The All-Star Negro League played exhibition games at Dallas (Optimist) Park throughout the early to mid-20th century. Since African Americans were not allowed to join the Major Leagues, many of them played for the Negro League.
The Dr. Peppers was a softball team in the Dallas Mills community. The team played from 1937 to 1943. Far right is Doris Layne Pike, the rest of the women are unknown.
A photo of Banksia Brownii (the feather-leaved banksia), a plant indigenous to the far south-western corner of Western Australia. It is currently listed as critically endangered with an estimate of only 1,000 plants in the wild.
A photo of a plant bed in the Temperate House showcasing a collection of plants from the Himalayas. From 1847-1851, J.D. Hooker collected over 5,000 specimens from the Himalayan range.
"Map to illustrate Hooker's travels in the Southern Hemisphere, the black line with arrows showing the route taken by Erebus and Terror under the command of Captain James Clark Ross."
"Track of H.M.S. Endeavour and the passage through Endeavour Strait, 21 August–23 August 1770. Reproduced from 'The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks, 1768–1771'."
