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[Our Lady of Lourdes map, with Arcadia, Alta Loma and Lamarque]

Description: Map of Galveston County area. Points of interest include: Algoa, Algoa Oil Field, Arcadia, Alta Loma, Franks Oil Field, Highland Bayou, Our Lady of Lourdes, Cloud Bayou, Willow Bayou, Highland Bayou, Alta Loma Oil Field, Greens Lake Oil Field, Karankawa Lake, Hitchcock Oil Field, Texas City Junction, La Marque.
Date: unknown
Partner: Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library
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[News Clip: Accident (Galveston ship)]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a cargo ship, Stella Lykes, in Galveston that crashed into Pier 10 causing damage to buildings and nearby machinery. This story aired at 12:00 P.M.
Date: November 30, 1977
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hurricane Alicia update]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 25, 1983, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Group of Young Hispanic Boys and Girls on a Porch]

Description: Photograph of a group of young Mexican boys and girls on the front porch of a light-colored wood-slatted house. The group includes four teenage girls in light cotton dresses standing together in a row on the left side of the porch. In front of them there are three young boys sitting on the top step of the porch. They are all wearing light collared shirts and trousers. There is one teenage boy standing at the edge of the porch and looking down toward the ground on the far righthand side. Behind … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group of Hispanic Women and Children on a Porch]

Description: Photograph of a group of Mexican women and children on the porch of a light-colored, wood-slatted house. Four young women stand in a row on the very top step in front of an open double doorway. They are all wearing light fitted cotton dresses and holding books and purses. In front of the women, there are four young boys and one young girl sitting on the steps of the porch. The boys are all wearing light collared shirts and trousers, and the girl is wearing a light cotton dress. Another young wo… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Group of Hispanic People on a Porch]

Description: Photograph of a large group of Mexican people on the porch of a light-colored, wood-slatted house. Everyone is facing the camera and many are smiling. There are only four men in the group; three are standing in the very front. They are wearing white collared shirts and trousers, and one of them is wearing a suit jacket and bowtie. All of the women are wearing light cotton dresses. There are five young boys at the front of the group on the far right; they are all dressed like the men. There is a… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Poll tax receipt for John J. Herrera, County of Galveston - 1934]

Description: 1934 Galveston County poll tax receipt number 14166 for John J. Herrera. It includes demographic information about Herrera and is signed by the deputy of the Harris County Assessor and Collector of Taxes. Date of election is listed on the back.
Date: January 31, 1935
Creator: Galveston County (Tex.)
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[News Script: Airman confesses murdering family]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the extrication and arrest of airman Ellis Lauhon for the murder of Ruby McPherson, her son George McPherson, and her mother Zola Norman.
Date: July 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Trading Card: Texas Diamondback Terrapin]

Description: Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Galveston Island State Park, depicting the Texas diamondback terrapin. There is an image of a terrapin in boggy water on the front, with information about the species on the back.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Map of Greater Galveston County, 1954]

Description: 1954 Map of Greater Galveston County, donated to the Genevieve Miller Public Library by Ben K. Peek Real Estate. Points of interest include: Algoa, Hitchcock, LaMarque, Texas City, Boliver, Deer Islands, Offats Bayou, Pelican Project, Galveston, San Leon, Bacliffe, Dickinson Bayou, Moses Lake, Dollar Bay, April Fool Point, and an Industrial Water Canal.
Date: 1954
Partner: Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library
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