), and Daniel A. Castillo (right) posing in the Castillo house on 1308 North 6th Street in Wichita Fall, Texas. The back of the photograph has a handwritten note of "mid. R pg. 2."
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Daniel With Children]

Photograph of Daniel A. Castillo with Gloria (4) and Terry (5) in the family's home at 1308 North 6th Street, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Description of Treue Der Union Civil War Monument] (open access)

[Description of Treue Der Union Civil War Monument]

Typewritten description of the Treue der Union monument in Comfort, Texas, for the Kendall County Historical Marker sign. The description includes a brief history behind the monument, and the German Union soldiers who honored their fallen comrades by burying them at the site. The description also provides a translation of the monument's name to "Loyalty to the Union." Three photographs also accompany the typewritten description.
Date: 1968
Creator: Texas Historical Survey Committee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Explosives]

Photograph of Andy Anderson (seated left), Santos Arellano (standing left), Polo Castillo (standing right) of the 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division. The men are posing in front of the Explosives sign at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Frances Way, east from Lois Lane, 1968, Richardson, Texas

Frances Way, 500 block, looking east from the intersection with Lois Lane. The street is paved, with curbs and sidewalks. Houses are on both sides of the street, those on the right/south are partially visible. Most houses have front driveways. Three cars are parked on the street, and 2 cars are in driveways. There are trees, utility poles, and lines. A fire hydrant is on the NE corner of the intersection.
Date: November 25, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grove Road, 1968, Richardson, Texas

Grove Road, looking north, from the "T" intersection with Summit Drive, which terminates at Grove Road. On the horizon, left to center, is Frances Way. The elevated railroad, center to right, intersects Frances Way, and further north, Belt Line Rd., with underpasses. On the extreme right, a water tower is partially shown. The majority of the photograph is a large, mowed, field, extending north to Frances Way, and east/west, from Grove Road to the railroad. Homes and utility poles are on the left/west side of Grove Road. One truck and one car are on Grove; one car is parked on the right/east side of Grove; an eastbound car is on Frances Way, just east of the intersection.
Date: November 25, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grove Road, Richardson, Texas

Looking west, a plowed, bare field, with a street, Frances Way, and utility poles on the far right. At the horizon is a street, Grove Road, with homes on the west side, facing east. Homes on the west side of Grove were built ca 1954. Homes on the east side were not built until ca 1973.
Date: 1968~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, the United Methodist Church: 1968 (open access)

Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, the United Methodist Church: 1968

Journal of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information. Index starts on page 199.
Date: 1968
Creator: United Methodist Church (U.S.). Northwest Texas Conference.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Linda Heading Out]

Photograph of Linda Castillo leaving the Castillo family home on 1308 North 6th Street, Wichita Falls, Texas. The edges of the photograph read "snap shots, inc." and "duo snap shots."
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Linda on the Phone]

Photograph of Linda Castillo on the phone at the Castillo family home on 1308 North 6th Street, Wichita Falls, Texas. Linda was always on the phone. The edges of the photograph read "snap shots, inc." and "duo snap shots."
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lois Lane, north from Spring Valley, 1968, Richardson, Texas

Lois Lane, 400 block, north from the intersection with Spring Valley Road. The street is paved with curbs and sidewalks. One car is parked on the street; one covered boat is in front of a house on the left/west. The homes variously have front driveways, or circular driveways, or possibly rear driveways. The southern half of the block does not have utility poles on the street.
Date: November 25, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pacific Circle, Richardson, Texas

Cul-de-sac paved and curbed street (Pacific Circle), intersecting with paved and divided four-lane street (300 block, North Bowser Road). The street sign reads Bowser Rd and Pacific Cir [sign is incorrectly oriented]. Two houses, with front driveways, are visible; one car, a Volkswagen Beetle; 3 medium trees, various shrubs, utility poles and lines. The houses have chainlink fencing to their sides. Along the horizon, behind the houses, is the elevated railroad. Additional information. Written on back: Looking west into Pacific Circle. Note that street marker has been turned. Nov. 25, 1968
Date: November 25, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Palm Circle, Richardson, Texas

U-shaped paved and curbed street, intersecting a divided, four-lane, street (200 block, North Bowser Road). The u-shaped street (Palm Circle) has an island with low planting. Two houses, with front driveways and light-colored roofs, are on the street. Two cars are parked. A street sign shows Boswer Rd and Palm Cir. The houses are landscaped with small trees and shrubbery. Additional information: Written on back: Looking west into Palm Cir. showing railroad in the background Nov. 25, 1968
Date: November 25, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mamie McFaddin Ward with Flowers]

Photograph of Mamie McFaddin Ward wearing a white dress and jacket and holding a metal vase filled with large red flowers. She is standing on a paved surface with trees and bushes in the background.
Date: May 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pittman Street and Grove Road, 1968, Richardson, Texas

Intersection of Pittman Street and Grove Road, looking northeast. Taken from Pittman Street, the photograph shows the NW corner of the "T" intersection (Pittman Street terminates). At the corner is the street sign, a fire hydrant, and a support cable for a utility pole. That corner of the intersection has concrete curbs and sidewalks. To the east of Grove Road is a large, cut/mowed. field. One small clump of trees is on the left, and a small area of un-cut grass/crop is on the right. The elevated railroad is on the horizon. Just visible above the hydrant is the railroad underpass on Frances Way. Low, long, light-colored roofs are behind the left portion of the railroad. Just left/north of the underpass, behind the railroad, is a water tower.
Date: November 25, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Polo Castillo in Jeep]

Photograph of Cpl Polo Castillo (1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division) in a Jeep en route in a convoy to Da Nang, Vietnam. Castillo was stationed at Gia Le Combat Base. The back of the photograph reads," My Darling Wife, Yolanda. This was taken a few hours before we left on the convoy to Da Nang. At that time, that jeep I drive didn't have a windshield or a top. The last few hours at Gia Le. What'cha think of my little groovey hat. Ha! Love Ya Forever, Your Loving Husband, Paul Castillo. Gia Le, RVN September 1968."
Date: September 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History