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A Program for the Coronation of the Queen at MWHS, 1934

The program for the Eighth Annual Mineral Wells High School Coronation of the Queen, held on January 18, 1934.
Date: January 18, 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Mineral Wells Public Schools Certificate of Promotion (open access)

A Mineral Wells Public Schools Certificate of Promotion

A certificate of Promotion from Mineral Wells Public Schools, certifying that Floy Stone has completed the 8th grade in May 1903 is shown here. It is signed by B. C. Osborn.
Date: May 8, 1903
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Mineral Wells High School Concert Band]

This picture, showing the concert band of the Mineral Wells High School Marching Band (standing on the steps of the school) was taken around 1922. James Walker Calvert is on the top row at the far right. Mr. Brunswick, the bandleader, is on the front row at the far left. Ellis White is the trombone player on the left. See also "Mineral Wells High School Marching Band."
Date: 1922?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women in a Decorated Car]

Five females ("Aunt Matie, Edith Preston, Lena, and two of Edith's friends", a legend states on the back)) in a decorated car outside the Western Union Telegraph office. Signs on and by the building read "Crazy Well Flats and Modern Rooms", "Cigars", and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office."
Date: 1910?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Side School -- Second Grade 1907

The second grade class at West Side School in 1907 sit on the steps outside the old rock building built in 1886. The teacher is Miss Amie Hensley. Some of the names of the children are listed on the back.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Program for "Sunny of Sunnyside"- - an Operetta]

A program for "Sunny of Sunnyside - An Operetta", presented at the Travis School Auditorium on April 29-30, 1943.
Date: April 29, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Program for "Lazy Town", an Opera in Two Acts]

A program for "Lazy Town - An Opera in Two Acts", presented by Sam Houston School on May 14, 1943.
Date: May 14, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Baker Hotel" Menu (open access)

"Baker Hotel" Menu

This photograph illustrates an October 1929 menu from the Stephen F. Austin Hotel, a "Baker Hotel" (located in Austin, Texas), similar to the one that opened in Mineral Wells in 1929 is shown here. The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells was apparently one of a chain of hotels. This menu serves as a reminder of that fact.
Date: 1929?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Mineral Wells High School Marching Band]

The Mineral Wells High School marching band is shown here performing on a football field in the late 1930's. The band director at that time was Mr. Dave Brunswick. See also "Mineral Wells High School Concert Band."
Date: 1939?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ten Years Younger (open access)

Ten Years Younger

This picture displays the title page of a booklet about Mineral Wells, Texas health resorts, and how they could make people feel ten years younger.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memories of 1934 (open access)

Memories of 1934

A 1934 Yearbook from Mineral Wells High School belonging to Nealia Dillard is shown here.
Date: 1934
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Brief History or a Statement of Facts of Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

A Brief History or a Statement of Facts of Mineral Wells, Texas

A booklet about the history of Mineral Wells, Texas, from 1881 to 1921.
Date: September 24, 1921
Creator: Berry, H. M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mineral Wells,  Texas (open access)

Mineral Wells, Texas

A pamphlet about the various services and attractions in and around Mineral Wells, Texas, with many photographic illustrations, extols the allurements of Mineral in an effusive nineteenth-century prose, that was probably archaic for the time of the pamphlet.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas and Pacific Railway - General Passenger Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir...Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department (open access)

Souvenir...Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department

Shown here is the cover of a souvenir booklet about the Mineral Wells, Texas, Volunteer Fire Department,published in 1906.
Date: 1906
Creator: Robinette, Alan M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drawn Map of Palo Pinto Square]

Map of Palo Pinto Square from 1858 to 1882. This map depicts buildings and streets in the area as a series of labeled rectangles.
Date: unknown
Creator: Perkins, Grace
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Union Hill School]

Copy photograph of people posing in front of the wooden Union Hill School. Young children and women stand in front of a group of men.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Henry at Target Practice on Frozen Joel

Photograph of Henry Seaman firing a long gun toward a cliff face while sitting atop a horse. He is wearing a hat and heavy clothes. The cliff is the entrance to Hells Gate at Possum Kingdom Lake. The photo was taken before the building of the Morris Sheppard Dam on the Brazos River in Palo Pinto County.
Date: unknown
Creator: Randall, H. A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lyra, Texas Number 3 Coal Shaft

Photograph of Number 3 Coal Shaft structure in Lyra, Texas. A building beside the shaft has chimney that is billowing dark smoke over the hill in the background.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tattler (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1934 (open access)

The Tattler (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1934

Student newspaper from Mineral Wells High School in Mineral Wells, Texas. It contains articles about the graduating class of 1934, including information about class officers, class prophecies, caps and gowns, class events, and local advertisements.
Date: May 18, 1934
Creator: Mineral Wells High School
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Pointing Past Buildings]

Photograph of a man wearing a cowboy hat and jacket. He is standing on the side of a hill and pointing over a group of three buildings that are nestled among trees.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History