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[Small crowd at exhibit reception]

Description: Photograph of small crowd at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. Exhibit photographs are visible hanging in the background. In the center of the photograph are three women standing in a circle talking to each other, one of them older. Behind these women are four other people standing by the wall with the horse photography, two men and two women, with one of the men wearing a cowboy hat.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug

[Exhibit attendee looking at photographs]

Description: Photograph of an exhibit attendee looking at the photography at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. Exhibit photographs are visible hanging in the background. The attendee is an old man wearing a tan coat and white cowboy hat on the right side of the photograph, looking at the wall of photography in front of him on the left side of the photograph.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug

[Woman speaking at exhibit reception]

Description: Photograph of woman speaking at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. Exhibit photographs are visible hanging in the background. A woman stands behind a podium with a plaque on the front that says "Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, UNT on the Square." The woman has short hair and wears a blue dress, speaking in front of the photography wall. On the right side of the photo a man can be seen standing by the wall.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug

[Don Shugart mingling with exhibit attendees]

Description: Photograph of Don Shugart mingling with exhibit attendees at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. Exhibit photographs are visible hanging in the background. A woman seen from the back stands by three men, the one in the middle wearing a cowboy hat and holding a beer, and the man on the right (Don Shugart) also holds a beer. On the far left is the fourth person, with his face partially seen.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug

[Large crowd of exhibit attendees at reception]

Description: Photograph of large crowd of exhibit attendees at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. Exhibit photographs are visible hanging in the background. On the left side of the photograph two attendees can be seen sitting on a wooden bench as the rest of the attendees walk around the open exhibit.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug

[Ray Bankston at exhibit reception]

Description: Photograph of Ray Bankston at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. Exhibit photographs are visible hanging in the background. The older man wears a pale blue shirt and wears gold-rimmed glasses with a clear breathing tube runing through his nostrils. A woman can be seen in the background, but the photograph is focused on him.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug

[Joyce Bankston with exhibit attendee]

Description: Photograph of Joyce Bankston with an exhibit attendee at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. Exhibit photographs are visible hanging in the background. The two older women look at each other, the one on the left with her hand on the shoulder of Joyce Bankston (right), as they stand in front of photographs on the white wall.
Date: June 19, 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug

[Illustrations in Codex Seraphinianus]

Description: Photographs of illustrations from a book titled "Codex Seraphinianus" held by UNT Special Collections. Image 1 depicts a scene where alien-like figures, with yellow and white mottled heads in the shape of a football on a column, are pulling human skin onto a skeleton lying down on a bed. There are books piled and arranged under the mattress to hold it up. There are more skeletons waiting their turn and some newly made humans looking at themselves in mirrors. There are hooks along the back with … more
Date: October 9, 2014

[Illustration in "The Elizabethan Zoo"]

Description: Photographs of illustrations in "The Elizabethan Zoo: A Book of Beasts Both Fabulous and Authentic" held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of a creature with the head of a human, breasts, scales, paws, hooves, and a tail that is called a Lamia. The second image's central focus is a tapered passage about the "Mantichora", or manticore, including different names and descriptions for the creature. The face of the illustration is visible on the other page. Image 3, is of a manticore, s… more
Date: October 9, 2014

[Title page and illustration in "The Botanic Garden"]

Description: Photographs of an illustration and the title page of a book titled "The Botanic Garden" held by UNT Special Collections. The left page has an illustration titled "Flora attired by the Elements" and shows a woman sitting on a bench in a garden being served by four elemental figures. The title page includes the title and contents. It also marks it as the third edition and number 171322. The second and third pictures are focused on the illustration and the title page respectively.
Date: October 9, 2014

[NTSNC bulletin open on book cradle]

Description: Photographs of a cross section of one the NTSNC bulletins held by UNT Special Collections. It is one of four that are bound together in a single volume. Image 1, a list of officers separated by the organizations they are a part of. Image 2 and 3, a handwritten note at the top reads "Organized Oct. 12, 1902" and lists the two sponsors of the Mary Arden Club and the Current Literature Club. Image 4, the pages on the left are weighted down by a heavy string and there is a stamp on the title page t… more
Date: October 3, 2014

[Botany illustrations in James Newton's herbal book]

Description: Photographs of the illustrations in a book titled "A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M.D. Containing the Prints and English Names of Several Thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, & c." held by UNT Special Collections. There are four rows of the drawings with names written above each. The plants on the two pages are "Tufted Meadow, Corn, an Panick Grass" and "Wheat Rie and Oate Grass". The book is resting on a clear plastic book cradle and some of the pages are being held d… more
Date: October 3, 2014

