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Hank's Motel

Description: Photograph of a guest room at Hank's Motel located on highway US 59 north of Cleveland, Texas. The room includes a single bed, a bedside end table containing a glass ashtray to the right with a lamp above, a small built-in desk and stool (left), and a bathroom partially visible through an open door on the left side of the image. A framed image is hung on the wall above the bed.
Date: September 10, 1955
Creator: Young, Moon
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

Hank's Motel Gas Station

Description: Photograph of Hank's Motel which was located North of Cleveland on highway US59. The gas station was part of a complex which included a motel and dining establishment.
Date: August 10, 1955
Creator: Young, Moon
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society
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[News Clip: Sansom Park]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the ongoing struggle between the mayor and city council of Sansom Park over the former police chief favored by the mayor and the new police chief elected by the council.
Date: May 24, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cops swarm motel to arrest suspect]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth Police raiding a motel in the city to apprehend a Dallas man wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of a gas station attendant.
Date: April 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cops swarm motel to arrest suspect]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Fort Worth Police raiding a motel in the city to apprehend a Dallas man wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of a gas station attendant.
Date: April 13, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dead men in motel]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a dead man in a motel.
Date: July 10, 1955
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Income tax evader]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of Troxy C. Risinger, a Fort Worth motel operator, for income tax evasion. Risinger receives two years in prison and a fine.
Date: October 18, 1955
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Lido motel]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Lido motel being formally opened in Dallas.
Date: December 14, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Trade Winds Motel]

Description: Photograph of a Trade Winds Motor Hotel. A neon sign stands on the left that says "Trade Winds Motor Hotel, Restaurant, Heated Pool," and includes a AAA certification sign. Several 1950s-era cars are parked at the center and right of the picture in front of the motel office.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Terrace Motor Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the Terrace Motor Hotel's entrance, taken from across the street. At center-left is the motel sign, reading "Terrace Motor Hotel. Air Conditioned. No Smoking, Pools, Restaurants." A man poses at the sign's base. The office and lobby building has an overhanging roof above the parking lot, behind which are three Jeeps and another 1950s-era car. A 1940s-era car is parked at the building's right corner.Trees line the background.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[News Script: Income tax evader]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Troxy C. Risinger, a Fort Worth motel operator, for income tax evasion. Risinger receives two years in prison and a fine.
Date: October 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Motel Room]

Description: Photograph of a motel room with wood-panel walls. In the center foreground are two made beds with a shelf behind them and a small nightstand between. The shelf has a lamp and a rotary phone on it. In the left corner is a counter with a small refrigerator, to the right of which is a TV set and a chair. In the right corner is a door.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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