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Taylor County Veterans Memorial and Plaza, featuring a bronze soldier and silver eagle sculptures.

Taylor County Veterans Memorial and Plaza, featuring a bronze soldier and silver eagle sculptures on Taylor County Courthouse grounds
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Terry Gilbreath
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marshall Public Library Event]

Mrs. Gail Morrow, staff cataloger for Marshall Public Library, at an author signing c2004.
Date: 2004~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marshall Downtown Square]

The north area of the Marshall downtown square from the perspective of the E. Houston-Bolivar street intersection. The stores to the right of the image front on Austin street, which runs east-west. Behind the commercial bank sign is a parking lot also known as the McPhail block. The old courhouse is out of view to the left.
Date: 2000~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Floodwaters at the Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Central Library]

Photograph of floodwaters at the Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Central Library. View of the bridge in Quakertown Park. Pecan Creek has topped its banks and run-up to the southeast (back) side of the Emily Fowler Library. It had been raining for days when this flash flood occurred. The photo was taken from inside the library.
Date: April 24, 2007
Creator: Couture, Leslie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Floodwaters on Oakland Street in front of the Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Central Library]

Photograph of floodwaters at the Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Central Library. North view of the parking lot in front of the Emily Fowler Library and Oakland street running towards TWU. The photo was taken from the front entrance of the library, just after the rain had stopped. These two drivers had ignored the high water sign and their cars stalled.
Date: April 24, 2007
Creator: Couture, Leslie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Local History Librarian with Charles Kilgore]

Photograph of local history librarian Heather Campbell Wooten standing next to Charles Kilgore in the Helen Hall Library local history room. They are standing behind two individual portraits of his mother and father, Zonnie and Theodore Kilgore. Both portraits are framed and are set upright atop two tables.
Date: December 2001
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Framed Portraits of Theodore and Zonnie Kilgore]

Photograph of individual framed portraits of Theodore and Zonnie Kilgore, set upright upon two tables in the local history room of Helen Hall Library. In the background is a display shelf of books and pictures.
Date: December 2001
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Floodwaters at the Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Central Library]

Photograph of floodwaters at the Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Central Library. A view of the parking lot in front of the Emily Fowler Library, Oakland street can be partially seen on the left side of the picture. Photograph taken from in front of the library. It had rained for many days when this flash flood occurred. A couple of people tried to drive out of the parking lot before the water had reached this level and their engines flooded. It happened in minutes. This photo was taken just as the rain was starting to dissipate.
Date: April 24, 2007
Creator: Couture, Leslie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[League Park During the Holiday Season]

Photograph of League Park during League City's Christmas Eve in the Park event in December. A brick aisle nestled between some shrubs lead to the park fountain. Beyond the fountain, some tents have been set up. Festive holiday touches are slightly visible; there is a candy cane decoration sticking out of a bush as well as red ribbons attached to the each of the light poles.
Date: December 2004
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History

[League Park During the Holiday Season]

Photograph of League Park during League City's Christmas Eve in the Park event. Festive holiday touches have transformed the park. There are Christmas lights on the historic blue house in the background and a red ribbon tied on a lamppost. Young girls wearing snazzy dance costumes and holding pom-poms are standing underneath a large tree in front of the historic house. Numerous people are awaiting the girls' performance, which involve the mats that are partially visible in the foreground.
Date: December 2004
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History

[League Park During the Holiday Season]

Photograph of the gazebo in League Park, adorned in festive holiday decorations for League City's Christmas Eve in the Park event. Garland, Christmas lights, and red ribbon cover the gazebo. A couple of people are situated on the stone bench near the gazebo.
Date: December 2004
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ribbon Cutting South Irving Center]

Color photograph of the ribbon cutting for the South Irving Center. From left: David England, Mike Gutierrez, Mayor Morris Parrish. It is a bright red ribbon. The men are inside standing near an open office door.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photocopy of Original Polo Playing Field Photograph]

