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[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 15 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest]

Description: This home movie, with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte on March 4, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the La Porte Theatre performing at segregated schools,… more
Date: 1952-01-08/1952-05-15
Duration: 25 minutes 08 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Shipwrecks in a harbor]

Description: Photograph, possibly brought back from Cuba by the Hinson-Wessendorff family, of shipwrecks in a harbor. The remains of a ship or ships are seen above the water, particularly the mast crow's nest of a ship with the flag still waving in the sea breeze. There is a small wooden boat with several men aboard in the foreground; buildings on land in right background.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A ship approaching a building on a peninsula]

Description: Photograph, possibly brought back from Cuba by the Hinson-Wessendorff family, of a ship approaching a peninsula. The peninsula has a lighthouse (center) and a large brick buildings with flags flying above the top of the first building. Huge rocks protect the coast line of this land form and as seen by the rough waters in foreground, make sea travel hazardous. The photograph is mounted on a tan substrate.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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