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[Coney Island Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park ferris wheel and visitors]

Description: Photograph of a large ferris wheel at Coney Island in New York with a red metal sign at the base and center of the ferris wheel in capital letters stating, "Wonder Wheel." The entrance to the ferris wheel is a ramp that goes underground and under the ferris wheel. Other carnival rides are shown to the left and right side of the ferris wheel. Visitors including adults and children are in the foreground, middleground, and background of the image and all of them are wearing face masks.
Date: May 9, 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Coney Island Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park Tilt-A-Whirl ride and visitors]

Description: Photograph of the Tilt-A-Whirl sign at Coney Island in New York. The sign is red with san-serif text in bright yellow, as well as two blue stars surrounding in a yellow circle at the end of "Tilt-A-" and before "Whirl." Five visitors of the attraction wait in line in the foreground of the image and are wearing face masks.
Date: May 9, 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stephanie Brown and wife on the Tilt-A-Whirl ride at Coney Island's Deno Wonder Wheel Amusement Park]

Description: Photograph of creator Stephanie Brown and her wife wearing face masks and taking a selfie. Either Stephanie or her wife is the one wearing a pink sweatshirt, black t-shirt, brown tortoise shell sunglasses, and a yellow face mask with small pink flowers. The other sitting on the right is wearing a greyish black zip-up jacket, a black hat with a black logo of the letter "C" and a bear, and a white disposable face mask.
Date: May 9, 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Interior of Brooklyn café near Prospect Park Southwest]

Description: Photograph of a woman sitting on a stool and holding a disposable black and white cup at a café in Brooklyn outlooking Prospect Park Southwest. The woman is wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, black shirt, burgundy or red cardigan, and a blue disposable face mask, and is sitting in between two round wooden tables. There is a rectangular mirror behind the woman and an open window on the left side of the image. A hanging plant and wooden clock with silver Roman numeral numbers is above the woman … more
Date: May 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the… more
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the… more
Date: April 19, 2012
Duration: 41 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Albert Bouley, June 27, 2001

Description: Interview with Albert Bouley, a U. S. Marine during World War II. He discusses his enlistment in the Marines just after Pearl Harbor; his assignment to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division; the battle of Guadalcanal; malaria and dysentery; the battle of Cape Gloucester; the use of Pavuvu as a base; the battle of Peleliu; his return to the United States; guard duty at the Brooklyn Naval Yard and his service as an instructor in a heavy weapons school before the end of the war. He joined the Air… more
Date: June 27, 2001
Duration: 2 hours 53 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Bouley, Albert
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[News Clip: Cannoli]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: October 13, 1993, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Spirit of the Cloth" textile exhibition gallery walk through video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gallery walkthrough during the summer exhibition of the James E. Kemp Gallery "Spirit of the Cloth: African American Fiber Artisans". The footage shows an unnarrated walkthrough of the gallery with pauses on piece descriptions. The work features 60 works of traditional and contemporary textile pieces ranging from quilts to dolls to wearables all bright and vibrant in color and design.
Date: August 1993
Duration: 7 minutes 05 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Description: Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrati… more
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Description: Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in… more
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Client Card: Mr. Paul Buccheri]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Paul Buccheri, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast "Portrait Plaque," priced at $450.
Date: June 1979
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Client Card: Award Incentives, Inc.]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the Award Incentives, Inc., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Hand Holding Torch," "Seattle-Times Gold Helmet Award" (4 copies), bronze cast plaque (3 copies), and "Harrison Plaque" (2 copies; 7.25" x 4.5" x 7.5").
Date: 1979-02-27/1980-04-22
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Client Card: Bedi-Makky Art Foundary Corporation]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the Bedi-Makky Art Foundary Corp., including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: round plaque, patch for the tree, and trophy.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Client Card: Mr. Max Blumberg]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Max Blumberg, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Female Figure" (13.5").
Date: October 1975
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[News Script: Utah Murders]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about two Hill Air Force base airmen who are having difficulties finding legal counsel to defend them against first degree murder charges.
Date: April 29, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Allende]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of police who arrested a man who elbowed his way through a crowd as the widow of slain Chilean president Salvador Allende arrived.
Date: February 19, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Guerrillas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of several gunmen who burst into a mosque in Brooklyn and opened fire killing 4 men and wounding the fifth man. Also Greek government who has pledged to free two Palestinian Guerrillas sentenced to death for murders committed at the Athens airport.
Date: February 5, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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