Photocopy of a photograph of a polo playing field, a large grassy, well-manicured lawn with small, gently rolling hills. The area is surrounded by trees, and there are mountains in the distant background. Below the photo, handwritten notes give information about the playing field. The back of the paper is blank.
Date: 2000~
Creator: Edmonds, Bettie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arthur Bea Williams and Delegation]

Photographs of Arthur Bea Williams with the delegation from Wichita Falls' sister city, Furstenfeldbrook, Germany.
Date: 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arthur Bea Williams Elected Mayor]

Photograph of Arthur Bea Williams being sworn in as Mayor of Wichita Falls.
Date: 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlye O. Farris and Arthur Bea Williams]

Photograph of Charlye O. Farris (left), first African-American woman to be admitted to practice law in Texas, with Arthur Bea Williams.
Date: 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schmid Dancing]

Photograph of Jack and Amy Schmid viewed from the side, waltzing out-of-doors on pavement area in front of garden plants. Mrs. Schmid is wearing a blue dress with white polka dots and large white earrings; Mr. Schmid is wearing a light-colored, buttoned, short-sleeve shirt with dark slacks.
Date: 2001~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Christmas Caroling in El Paso]

Photograph of twenty students standing on risers in front of Sears Department store during Christmas time, singing at Sunland Park Mall in El Paso, Texas. They are wearing white, collared, button-down shirts with gold sequined vests. They are identified (L-R): First row. Nora Barrios, Unknown, Toni Call, Unknown, Lily Velez; second row. Eric Hatch, Chelsea Whetten, Derick Jones, Scarlet Verdeja, Andrea Johnson; third row. Jesus Alvarez, Kadie Dalene, Vanessa Nielsen, Jessica Johnson; fourth row. Keith Hatch, Kevin Robinson, Justin Kreitel, Cree Dalene, Brett Farnsworth, Unknown.
Date: December 2002
Creator: Jones, Christine
System: The Portal to Texas History

[David England at DFW Education Center]

Color photograph of David England at DFW Education Center 2000. David England was President of North Lake College from 1996-2001. He is standing at a podium with a microphone and there is a sign in the background with North Lake symbol. Some of the words on the sign are DFW Education, and construction.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Art from the Ruins Exhibit]

Photograph of the nine pieces from the "Art from the Ruins" exhibit standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. Each of the pieces includes various photographs and historic images displayed in cases built from reclaimed materials.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Newspaper Clipping: Ceremony to Honor Veteran of Civil War]

Newspaper clipping of the article "Ceremony to honor veteran of Civil War" with a photo of sixteen people including Levi Marion Head, who is the subject of the newspaper article. The article announces the dedication of a marker honoring Levi Marion Head to be placed in the Buel Cemetery, hosted by Head's great-great-grandson, Benjamin L. Head, the Gen. Richardson Taylor Camp No. 1308 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Shreveport, Lousiana, the Belle Boyd Chapter of the Order of the Confederate Rose, The Lone Star Chapter No. 8, OCR, and the Head family. The article also includes some biographical information about Head's descendants who still live in the Johnson County, Texas.
Date: March 23, 2000
Creator: Strickland, Jay
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arthur Bea Williams Socializing]

Photograph of Arthur Bea Williams socializing with other city council members and delegation members from Wichita Falls' sister city, Furstenfeldbrook, Germany.
Date: 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mayor Williams and Daughter]

Photograph of Mayor Arthur Bea Williams and her daughter, Andrea Williams at Arthur's swearing-in ceremony.
Date: 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Flood waters at the Denton Public Library, Emily Fowler Central Library]

This photograph was taken after the rain stopped during a flash flood on April 24, 2007, in Denton, Texas. Staff member, Leslie Couture went outside and took the photograph from the Festival Bridge on the southeast corner behind the library. The water came up to her knees while she was walking towards the bridge. That is how much the water had crested the banks of the creek.
Date: April 24, 2007
Creator: Couture, Leslie
System: The Portal to Texas History