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Precast Extension Hanging in Lead

Description: Photograph of a piece of machinery holding an extension piece with a chain. There are holding tanks in the background. To the left, a 1950's model pickup truck with the business name "Spence & Howe Construction Co." written on the side.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Burglar Attempting to Enter a Home as a Girl Watches]

Description: Photograph of a burglar attempting to enter a home with a screwdriver as a young girl watches as an advertisement for D. G. B Advertising. The young girl is wearing a light-colored dress, and the man is wearing dark-colored clothing, a light-colored bandana, and a dark-colored hat.
Date: October 29, 1951
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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[News Clip: Electric brain]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the installation of a three-ton analog computer at the Convair aircraft plant in Fort Worth.
Date: May 13, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Earth and stars slide]

Description: Photograph of an easel holding a slide illustrating the Earth, other planets, and stars. Behind the easel is a dark background.
Date: January 4, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Better mousetrap]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about W. A. Uttz's invention of a device that makes it easier to load mousetraps.
Date: September 20, 1951
Duration: 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cotton picking system]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Ellis County farmer Marvin Borders, utilizing a new type of mechanical cotton picker to revolutionize his business.
Date: September 19, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Power titan]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Electric Service Company building a new, 80 thousand kilowatt addition to it's North Main plant in Fort Worth.
Date: June 22, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas Almanac, 1952-1953

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, weather, "resources, industries, commerce, history, government, population and all other subjects relating to the political, civic and economic development" of the time. A general index is on page 639.
Date: 1951
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Men at Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of two men wearing white shirts, ties and slacks in a machine room at Seaholm Power Plant. The man on the left is Mr. Seaholm. He has his hands on a crank on a machine labeled "Westinghouse."
Date: June 30, 1951
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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[News Clip: Brave new world - the radar range]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the latest kitchen technology: radar stoves.
Date: October 31, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Telescope used in tooling at Convair]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about representatives of aircraft manufacturers gathering at Convair for a demonstration.
Date: November 21, 1951
Duration: 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Science show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a science show at Paschal High School in Fort Worth, hosted by scientists from the General Motors corporation.
Date: November 14, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Polio serum]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an experiment testing a possible new polio vaccine in the small town of Frost, near Waco.
Date: August 14, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Blood plasma plant]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Armour opening a new blood plasma plant in Fort Worth.
Date: December 18, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Telesign]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the introduction of the telesign at the First National Bank in Dallas.
Date: December 12, 1951
Duration: 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Texans cited for cloak, dagger work]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about five Texas industrial scientists, now employed at the Chance-Vaught aircraft plant in Grand Prairie, recognized by the U.S. Army for performing scientific intelligence research missions during World War II.
Date: December 12, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cotton picking system]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ellis County farmer Marvin Borders discovering a way to more successfully utilize machines to pick cotton.
Date: September 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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