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[A group of young men and women posed on the steps of a house.]

Photograph of a group of young men and women posed on the steps of a house. Image is mounted on black (faded to gray) matte. Written on back, "Metropolitan Business College, Dallas, "Before the Sp_____." Bought at auction 5/04/04. Identifications written in pencil have been scribbled over in pencil.
Date: May 4, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hurricane Katrina refugees]

Photograph of Cynthia Canepa and Luis Alberto Ponce; both were displaced by hurricane Katrina.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Woman and young man with skyscrapers in background]

After a few months in Dallas, Cynthia Canepa and Luis Alberto Ponce have decided to return to Biloxi, the place they left six months ago due to the ravages caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students take online courses to earn a bachelors degree]

Mexican immigrants in Dallas, Texas use the Colegio De Bachilleres distance learning program to earn their bachelors degree.
Date: August 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Woman and Man study material on a computer screen]

A woman and a man study material on a computer as part of their distance learning program. The Colegio de Bacheilleres, located in the Mexican state of Michoacan, offers a distance learning program to Mexican immigrants in the United States. Students are able to earn bachelors degrees by participating in this program.
Date: August 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Parents with children study forms]

Parents and their children study forms while participating in a distance learning program. Colegio de Bachilleres, located int he Mexican state of Michoacan, runs a distance learning program which helps immigrants in the United States earn bachelors degrees.
Date: August 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students read handouts on distance learning]

Dallas students work toward their bachelors degrees through a distance education program run by Colegio de Bachilleres. The courses are recognized by all Mexican institutions.
Date: August 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students participate in a distance learning class]

Students in Dallas, Texas prepare to participate in a distance learning program run by Colegio de Bachilleres, located in the Mexican state of Michoacan. The students take courses that are recognized by all Mexican institutions of higher learning.
Date: August 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Carlos Garcia de Alba and the Pope]

Carlos Garcia de Alba stands in front of a photograph of himself shaking hands with Pope John Paul II. Garcia de Alba is the Consul General of Mexico in Dallas, Texas.
Date: April 4, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Domingo Garcia speaking into microphone with arm raised]

Domingo Garcia is a practicing attorney in Dallas, Texas. Garcia served as Mayor Pro Tem of Dallas, as a Dallas City Council member, and as a Texas legislator. He is the current General Counsel for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a Latino civil rights organization.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Domingo Garcia with hand on head]

Domingo Garcia is a practicing attorney in Dallas, Texas. Garcia served as Mayor Pro Tem of Dallas, as a Dallas City Council member, and as a Texas legislator. He is the current General Counsel for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a Latino civil rights organization.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Domingo Garcia speaking into microphone]

Domingo Garcia is a practicing attorney in Dallas, Texas. Garcia served as Mayor Pro Tem of Dallas, as a Dallas City Council member, and as a Texas legislator. He is the current General Counsel for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a Latino civil rights organization.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Domingo Garcia speaking in front of audience]

Domingo Garcia is a practicing attorney in Dallas, Texas. Garcia served as Mayor Pro Tem of Dallas, as a Dallas City Council member, and as a Texas legislator. He is the current General Counsel for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a Latino civil rights organization.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plan a distancia ofrece oportunidad para culminar preparatoria (open access)

Plan a distancia ofrece oportunidad para culminar preparatoria

This article describes how distance education allows some Mexican immigrants to earn a bachelors degree from the Colegio de Bachilleres in the Mexcian state of Michoacan. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: August 4, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fourth of July Parade

Photograph of Independence Day parade at the corner of Oak Street and Summit Drive in Richardson, Texas. A semi truck parade float is decorated with flags, streamers, and paper. In the foreground, there are people seated and standing near a table with boxed United States flags on it. A flag is set up at the table. To the left, there is a street sign with "Oak Street" and "Summit Drive."
Date: July 4, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fourth of July Parade

Photograph of men in a marching band at the Independence Day parade, on Beltline Road in front of Richardson High School. The men are wearing Shriners' fezzes. One man is holding a pair of symbols, and the men behind him are playing trumpets.
Date: July 4, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fourth of July Parade

Photograph of a young woman sitting on the back of a convertible car in a parade on Beltline Road, in front of Richardson High School. She is wearing a striped dress and a crown. A sign on the side of the cars says "Miss Richardson 1970." In the background, there is a group of people on the yard of the high school.
Date: July 4, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Photograph of Dam]

Photograph of a dam taken from an aerial perspective. On reverse is a City of Dallas Official Staff Photo stamp.
Date: June 4, 1979
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 29 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 29

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating AAA Texas on opening its new regional headquarters in Irving.
Date: October 4, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of North Texas Alumni in a Parade, 1989]

Photograph of the Irving Chapter of UNT Alumni in a Fourth of July parade in Irving, Texas. Included in the photo are: Gary Schepf, Treasurer; Herb Shauer, President Elect; Gladys Valchar, Athletic Champion; Cynthia Rodriquez, Scholarship Winner; and Phala Finley, Secretary
Date: July 4, 1989
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consist[s] of the frame, raised axle, and arch, having at one end the bearing, the transverse shaft carrying the bevel-gear, and journaled in said bearing, and the vertical arm, the said shaft also carrying a sprocket-wheel, which is connected to a similar wheel upon the axle by means of the endless chain, the cutter-shaft, journaled at opposite ends in the arms . . . and the removable cutter" (lines 68-77).
Date: November 4, 1884
Creator: Daniel, William L. & Daniel, Robbert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack Wrench for Oiling Vehicle Wheels. (open access)

Jack Wrench for Oiling Vehicle Wheels.

Patent for a new and improved jack-wrench. This design consists "of the flat bar which has its inner end bent into a hook, so as to catch over the top of the axle, and which has secured to its outer end a rod, upon which the wheel is to be moved, and a handle which has a wrench formed in its outer end, with a slide which is adjustable . . . a screw-rod which passes through the slide and has its upper end bent so as to catch underneath the axle, and a thumbscrew . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a combined wrench and jack" (lines 15-29).
Date: March 4, 1890
Creator: Henshaw, Fred M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides.

Patent for a new machine to be used for oiling slides and glides for engines, &c., includes illustration.
Date: June 4, 1878
Creator: Bates, Asa N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester. (open access)

Spark Arrester.

Patent for a new and improved spark-arrester. This design consists in "[t]he combination of an inverted-U-shaped pipe joined to the smoke-stack of an engine, a suitable damper located at the junction, a water receptacle suspended from the free end of said pipe, and a water-pipe leading into said end from the boiler of the engine" (lines 85-90).
Date: May 4, 1886
Creator: Ledbetter, William Hughes
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History