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Aerial View of Hillsboro

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of Hillsboro.
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Aerial View of Hillsboro

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of Hillsboro.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1885
Description: Group of barn raising participants posed in front of the structure in progress.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1885
Description: Seated group of women and children participating in a barn raising.
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Aerial Photographs of Hillsboro

Date: 04 27 1949
Description: Aerial view of Hillsboro.
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Gravestone of Walter and Ionie Arms

Date: 1960
Description: Walter and Ionie Arms's grave marker in the shade of a tall bush at the Burr Ridge cemetery.
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General Town View

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Description: Elevated view of the town and surrounding area. The brick building at the photograph's bottom center is labeled "Geren, Rish Art Studio" and was built in ...
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General Town View, Hillsboro, Texas

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Description: Elevated view looking out across town buildings to a plain beyond. The Hill County Jail can be seen to the right of the main street; it was constructed in ...
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Industrial Section of Town, Hillsboro, Texas

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Description: Elevated general view of an industrial area. Automobiles drive down the road past stores and factories.
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Hillsboro Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: Commercial street in Hillsboro. A row of cars are parked in the center of the street.
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German Lutheran Church

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Description: Exterior of the German Lutheran Church.
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Farmers State Bank

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior of the Farmers State Bank building. The two-story brick building features the words "Farmers State Bank" on the facade as well as on the window.
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Hillsboro High School

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior of the Hillsboro high school.
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Hansberry Hospital

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Description: Exterior of the two-story Hansberry Hospital, where three cars and a motorcycle are parked in the adjacent lot.
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Hillsboro and Northeastern Locomotive

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Description: Locomotive at the depot with what may be a coal car. The engineer is leaning out the window.
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Hillsboro City Hall

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Description: Exterior view from street of Hillsboro's City Hall. It was constructed in 1937 with assistance from a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. The lowe...
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National Bicycle Week

Date: 1963
Description: View from street of group of local boys taking part in a celebration of National Bicycle Week. Members of the Shaker-Callaway Post of the VFW were on hand ...
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Bicycle Safety Instruction

Date: 1963
Description: Sterling Standiford, a State Trooper, talking to a group of local children on bicycle safety during National Bicycle Week. The activities took place outsid...
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Boy at National Bicycle Week

Date: 1963
Description: A boy taking part in a National Bicycle Week Celebration stands near a bicycle. Sterling Standiford, a State Trooper who was present to explain proper ope...
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Water Avenue Fire

Date: 12 31 1990
Description: Firefighters battle a fire that engulfed Kruk's Drug Store and Hansen's Department Store. The pharmacy was to change ownership the next day.

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