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Life in Laredo: a Documentary History From the Laredo Archives
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Based on documents from the Laredo Archives, Life in Laredo shows the evolution and development of daily life in a town under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Isolated on the northern frontier of New Spain and often forgotten by authorities far away, the people of Laredo became as grand as the river that flowed by their town and left an enduring legacy in a world of challenges and changes. Because of its documentary nature, Life in Laredo offers in sights into the nitty-gritty of the comings and goings of its early citizens not to be found elsewhere. Robert D. Wood, S.M., presents the first one hundred years of history and culture in Laredo up to the mid-nineteenth century, illuminating--with primary source evidence--the citizens' beliefs, cultural values, efforts to make a living, political seesawing, petty quarreling, and constant struggles against local Indians. He also details rebellious military and invading foreigners among the early settlers and later townspeople. Scholars and students of Texas and Mexican American history, as well as the Laredoans celebrating the 250th anniversary (in 2005) of Laredo's founding, will welcome this volume. "Although there have been a number of books on the history of Laredo, …
Date:
March 15, 2004
Creator:
Wood, Robert D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: School boycotts]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
April 25, 1969, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Backwoods to Border
Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Airmen protest]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 60 airmen, mostly Black, protesting for a shorter tour of duty at the Laredo Air Force Base.
Date:
September 19, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon visit]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Richard Nixon visiting a facility for holding drug smugglers in Laredo.
Date:
September 21, 1972, 8:25 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Politics]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story going over political highlights from the day.
Date:
September 21, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon visit]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Richard Nixon coming to Texas.
Date:
September 18, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a car crashing into a creek following rain.
Date:
September 27, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire in downtown Laredo.
Date:
January 4, 1973
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Drug smugglers]
Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
September 21, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Political trip]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about elected officials taking a trip to Texas on the Presidential jet.
Date:
October 4, 1972
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon's tour]
Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
September 22, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Blind-Slat Fastener.
Patent for improvements in shutter attachments, in which it locks the slats in place at a desired angle. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Winslow, Walter W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Jack.
Patent for new and useful improvements in chain-jacks. "This invention aims to provide a chain-jack for lifting the boxes of axles, so that the bearings or brasses therefor can be readily replaced, and is designed especially for use in cases of hot boxes on railway-cars" (line 11-15).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Phillips, Henry S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Boiler-Scale
Patent for "an extract of the plant know to botanists by the name 'Larrea Mexican,' to be used in removing boiler-scale and in preventing the reformation of the same" (lines 9-13).
Date:
April 16, 1901
Creator:
Pena, Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Land Roller, Furrow Opener, And Marker
Patent for a device that combines the function of a land-roller, furrow opener, and marker. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
MacDonell, Allan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brake
Patent for air brakes. Illustration included.
Date:
March 21, 1905
Creator:
Minnick, Hezekiah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial View of Airports]
Photograph of an aerial view of the New Civil Airport, Military Airport, and American Airlines at Laredo, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Juan Francisco Farias Residence]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Juan Francisco Farias Residence, in Laredo, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date:
September 16, 2009
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas: Webb Quadrangle Grid Zone "D"
Topographic quadrangle map of Webb, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads and highways, water bodies, water tanks and wells, borders, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date:
1956
Creator:
Brown, Earl L.; Nicholas, R. U.; Mills, W. H.; Minter, W. H.; Abbott, W. T.; Smith, A. Y. et al.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Las Mujeres Quadrangle
Topographic quadrangle map of Las Mujeres Ranch in Webb County, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads and highways, ranches, water bodies, boundaries, oil pipelines, and landmarks. Includes a road classification diagram in the lower-right corner. Relief shown by contours (interval 20) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date:
1956
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Webb County
Blue line print of survey map of Webb County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:380,952] (10,000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas: Velenzuela Creek Quadrangle
Topographic quadrangle map of Velenzuela Creek in Texas, showing towns, roads and highways, borders between counties, water bodies, water tanks, ranches and farms, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date:
1958
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Islitas Quadrangle: Grid Zone "D"
Topographic quadrangle map of Islitas, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, water bodies, boundaries, railroads, roads and highways, ranches, abandoned coal mines, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date:
1956
Creator:
Bruner, C. A.; Moore, J. C.; Drouet, A.; McKibben, T. H.; Worthington, J. P.; Kenda, P. et al.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History