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Dutch (open access)

Dutch

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Maynard W. "Dutch" Acton, who played a cowboy in the movie "Giant," starring Jimmy Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. Dutch Acton spent most of his life working and living on ranches in West Texas.
Date: December 3, 1968
Creator: Harpham, Marsha
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of View from Candelaria Hill Road]

Photograph of Candelaria Hill in the mountains of west Texas with a butte rising up out of the hill, taken from Candelaria Hill Road.
Date: March 3, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wizard or Witch (open access)

Wizard or Witch

Research paper written by Laurelle Patricia Dunsavage for an American History Class at Marfa High School on March 3, 1977. It is about different types of healers in the hispanic culture and has a section defining the different herbs and their uses in remedies. Samples of the actual herbs are included in this report.
Date: March 3, 1977
Creator: Dunsavage, Laurelle Patricia
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program for L.C. Brite's Birthday Dinner 1941 (open access)

Program for L.C. Brite's Birthday Dinner 1941

Printed program for a birthday dinner for L.C. Brite at the First Christian Church in Marfa, Texas on August 3, 1941. It was his last birthday before he passed away on September 4, 1941. The program included an invocation, dinner, music sung by the choir and by the guests, letters and wires from friends, tributes, and a benediction.
Date: August 3, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dance Card for The Story Book Ball] (open access)

[Dance Card for The Story Book Ball]

Dance Card with pencil from The Story Book Ball held on March 3, 1919 at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The dance was sponsored by the Merry Maids Musical Club. Names of dance partners are listed on the pages inside. Dances include the Foxtrot, Waltz and One Step.
Date: March 3, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History