[The Road to Mineral Wells] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [The Road to Mineral Wells]

Date

  • Creation: 1936
  • Digitized: 2006-11-27

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: The 1936 opening of the brick highway from Mineral Wells to Weatherford, now known as Highway US 180. This was a Works Project Administration (WPA) highway, built during the early "Great Depression" recovery period. The photograph is looking west toward Mineral Wells, and the Baker Hotel may be seen faintly on the horizon at left center of the picture.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Civil Works - Streets and Roads
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Landmarks
  • Keyword: Texas Highway 180

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
  • Time Period: new-sou
  • Coverage Date: 1936

Collection

  • Name: A. F. Weaver Collection
    Code: AFWC

Institution

  • Name: Boyce Ditto Public Library
    Code: BDPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: AWO_0123P
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth20466
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