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[News Clip: Electrician injured in manhole blast]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth electrician suffering severe burns from an explosion touched off by a live electric cable.
Date: May 25, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.754359 -97.333177
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

West Texas Utilities Display Window for Diamond Jubilee

Description: Photograph of a window display at West Texas Utilities for their diamond jubilee. The display consists of a a cut-out cartoon man made of electric bolts, an air conditioner, a cut-out of a cartoon woman leaning on a post, and cut-out ocean waves on the floor. Text on the waves says "Cool as a Sea Breeze? Of Course... It's Electric!"
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

West Texas Utilities Display Window for Diamond Jubilee

Description: Photograph of a window display at West Texas Utilities for their diamond jubilee. The display consists of an oven with pots and pans hanging over it, a poster, and a cut-out of a cartoon man made of electric bolts, pointing to a sign. The poster has the cartoon man's head with rings around it, and text that says "Let Reddy Kilowatt "The Mighty Atom" Cook For You." The smaller sign to the left says "Quicker Cleaner Cheaper and Safer 'Electricity does so much...but costs so little.'"
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

West Texas Utilities Display Window for Diamond Jubilee

Description: Photograph of a window display at West Texas Utilities for their diamond jubilee. The display consists of a dryer next to a cut-out of a cartoon man made of electric bolts. His hands are outstretched to a sign that says "Switch to Leisure." A sign above the dryer says "No Stretch," and a sign on the floor says "Switch to Electric Living Dry Clothes the Modern Easy Way with a Frigidaire Dryer 'Electricity Does So Much...But Cost So Little.'" In the background, there is a lattice board with … more
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

West Texas Utilities Float in Parade

Description: Photograph of a West Texas Utilities parade float in downtown Abilene, Texas. The float consists of a cut-out of a cartoon man made of electric bolts in the front, and two women sitting on the side. In the background, there are men on horses; there is also a crowd of people standing in front of buildings and watching the parade. The front of one building says "White's Auto Sto[r]es."
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

W. T. U. Power Plant

Description: Photograph of a portion of an electric plant identified as W. T. U. Power Plant. There are two networks of wires and beams, with an electric pole leading to the front network. There is also various other plant equipment visible beside the networks.
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

W. T. U. Power Plant

Description: Photograph of a portion of an electric power plant identified as W. T. U. Power Plant. There are several electric poles with electric wires leading a larger group of wires. One of the poles has a sign that says "Office," with an arrow pointing left. In the background, there is a water tower and trees.
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

West Texas Utilities Display Window for Diamond Jubilee

Description: Photograph of a window display at West Texas Utilities for their diamond jubilee. The display consists of an air conditioner and a cut-out of a cartoon man made of electric bolts. He is winking, and his hand is outstretched towards a sign; the sign says "The Cooler That's Neater Course... It's Electric!" A sign hanging from the air conditioner says "Clean Modern Automatic Economical Dependable Safe." A sign on the floor says "Reddy Will Cool your House with a Paramount Cooler."
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

West Texas Utilities Display Window for Diamond Jubilee

Description: Photograph of a window display at West Texas Utilities for their diamond jubilee. The display consists of a refrigerator, and a sign with cartoon illustrations to the side of it. The illustrations consist of a shirt that says "Clothes," a chair that says "House Goods," a house that says "Shelter," a picnic basket that says "Food," and a cartoon man's face. The sign says "Look Who's Low Man on This Totem Pole." A sign displayed on the floor says "Electric refrigeration is the lowest item on … more
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Ground Broken for Mansfield Industry]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Congressman Jim Wright of Weatherford taking part in a ground breaking ceremony for the Vactron Corporation's new plant in Mansfield. A ground breaking ceremony is also held for the new Bryan Adams High School in Dallas.
Date: February 12, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 06 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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