[News Clip: Post Office]

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Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the Christmas mail rush and the impact of the Fort Worth Post office's mail early campaign. This story includes footage of postal employees working at the Fort Worth Central Post Office and Regional Bulk Mail Center in Dallas, a young child putting mail in a mail box, people in the post office lobby, and an interview with Fort Worth Post Master Jack Watson.

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1 videocassete (Umatic) (02 min., 06 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4."

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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) December 20, 1978, 5:00 p.m.

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Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the Christmas mail rush and the impact of the Fort Worth Post office's mail early campaign. This story includes footage of postal employees working at the Fort Worth Central Post Office and Regional Bulk Mail Center in Dallas, a young child putting mail in a mail box, people in the post office lobby, and an interview with Fort Worth Post Master Jack Watson.

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1 videocassete (Umatic) (02 min., 06 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4."

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  • December 20, 1978, 5:00 p.m.

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KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Post Office], video, December 20, 1978, 5:00 p.m.; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc914089/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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