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[East 7th & Commerce Streets in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of East 7th Street in downtown Fort Worth, looking west from Commerce street. Large buildings are present on both sides of the street. People can be seen walking in the street below along with parked automobiles. A sign that reads "Hotel Seibold Cafe" is present in the center of the image. It appears that the photo was taken from a window in a building on East 7th Street.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Downtown Fort Worth; Main Street at 7th, Looking North]

Description: Photograph of Main Street at 7th Street in Fort Worth, Texas in the 1930s. Automobiles are parked and driving on the street. Signage for multiple buildings can be seen on both sides of the street. The first skyscraper is the Trans-American Life Building, which is no longer standing. The second skyscraper is the Courtyard Hotel, formerly known as the Blackstone Hotel. The Tarrant County Courthouse can be seen in the background at the end of the street.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rooftops]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 18, 1984, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fort Worth National Bank]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of an upcoming skyscraper in Fort Worth.
Date: April 29, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Downtown Fort Worth; Main Street at 7th, Looking North]

Description: Photograph of Main Street at 7th Street in Fort Worth, Texas in the 1930s. Automobiles are parked and driving on the street. Signage for multiple buildings can be seen on both sides of the street. The first skyscraper is the Trans-American Life Building, which is no longer standing. The second skyscraper is the Courtyard Hotel, formerly known as the Blackstone Hotel. The Tarrant County Courthouse can be seen in the background at the end of the street.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rescue]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story skyscrapers in New York City and other cities. Helicopters were seen as possible solutions to fires in skyscrapers in NYC.
Date: 1973-02-28T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The exterior of the Blackstone Hotel in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of the Blackstone Hotel located at 601 Main Street, in Fort Worth. It is at least 20 stories, with square windows on both visible sides of the building. The roof is multi-leveled, with the shortest section being 7 stories below the top portion. Each roof section has pointed sections rising up higher than the roofline. There are cars driving on the street in front of the hotel, and they are blurry. The hotel is surrounded by other buildings, some being taller than it. Another building… more
Date: 2017
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Main Street in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of Main Street in Fort Worth. The photo was taken from the roof of Richelieu Grill, so the tall building fit into frame. In the bottom left corner of the photo, a parking lot contains many cars, all in different colors. Streetlights stand tall in the middle of the lot, unlit. The parking lot buts up against a brick building with rectangular windows and a fire escape. Down the street, the Blackstone Hotel and Sinclair Building can be seen, along with other commercial and residential b… more
Date: [1980..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The 777 Main Street skyscraper in Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of the 777 Main Street skyscraper in Fort Worth at the corner of E 7th and Main. The glass building has multiple levels with an uneven roof line. Each section of the building, going away from the corner facing the camera gets higher and wider, creating a pyramid effect. It reflects the buildings that are across the street, ad a stoplight sits on the corner of the sidewalk in front of it.
Date: 1982
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Airport]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the opening of a new airport in Addison.
Date: October 18, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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