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NOT FOR SALE |
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NAME(s): |
Waneta, Texas Normal School
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PHOTOGRAPH: |
# 881 |
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OTHER
WRITTEN INFO: |
WRITTEN ON SIGN
A branch of the W.C. Hogan Normal
Taught By W. R. Campbell
Waneta, Texas
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PHOTOGRAPHER:
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Unknown |
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BOARD SIZE: |
23.25 cm x 24 cm (Photo is board
mounted)
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WHERE PURCHASED:
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Houston, Texas |
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WHEN PURCHASED:
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January 27, 2005 |
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CONDITION: |
Poor, Cracked, Very Fragile, Pieces
of board broken |
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RESEARCHED INFO:
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WANETA, TEXAS. located off
Farm Road 228 ten miles northeast of Grapeland in northeastern Houston
County, was established around 1899, when a post office opened; it
operated until 1909. In 1915 the population was ten. In the mid-1930s
the small community had a school and a number of houses. The school was
later consolidated with Percilla school, and by the mid-1960s only a
community center and a few widely scattered houses remained in the area.
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