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Telescope

Description: Cylindrical brass box (a) houses sextant (b) and doubles as screw on base. Two part telescope (c) can be attached to sextant by screw (d); engraved: "Troughton & Simms, London"
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Azimuth circle

Description: Azimuth circle made of brass with glass prism which adjusts to desired angle. There are two glass eye pieces and a circular ring of brass with quadrants marked. A bubble level is under the angle finder. It is marked, “No. 5696 K.” PATT. 1950.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[McDonald Observatory]

Description: Close-up photograph of the exterior of McDonald Observatory, a round, white building several stories tall, capped with a very large dome. A seal and text are visible above the entrance. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Some would designate the rough inaccessibility of the Davis Mountains of the Big Bend a handicap, but this resource has turned to great advantage. The McDonald Observatory was constructed on Mt. Locke in the Davis Mountains in the 1930's with money gi… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.671517 -104.022579
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Family standing next to a rocket]

Description: Photograph of a family standing next to a rocket. The rocket is white with a dark, horizontal triangle on it. The nose cone has a dark, horizontal triangle on it as well and has a long, pointy tip. The fins of the rocket are black and white and the rocket is attached to four wheels. The family consists of a mother, a daughter, and two sons, the youngest of which is wearing an astronaut helmet. The man standing with them is wearing a lab coat and is pointing at the door of the rocket.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Space station]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 17, 1993, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 53 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mars]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 24, 1993, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mars Probe]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 24, 1993, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Delta Launch]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 30, 1993, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Shuttle]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 14, 1993, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Home Planet]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 18, 1988, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mars Observatory]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 22, 1993, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cape Readies]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 28, 1988, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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