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[Boy on Sleigh]

Description: Photograph of a boy on a sleigh flying from sliding down a hill. In the image the boy is in mid-air wearing snow gear laying on top of the sleigh. Behind him are bare trees and a sun covered by thin clouds. Photo was taken in Palmer Park. Detroit, Michigan Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 0000-0001-15
Date: January 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountain Boy for Life Magazine]

Description: Photograph of Jimmy Powell, taken for Life Magazine. In this image, Powell, also known as "Mountain Boy," is standing on a slope with a rifle under his arm, staring out at the fog and distant, tree-covered hills. Photographs from this series were featured in Life Magazine and titled "Mountain Boy."
Date: July 9, 1955
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Body of drowning victim recovered]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the recovery of a drowned man's body from a lake near Grand Prairie, after his capsized boat was discovered the day before. Another man aboard the boat survived after reaching the shore.
Date: February 1, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: 1 dead score hurt in Texas storms]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of severe wind and hail storms striking across a wide area in North Texas, leaving at least one dead, several injured, and millions of dollars in property damage.
Date: April 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gatesville storm]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two people killed and another injured after a powerful windstorm collapses two buildings in the Central Texas town of Gatesville.
Date: August 10, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Wind damage]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about high winds that damaged a building under construction in the Meadowbrook section of Fort Worth.
Date: November 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Balloon]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a weather balloon causing a panic in White Settlement.
Date: November 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Wall collapses]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a concrete wall toppling in Dallas, due to wind, and injuring C. R. Ivy.
Date: December 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Woman electrocuted; storm damage heavy]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth woman electrocuted by a metal clothesline that became electrified, while she stood on wet ground during a thunderstorm. The storm also did serious damage to buildings and trees in the city.
Date: July 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Widespread damage caused by storm]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a windstorm and heavy rain in Fort Worth causing widespread damage to local buildings and power lines.
Date: September 11, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Weather station]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new office building for the Mutual Building and Loan Association in Weatherford, including a modern weather monitoring station atop the structure.
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Thunderstorms-Part One

Description: This report is about thunderstorms and studying its characteristics. It also studies the various cycles of thunderstorms.
Date: May 4, 1955
Creator: U.S Government printing office
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Toastmaster prexy, stars pay visit]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the head of Toastmasters and other other entertainers visiting Dallas.
Date: March 4, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas area hit by wind and hail]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a series of storms striking the Dallas area, including heavy rain, wind, hail, and dust.
Date: March 31, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Body of drowning victim recovered]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the recovery of a drowned man's body from a lake near Grand Prairie, after his capsized boat was discovered the day before. Another man aboard the boat survived after reaching the shore.
Date: February 1, 1955
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Weather vane from Old North Church]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the weather vane from Boston's historic Old North Church displayed at the Republic Bank of Dallas as part of a fund drive to finance the replacement of the church's steeple after it was toppled by a hurricane.
Date: February 23, 1955
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: 1 dead score hurt in Texas storms]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a series of severe wind and hail storms striking across a wide area in North Texas, leaving at least one dead, several injured, and millions of dollars in property damage.
Date: April 6, 1955
Duration: 4 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Collegians begin annual air meet]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the beginning of the annual meeting of the National Intercollegiate Flying Association.
Date: May 6, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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