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[News Clip: Freight wreck cleared quickly]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a train derailment in Palo Pinto county.
Date: February 16, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Baker Hotel: A Picture Taken From the South Window of the Hexagon Hotel]

Description: A note with this photograph states: "Photo taken out of top floor south window of Hexagon Hotel. Photo re-printed in 1977. Photo probably taken 1954 due to penciled in date on back." (Also, the building in the lower left corner of the picture still bears the "USO" sign of World War II.) See also "Hexagon Hotel" [with history]. In front of the Baker Hotel stands the "Old" Post Office, now the Ladies Garden Club Building. The Crazy Hotel can be seen between the right edge of the pictur… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[An Aerial View of Downtown Mineral Wells in 1954]

Description: This is a picture of an aerial view of downtown Mineral Wells (taken from the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, January 1954)at about South Oak Avenue, and looking north-northeast. Some of the buildings identifiable in the picture no longer exist. The Damron Hotel, at the middle left of the picture, burned in 1975. The Oxford Hotel/First National Bank building, one block east [right] of the Damron, near the center of the picture, burned in 1983. It has been replaced by Lynch Plaza. The Hexagon Hotel,… more
Date: 1954
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[News Clip: Engineers stage field contests]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a series of driving competitions among servicemen at Wolters Air Force Base near Mineral Wells.
Date: September 24, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pageant]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Christmas pageant organized by airmen at Wolters Air Force Base in Mineral Wells.
Date: December 16, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Motorcycle contests]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a motorcycle contest between a team of the best cyclists in Texas and a motorcycle team from Waterloo, Iowa.
Date: May 4, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Motorcycle contests]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a motorcycle contest between a team of the best cyclists in Texas and a motorcycle team from Waterloo, Iowa.
Date: May 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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