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[News Script: Fire damages bank roof]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire on the roof of the Mercantile National Bank building in downtown Dallas. The fire was caused by a cutting torch used during a renovation project.
Date: December 3, 1957
Creator: WBAP-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

[News Script: Ground break]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the groundbreaking for a new 24-story tower in downtown Dallas at the corner of Commerce and Field, which will have retail on 1st floor, a bank on the 2nd story, offices on the third and fourth floor, and apartments on the upper floors; The project of financier Troy V. Post, it is costing $10,000,000 and will feature a private club, a small park, and a roof-top swimming pool.
Date: October 5, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Men of steel]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of a 20-story addition to the Adolphus Hotel tower in downtown Dallas.
Date: June 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Paris]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about skyscrapers in Paris.
Date: October 5, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Paris]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about skyscrapers in Paris.
Date: October 5, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Republic bank fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at the unfinished Republic National Bank building under construction in downtown Dallas. The fire is believed to have started via sparks from a welding torch.
Date: January 5, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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

[Skyline view]

Description: Photograph of two connected pictures of a city skyline, with the city in the foreground and a wide view of the smaller buildings in the background.
Date: July 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A city from a rooftop]

Description: Photograph of the city from a rooftop in Houston, Texas. Streets busy with automobiles and pedestrians can be seen between the city's tall buildings. Billboards advertising "Robertson Insurance Agency" and "Taylor Lumber" are posted on the top of the wall of a reservoir.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dallas Skyline at night]

Description: Photograph of the Dallas skyline at night. In the foreground, there are unidentified buildings visible. The Bank of America Tower is visible in the background.
Date: [1985..]
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

[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

[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

[Photograph of Blackstone Hotel]

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

[Transit Tower entrance]

Description: Photograph of the entrance to the Transit Tower in San Antonio, now known as the Tower Life Building. The entrance has two sets of double doors with a large curved window above them. This neo-gothic building opened in 1929 as the Smith-young tower.
Date: 194X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
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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