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[News Script: Splash day]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Splash Day celebration at Galveston beach.
Date: May 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Aerial view of Nessler pool in the early 1950s]

Description: An aerial view of the Nessler swimming pool. Many people are in the pool. A few people are on or near three sets of bleachers along the side of the pool. To the left of the pool is a tennis court with about ten people playing or watching tennis. A bus and a truck are parked near the building near the front of the pool. Approximately 20 cars are parked in a cleared lot near the street. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "Nessler Pool" (early 1950's)
Date: 1952~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Photograph of Men and Woman in Ocean]

Description: Photograph of three men and one woman swimming and wading in the ocean. The woman is wearing a black swimsuit. Behind the group is the white crest of a wave. No land is visible. The people are identified as part of a Workers' Conference.
Date: 1949
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of People in Ocean]

Description: Photograph of a group of people swimming in the ocean. Only their heads and tops of their heads are visible. Behind the group and in front of the group waves are cresting. No land is visible. The group is identified as part of a Workers' Institute.
Date: 1949
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 4 - Weddings and Vacations]

Description: This home movie documents the Anderson family attending weddings and vacationing in Texas. The film begins with the wedding of Bill and Sue Willits and family decorating their honeymoon car. The film continues with the rehearsal dinner and wedding of another couple and their departure for their honeymoon (6 min., 19 sec.). This couple swims on their honeymoon (9 min., 57 sec.), tours the Johnson Space Center (10 min., 36 sec.), swims in the ocean (13 min 38 sec.), watches seals and dolphins per… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 24 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Anderson, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 29.557400 -95.087371
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Postcard to Mayme Collins from Galveston, Texas]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mayme Collins in Central City, Nebraska from Harry Bahl in Galveston, Texas; the picture on the card is entitled "Down she goes" and is a "Souvenir of Galveston Beach" and shows a girl diving into a body of water while wearing a dress. The note on the back reads, in part: "Be good and careful."
Date: August 5, 1907
Creator: Bahl, John Philip Herlin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[News Script: Queens crowned]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about celebrations marking the start of summer beach season in Galveston, along with a brief story about beauty contests in Dallas.
Date: May 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of Girl Diving]

Description: Postcard of a girl in a yellow dress diving into water. Text on the front of the postcard says: "Down she goes, Galveston Texas." Handwritten message on the back of the postcard expresses Sam Rayburn's desire for Lou Rayburn to be with him on his trip.
Date: February 23, 1909
Creator: Rayburn, Sam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[News Script: Splash Day]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Splash Day, a celebration and beauty pageant marking the beginning of vacation season for Galveston's beaches.
Date: May 5, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Galveston Beach]

Description: Photograph of Galveston Beach in Galveston, Texas. In the image visitors can be seen in the water and along the beach. To the right side a pier is visible with a sign on it that reads "Sunset Coffee". In the foreground a rocky edge leads onto the beach.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Woman in a Swimsuit on a Beach]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman in an early 20th century swimsuit, cap, and stockings standing on a rocky beach squinting and smiling at the camera. The swimsuit is dark-colored with thin white stripes around the collar. It is cinched at the waist and falls just above her knees which are covered by dark stockings. Another woman in a swimsuit stands mostly out of frame on the left side. A seawall takes up most of the background, though the tops of buildings are visible above it.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich

[Two Women in Swimsuits Sit on the Beach]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified women in early 20th century swimsuits and caps sitting on rocks at the beach. Their swimsuits are dark and loose-fitting, falling just below the knee. Behind them a seawall takes up most of the background, though the spires of buildings are visible in the upper-right corner.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich
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[News Clip: Splash day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the annual Splash Day celebration at Galveston beach.
Date: May 7, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-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: Queens crowned]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about celebrations marking the start of summer beach season in Galveston, along with a brief story about beauty contests in Dallas.
Date: May 8, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man in Swimsuit Sitting on the Beach]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man in an early 20th century bathing suit sitting on a log on a rocky beach. His swimsuit is dark colored, one piece, and sleeveless, falling to the middle of his thigh. A striped parasol leans against a rock in the foreground. A seawall takes up most of the background, though the tops of several buildings are visible above it.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich
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[News Clip: Splash Day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Splash Day, a celebration and beauty pageant marking the beginning of vacation season for Galveston's beaches.
Date: May 5, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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