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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Clip: Performer

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 18, 1978
Duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Merlin the Magician]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering b-roll footage about Merlin the Magician performing for childen at a hospital.
Date: April 5, 1990, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Magician's hat]

Description: Photograph of a table with a magician's cane, glove, and top hat sitting on top of it. Writing inside the hat says, "Fred Astaire Theater."
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fred Astaire Theater]

Description: Photograph of a small circular table, with a top hat, cane, and white glove sitting atop it. Within the hat, there is writing that says, "Fred Astaire Theater."
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a magician performing on stage]

Description: Photograph of a man performing a magic show on a stage. He stands in the center of a spotlight with his arms open wide. He holds an object in each hand. The man wears a dark tuxedo with a white dress shirt and bowtie. Patterned curtains hang behind him.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a magic show]

Description: Photograph of a magic show on a stage. The dark silhouette of a seated audience stretches across the foreground. Three women in headdresses lie down on the stage. Two men in costumes stand to their right with their hands on their hips. They wear dark, unbuttoned vests over shirts with long, puffy sleeves and harem pants. A figure wrapped in cloth levitates in the center of the stage. Tall, striped curtains hang in the background.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Clowns]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 12, 1982, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Magic wand slide]

Description: Photograph of a slide advertising Blackmon Mooring. It is a picture of a curved desk with a phone and office supplies on it. Above the desk, a hand holding a wand is drawn above it.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Clip: Magic pkg]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10:00 P. M.
Date: September 3, 1982
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a magician performing]

Description: Photograph of a magician performing a magic show on stage. The man wears a dark tuxedo with a white dress shirt and bowtie. He looks down at an object that he holds out in front of him. The background is dark.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Kevin

Description: Short story written by a student in the UNT Honors College about a group of people observing a friend as he delves into films and the occult.
Date: March 18, 2002
Creator: Saxon, Jared
Partner: UNT Honors College
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