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Storm Damage

Description: Copy negative of an exterior view of the damage at the Old Gold Shop after the tornado of 1953 in Waco, Texas. The front of the building is torn off and there is debris lying in the alley. There is a car parked on the street in front of the store.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Daniel ambulance]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 27, 1981
Duration: 4 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clara Willis on Austin Avenue, Waco]

Description: Photograph of Clara Evans Willis walking down Austin Avenue in Waco. Women walk past her on the right, and cars are parked against the curb on her left. An American and a Texas flag stand behind her. Waco City Hall is in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Charlesworth, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Downtown Waco]

Description: Photograph of downtown Waco in 1892. A Pacific Express Co. wagon pulled by a white horse stands at the curb. A man sits in the driver's seat in the wagon, and five men stand on the sidewalk behind the wagon. Behrens Drug Company is located on the bottom floor of the Cleveland and Cameron building, to the right. A man leans against a brick wall in the middle of the photo, and four more men stand in front of the store to the left of the Behrens Drug Company. The photograph was purchased at the Ab… more
Date: April 8, 1892
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Behrens Drug Company]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Behrens Drug Company in Waco in 1892. A line of twelve white men stand in front of the store. To the right, two African American men stand. One of them wears an apron. The door to the store stands open.
Date: April 8, 1892
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

West is Best!: Local Community History 1850-2015 [Teacher's Guide]

Description: Booklet describing the history of West, Texas for students along with individual activities, group projects, and suggestions about online resources for additional research. This teacher's guide also includes introductory information and sections related to the activities ("What's in it for the kids?") and to the implementation of the curriculum as it relates to TEKS ("13E.10. Implementation of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies, Elementary, Beginning with School Year 2011-… more
Date: 2015~
Creator: Davis, Margie Mashek
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Private Collection of M. M. Davis
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[News Clip: Waco]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about downtown merchants in Waco closing off the main street for their Cotton Mall.
Date: April 14, 1958
Duration: 2 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fat Man]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 70-year old Jack Garrard who is somewhat overweight and is also a hapless victim of his own practical joke.
Date: September 7, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Memoirs of Gary Schutza: "My Days at White Oak" 1931-1950

Description: Memoir of Gary A. Schutza, discussing his childhood, family, and experiences growing up working in his parent's store, the "White Oak." There are several photos and newspaper clippings included and the book is organized into sections, including "White Oak Dances," "The Hot Summers," and "West High."
Date: 2011?
Creator: Schutza, Gary A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: History of West Museum

[Postcard of Austin Avenue Looking West]

Description: Postcard of Austin Avenue, looking West, in Waco, Texas. Text in the bottom right corner of the card's front reads "hand-colored." A handwritten message on the back of the card reads "Stopped at Waco over night enroute here and just had time after getting up to get some cards and catch an eleven oclock train. M." The card is addressed to Mary Euglehart of South Bend, Indiana.
Date: June 21, 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Hall Cycle and Plating Co.]

Description: Postcard of Hall Cycle and Plating Co. in Waco, Texas. Two workers stand behind a glass counter on the left side of a room filled with bicycles and assorted parts. Another man stands behind two motorcycles in the middle of the room. A row of bicycles lines the right side of the room.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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