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[News Script: Activities of the Week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating multiple evening news stories. The first story, color television being introduced in the Southwest to the state medical associations. The doctors were excited about the television's quality and the possibility to use it for surgery instructions. In the second story, City National Bank in Mineral Wells was robbed $1500. The third story in the news is pirates invading Corpus Christi and forcing Mayor Leslie Wasserman to hand over t… more
Date: May 7, 1950, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

City Hall Council Room with Boss Thorp

Description: Photograph of Boss Thorp standing in the corner of a room, near the doorway, behind several unidentified men seated around a table. Thorp is wearing a suit and holding a cigar and classes in his left hand. A pull-down map is visible on the wall above the men.
Date: June 22, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Clipping: Many Citizens To Speak On Ceremonial Program]

Description: Clipping of an article regarding a dedication event for Jerome Crossman, president of the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association, who played a significant role in the construction of the Hamilton Park project. The formal celebration will have Mayor R.L. Thornton who is representing the city of Dallas while Fred Florence will represent the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association. The opening of the newly developed Hamilton Park will be a historical mark for the housing shortage crisis that wa… more
Date: [1950..1970]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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