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[Survey of Webb County]

Description: Survey of the Southern part of Webb County noting geographic features as well as some man-made constructions (railroads, highways, pipelines, windmills, etc.). Scale 1:48,000
Date: March 1953
Creator: Foster, E. J.
Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Photograph of Home of R.D. Campbell]

Description: Photograph of the home of Dr. Rev. R.D. Campbell. The house is a one-story, red-brick building. A chain-link fence surrounds the front yard. To the left of the house is a building with cream-colored wood siding. That building has a white wooden lattice in front of it upon which flowers are growing. The road in front of the house is dirt.
Date: 1953
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Letter from Albert Armendariz to Oscar M. Laurel - 1953-07-29]

Description: Copy of a letter from Albert Armendariz, LULAC National President, to Oscar M. Laurel, LULAC National Legal Advisor, dated July 29, 1953. Armendariz requests that Laurel continue to request am itemized account statement from Murguia Printers to make sure that LULAC was not being overcharged for newspaper printing costs.
Date: July 29, 1953
Creator: Armendariz, Albert
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[News Script: Laredo citizens pray for rain]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a water shortage in south Texas that caused the Rio Grande to run dry and drastic rationing to be put into effect in Laredo.
Date: June 12, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Flood]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about heavy rains in South Texas causing the Rio Grande and its tributaries to flood towns throughout the region, forcing evacuations.
Date: August 30, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Laredo citizens pray for rain]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a water shortage in south Texas that caused the Rio Grande to run dry and drastic rationing to be put into effect in Laredo.
Date: June 12, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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