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[News Clip: Weather station]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany 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
Duration: 2 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Air conditioning for everyone seen]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a visit to Dallas by Cloud Wampler, president of the Carrier air conditioner corporation, to announce the construction of a new plant and corporate headquarters in Dallas. Wampler claims that within 50 years, everyone in the nation will have air conditioning in their homes.
Date: November 2, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Expensive jewelry moved with fanfare]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas jewelry company hosting a parade and celebration to promote its move to a larger building.
Date: July 31, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Airline award]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about American Airlines monetarily rewarding one of their maintenance employees, Lloyd Spears, for his suggestions that are improving the company's efficiency.
Date: October 26, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Deliverer Life Insurance Company

Description: Booklet providing information about the Deliverer Life Insurance Company, one of the first life insurance companies for Black people in Fort Worth. It includes background about the establishment of the company; a list of employees with portraits and information about affiliations and experience; and a table of insurance premiums sorted by age.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Deliverer Life Insurance Company
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Daniel W. Kempner, September 15, 1955, Copy]

Description: Copy of a letter from Isaac H. Kempner to his brother Daniel W. Kempner discussing a recent meeting he went to covering property owned by various Galveston businesses. Included on the page are some handwritten notes by Daniel Kempner after he received the letter.
Date: September 15, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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