[News Clip: Tornado] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tornado]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. Audio for film clip begins at 2:31.
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Senior Citizens Fishing

Photo of the elderly folks with their rods fishing by the lake.
Date: April 23, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elderly Men Fishing]

Photo of an elderly man prepping his fishing rod, while another casts his rod in the lake.
Date: April 23, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elderly Women Add Bait to Fishing Rods]

Photograph of two elderly women putting bait on their fishing rods to cast in the lake. The two women are participating in the senior citizens' fishing event.
Date: April 20, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elderly Couple Bait Their Fishing Rods]

Photograph of an elderly couple prepping their fishing equipment. The couple is participating in the Senior Citizen Fishing event.
Date: April 23, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1006]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "UNIDENTIFIED SURVIVORS view destruction of deadly Wichita Falls tornado. Note the stripped trees."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1001]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "COCO, THE COCOA COLORED DOG, had just come nosing out from under a big pile of tornado rubble before Mrs. Shelby Thompson spotted her and grabbed the dog up in her arms."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0997]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Aftermath of Wichita Falls tornado is depicted in these individual scenes catured by photographer Don Brown. At upper right, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Lummer sit disconsolately on storm cellar in midst of cluttered debris which was once their home."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1002]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "First arrivals on the scene to park to side of devastated area, some to search for relatives, others to lend a hand in rescue operations that started immediately."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1005]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. A. MR. Lummer views destruction and is comforted by unidentified man."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0998]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "STEEL FENCE at Sheppard Air Force Base served as a catchall for tiny bits of rubble and debris-all that was left from nearly housing addition."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0995]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Left, tornado rubble wraps around trees, stripped of buds and leaves, leaving them standing grotesque scarecrows."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0999]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ten minutes earlier this expanse of rubble was a new housing addition in Wichita Falls."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1004]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "J.D. Dean views devastation but says thankfully, "I'm alive."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1007]

Caption: "TANGLED WRECKAGE of cars after the Wichita Falls tornado had to be probed for survivors" Man looking at twisted car in a ditch.
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1003]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The military - both air force and national guard - stood guard in stricken area overnight to prevent looting."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0996]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At upper left, the path of destruction is clear in what was once housing development but now resembles shattered mated boxes."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0994]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Stripped trees stand stark in devastation following tornado at Wichita Falls. Eight are dead."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Elderly Woman Displaying Caught Fish]

Photo of an older lady showing off the fish she caught in the lake, while young woman looks on.
Date: April 23, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Colony Club Trio]

Photograph of three well-dressed individuals, Gene Sherrod, Adam Seitz, Staley Hawkins (from back to front) posing for a photo at the Colony Club.
Date: April 20, 1968
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elderly Woman Shows Off Her Catch]

Photograph of an older lady showing off the fish she caught in the lake. The woman is participating in the Senior Citizens Fishing event.
Date: April 23, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Colony Club Trio Poses for Photo]

Photograph of three well-dressed individuals, Gene Sherrod, Adam Seitz, Staley Hawkins (from back to front) posing for a photo at the Colony Club.
Date: April 20, 1968
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elderly Women Fish at Waters Edge]

Photograph of two elderly women with their rods fishing by the lakes edge. Another elderly woman is sitting on a chair on the deck fishing. The women are participating in the Senior Citizens Fishing event.
Date: April 23, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Smokes While Fishing]

Photograph of an elderly man fishing in the lake and having a smoke. A sign on the tree reads, "No Swimming Use...Fish At Your Own Risk." The man is participating in the Senior Citizens Fishing event.
Date: April 23, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History