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[17th Century Spanish Carta Excutoria]
Opening page of a 17th century Spanish Baroque Carta executoria, providing geological evidence of aristocratic lineage with no trace of peasant, Jewish or Moorish blood. More than simply asserting one's high standing, such documents exempted the holder from civil suits and taxation. Carta executoria were often ostentatiously illuminated (as here), to suggest the wealth and taste of the grantee. Displays large intricate initial "D" (i.e. Don Carlos, King of Spain from 1665 - 1700) in the form of an ornate fountain incorporating fish, snakes, birds, and foliage.
[Article about Algeciras]
Article written by Carl Compton about his experiences in Algeciras.
[Article about Castile]
Article written by Carl Compton about his experiences in Castile.
Cannon that shot Lord Nelson's arm off
Photograph of the cannon that shot Admiral Lord Nelson's arm off, taken in Santa Cruz on Tenerife. Several ships that appear to be naval vessels are visible in the background.
The Castle on the Hill
Article written by Carl Compton about his experiences in Castile.
Children
Photograph of a group of children that were encountered during travels to northeast Africa and Spain.
Dog statue, government building
Photograph of dog sculptures near a government building in Las Palmas, Canary Islands around Spain.
Government building, Canaria's dog
Photograph of a government building and dog sculptures in Las Palmas, Canary Islands around Spain.
Granada, The Garden of Allah
Journal entry by Carl Compton about his travels in Spain.
Granada, The Garden of Allah
Article written by Carl Compton about his experiences at The Garden of Allah in Granada.
[Letter to Mrs. S. M. Compton]
Letter written by Carl Compton to his mother, Mary, about his travels in Spain.
[News Clip: Bull Texan]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. Story aired at 5pm.
[News Clip: Metal detector]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
[News Script: 10PM sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story going over the daily sports highlights.
[News Script: 10PM sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story going over the daily sports highlights.
[News Script: 10PM Sports update]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: 10PM Sports update]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: 6PM Sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story giving the daily sports highlights.
[News Script: 6PM sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story giving the daily sports highlights.
[News Script: Actor's financial troubles]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dick Haymes dire financial situation and the divorce of Donna Reed and Anthony Owen.
[News Script: Aggies ocean- bound]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas aggies maritime training ship, the 15- thousand ton Texas clipper which has departed for a nine weeks training, research and sight seeing tour of the Mediterranean.
[News Script: Air controller strike ends]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Argentina]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the day ex-dictator Juan Peron to make a triumphant return to his native Argentina ending I8- years of exile in Spain.
[News Script: Arlington Stadium]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about weather permitting at Arlington stadium and it will be the Rangers against the Houston Astros in an exhibition game that will feature a couple huge starting pitchers.
[News Script: Assassination In Spain]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Spanish authorities who continue to investigate the death of Premier Luis Carrero.
[News Script: Astronaut Borman visits Pope]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Balloonist]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Thomas Gatch who is cruising along at 140-miles an hour in a bid to conquer one of man's last aviation plateaus.
[News Script: Balloonist]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a balloonists Thomas Gatch who was sighted by a ship about 1200 west-southwest of Las Palmas.
[News Script: Balloonist]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a Spanish news agency who says that the balloon and gondola of missing American adventurer have been sighted over the Canary Islands off the African coast.
[News Script: Baseball]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a pretty good turnout of 52 hundred which showed up at Arlington stadium to see the Rangers defeat the Astros for the unofficial championship of the state.
[News Script: Batista]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Former Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista who died of an apparent heart attack.
[News Script: Briefs]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Pentagon keeping watch of a Soviet Union Nuclear submarine sufacing off the coast of Cuba, a Norweign tanker exploding off the coast of Spain and dotrs and nurses going on stirke in Rome.
[News Script: Bulls]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the annual running of the bulls occasion and the traffic in the town which is so dangerous that pedestrian have to be barricaded into the streets.
[News Script: Burgos, Chicago, & Birmingham, MI]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Carrero Blanco Bulletin]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 70-year-old Carrero who was General Francisco Franco's closest associate.
[News Script: Church]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Closer]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Crash]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Crash & Quake]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Spanish Air Ministry who says that there is just one survivor in the crash of a US military cargo jet. The Earthquake that killed more than 600 persons in Mexico hit an area that has suffered a serious food problems.
[News Script: Death sentences]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Diplomat]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the newspaper reporters at Cordoba, Argentina says that the American Diplomat Alfred Lawn have been found alive.
[News Script: Displaced youth]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Franco]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Franco]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about official sources in Madrid which say that Spanish dictator Francisco Franco has named Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco as his replacement as president.
[News Script: Franco]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a medical report in Madrid who said that ailing generalissimo Francisco Franco continues to improve.
[News Script: Franco/Assassination Suspect]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Spanish dictator who came down with a mild flu and so was advised by his doctor not to attend the funeral.
[News Script: Franco meets with Spanish Government]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Franco' s condition]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Spain' s 81 year old chief of state Franco Francisco Generalissimo who has been hospitalized with phlebitis of the right leg.
[News Script: Grape pickers]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Script: Gypsies being held]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
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