[War Bond Budget Portfolio front]

Description: Photographs of the front of a war bond portfolio from the Rare Book and Texana Collections, held by UNT Special Collections. The portfolio has a blue cover with a mock envelope at the top and an upside down instruction box at the bottom. The contents are listed underneath the title. Image 2, the charts inside of a war bond budget portfolio from the Rare Book and Texana Collections. There are five charts for recording war bonds that you own, separated by savings, children's education, new car or… more
Date: October 15, 2014

[Pages in "Glossographia"]

Description: Photographs of the pages of "Glossographia" held by UNT Special Collections. It is a collection of 'difficult' and 'foreign' words for people to use in conversation and other instances. The first image is of pages with words from "insipid" to "interduct". Long white weighted strings are holding the pages down and it is resting on a clear plastic book cradle. The second image is a close up of the same pages. The third image is of the title page of the book and shows the book cradle it is resting… more
Date: October 3, 2014

[Appendix in "Outlines of Lessons in Botany"]

Description: Photographs of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to the appendix and is resting on a plastic book cradle with weighted strings holding the pages down.
Date: October 3, 2014

[Pages of Voltaire's 'Satirical Dictionary']

Description: Photographs of the pages of "Satirical Dictionary of Voltaire" held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title page It lists the details about this specific publication and has an illustration. The book's blue-green cover is visible and the pages on the left are being held down by a clear band. The book is propped open on a plastic book cradle. The second image is focused on the illustration of a bust and a wig on a stand. The third image is of a section titled "Crime" and the … more
Date: October 9, 2014

[Cracked spine of Bleak House]

Description: Photograph of 'Bleak House' held by UNT Special Collections. It is a novel written by Charles Dickens and the illustration is done by Hablot K. Browne. The spine and cover are done in a maroon color and the material on the spine is cracked down the middle. The top and sides are also worn down and fraying. There are painted gold lines breaking up the spine into five separate chambers and the title is printed in gold in the second one.
Date: October 3, 2014

[Application 524250 for Mileage Ration]

Description: Photograph of an application for oil rations held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Rare Book & Texana Collections. It is a form that needs to be filled out in order to receive oil rations for driving and travel. It is filled out by "Mrs. Abbie F. Stevens" for use at "20 Riverview Ave." in Waltham, Massachusetts. There are logged dates when gallons of oil were delivered and who delivered the gallons. The form is number "V-534250M-5".
Date: October 15, 2014

[Bleak House illustration page]

Description: Photograph of a page with illustrations from 'Bleak House' held by UNT Special Collections. It is a novel written by Charles Dickens and the illustration is done by Hablot K. Browne. The illustration depicts a man in a long coat and hat with a cat on his shoulder standing next to a woman in a shop full of odds and ends. Beneath it is the line "The Lord Chancellor copies from memory."
Date: December 15, 2014

[Pressed plants from a traveler to Skandinavia or a later trip]

Description: Photographs of pressed plants held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Jeane Dixon Collection. They were kept in a book titled "A Handbook for Travellers in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden" and are now stored separately. There are seven in total, two pieces of greenery and five floral pieces. One has a paper note in it that reads "Falkoping Sweden".
Date: October 14, 2014

[Pages of Joanna Southcott's Index]

Description: Photograph of the pages of a book titled "Index to the Divine and Spiritual Writings of Joanna Southcott" held by UNT Special Collections. The image is focused on the seam between the pages and the fraying and stains there. The text is set up on each page with dotted lines following phrases and leading to the page numbers they occur on.
Date: October 3, 2014

[Pages from 'The Piazza Tales']

Description: Photographs of pages in "The Piazza Tales" held by UNT Special Collections. In the first image the edges of the pages are aged and there are stains on the pages. There is also a white weighted string holding down the corner of a page. In image 2 the edges of the pages are discolored with age and there are stains on the pages. There is also a white weighted string holding down the corners of the pages. The plastic book cradle that it is resting on is visible beneath it. There is a handwritten no… more
Date: October 9, 2014

[Pages of Johnson's Dictionary]

Description: Photographs of the pages of "Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language in Miniature" held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title page, which has further information about the contents and publishing beneath the title. The second image shows two interior pages. The left page is the end of the intro and is held down by a clear band. The right page is the start of the section.
Date: October 3, 2014
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