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Higgins Public Library
1,382
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
323
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
258
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7
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5
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4
Hardin-Simmons University Library
2
Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
2
Cattle Raisers Museum
1
Southwestern Federation of Archaeological Societies
1
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Collection
Lipscomb County Newspaper Collection
1,382
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
1,382
Tocker Foundation Grant
684
Rescuing Texas History, 2007
221
United States Census Map Collection
151
Rescuing Texas History, 2011
86
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85
Texas History Collection
14
Texas Patents
12
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8
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Serial/Series Title
Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times
925
Lipscomb Lime Light
257
The Circle Register
105
The Kiowa Valley Independent
79
Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
40
2010 Census County Block Map
34
2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
34
2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
30
1990 Census County Block Map
24
2000 Census County Block Map
24
18 More
Counties
Decade
Month
Language
Damaged Home After Tornado
Photograph of the front of a badly-damaged house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The wall of the structure is gone, revealing wooden beams and there is a large pile of debris. In front of the house, there is a tree and a white wooden fence enclosing the yard, with a curb and a sidewalk near the bottom of the image, in the foreground.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McMurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Two Men and Debris After Tornado]
Photograph of a row of badly damaged buildings after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. In front of the buildings and all over the ground is a large pile of debris including a door, bricks, and wooden boards. Two men in jackets, gloves, and hats stand on top of a board on the left side of the frame. Behind the men is a row of cars.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Damaged Car After Tornado
Photograph of a badly damaged car after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The car is crumpled from debris on top and inside of it. There is a group of people, including a policeman, on the right side of the frame. Behind the car is a damaged building.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fallen Buildings and Debris After Tornado
Photograph of a row of fallen and damaged stores after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. There is a large pile of debris in front of the buildings. A group of people are standing and sifting through the debris. There is a parked car on the right side of the frame.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsed House After Tornado
Photograph of a collapsed house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the foreground is a fallen wall with debris and a bed frame on top of it. Two figures are digging through the debris on the right side of the frame. In the background are trees and a telephone pole.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Debris and Houses After Tornado
Photograph of a large pile of wooden boards and a group of houses after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the foreground is a fallen telephone pole and the ground is covered with boards.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Truck and Houses After Tornado]
Photograph of a truck and three houses after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The truck's hood is caved in. Behind the truck are the three houses and trees. All over the ground is debris, mostly wooden beams.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Vehicles, People, and Damaged Building After Tornado]
Photograph of six vehicles and five people standing in front of a damaged building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The windows and the roof of the building are missing. There is a tree and another building on the right side of the frame. In the foreground is the roof of the car dented with bricks with a tennis racket.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building with No Walls After Tornado
Photograph of a building with fallen walls after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Inside the buildings are shelves lined with buckets, boxes, doors, and sacks. The foreground is covered with the wall and wooden beams.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Group with Belongings After Tornado]
Photograph of two men and one woman bringing belongings into a school building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The woman wears a coat and headscarf, the man in the center is bending down in front of a suitcase and wearing a leather jacket and hat, and the man beside him wears coveralls and a cap and carries blankets. The school building is in the background with trees in front of it. On the left side of the frame are parked cars. In the foreground is a tank and broken tree limbs and wooden beams.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Men in Debris After Tornado]
Photograph of two men standing on top of a metal beam in front of a damaged building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The building's windows are blown out. One man wear a leather jacket and hat and is pointing at the ground. The man behind him wears overalls and a cap. All over the ground is a pile of debris that includes bricks, beams, and wire.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Destroyed Car and Collapsed Buildings After Tornado]
Photograph of a destroyed car with the words, "Grocery & Market" written on it after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Behind the car is a collapsed brick wall. On the right side of the frame are three brick buildings. On the left side of the frame are other undamaged vehicles. All over the ground is debris that includes wooden beams and twisted metal.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car and Collapsed Buildings After Tornado
Photograph of an old car amidst fallen buildings after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The buildings are roofless, only parts of the walls remain standing. All over the ground are piles of debris that include wooden beams and bricks.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Damaged Houses After Tornado
Photograph of damaged houses after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. On the far right side of the image, the roof of a badly damaged building is in the midst of some debris; in the center of the image, another house has no roof and the walls are sagging. Other homes are partially visible in the row behind them. In the foreground, there is a sidewalk and a fence enclosing the near yard.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsed House After Tornado
Photograph of a collapsed house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The house was two-stories tall. The ground is covered in wooden beams and there is a broken tree in the foreground.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of House and Debris After Tornado]
Photograph of a damaged house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The awning of the porch is caving in. There are three trees on the sides of the house. In front of the house is a large pile of of debris that includes wooden beams and tree limbs.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Windmill, Fallen Trees and Debris After Tornado]
Photograph of fallen trees and a windmill with bend blades after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. There is a truck and a fence on the left side of the frame. The ground is covered with wooden beams and debris.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of School, Cars, and Debris]
Photograph of six cars parked in front of a school building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. In-between the cars and the building are trees. On the right side of the frame is a pile of debris. In the foreground is a cement driveway.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fallen Houses After Tornado
Photograph of two or three fallen houses after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The houses were two stories tall. In the foreground is a street and two driveways.
Date:
April 9, 1947
Creator:
McCurry, J. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Hemphill County, Index
Index map for Hemphill County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:78,668.
Date:
1990
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Roberts County, Index
Index map for Roberts County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:78,668.
Date:
1990
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Ochiltree County, Block 3
Parent map for Ochiltree County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date:
1990
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denison Family with Covered Wagon
Photograph taken in 1900 of the Denison family next to a covered wagon hitched to a team of mules. Five people and one dog sitting on a chair.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-drawn Buggy with People and Sod House
Photograph of sod house and wooden structure on left side of the frame. Woman sitting in horse-drawn buggy with a colt in front on the right side of the frame. There are men on horses in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History