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[News Script: Segregated pools open; no incident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about opening day for swimming pools in Fort Worth, with no incidents reported regarding the city's decision to keep the facilities racially segregated.
Date: June 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas opens golf links to negroes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about municipal golf courses in Dallas being opened to negroes as part of the city's park department lowering the color bar on park facilities.
Date: June 11, 1954
Duration: 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Boy drowned in swimming pool]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a young boy drowning at Sycamore Pool in Fort Worth.
Date: June 18, 1953
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Brentwood Pool

Description: Photograph taken from outside the chain-link fence around Brentwood community pool in Austin. A number of people are swimming the the pool or seated in chairs on the deck around the outside of the pool; a young man on a bicycle is balancing against the fence on the left side of the image. A long brick building is visible in the background and a small tree is planted in front of the pool.
Date: June 8, 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Barton Springs After Flood]

Description: Photograph of flooding at Barton Springs. Caption reads: "Picturesque and peaceful Barton Springs was turned into a raging torrent that left debris and destruction after this flood rolled in the morning of June 17, 1958."
Date: June 17, 1958
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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[News Clip: Winners named in kids fishing rodeo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fishing competition for children at Kidd Springs Park in Dallas.
Date: June 19, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Playgrounds hold annual pet shows]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Fort Worth's annual playground pet show, sponsored by the city's recreation department.
Date: June 24, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Tennis]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Open Tennis Tournament at Cole Park.
Date: June 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: The living desert]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a desert-themed enclosure at Fort Worth's Forest Park Zoo inspired by a Walt Disney motion picture, "The Living Desert."
Date: June 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dallas opens golf links to negroes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about municipal golf courses in Dallas being opened to negroes as part of the city's park department lowering the color bar on park facilities.
Date: June 11, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Kiddieland Park

Description: Photograph of Kiddieland Park in Austin, Texas. There is a wooden structure with a sign that says "Kiddie Dude Ranch" and benches to the right. A small train full of passengers is passing by. To the far left, an automobile is partially visible and there are trees, tents, and other attractions in the background.
Date: June 20, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Kiddieland Park

Description: Photograph of Kiddieland Park in Austin, Texas. The aerial view shows the carousel and other rides with various buildings and trees in the background. There are people sitting on benches, walking around the park, and watching the rides.
Date: June 20, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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