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[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tarrant County pennant, closeup]

Description: Photograph of a Tarrant County pennant, held by UNT Special Collections. The pennant is a deep purple and white in color. The base of it is the purple part, and the words are in white capital letters.
Date: July 8, 2015
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Details on the NAMES Project Dallas Chapter banner]

Description: Photograph of the details on the quilt banner of the Dallas Chapter of the NAMES Project. It focuses on the Texas map design in the middle with the cities El Paso, Amarillo, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Houston marked in red stars, Austin marked with a yellow star, and Dallas marked with a black star pin with "DALLAS" on it in red letters. There is a bolo-tie with the Texas seal on it around the state map. There is also a rainbow, red ribbon, and logo design around the central design.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Teddy bear with AIDS ribbon]

Description: Photograph of a brown teddy bear in a seated position with a red AIDS ribbon pinned to its chest. The bear is fluffy and has smooth patches on the bottoms of its feet and where its paws would be.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clapper to the Victory Bell]

Description: Photograph of the bell clapper to the Victory Bell, held by UNT Special Collections. The clapper is a worn and rusted sliver. It is a small globe like form at the end, with a hook extended out of it, curved at the end.
Date: July 8, 2015
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Certificate of Recognition for the Dallas NAMES Project Chapter]

Description: Photograph of a framed certificate received by the Dallas Chapter of the NAMES Project for their contribution to the quilt display in Washington, D. C. It includes the year, the organization's logo, and the signatures of Perrie Dolph, the Volunteer Chair of the NAMES Project, and David B. Jackson, the Chairman of the Board for the NAMES Project in Houston.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Avesta Fall 1924, cover]

Description: Photograph of cover of the Fall 1924 issue of The Avesta, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is a worn white, the words The Avesta at the top in thick green letters. Under it in the middle of the booklet is an eagle illustration, also in green. The issue date is at the bottom, and they are all framed by a green line. Two numbers are written in pencil in the top left corner.
Date: July 8, 2015
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tim Halsey recognition plaque]

Description: Photograph of a metal plaque given to Tim Halsey, the Dallas Chapter's Workshop Manager, for his work on the NAMES Project. It includes a date, a gold border, and has a wooden frame.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Student lab notebook, interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of a lab notebook, held by UNT Special Collections. The notebook is open to two pages, the page on the left is blank and the page on the right has four different color pencil drawings of flowers, with handwriting next to it.
Date: July 9, 2015
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Page 7 in the Dallas Metro AIDS Quilt Panel Making Guide]

Description: Photograph of a spread in a binder used by the Dallas Metroplex Chapter of the Names Project. It is a guide for making quilt panels and this is the seventh design. It is a rainbow base with white spots all over it. There are several "NO"s written at the top and a circle with a line through it is over them all. Underneath it "HOT GLUE", "SEQUINS" and "GLASS" are written as a list.
Date: July 19, 2017
Creator: Merrill, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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