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[Giraffe Exhibit at Marsalis Zoo]

Photograph of two fully grown giraffes and a younger one in the giraffe exhibit.
Date: December 29, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pair of Elephants at Marsalis Zoo]

Photograph of two adult elephants in a large exhibit. The two are gathered close to a far corner, away from the fence where visitors line up to see them.
Date: December 29, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[3804 North Hampton Fire]

Photograph of a charred kitchen after a fire at 3804 North Hampton in Dallas. A partial sign is visible in the center of the image that says "Cold *Grape or Or[...] *Ice Cold."
Date: December 6, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flipped Car]

Photograph of two men attending a car flipped in the woods.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clem Lumber Co. Fire]

Photograph of a destroyed brick building on 2500 Live Oak.
Date: November 15, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed House]

Photograph of a completely destroyed house with three firefighters standing in the wreckage.
Date: November 15, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Borgenicht Gallery] (open access)

[Client Card: Borgenicht Gallery]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the Borgenicht Gallery, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Brides," Group Procession" (68" x 34"), angel figure (Belgian black marble base 7" x 3.5" x 7"), figure (marble base 7" x 3.5" x 7"), figures reading book (9.5"), figure holding candles (15"), figure holding sets of candles (12"), and figures together (9.5").
Date: November 1959
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Scout Troop Calendar and Scrapbook Page] (open access)

[Scout Troop Calendar and Scrapbook Page]

Calendar page labeled "November 1959" with handwritten notes regarding the activities of a Denton Girl Scout troop, including meetings on Tuesday and a "Play Day" on Saturday the 21st. The back of the page includes a handwritten description of the Play Day event and three photographs which show a large group of children playing various games outside several large, brick buildings on the North Texas State College campus.
Date: 1959-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Calvin Albert] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Calvin Albert]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Calvin Albert, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces include: "Abstract" (2 copies; 35"), "Figure in the Wind" (36" x 18"), "Sculpture" (Repair), "Menorah" (9" x 10" x 11"), "Menorah" (10" x 9").
Date: 1959-10/1963-02
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Girls Standing Behind Painted Scene]

Photograph of three girls at the Texas State Fair, standing together behind a scene painted with the torso of a barefoot woman in a tattered dress who is holding the torsos of two infants behind a soapy washtub. The girls are identified as (left to right) Mary Catherine Newton, Lana Wallace, Sharon Burden.
Date: October 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Women Standing Behind Scene]

Photograph of Roianna Chandler, Mary Newton, and Sharon Burden at the Texas State Fair, posing together behind a scene painted with three female torsos wearing evening dresses.
Date: October 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fatal House Fire]

Photograph of a house charred on the front entrance with a toy car also burned out in the yard.
Date: September 11, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. James Clark] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. James Clark]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. James Clark, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Ovis Poli", "Ibex", "Antelope" (repair; repatine), "Bear" (repair, repatine), "Bear" (repair, repatine), "Dog" (King Buck; aluminum cast; 36"), "Standing Dog" (10.5" x 7" x 5"), "Standing Rhino" (42" x 29"), "Ovis Poli" (2 copies; 17" x 12"), "Portrait Bust of Yourself" (19" x 17"), "Charging Rhino" (18" x 9"), "White Rhino" (16" x 7.5"), "Reclining Lioness" (26" x 9"), "Ibex" (12" x 7"), "Asiatic Falconer" (16" x 16"), "African Buffalo" (25" x 30"), "Black Rhino with Tick Bird" (30" x 36"), "Ibex" (12" x 7"; black bakelite base 5.5" x 8.5" x 2"), and "African Buffalo" (13" x13").
Date: 1959-09/1966-11
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Apartment Fire]

Photograph of a firefighter carrying two suitcases down a hallway damaged by fire with two young women.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Brass & Bronze Specialty] (open access)

[Client Card: Brass & Bronze Specialty]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Brass & Bronze Specialty, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: medallion (3 copies; 2 bronze casts, 1 aluminum cast; 18"), nickle cast medallion (3'), and bronze cast medallion.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Storm Damage]

Photograph of three men walking among the damage of a storm.
Date: August 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Eating]

Photograph of a man sitting at the end of a long table eating a plate of food. The room might be a classroom; there are signs on the wall on the left reading "ones," "tens," and "hundreds."
Date: July 15, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Granville Carter] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Granville Carter]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Granville Carter, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Cowboy on Horse", "Cowgirl on Horse", "Sculptural Wreath" (6 copies; 30" x 20"), "Seated Figure" (6 copies; 42"), "Seated Figure" (2 copies; 13"), "Sculptural Wreath" (3 copies; 30" x 30"), "Hand" (4 copies; 12" x 7"), and "Standing Figure Playing Flute" (2 copies; 15").
Date: 1959-07/1963-11
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Grand Entry in Colborn Bowl]

Copy negative of an aerial view of men on horses walking in formation in a dirt arena with bleachers on both sides sometime 1946-1958. The arena is the Colborn Bowl, which was used for rodeos in Dublin, Texas.
Date: June 24, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brown School]

Photograph of the fenced drive to the Brown School as seen from the sidewalk.
Date: June 12, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Deerpath Park Pool]

Photograph of a concrete pool surrounded by wire fencing.
Date: June 12, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John Neeley Bryan School]

Photograph of a two story brick building with a one story attachment at the rear, near a paved road.
Date: June 12, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Frozen School Pool]

Photograph of a fenced off pool with trees offering shade nearby.
Date: June 12, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Julia Frozen School Road]

Photograph of the paved road outside of Julia Frozen School.
Date: June 12, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History